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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-03-22 Support Documentation Town Council Work Session VAIL TOWN COUNCIL WORK SESSION TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1994 12:00 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS AGENDA 1. Executive Session: Land Negotiations. 2. Vail Associates, Inc. Category III Presentation. 3. Discussion with Vail Associates, Inc. Re: April '94 Paricing Structure Rates. 4. Discussion Re: Proposed Inscription for Mayor's Park Plaque and Potential Dates for Dedication Ceremony. 5. DRB Report. 6. Information Update. ' 7. Council Reports. 8. Other. ' 9. Adjournment. NOTE UPCOAAING MEETING START TIMES BELOW: • • • • • • • THERE WILL BE SPEqIiL VAIL TOWN CDUNCIL EV8111MG MEETIMG BEGINNING AT 6:30 P.M. ON TUESDAY, 3/22/94, IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE NEXT VAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR WORK SESSION WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 4/5/94, BEGINNING AT 1:00 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE NEXT VAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR EVENING MEETING WILL SE ON TUESDAY, 4/5/94, BEG[NN!NG AT 7:30 P.M. IN TOV COUfdCIL CHAMBERS. • • • • • • • C:WGENDA.WS VAIL TOWN COUNCIL , WORK SESSION TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1994 12:00 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS EXPANDED AGENDA 12:00 P.M. 1. Executive Session: Land Negotiations. 1:30 P.M. 2. Vail Associates, Inc. Category III Presentation. Chris Ryman _ Mike Larson Backqround Rationale: This will be an information session Joe Macy regarding VA's proposed Vail Mountain expansion, Category III. There will be an opportunity for public input at this overview. 4:30 P.M. 3. Discussion with Vail Associates, Inc, re: April '94 parking structure Chris Ryman rates. Mike Larson - Joe Macy Action Requested of Council: Discuss with VA, in combination with their proposed reduced lift ticket rates in April of this year, reducing or eliminating fees for the two Vail parking structures. 4:45 P.M. 4. Discussion re: Proposed inscription for Mayor's Park plaque and Susie Hervert potential dates for dedication ceremony. Action Requested of Council: Review/modify the proposed inscription: MAYOR'S PARK - DEDICATED TO AND IN HONOR OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SERVED THE TOWN OF VAIL IN THE OFFICE OF MAYOR. "VISION, COMMITMENT, . LEADERSHIP" The inscription will also include a dedication date and listing of Mayors and terms. Discuss possible dedication dates for ceremony - first part of July (before Sister City trip). Staff Recommendation: Approve inscription. 5:10 P.M. 5. DRB Report. Jim Curnutte 5:25 P.M. 6. Information Update. 7. Council Reports. 8. Other. 5:30 P.M. 9. Adjournment. , NOTE UPCOMING MEETING START TIMES BELOW: • • • • • • • T9iERE W I L L BE SPEqAL VA/L TOWN COUNCIL EVENING MF_ElING BEGINNING AT 6:30 P.M. ON TUESDAY, 3/22/94, IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE NEXT VAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR WORK SESSION WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 4/5/94, BEGINNING AT 1:00 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE NEXT VAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR EVENING. MEETING WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 4/5/94, BEGINNING AT 7:30 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. • • • • • • • C:VIGEN6A.WSE x . ~ NATIONAL FOREST MANAGEMENT ACT ANALYSIS TOWN OF VAIL LANDOWNERSHZP ADJUSTMENT White River National Forest Holy Cross Ranger District . ~ ~ . Prepared by RICHARD PHELPS District Lands Officer Recommended by WILLIAM A. WOOD District Ranger . Approved by VETO J. LASALLE ' Forest Supervisor ~ NATIONAL FOREST MANAGEMENT AC'T ANALYSIS Town of Vail Landownership P.,djustment I. PURPOSE AND NEED• The Forest Service Manual (FSM 5407.1) direct.s that the Forest Supervisor shall prepare and maintain appropriate writte-n material to implement landownership adjustment actions and rights-af-way procurement in conformance with the Forest Land and Resource: Management Plan (Forest Plan). The manual further directs that each National. Forest will prepare a .Landownership Adjustment.Analysis for incorporation into the Forest Plan as an amendment. The White River National Forest Management Plan gives direction with identified strategies to guide: the decision maker in .considering land adjustment offers, and as a tool in the management of the National Forest. These strategies consider'a.cquisition and conveyance criteria. The management plan does not present specific strategies for areas that have complex ownership patterns an.d associate,d high land values. The Holy Cross Ranger District identified three areas where these conditions exist: the Town of Vail; Town of Nr.inturn; and the Edwards, Town of Avon, and Eagle-Vail area. This document presents the possible management practices for a landownership adjustment strategy in the Town of Vail area. Therefore, this Landownership Adjustment Analysis is needed to: 1. Incorporate the respective purposes of laws which authorize land ' purchases, donations, sales, and exchanges along with . implementing regulatior,s in the Code of Federal Regulations (36 CFR 254), Objectives and Policies in FSM 5400, and the White River Resource Management Plan (LMP). 2. Display the strategy for landownership adjustments on the White ' River National Forest in the vicinity of the Town of Vail. 3. Provide a basis for cost effective lands management decisions by displaying lands whose acquisition or conveyance will contribute toward accomplishment of the objectives developed to implement the Forest Land and Resource Management and community objectives. II. PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT In May of 1991 the Town of Vail and the Forest Service formed a working group to develop a draft landownership adjustment analysis. The working group consisted of representatives from the,Z'own of Vail, Eagle County, and the Forest Service. The group shared plannin.g documents, conducted site 2- . - z . • visits, and discussed landownership opportunities and concerns. The group initially developed several statements describing a desired future , condition for landownership patterns and adjustments. Possible management practices were then developed based on the desired future condition. A narrative description and a map depicting the location of these management practices was subsequently developed. This draft information was the subject of three public meetings hosted by the Town of Vail and the Forest Service. The first meeting was a presentation of the desired future condition and possible management practices at a regular session•of the , Town of Vail Planning and Environmental Commission. Several members of the Town Council and interested residents were present at this meeting. Later this same information was presented at a special evening meeting. This meeting was well attended by interested residents and business representatives. The third meeting was a final presentation of the specific parcel research to the Vail Town Council. Many of the comments and concerns received at the meeting were incorporated into the final draft. IZI.E%ISTING CONDITION ' The Town of Vail is an internationally renowned four season resort. The municipal boundaries are essentially surrounded by National Forest System lands. Presently, the private land within the Town is about 90 percent developed. Real estate values are high. The potential to create additional private land suitable for development creates a highly competitive an,d speculative environment. Conversely, the purchase and preservation of land to be used as open space has been a high priority for the Town of Vail. As a result, proposed landownership adjustments within . and adjacent to the Town of Vail are often highly controversial. Forest service administrative decisions have been repeatedly appealed by the Town of Vail and its citizens. Civil lawsuits have resulted when appellants failed to get relief throngh the administrative process. Landownership adjustment proponents have also pursued legislative action to consummate exchange proposals. Landownership adjustments are costly and time consuming. The most recent adjustment was a conveyance of two parcels to the Town of Vail under the authorities of both the Sisk and Townsite Acts. This process took just over ten years from the time of proposal to completion. The cost to both the Town and the Forest Service was very high. A portion of the original proposal is still being contested in civil court. ' The National Forest System lands surrounding the Town of Vail are highly regarded by residents and visitors for their recreation, scenic, and wilderness values. The White River National Forest completed a Land Classification Plan in 1969. This plan focused on acquisition priorities. In 1977, an amendment 3 - ~ to the 1969 Land Classification Plan was approved that allowed for the conveyance of two parcels for urban expansion. and to improve the public, administration of the parcels. The amendment stated that, "if the tracts were traded and developed it would be with the general commitment and approval of the city and county governments." This•decision helped to reinforce a strong role for the Town of Vail and Eagle Courity in Forest Service land ownership decisions. In January of 1980, District Ranger Nunn submitted a Petition of Annexation to the Town of Vail for eight parcels of National Forest System Lands totalling 138 acres, more or less. In February the Vail Town Council passed an ordinance annexing these parcels. The Town passed an ordinance , _An April that zoned three of the subject parcels, approximately 36 acres, . as Public Use District and the remaining parcels, approximately 102 acres, as Green Belt and Natural Open Space. The Forest Service maintains that Ranger Nunn lacked the authority to petition for annexation and therefore the agency does not recognize the action. The annexation and zoning of National Forest System lands by the Town of Vail continues to be a point of contention that further complicates management of adjoining lands. The current Forest Plan, published in 1984, identifies specific management requirements for individual areas within the Forest. A management area prescription was developed for each area. The management area prescriptions for National Forest System lands adjacent to the Town of Vail are summarized below. A detailed description and the location of these management areas.are found in Appendix A: Town of Vail Landownership Adjustment Map. Winter Sports Site (18): Management emphasis provides for downhill skiing on existing sites and maintains selected inventoried sites for future downhill skiing recreation opportunities. semi-primitive Motorized Recreation (_2A): Ma:nagement emphasis is for semi-primitive motorized recreation oppo:rtunities such as snowmobiling, four-wheel driving, and mo•torcycling both on and off . roads and trails. Semi-primitive, Non-motorized Recreation (3A): Management emphasis is for semi-primitive, nonmotorized recreation on both roaded and unroaded areas. _ Non-forested Wildlife Winter Ranqe f5A1: Man+sgement emphasis is on winter range for deer, elk, pronghorns, bighorn sheep, and mountain goats. Wood Fiber Production (7E): Management empha,sis is on wood fiber production and utilization of large rou rn9wood of a size and quality suitable for sawtimber. 4 - . { . . J Wilderness-Semi-primitive (8C): Management emphasis is for the protection and perpetuation of essentially natural bio-physical conditions. A survey of the Town of Vail and National Forest boundary was conducted by the Forest Srvice in 1991 and numerous title claims were identified.. These title claims range from portions of homes and private roada to landscaping and outdoor lighting on lands identified as part of the National Forest System. Portions of National Forest trails and trailheads appear to be located on private property or Town of Vail owned lands. ' National Forest System lands adjacent to the Town of Vail host numerous components of the Town's utility infrastructure. Water tanks, powerlines, sewer lines, electronic sites, and roada are a few examples. ZV. DESIRED FLJTURE CO'dDITION: The Forest Service defines the desired future condition of the landownership pattern as that pattern expected to result if the goals and objectives of the Forest Plan are achieved. Chapter 3 of the Forest Plan outlines broad goals for the Lands program: -Acquire private lands within wilderness. Consolidate National Forest Ownership Patterns. -Acquire necessary rights-of-way to facilitate management of the Forest including public access to National Forest System lands. -Pursue opportunities to make landownership adjustments to improve management efficiency for both National Forest System land and intermingled private lands to meet high priority resource management objectives. National policy prescribes that Landownership Adjustment Analyses shall classify lands for acquisition or conveyance to achieve the following objectives: 1. Enable the Forest/Grassland t'o implement a proactive land acquisition and conveyance program; , I 2. Enable the Forest/Grassland t;o achieve the legislative objectives for which it was established; 3. Enable the Forest Service to acquire lands valuable for recreation, wildlife habitat, wilderness, and other natural resource management purposes; , ; i i I 5, _ 4. Enabie the Forest Service to respond to direction given by Congress for establishment of classified areas such as wilderness, national recreation areas, and scenic rivers; • S. Consolidate landownership to improve operating efficiency, improve • efficiency for the development of privat.e lands, and improve opportunities for community expansion; 6. P,educe the need for and nurrber of rights-of-way to provide for public access to National Forest System land an.d private access to - inholdings; 7. Reduce the miles of private/Forest Service property line and to reduce the miles of property boundary survey, p-osting, and maintenance; 8. Reduce special use permit ariministration; 9. Conveyance of lands, especially near communities, that are encumbered with private uses and where acquisition of other lsnds can better serve the public interest; 10. Improve opportunities for agency and private partners to provide recreational, wildlife, and other natural resource services; 11. Maintain and improve the ability to acquire key parcels through the Land and Water Conservation Fund Composite Program; . 12. Reconcile Recreation Composite Plans with the Forest Plan. Under Management Requirements in the Forest Direction section of Chapter 3 - in the Forest Plan, General Direction statements describe the priorities , for landownership adjustments: 1. Classify lands for acquisition or to acquire interests where lands have been identified as more valuable for National Forest purposes, or where current or potential use of private lands would adversely affect National Forest values and where acquisition would not transfer impacts to another site according to the following priorities: a. In designated wilderness areas and other Congressionally classified areas. b. Where lands or rights-of-way are nei=_ded to meet resource management goals and objectivities. c. Lands which provide habitat for thriaatened and endangered species of animals and plants. 6 " ( d. Lands which include floodplain or_wetlands. e.. On lands having outstanding scenic values or critical ecosystems, when these resources are threatened by change of use or when management may be enhanced by public ownership. . f. Lands which are National Forest in character that provide essential big game winter range and are yaluable for other National Forest purposes. 2. Classify lands for conveyance according to the following priorities: ' a. To states, counties, cities, or other federal agencies when . conveyance will serve a greater public interest. b. In small parcels intermi'ngled with mineral or homestead patents. c. Suitable for development by the private sector, if development (residential, agricultural, industrial, recreational, etc.) is in the public interest. d. When critical or unique resources (wetlands, flood plains, essential big game winter range, threatened or endangered species habitat, historical or cultural resources, critical ecosystems, etc.) only when effects are mitigated by reserving t interest to protect the resource, or by exchange where other critical resources to be acquired are considered to be of equal or greater value. In addition, the Forest Service Manual direction is to avoid the disposal ' of National Forest System Lands occupied under term permit unless the existing permitted use can be accommodated by agreement with the permittee. These term permits were issued and are administered based on a favorable determination that such facilities are in the public interest. In many cases, these lands.contain permanent improvements crucial to the operation of the permit and may best be managed under the private ownership of the permittee. The needs and concerns of local communities are an important component in determining the desired future condition of landownership patterns along common boundaries. The Town of Vail landownership working group formulated a set of goals for the desired future condition based on a ten year planning horizon: 1. That there be no National Forest System lands within the municipal limits of the Town of Vail. 2. That the Forest Service survey, identify, and maintain the common • boundary of the Town of Vail and the Forest Service and that both 7' - agencies share in the enforcement of regulati.ons pertaining to the boundary. The boundary has been simplified where possible, irregularities have been reduced or eliminated. 3. That all land exchanges and purchases opitimize both local and national public benefit. Conflicts with local in.terests are recognized in the decision making process of all land exch.anges and purchases, and all efforts are made to address and minimize those conflicts._ 4. That all lands acquired by the Town of Vail are used for public purposes such.as open space, public housing, recreation or for the resolution of unauthorized uses. 5... That the Town of Vail, Eagle County, or the Forest Service acquire all _ privately owned tracts, parcels, and previously unplatted lands ~ adjacent to, and outside of, the cor.unori Town of Vai2 and_Forest Service boundary. These lands are transferred to the A'ational rorest System, Eagle County, or the Town of Vail where joint objectives are satisfied. , 6. That public access to National Forest System lands be maintained or improved. New access points meet Town of Vail and Forest Service needs. 7. That National Forest System lands within the study area that are encumbered with abandoned uses, unauthorized uses, or infrastructure related facilities are 'reduced or eliminated. 8. That the Town of Vail and National Forest recreation opportunitie:s are , jointly planned and integrated. , .9. That all unincorporated, platted residential areas within the study area are annexed within the municipal lirriits of the, Town of Vail. 10. That the wood fiber production emphasis inanagement area (7E), as identified in the Forest Plan, that can ;be viewed from the Town of Vail be replaced by a recreation emphasi;s prescription. 11. That new developments are discouraged on private lands that exist outside and adjacent to the Town of Vail. The above statements represent both goals that the Town of Vail, Eagle County, and the Forest Service will pursue in partnership, others are individual goals. For example, the discouragement of new developments on private lands (Item ll) is outside the jurisd.iction of the Forest Serv:ice and would be the burden of the Town of Vail a»d Eagle County. . 8 _ V. POSSIBLE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES: Differences between the existing;conditions and the desired future . conditions indicate a potential opportunity or the need to take actions to achieve the goals and objectives'of the Forest Plan. The means to achieve the desired future conditions are possible management practices. Comparing the existing condition of landownership within the-Town of Vail Special Study Area to National Forest policy; the goal and objectives found in the Forest Plan; and the desired future condition statements developed by the Town of Vail working group yields several potential opportunities for landownership management: • 1. Eliminate National Forest System lands within the Town of Vail. 2. Improve opportunities for local governments to acquire and preserve . open space. 3. The Forest Service, Town of Vail, and Eagle County shall consider land-use objectives established on lands administered by the other parties in their management'practices. 4. Reduce the number of National Forest special use permits for Town of • Vail infrastructure facilities. 5. Resolve all title claims and eliminate all encroachments involving National Forest System lands. 6. Eliminate Town of Vail zoning of National Forest System lands. 7. Jointly plan and integrate recreation opportunities and facilities. 8. Improve or maintain public access to National Forest System lands: New access points should meet Town of Vail and Forest Service objectives. 9. Reduce the private and National Forest boundary to reduce the extent of property boundary survey, posting, and maintenance. 10. Jointly enforce regulations pertaining to the management of the common boundary. 11. That all land exchanges and purchases optimize both local and national public benefit. Conflicts with local interests are recognized in the decision making process of all land exchanges and purchases, and all efforts are made to address and minimize those conflicts. 9 _ The range of possible management practices or authorities for landownership adjustments include the purchase of non-Federa.l lands, donation of non-Federal lands, exchange, sale of Federal lands to municipalities, and legislated adjustments. The Town of Vail land.ownership working group applied these authorities to the Town of Vail study area in an attempt to take advantage of the opportunities identified. above. The result was a . narrative and map describing desired managemen.t practices for landownership • adjustments (see Attachment A). ' Once a landownership adjustment is proposed, a..parcel specific environmental analysis will be conducted. This analysis must include a determination of public interest and must consider a reasonable range of alternatives, including no action. The management practice identified for - the subject parceT(s) (see Attachment: A) would. be one of the alternatives considered in detail. The Forest Service decision maker may then choose all or portions of any alternative considered. VI. FOREST PLAN CONSISTENCY: The management practices identified above comply with the directives of the White River Forest Land and Resource Managemen.t Plan and with all legislative authorities. The selected manageR,ent practices are within the public interest. 10 - ATTACHMENT A • Narrative and Map of Possible Management Practices . I 11 - . Parcel H: This parcel is located along Gore CreE=_k near.the Interstate 70 right of way and contains National Forest System Liinds that have been annexed by the Town of Vail. Size: 40 acres Encumberances: Easement issued by the Department of Transportation for , Interstate 70 and a right-of-way issued by the Forest Service for Highway 6 (Bighorn Road) Zoning: Greenbelt and Natural Open Space Dist:rict Hazards: 100-year floodplain along Gore Creel:, two areas of inedium severity rockfall hazard. The Town of Vail's Snow Avalanche Hazard does not include this parcel. "Unique Resource Values: Wetlands along Gore Creek. "Possible Management Practices: Condeyance to the Town of.Vail. The Forest Service would need to reserve access to the Gore Creek campground and would need to reserve trailhead parking and access to trailhead. Parcel G: This parcel is located immediately nort.h of Prima Court and contains National Forest System Lands that have been a.nnexed by the Town of Vail. + Size: 5 acres Encumberances: Easement issued by the Department of Transportation for - Interstate 70 and a right-of-way issued by the Forest Service for Highway 6 (Bighorn Road) Zoning: Greenbelt and Natural Open Space District Hazards: Portion of parcel within medium severity rockfall hazard Unique Resource Values: Potential wetlands Possible Management Practice: Conveyance to the Town of Vail. Parcels G-2, G-3, G-4, and G-5: These four triangular shaped parcels are • -=located north of the Interstate 70.right of way and contain National Forest ":System Lands that have been annexed by the Town of Vail. The intent of the annexation was to capture the Interstate 70 easement. size: Undetermined - Encumberances: Easement issued by the Department of Transportation for Interstate 70 ° Zoning: None .Hazards: Parcel G-2 is within a high severity rockfall zone Uaique Resource Values: None identified Possible Management Practices: Conveyance to the Town of Vail. " 12 - Parcel F: This parcel is located at the north end of Booth Falls Road and contains National Forest System Lands that have been annexed by the Town of . Vail. Size: 14:8 acres Encumberances: Upper Eagle Valley Water and Sanitation District has a water storage facility on the parcel under special use permit. Zoning: Public Use District, Town of Vail is considering rezoning to Agriculture and Open Space. , Hazards: High severity rockfall zone, high ha2ard debris flow zone. Unique Resource Values: Norie identified Possible Management Practice: Conveyance to the Town of Vail for the • southern portion of the parcel and deannexation for the northern . portion. The Forest Service would need to reserve access and trailhead parking for the Booth Creek trail. Parcel E: This parcel is located at 1278 Vail Valley Drive and contains National Forest System Lands that have been annexed by the Town of Vail. Size: 10 acres Encumberances: Town of Vail has purchased the northern one third of the parcel that included a golf course maintenance facility. Zoning: Greenbelt and Natural Open Space District Hazards: High and moderate hazard debris avalanche zones; medium severity rockfall hazard zone; and possible snow avalanche influence zone. Unique Resource Values: None identified Possi.ble Management Practice: Conveyance to the Town of Vail for the northern portion of the parcel (accomplished) and deannexation for the southern portion. 1 Parcel D: This parcel is located immediately south of Ptarmigan Road and contains National Forest System Lands that have been annexed by the Town of Vail. Size: 5 acres Encumberances: Ptarmigan Road crosses .the.northern portion of the parcel Zoning: Greenbelt and Natural Open Space District Hazards: High hazard debris avalanche zone; medium severity rockfall hazard ione; and possible snow avalanche influence zone. Unique Resource Values: None identified Possible Management Practice: Conveyance to the Town of Vail for the northwest portion of the parcel and deannexation for the remaining portion. 13 _ Parcel C: This parcel is located immediately south, of Rockledge Road.and contains National Forest System Lands that have been annexed by the Town of Vail. Size: 11.5 acres Encumberances: The entire parce.l is within the Vail Associates ski area permit. An unauthorized diversion structure exists near the center of , the northern boundary. An unauthorized driveway and numerous ~ , landscape improvements occur on the western portion. Zoning: Greenbelt open Space District Hazards; The southeastern portion of the parcel is located within a medium severity rock fall hazard zone „ .=Unique Resource Values: None identified Possible Management Practice: Conveyance to the Town of Vail, with private participation, of the western portion of the parcel, up to the western boundary of the adjacent Lot 1. Sincethis parcel is within a winter , sports special use permit, it is intended that this conveyance would occur with the concurrence of the permittee, and that it would include only that portion of the parcel that is currently encumbered with improvements. The desired management practice for the remaining eastern portion is conveyance to the permittee since this parcel also lies within the winter sports special use permit. It is intended that this conveyance would occur only with the participation and concurrence of the Town of Vail. Such conveyance would be subject to agreement on a conceptual master plan to be implemented once the parcel is no.longer in federal ownership. The conceptual master'plan must accommodate the existing . permitted uses and facilities and provide desired access for the permittee and the Town of Vail. Parcel B: This parcel is located immediately north. of the main Vail Interstate 70 interchange and contains National Forest System Lands that have been annexed by the Town of'Vail: + Size: 40 acres . Encumberances: Public right of way, specia2 use permit for horse stab2es and trail rides, and numerous utility corridors. Zoning: Agricultural and Open Space , Hazards: 100-year floodplain (Spraddle Creek), moderate hazard debris fiow area, medium severity rockfall zone. Unique Resource Values: Potential wetlands Possible Management Practice: Conveyance to the Town of Vail . (accomplished). , . 14 - Parcel A: This parcel is located immediately north of Vail View Drive and west of Potato Patch Drive and contains National Forest System Lands that have been annexed by the Town of Vail. Size: 11 acres Encumberances: Vail Valley Drive and Potato Patch Drive both traverse this . parcel. Zoning: Public Use District Hazards: 100-year floodplain (Red Sandstone Creek) and medium and high severity rockfall zones. Unique Resource Values: Potential wetlands Possible Management Practice: Conveyance to the Town of Vail of the southeast half of the parcel_and deannexaton for the. remaining ' . northeastern portion. Vail das Schone Parcel: This parcel is located northeast of lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, Block H, Vail Das Schone Filing No. 2. The parcel is entirely National . Forest System Lands. Size: Not determined ' Encumberances: None Zoning: None Hazards: None identified Unique Resource Values: None identified Possible Management Practice: Conveyance to the Town of Vail. Vail Heiahts Parcel: These two triangular-shaped parcels are located to the north of the Vail Heights subdivision in West Vail, Both parcels are privately owned. Size: Not determined Encumberances: None Zoning: None ' Hazards: None identified Unique Resource Values: None identified Possible Management Practice: If the Town of Vail acquires the property, then the Town would make these parcels available to the Forest Service. Ulbrich Parcel: These three lots are located immediately west of the Vail Ridge Subdivision and are privately owned. Size: 47.8 acres Encumberances: Access road to the Lower powd electronics site, Davos trailhead and trail Zoning: Hillside Residential 15 - Hazards: High severity rockfall hazard zone, aioderate and high severity debris flow zones. Unique Resource Values: None identified Possible Managemeat Practice: Zf the Town of V'ail acquires the property, then the Town would make these parcels available to the Forest Service. Davos Parcel: This unplatted, private parcel is located north of Lots 8 and 9, Block A, Vail Ridge (Cortina Lane). This parcel is located outside of the municipal boundariea of the Town of Vail. Size: 7.2 acres , Encumberances: None identified Zoning: Resource (County Zoning) Hazards: None identified Unique Resource Values: None identified Possible Management Practice: If the Town of Vail acquires the property, then the Town would make these parcels available to the Forest Service. East Vail Water Tauk Parcel: Upper Eagle Valley Water District needs to expand current storage facility. This expansion may encumber National Forest System Lands. Size: Undetermined pending proposal Encumberances: None Zoning: None Hazards: High and moderate hazard debris flaw zones, medium severity rockfall hazard zone, and high hazard snow avalanche zone. Unique Resource Values: None identified - Possible Management Practice: Convey a parcel sufficient to allow for needed expansion to the Town of Vail or Water District. . • . i~ • Vailo . V ter Plan-l DO BO OWL JANUARY, 1994 n 1986, Vail Associates, Inc. completed a Master the Forest Service, Vail Associates has recently completed Development Plan (MDP) for Vail Mountain, which was a number of environmental studies and prepared a detailed submitted to the U.S. Forest Service for environmental development plan. Submittal of this plan will initiate addi- assessment. The approved MDP detailed improvement pro- tional environmental review by the Forest Service. jects for the main mountain and the Back Bowls (Category The Category III proposal is based on the results of four I) and for proposed facilities within China Bowl (Category years of field layout and alternative evaluation by the Vail II), and is the primary mechanism through which the Forest Associates Planning Office, a team of Forest Service and Service approves future development. Division of Wildlife specialists, and numerous environmen- Since 1986, Vail Associates has invested nearly $90 tal consultants. Extensive independent research has also million to implement the improvements specified in been compiled through on-mountain surveys and focus Categories I and II. Every effort has been made to create a group interviews to determine the improvements which are balanced system of lifts, restaurants, and terrain additions most desired by guests in Category III. The proposal repre- in order to provide the highest quality skiing experience to sents a reduction in the scope of the development as out- the guest. The combination of facilities, upgrades, and the lined in the 1986 Vail MDP, and is the minimum lift configu- mountain itself provides a skiing experience that is unique ration necessary to service the Category III area. The cur- in North America. rent plan emphasizes the avoidance of wetlands and the Also included in the approved MDP was a conceptual preservation and management of wildlife habitat, and incor- proposal for development of Commando, Pete's, and the porates the input and concerns of other forest users. Super Bowl areas, referred to as Category III. In 1986 the In this brochure, you will find a physical description and Forest Service approved the use of these areas for skiing, additional details about Category III, as well as Vail but required that additional environmental analyses be per- Associates' philosophical approach toward satisfying the formed and a detailed development pian be submitted prior requirements of the environmental review process, the con- , to any lift installation or trail improvements. Working with cerns of the community, and the needs of Vail's guests. ~ ~`+I~~ .1•~`~'~.%.: + qr%•.X ~ fi ~ An aerial view of the Category fll ~ area looking r ~ ~ ' southeast, with the three pro- ; posed lifts indicat- ed in green. The Town of Uail is in the foreground, Wlfh thC h' Lionshead and , Game Creek Bowl skiing areas on ~ the right. . ~ , x. ' a,,•~ ' ~ ,y~~5o ~i~;,~ ~ ~9 U . i' SOURCE: MOUNTAINAERIALS . , 1'% / c •On CATEGORY III PROJECT AREA , FOOD SERVICE FACILITY ~ PROPOSED CHAIR LIFT ¦ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ EXISTING CNAIR LIFT ~ CATEGORY 1/11 BOl?NDARY ¦¦~••O¦•••' Gladed and conventional trails CATEGORY 111 BOUNDARY ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ~ • ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ developed to complement 10 `r` VAIL PERMIT BOUNDAAY o¦¦¦ the existing open bowl experience SKIER BRIDGES ~ / • f~A~`~ ~ Y P I LEJVA~TI N n « \ 200'CONTOURS SUPER~- ~ } . o• sao• iooo• zooowoo• l~W : ~ ~ • • ? Returns skiers to iront srde 1 ~ ELEVATIO ¦ n sooi . a jf~, k and can be downloaded in low snow conditions rt r ~ P ~ • RID ~ . . ~ r ~W ? ~ t l f Y / ' h,~",'r~ k • ~ ~~"~~~j ,-r Large tracts o( heavrly trmbered areas : COMMA O / G II ' ~ \ ; BOWL . ~~¦'x~ " ~J` i..' ~ E Y leftundisturbed for ~ , . • , . wildlife habitat and . ~ - ~ • • natural skiing conditions ~ I~ , ? •'~o• ~'"1 • ~ ¦ . ~ / ~ ~ • - ~~f ; ~ To avoid impact to T~oWu wetlands, three skier ~ 'Tt o I IFr: ~ bridges will be used to N N~C s p L cross Two Elk Creek ~ ow ~ a ~ ¦~~r~~~ ~ ~s 4; 0 I~TROL • EA UART S ~ • ? ~ • ~ MI IL ~ - • CATEGORY 1 INEST ~ • Skiers can access Cate9orY Ill ~ ~ ¦ from Sun Up Bowl, Teacup Bowl, ~ or from China Bowl • n . ¦ 1.70 Town of Vail . . • The Category 111 area consists of Commando, Pete's and Super Bowls. Three chairlifts are proposed to service the Category III area (shown in . dashed green lines). A proposed access lift would also be constructed within the Category II area, providing direct !ift access to Tea Cup Bowl and the West Wall of China Bowl. This lift also transports skiers from Category III and China Bowl back to the front side of Vail Mountain. SOURCE: VAIL ASSOCIA7ES PLANNING OFFICE . . . . - . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . _ . _ . . .._`:i';;: Why does Vail Associates wamt to implement Category ill? Vail has a commitment to providing a high quality experience to its guests, which entails active solicitation of customer feedback. Research has shown that guests' expectations of the vacation experience, as well as their demographic profile, is changing. Visifors are calling for more terrain similar in quality to the most popular front-side skiing areas. Also, Vail's skier population is generally desirous of a more intermediate bowl skiing experience. The Category III project satisfies guest demand in the following ways: ENT KIND OF BACK BOWL ATE SEASON SKIING Oehi many attributes make up the Vail experience, the Bowls ete's Bowl an Super Bowl offer more consistent early and are unique and contribute to Uail's stature as a premier late-season skiing than the Back Bowls. Over the past 30 resort. Pete's and Super Bowi would provide much more reli- years, the Back Bowls have been closed about 25 percent of able snow conditions, would offer over 500 acres of interme- the time during the Ch'ristmas/New Years period because of • diate glades and bowl skiing, and would be available during low snow conditions (when the Back Bowls are closed, twa low snow years at Thanksgiving and Christmas. With over 50% thirds of Uail Mountain is unavailable for skiing). When the of Uail's guests classified as intermediate, Category III repre- Bowls have been open, the ski conditions have 6een marginal sents a new dimension for non-expert bowl skiers. Currently, one-third of ihe time. The location and terrain of Category 111 the vast majority of Uail's Bowl terrain meets the needs of are unique in their ability to offer not only bowl skiing, but expert skiers only. Limitations of the current Back Bowls also in offering better conditions in the early and late season. include: south facing exposure, steep terrain that cannot be groomed, and susceptibility to variable snow conditions. ~",D SKIER DISTRIBUTION et 's Bowl and Super Bowl provide additional terrain, which would have the effect of more evenly distributing skiers *eg®rylilncreases the diversity of terrain by providing a around Uail Mountain. The additional terrain would also gladed skiing experience not found on the front side of Uail enable a less congested skiing experience in the popular Mountain. Intermediate skiers would be given the opportunity areas on the front side of Vail Mountain during the busiest to experience gladed skiing on less steep terrain. times of the season. What environmental research has been completed? The 1986 Environmental Assessment and Master Development Plan recognized that additional information would be needed prior to mak- ing site-specific decisions for Category III. In anticipation of that, extensive studies have been compiled over the years by environmental spe- cialists and are, in fact, continuing with guidance provided by the U.S. Forest Service and the Colorado Division of Wildlife. The studies which have been conducted to date address air quality, safety/avalanche factors, water quality/wetlands, geology/soils, vegetation, wildlife, archeol- ogy, socioeconomics, and community issues. Would clearing runs in Pete's and Super Bowls require - 'cutting down trees? Yes, the proposal does require cutting some trees. Within the entire project area, approximately 300 acres would be cleared for ski runs, lifts and ski facilities. Another 300 acres of gladed trees would be thinned to enhance an "adventure" skiing experience for intermediate and advanced skiers. The remaining terrain would be kept in its natural state which includes a wide variety of open bowl terrain and heavily wooded areas. The overall design objective of the expansion is to provide as much of a natural, gladed skiing experience as possible, with minimal dis- ruption to the natural landscape. What effect will this project have on the Commando Run and other backcountry trails? With the current plans, there would be no impact on the backcountry experience in the Commando Bowl area. No ski area development is planned in Commando Bowl, and the lifts and facilities in Pete's and Super Bowls would be designed so that they would not be visible from the Commando Run. . . - . What about the effects on wildlife? . Since 1986, extensive wildlife studies have been conducted in Category III by Colorado State University and Western Ecosystems, with guidance from the Division of Wildlife and the U.S. Forest Service. These studies have investigated elk and deer migration, calving habitat, and the possible use of the area by Canada Lynx. Also studied were habitat for small mammals, songbirds, and aquatic life. Vail Associates continues to work closely with the Colorado Division of Wildlife and the USFS to minimize the impacts of this proposal on all forms of wildlife. The results of these studies indicate: IAti. There is no elk or deer winter range in Category III due to exposure and elevation; /M. To protect existing summer use by elk and deer and caNing habitat, no summer recreational activities are proposed for this area. China Bowl is currenUy closed to all activity until July 1st to protect elk caNing. This closure will remain in effect; No Federally listed threatened or endangered species were idenfified within the Category III area; Tracks of the Canada Lynx have been found within the existing ski area and Category III. Accordingly, guidelines for I}mx habitat marr agement have been incorporated into the proposal. Also, efforts are being made to enhance the habitat of the snowshce hare, the lynx's primary food source. Large areas of heavy timber stands that would provide seclusion for the lynx will be avoided; /M. lhree skier bridges have been tlesigned to avoid stream impact. Does Category III have the support of guests? Vail Associates uses market research as critical input on many of its decisions. RRC Associates, a market research consulting firm, has provided guest research for VA since 1979, and has assisted VA in determining the level of guest support for a variety of capital improve- ments. Last year, extensive market research was devoted to gauging skiers' interest in and receptivity to terrain expansion, among other improvements. Through survey research and focus groups, significant interest in Pete's Bowl and Super Bowl and front-side improvements was indicated by skiers. The research also showed that intermediate gladed or bowl skiing is a desirable skiing experience. 43 percent of guests in this past year's research indicated that intermediate gladed or bowl terrain is the type of terrain they would most like to see added. Category III is one component of the overall improvement package designed to meet our future skiers' needs. How would skiers access this area? Skiers would access Category III from Lifts 4, 5, 11, 14 or 17 via the existing skiway and trail networks. During periods of low snow in the south-facing bowls, access to Category III would be provided on Sleepytime Road or by downloading the proposed Tea Cup Lift near Two Elk Restaurant. The center Ridge Lift in Category III would provide skiers direct access to the upper portions of both Pete's and Super Bowls. To return to the front side of Vail Mountain, skiers could ski directly to either China Bowl Lift or the proposed Tea Cup Lift from any lift in Category III. Category III offers a unique opportunity to access ideal skiing terrain within an existing permit area without modification to the existing lift system. When would Pete's and Super Bowls be developed? The NEPA process outlined in this brochure wiN take 12 to 24 months to complete. If approved by the Forest Service, construction of lifts and trails could be phased over two to three years. The earliest possible opening of Category III terrain would be in the winter season of 1995-96. What impacts would Category 111 have on the community? The Category III project is not expected to increase the number or size of peak days. While it will provide additional bowl skiing opportunities during the eariy and late season, and improve skier distribution, the number of skiers during peak periods will continue to be constrained by access to the main mountain. This, in turn, is limited by initial lift service, parking, and the local transportation system. Five years ago, Vail Associates recognized the demands that peak days place on community infrastructure and services and adopted a strat- egy of managed growth to alleviate those demands. The strategy includes providing incentives for skiers to visit Vail during slower periods of the season, such as early/late winter and during the middle of the week. Over the past five years, Vail Associates has been successful in building skier visits on low to moderate days, while at the same time reducing the number of peak days by almost fifty percent. Vail Associates and the Town of Vail are discussing mechanisms and techniques for maintaining the quality of life, better anticipating the needs of residents and guests, and reducing future demands on the local infrastructure at peak periods. While this issue exists independent of Category III, it nevertheless deserves attention by Vail Associates, as well as the Town of Vail and other community organizations. Project Description: . C ategory III is the area located to the south of Vail Mountain's Back Bowls, on the south side of the Two Elk drainage. It includes Commando Bowl, Pete's Bowl, and Super Bowl. All of the land, which is managed by the Forest Service, is cur- rently within Vail Associates' existing U.S. Forest Service Special Use Permit boundary, and over half of it has been in the permit boundary since 1962. Vail Associates is proposing to utilize about 1,000 acres as intermediate and advanced bowl and gladed skiing. Large areas of undisturbed tree skiing would also be available to expert skiers. The site-specific proposal calis for three chairlifts in Category III. The first lift would run from the bottom of Tea Cup Bowl to the ridge between Pete's Bowl and Super Bowl. An eastern lift would provide skier access to all of Pete's Bowl, while a western lift would cover Super Bowl and the eastern,ridge of Pete's Bowl. An access lift would also be placed in Tea Cup Bowl, providing better skier circulation to the West Wall of China and Tea Cup Bowls. This lift would also transport skiers from China Bowl and Category III to the front side of Vail Mountain. The Category III area has north-facing, gladed bowis which offer both intermediate and advanced skiing terrain. This unique combination of gladed and bowl terrain of Category III complements the existing skiing terrain on Vail Mountain, and is similar in elevation and exposure to the Northeast Bowl (Chair 11) and the Mid-Vail areas (Chair 4), but with tree cover that is less dense than in those areas. In addition to the intermediate glades and open bowls, the terrain would offer protected, giaded trails which would likely be open to skiing when Lifts 4, 7, and 11 open in the early season. The plan also includes food service decks in Pete's Bowl and Super Bowl, and possibly a restaurant near the runout of Siberia Bowl, which would serve both the Category III and China Bowl areas. The National Environmental POIICy ACt (NEPA) Process: T he U.S. Forest Service will conduct an environmental analysis under the terms of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) prior to making any decision concerning the Category III proposal. The Forest Service District Office in Minturn has assigned a full-time employee, Loren Kroenke, to coordinate this review process. The Forest Service has also prepared an in-depth descrip- tion of this process, which is briefly outlined below. NEPA requires that federal agencies use a comprehensive and systematic approach in making land use decisions. NEPA requires that agencies give thorough consideration to significant environmental effects that might be caused by their actions or decisions. A major component of the NEPA process is the invitation for public involvement at critical steps in the process. The agencies are required to inform and involve the public in their decision-making process. A summary of the steps in the process used by the Forest Service to make a decision are: Project Proposal l%. Field Survey/Analysis Public Scoping and Input ~ Determine Effects and Identify Mitigations Identify Significant Issues Prepare Draft and final EIS ~ Develop and Evaluate Alternatives AL. Decision ' In addition to NEPA, other laws that . , guide the decision-making process include: Endangered Species Act (ESA) National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) 41111111. Clean Water Act (CWA) ~ Clean Air Act (CAA) , A more complete discussion of the NEPA process is available in a separate document provided by the Forest Service (phone num- ber and address are included on the last page of this brochure). . . _ . . . . _ - _ . ..__.w . . ..~s...._....,~r,...._ - - _ - - - - . . . . . ~ 10~Vail@, ~ S ince Vaii's inception in 1962, Vail Associates has forged a cooperative partnership with the local community, its guests, and the U.S. Forest Service, in providing the highest quality guest experience. In order to meet this commit- ment, VA has asked for feedback from the guests, and has integrated that input into the master planning process. That process has provided for managed growth through new facilities and terrain, as well as the ongoing replacement and upgrade of existing mountain and community infrastructure. VA's commitment to quality has helped to guide past master plan- ning efforts and will continue to shape the processing and implementation of Category III. This ongoing dialogue has been occurring within the organization, as well as with other entities, and continues to evolve as discussion continues regarding Category III and Vail Associates' long-term direction. In summary, Vail Associates has a commitment to... M4. PROVIDE THE HIGHEST QUALITY YEAR-ROUND MOUNTAIN EXPERIENCE ENSURE MORE CONSISTENT, RELIABLE BOWL SKIING FOR HOLIDAYS, EARLY AND LATE SEASON ~ WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS PRESENT AND FUTURE ISSUES RELATED TO BASEINFRASTRUCTURE CONTINUE MANAGED GROWTH EFFORTS TO CONTROL PEAK SKIER DEMANDS AND TO ENCOURAGE GROWTH DURING SLOWER PERIODS OF TIME MA~ DEVELOP THE MOST ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE MASTER PLAN FOR DOWNHILL SKIING ,f , . . . • . _ , 44-111----from you'. Thank you for taking the time to learn more about Category III and Vail Associates' approach to the process. We value your input and welcome the opportunity to discuss these issues with you. If you would like to comment or obtain additional information the planning process, please write or call Vail Associates or the U.S. Forest Service at the following addresses: U.S. Forest Service Vail Associates Attn: Loren Kroenke Attn: Mike Larson P.O. Box 190 P.O. Box 7 Minturn, CO 81645 Vail, CO 81657 Tel: (303) 827-5715 Tel: (303) 4794004 Fax: (303) 827-9343 Fax: (303) 479-2053 ` ~ Printed on recycled Oaper . . . - cn :n.. - - . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . " W RN F Fi:)!v ,S ;i i V~Vail. ~ FEB 1 a 1994 C: J I ActJ~s, l::;; ; M+x+ f"R ;,FIS Lw Ra~'ar! ' !6 Fcr S S !u:y Vail Associates, Inc. F=p,u _fyCa Creators and Operators of Vail and Beaver Creek' Resorts Rs • Prt : 7eCL • *:;,h ! I5ki.^.,n February 18, 1994 te s !e::s Ttr~ C:n i ::1 3 - • - Mr. Wiiliam Wood District Ranaer White River National Forest Post Office Bex 190 - Minturn, Colorado 81645 a c. ^ ~ RE: Impiement2tion of the Category lll Decision as Specified in the Vail Master Development Pian, Revised May 15, 1987. CC ~ ~ c~ Dear Bill, ~ Vail Associates proposes to implement the Categoy III decisions specified in the Vaii Master Development Pian, revised May 15, 1987, and in the related Decision Notice of December 1, 1986. The proposal is to complete site speciTic development of ski facilities and associated lifts in the Category iii area. This entire area is within our existing U.S. Forest Service Permit Boundary, 2s originally estabiished in 1961 and modified in 1986. The bowis in Category ill have historically been referred io as Commando, Pete's and Super. See attached map. The Category III development is a stand-alone proposal. It represents the logical progression of the ' future ski development of the area, utilizing existing infrastructure without requiring extensive modiiications io the remainder of the Vail Ski Area. It will provide berier bowl and giade skiing terrain, particularfy, in the e2rly and 12te season, and improve the distribution of skiers over the entire ski area. As such, it should enable us to increase our visitation during traditionally slow periods, without increasing the number or size of peak days. During the same period that we develop Category III, we wouid also like to install a new Tea Cup Bowl lift within the Category II area. This lift would improve service to the China, Tea Cup, and Sun Up Bowl 2reas, while complementing and enhancing our proposed Category Iil development. II is, however, independent of Category III. Implementation of these projects will be dependent upon the time required to conduct the site specific , environmental analysis. Conceivably, installation of the Tea Cup Bowl lift could take place' in the summer of 1995, the first phase of construction of the Category III improvements could also begin in the summer of 1995. Due to logistics, construction phasing over two or more summers may be advantageous within • Category III. ~ The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process will be used to analyze potential environmental , impacts of the proposed action and, if necessary, to identify appropriate mitigation measures. The Post Office Box 7 • Vail, Colorado 61658 • USA -(303) 476•5601 ' Mr. Wiliiam 1Nood February 18, 1994 Page 2 U.S.F.S. is responsible for all aspects of conducting the NEPA process. As with any planning process, this project will evolve as additional information becomes available. ' BACKGROUND In 1986, the Forest Service conceptually approved development in the Category ili area as part of our Master Development Pian. The Service indicated, however, that siie specific environmental review wouid be required before a specific development proposal could be approved and implemented. Since 1986, we have conducted a nurriber of specialized studies to compile intormaYion on the Category III area and develop our proposal. Much of this work was undertaken in conjunction with a team of Forest Service and Division of Wildlife specialists, and it involved extensive environmental research, field investigation and layout. Potential development scenarios have been evaluated irom the standpoint of wildlife habitat, wetlands, vegetation, water quality, geology, safety, and visual impact. Independent on- mountain surveys and extensive focus group interviews have been used to determine which improvements are most desired by our guests. A list of underlying environmental studies, with subject, author and daie published has teen included as an appendix to this proposal letter. These studies provide the basis for, and should be incorporated into, the environmental, review of Category III. Through this multi-year planning effort, we have developed a proposal which, we believe, will set a new standard for environmentally sensitive ski development and the wise use of public resources. It reduces the anticipated development outlined in our M2ster Development Plan, and is the minimum lift configuration necessary to serve the Category !II area. We have paid special attention to preserving natural contours, avoiding wetlands and potential old groMth tree stands, and preserving or enhancing wildlife habitat. The Category III area is in the Two Elk drainage, within the 1Nhite River National Forest and encompasses all, or parts of Sections 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, T. 5 S., R. 80 W., and Sections 3, 4, & 5, T. 6 S., R 80 W., Eagle County, State of Colorado. PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS . The following description outlines the principal components of the improvements proposed within Category III. • Three chair lifts would serve the terrain within Category III. A central ridge lift irom the bottom of Tea Cup Bowl to the ridge between Pete's and Super Bowl would service excellent sheltered skiing terrain and provide circulation to the other two Category III lifts. An eastern lift would provide skier access to all of Pete's Bowl, with a western lift providing skier access to the terrain in Super Bowl and the eastern edge of Pete's Bowl. This lift scenario does not introduce developed skiing into Commando Bowl. : • Three food service facilities are also proposed. One would be a full service restaurant, located near the base of Pete's Bowl and would serve skiers from both the China Bowl area and the Category III area. The two other facilities would be of a more limited/self-coniained nature, providing food _ service, rest rooms, and a warming/weather protection function. The feasibility of installing a sewer line from the existing line on Vail Mountain to these facilities is being investigated; an aliernative ' Mr. William Wood February 18, 1994 'Page 3 being considered is the utilization of composting rest room technology in conjunction with gray water leach fields. Other utilities such as power and ielephone would also be instailed within Category III: • Two ski patroi outposts wiii be necessary to serve the Category Ill area. They will be in tlie vicinity of the upper terminals of the Pe1e's and Super Bowl lifts. Small guest shelters with public rest rooms may also be necessary at the top of these lifts. • A limited system of dual purpose, skiway/service roads would be required from the bottom of Category Ill to the proposed lift terminals and food service facilities. As is the policy on all of Vail Mountain's service roads, no public motorized use wili be allowed within Category III. Bridges will be used to cross Two Elk Creek; skiers may utilize some existing natural crossings . • A system of natural ski ierrain, gladed areas, and conventional ski trai(s would be developed through the Category Ill area. This system would consist of approximately 400 acres of natural terrain, 300 acres of gladed terrain, i.g., areas where 1010 40% of the existing tree cover is removed, and 300 acres of conventional ski trails, for an approximate total of 1,000 acres of developed ski terrain. The balance of the C2tegory Ill area will be left in its current, natural condition, and will be used as bufier areas, for boundary and avalanche control, and ierrain tor expert skiers. The locations of the prcpesed . improvements are depicted on the attached map. Developed summer recreation facilities or programs within the Category Ill area are not included in this proposal. Due to a wildlife calving agreement with the U.S.F.S. and the D.O.VJ., recreational use in China Bowl is currently prohibited from mid-April through July 1 each year. There are no snowmaking installations incfuded in the proposal. CAPACIN . _ We believe that the implementation of Category Ill vrill not increase the peak day capacity of the ski area.1 Our peak day capacity is currently constrained by initial lift service, parking, and the local transportation system, that is, by the ability of our customers to access the ski area. These constraints will not be changed by the implementation of Category III. Instead, Category Ill will hefp us to increase our visitation during slow periods, by providing better bowl and glade skiing in the early and late season and improving the distribution of skiers and the quality of their experience during peak periods. We recognize that during peak days the level of visitation has historically placed demands on inirastructure and services which diminish the overall quality of the guest experience and inconvenience residents. This problem exists independent of Category III. Five years ago, Vail Associates recognized the demands that peak days place on community inirastructure and services and adopted a strategy of managed growth to alleviaie those demands. The strategy includes providing incentives for skiers to visit lThe 1986 Environmental Assessment on our Master Development Plan indicates that the development oi Category 3 could increase our theoretical capacity by 4,802 skiers-at-on-time (S.A.O.T.). However, the Environmental Assessment cautions that this number °is solely based upon peak lift capacity which is conceptualfy planned" for the Category 3 area and that further analysis "could result in changes to the theoretical capacity.` Our further analysis of this issue has led us to conclude that while the Category 3 development will add additional lift capacity in the Category 3 area, it will not increase the capacity of the ski area, which will remain constrained by the limitations noted above. ~ ' Mr. William Wood February 18, 1994 ' Page 4 Vail during slower periods of the season, such es eariy/late winter and during the middle of the week. Over the past five years, Vail Associates has been successful in building skier visits on low to moderate days, while at the same time reducing the number of peak days by aimost fifry percent. Vail Associates and the Town of Vail are discussing mechanisms and techniques for maintaining the quality of life, better anticipating the needs of residents and guests, and_reducing future demands on the local infrastructure at Peak periods. While this issue exisis independent of Category ili, it nevertheless deserves attention by Vail Associates, as well as the Town of Vail 2nd other community organizations. PURPOSE AND NEED The proposed 2ction is to develop ski iacilities and lifts in the Category III area. All of the area under review is within Vail's existing Special Use Permit. The following points describe the different purposes and needs behind this proposal. 1. Enhance Earlv and Late Season Skiino Experiences. Over the past 30 years during the Christmas and New Year period, Vail's Back Sowis h2ve been closed approximately 25% of the time due to poor snotv conditions. Even when the Back Bowls have been open during this period, ski . conditions have been margirial one out of three years. Development of ski facilities within Category III will provide high elev2tion, north-facing bowl skiing at Vail, ensuring the best possible natural snow conditions during the early and late ski seasons. 2. Improve Bowl Skiino Throuahout the Ski Season. At any time during the ski season, adverse light, weather, and or snow conditions can make back bowl skiing very diNicult. Category III will provide more reliable and consistent conditions for skiers at these times. 3. Dramatic Increase in Iniermediaie Terrain / Impreved Distribution of Skiers. Not only will Ca!egoy III create new bowl opportunities for skiers at Vail, it will expand overall intermediate terrain at the resort. On high use days, the front side of Vail Mountain experiences intensive use oi intermediate _ terrain. With Category III, we anticipates far better distribution of intermediate skiers, resulting in improvement in the quality of the guest's experience. 4. Provide Gladed Skiing Experience. The front side of Vail Nlountain does not currently provide significant tree or gladed skiing terrain. In Category III, gladed skiing experiences can be provided. Research by Vail indicates that this experience is sought by its destination and international guests. 5. Enhance Economic Vitality to Vail and the Surroundina Areas. Through enhancement of early and late season skiing opportunities and improvement of skiing opportunities during the ski se2son when conditions are marginal, Category III will help to stabilize economic activity within Vail and the adjacent communities. 6. Minimize Impacts to Resource Values. Category III has been designed to provide additional ski ~ opportunities while minimizing adverse impacis to resource values. This has been accomplished ' by carefully siting facilities to minimize such impacts, utilizing existing inirastructure on Vail , Mountain and reducing the scope of the project as originally proposed in the 1986 Master Development Plan. ' Mr. Wiiliam Wood February 18, 1994 - Page 5 • NEW TEA CUP LIFT " in a similar but independent action, one chair lift is proposed to run from the bottom of Tea Cup Bowi to the top of the west waii of China Bowl. This independent action is an important part of efficiently utilizing the current Category I and II facilities on the back side of Vail Mountain. The Tea Cup Lift accomplishes several critical functions: 1. Provides a backup evacuation lift in the event that the Category II lift; the Orient Express, suffers a mechanicai break down and cannot return skiers to the front side of the Mountain. This evacuation function was expressly contemplated in the 1986 M2ster Development Plan. 2. Woufd allow far greater utilization of both the west wali of China Bowl and all of the terrain within 7ea Cup Bowi. 3. Provides a more direct linkage between China Bowl, Tea Cup Bowl, Sun Up Bowl and the iront side of Vail tAountain. 4. Improves distribution of skiers in China Bowl, Tea Cup Bowl, Sun Up Bowl anii on the front side of Vail Mountain. , 5. Provides a more direct end of the day egress route from China Bowl and Tea Cup Bowl to both Vail Village and Lionshead. At the same time, the Tea Cup Lift will help facilitate use of CGtegory III. First and foremost, it will return skiers irom Category III to the front side of Vail Nlountain. Iri addition, during low snow conditions on the back side of Vail Mbuniain, the Tea Cup Lift would be used to download skiers from the iront side of the _ Mountain to Category III. While including the Tea Cup Lift in this overall proposal, Vail Associates reserves the right io request that the Forest Service separate this lift irom the larger Caiegory III review process and have its review considered separately. - Such a request would be made if ihe schedule for the Category III environmental review falls behind, jeopardizing a summer of 1995 construction start on the 7ea Cup Lift. RELATIONSHIP TO CURRENT PLANNING DOCUMENTS The Category III proposal reflects the expectations of Vail Associates, Inc. for development opportunities based on past Forest Service planning efforts arid associated decisions. The Category III area was specifically addressed and identified as a Priority 1. development area in the following documents: : • 1983 Regional Guide FEDS/ROD ~ • 1985 Forest Plan FEDS/ROD • 1986 Recreation Appendix to the Forest Plan • 1990 Forest Plan Recreation Amendment ' 0 1992 Revision of the Regional Guide . , ' Mr. William Wood February 18, 1994 . •Page 6 The Environmental AssessmenUDecision Notice (EA/DN) for the Vail Master D'evelopment Plan, December 1, 1986, specified that the Category III area be included under Special Use Permit, but stipulated that no construction would be ailowed before site specific environmentai analysis was conducted. It is important to note that this DN required that Vaii Associates, Inc. come forward with site specific development-plans ior Category III by December 1, 2001, or risk deletion of the area from the Special Use Permit. ' The Management Area Prescription is 1 B. The prescription summary states that, "Management emphasis provides for downhill skiing on existing sites and mainiains selected inventoried sites for future downhill skiing recreation opportunities. Management iniegrates ski area development and use with other resource management to provide heal'thy tree stands, vegetative diversity, forage production for wildlife and livestock, and opportunities for non motorized recreation.° . This proposai is also in conformance wiih the goals and objectives of ihe 1985 White River National Forest Plan and the 1990 Recreation Amendment to the Forest Pian, and it would further the policies set for#h in the Regional Supply and Demand Assessment and RecreGtion Assessment, which was incorporated into the 1992 Regional Guide. These goals, objectives, and policies generally recognize that this region is one of the world's winter recreation destinations and that such recreation supports local communities and their 2ssociated economies; they also provide that the Forest Service will assist in developing programs to meet the needs of recreation visitations and the National Forests will provide additional recreation opportunities contingent upon environmental reviews and plan approvals. CURRENT USES OF AREA. The Category III area is currently used as a dispersed recreation area by the public. . Dispersed summer recreation use occurs mostly in the torm of hiking and mountain biking on the Two Elk Trail (closed to moto(zed vehicles in 1986) and big game hunting in the fall. The Two Elk trail is not well- suited to beginner or intermediate mountain bikers. It is steep, narrow, and very rocky along much of its - length and egress for all but advanced ridsrs is very difficult. These same limitations afiect hiking use. Finally, the mid-April io July 1 witdlite closure of China Bowl has proven to be generally successful and may need to be expanded into Category III. Cross county skiing on the Commando Trail from Shrine Pass to Vait, through the eastern edge of Commando Bowl, is the extent of current dispersed winter recreation. , The entire Two Elk Creek drainage is currently, and has historically been, the site of livestock grazing, primarily sheep. The area is mostly elk summer range, it may include some elk calving habitat, areas of potential old growth vegetation, and Canada lynx habitat (occupation of the habitat is not confirmed). In addition, Two Elk creek and beaver ponds associated with it are considered a good fishery for small brook trout. ~ ' Mr. William Wood February 18, 1994 Page 7 CONCLUSION As previously stated, Vail Associates, Inc. proposes to implement the Category III decisions specified in the Vail Master Development Plan, revised May 15, 1987,, and in the related Decision Notice of December 1, 1986. The proposal is to complete site-specific development of ski facilities and associated lifts in Category III. . This proposal is the culmination of four years of fieid analysis and resource evaluation; it reflecis the input of local residents, guests, resource specialists, and operation's personnel. All major construction proposals have been flagged in the field in an effort to confirm feasibility 2nd to iacilitate further specialist evaluation. This proposal represents a reduction in the scope of the development as outlined in the 1986 Vail Master Development Plan and is the minimum lift configuration necessary to service Category III. It stresses the avoidance of wetlands and preservation and management of wildlife habi;at, avoids poiential old growlh tree stands, and responds to the concems of other forest users. We at Vail Associates believe that Category III represenfs the finest natural ski terrain under Forest Service Permit today, and we look forvrard to working with you and your staff on the site-specific environmental analysis associated with this proposal. Sincerefy, Chris Ryman Senior Vice President, Operations APPENDIX CATEGORY 3 PROPOSAL SPECIALIZED STUDIES Subject Title Author Firm Date Air Air Resources Management Plan White River NF 1991 . Air Quality Analysis, Expansion of Vail Air Sciences 1985 Mountain and Development of the Vailey, Inc. 1986 to 1993 Aquatics Revised Draft - Two Elk Creek, Nlacro W.J. Miller and 1993 invertebrate and Periphyton Survey Associates Avalanches Avalanche Survey Allender, Vail Associates 1985 Hughes Cultural A CI2ss ill Cultural Resou?ces Inven!ory of Shields, Mstcalf 1003 Resources Vail Mountain's Caiegory 3 Expansion in Metcalf Archaeological Eagle County, Colorado Consultants, Inc. ' Final Report of Archaeological Investigations Netcalf, Metcalf 1985 at the Vail Ski Area, Eagle County, Colorado Black Archaeological Consultants, Inc. Geology Engineering Geology and Geologic Hazards Stover Goolsby 1993 Evaluation, Category 3 Area, Vail Ski Area, . Brothers and White River National Forest Associates Preliminary Surficial Geologic Mapping and Stover Colorado 1985 Slope Stability Study of the Vail Ski Area Geological - Survey Soils Soil Resource Inventory, Vail Mountain Buscher Walsh & 1993 Category 3 Area Associates, Inc. Soil Inventory of the Category Two Area Vail Wafsh James P. Walsh 1985 Mountain, Eagle County, Colorado -Associates, Inc. , Trans- Update on Existing Traffic Conditions and Rosall Rosall, 1986 portation Capacity of Four-way Stop (Memorandum) Remmen, Cares, Inc. Potential Impacts of the Vail Master Plan Rosall, Rosall, 1985 Regarding Circulation, Parking, and Cares Remmen, - Population Growth on the Town of Vail Cares, Inc. Subject Title Author Firm Date Transporta- Vail Traffic Counts Centennial 1986 . tion contiued Engineering, Inc. Town oi Vail Transit Development Plan Town of Vail 1986 Update, 1987 - 1991 Final Report: I-70Nail Fe2sibility Study Centennial 1984 Engineering, Inc. Vegetation, Vail Master Plan Category Iil Implementation, Dames and 1993 Vegetation & 1Netland Water Quality Analysis Moore Wetlands, Vail Mountain Nydrologic Assessment U.S.F.S. 1985 Hydrology, & Water Ouality Category 3 Hydrologic and Wetlands Survey Dames and 1993 Moore . Unpublished Fish Survey Report. T?vo Eik U.S.F.S. U.S.F.S. 1992 Creek Draft Fish Population and Aquatic Habitat W.J. Milier & 1993 Report for Two Elk Creek Associates Vegetation tJanagement Plan for Vail Van U.S.F.S. 1992 Mountain Ski Area Norman Wildiife Summary and Adequacy of Vail Ski Area Thompson Western 1993 Wildlife Studies for NEPA Analysis of the Ecosysiems, _ Proposed Category 3 Expansion Inc. Upper Eagle Vailey Eik Study - Summary Alidredge RFL 1993 Report For Summer 1992 Environmental Colorado Lynx Survey: Winter 1992 Andrews Colorado 1-692 Division of Wildlife The ENects of Ski Area Expansion on Elk Alldredge Colorado State 1992 Accuracy of 2 Telemetry Systems in and University Nountainous Terrain, Summer Data - 1991 Morrison Lynx Capture and Marking Study in the Vail Byrne Colorado Area: Phase 1 , Division of Wildlife Elk Migration, Habitat Use and Dispersal in De Vergie Colorado State 1989 the Upper Eagle Valley, Colorado: and University . Alldredge 2 Subject Tit(e Author Firm Date Wildlife Prefiminary Aeport of the Game Management Byrne Colorado 1987 Continued Unit 45 Elk Study, Phase Ii, Jan. 15, 1985 to Division of . Dec. 17, 1986 " Wildlife Canada Lynx Presence on Vaii Ski Area and Thompson Western 1987 Proposed Expansion Areas and Ecosystems, Halfpenny Inc. Guidelines for the expansion of Vaii Ski Area Thompson Western into Poiential Canada Lynx Habitat Ecosystems, , Inc. . Summary Report 1986-1988 Fall 1985 Big Thompson Western - Game Migration Across Vaii Ski Area, Ecosystems, Colorado Inc. Spring 1986 Big Game Migration and Calving Thompson Western 1986 Studies on Vail Ski Area, Coforado (Unpubl. Ecosystems, Rept.) Inc. Wildfife Assessment of the Proposed Vail Ski Thompson Western 1985 Area Expansion Ecosystems, Inc. 3 T H E TRUST F O R PUBLIC LA N D The Trust for Public Land in Colorado CONSERVING Winter 1994 LAND FOR PEOPLE The Trust for Public Land (TPL) has helped to protect over 46,000 acres of land in Colorado since 1981. Among the 43 transactions TPL has completed in the state are the following: Cherokee Park, 1993. Conveyed 18,761 acres in north central Colorado to the U.S. Forest Service, consolidating nearly 50,000 acres within the Roosevelt National Forest. Worked with scores of private supporters to obtain federal funding to purchase this important wildlife habitat and recrearional land. Bear Creek Canyon, 1992. Purchased and later sold to Jefferson County Open Space nearly 1400 acres extending nearly four miles along the spectacular, rugged Bear Creek ravine. San Juan National Forest, 1992. Transferred 530 acres of scenic elk wintering range to the U.S. Forest Service in order to protect wildlife habitat, wedands, and archeological resources. San Juan National Forest, 1991. Assembled and conveyed to the U.S. Forest Service over 640 acres of mining claims in the Weminuche Wilderness to prevent development in the Chicago Basin alpine area along the Continental Divide. Grand Junction riverfront, 1990. Negotiated acquisition of a key 50-acre riverfiront parcel--formerly a landfitl and salvage yard site--which wilt be reclaimed by the City as part of a riverfront gceenbelt. Green Mountain, 1988-1990. Helped the Ciry of Lakewood and Jefferson County complete a series of acquisitions to protect the last remaining 435 undeveloped acres on the east and north sides of the mountain. Big Creek Ranch, 1987. Transfened 3,800 acres to Mesa Counry Land Conservancy, a local land trust. Colorado Wildlife Preserves, 1986. Conveyed conservation easements over 11,535 acres in Mesa County to the State of Colorado. U.S. Forest Service Exchange, 1986. Completed a multi-party exchange in which threatened lands within the Hunter/Frying Pan Wilderness Area, Pike National Forest and Roosevelt Nationa! Forest were transferred to the U.S. Forest Service. White River National Forest, 1985. Conveyed 472 acres within the Maroon Bells/Snowmass Wilderness Area along Conundrum Creek to the U.S. Forest Service. Roxborough State Park, 1984. Purchased and conveyed to the Colorado Division of Parks more than 700 acres (four separate parcels), including key rock formadons, doubling the size of the park. SOUTHWEST OFFICE ' (OYQI') 418 MONTEZUMA AVE. SANTA FE, NM 87501 (505) 983-5922 FAX (505) 988-5967 Printcd,m nv:ydeJ paNr Current activities TPL is currendy involved with a number of projects in Coloiado, including the following: ? We are monitoring properties across the state now held by the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) for the purpose of identifying parcels suitable for public stewardship. ? TPL has initiated an exciting, multi-year program aimed at pireserving the rural character and tradirional ranching economy of the Gunnison Valley, while also creating new recreation opportunities. The Gunnison Basin Protection Program is fiuided in part with Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) mitigation monies. The BOR has a 30-year-old obligation incurred by its construction of Blue Mesa Reservoir to provide the public with access to 26 miles of Class One trout fishing waters. In 1992, TPL completed the program's first project when we transfened a 463-acre ranch threatened with subdivision into public ownership. The Colorado State ]Division of Wildliie will manage for public access the portion of the property purchased by the BOR that fronts over a mile of the Gunnison River. The City of Gunnison purchased the balance of the property to protect its municipal water supply. The ranch's former long-time owne;r will continue to irrigate the ranc.h's narive pastures for a grass hay crop. In ?"1331, TPL purchased a 180-acre ranch immediately south of the Town of Crested Butte, then gave ~,ontrol of the property to the Town under a seven-year lease-purchase agreement. T'he T"own plan5 :o buy the property when funds are available. The purchase will ensure a beautiful, natural . entrance to the Town and condnued agricultural use. It will also provide recreational opportunities to the public and maintain wildlife habitat. ? In three separate transactions, in 1991, 1992 and 1993, TPL conveyed to Colorado Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation the majority of a spectacular 2800-acre high country ranch for addition to Golden Gate Canyon State Park. The third portion of the ranch was conveyed to the state through a complex exchange arrangement, using funds from the sale of surplus state properry. The state now has conuol of the remaining 500 acres under a lease-purchase; agreement with TPL. The addidons to the park will help protect the Clear Creek watershed and will provide trails accessible to handic;apped visitors, camping close to Denver, and wildlife observation opportunities. Assistance to Community Groups TPL has also helped establish a number of local land mists int Colorado and has provided training and technical assistance to enable local community groups to acquire conservation easements and protect important natural areas. These groups include: Clear Creek Land Conservancy, Denver Urban Gardens, Douglas Counry Land Trust, Eagle County Land Trust, Estes Valley Land Trust, La Plata Open Space Conservancy, blesa Counry Land Conservancy, Palmer Foundation, I'itldn County Park Trust, Roaring Fork I.and Conservancy, Southem Colorado Heritage Conservancy, and Southwest Land Alliance. The Trust for Public Land wants to help Colorado preserve its open spaces, and we are eager to provide our services to community groups and public agencies througizout the state. Please conract Sandra J. Tassel, Project Manager, at the Trust for Public Land, Southwest Regional O„~'ice, 418 Monrezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, New Mezico 87501, (SOS) 988-5922. T H E TRUST PUBLIC LAND FACTSHEET Winter 1994 C O N S E R V I N G , LAND FOR PEOPLE Mission The Trust for Public Land is a national nonprofit land conservation organization that protects land as a living resource for present and future generations. A problem-solving organization, TPL helps communities, public agencies and nonprofit organizations acquire and protect open space. TPL shazes knowledge of nonprofit land acquisition processes and pioneers methods of land conservation and environmentally sound land use. Scope TPL's experts in real estate, law and finance work in partnership with public agencies, businesses and citizens' groups to acquire land of environmental, recreational, historic or cultural significance. A non-membership organization, TPL's role is to acquire an interest in these lands until they can be sold to public agencies or nonprofit conservation groups for permanent protection as parks, community gardens, recreation areas and open space. Land Conservation Since 1972, TPL has protected over 698,000 acres of land valued at $900 million in 43 states and Canada. TPL works with local communiry groups and with municipal, county, state and federal agencies, including the National Park Service, National Forest Service, Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Bureau of Land Management to protect land for public use. Land Trusts TPL has worked with over 300 of the nation's 10001and trusts. These local nonprofit organizations currently protect more than two million acres nationwide. TPL's National Land Counselor Program offers intensive training for land trusts in conservation real estate transactions. Founded President 1972, San Francisco, California Martin J. Rosen Key Projects Walden Woods, Concord, Massachusetts, 1991-92 Southside Community Farm, Providence, Rhode Island, 1991 Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, 1991 Mountains to Sound Greenway Program, Washington, 1991 Senka Park, Chicago, Illinois, 1991 San Bruno Mountain, San Mateo, California, 1989 Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kauai, Hawaii, 1988 Martin Luther King Historical District, Atlanta, Georgia, 1982 Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area, Oregon and Washington, 1979-90 Lower East Side Community Gardens, New York, 1979-90 SOUTHWEST OFFICE 418 MONTEZUMA AVE. SANTA FE, NM 87501 (505) 988-5922 FAX (505) 988-5967 r,n-a -«<Ydka PaPe, The Trust for Public Land Offices NATIONAL OFFICE The Trust for Public Land 116 New Montgomery Street, Fourth Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 (415) 495-4014 (415) 495-4103, (FAX) MID-ATLANTIC NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST Mid-Atlantic Regional Office Northwest Regional Office Southwest Regional Office 666 Broadway Smith Tower, Suite 1510 Post Office Box 2383 New York, NY 10012 506 Second Avenue Santa Fe, NM 87504 (212) 677-7171 Seattle, WA 98104 (505) 988-5922 (212) 353-2052 (FAX) (206) 587-2447 (505) 988-5967 (FAX) (206) 382-3414 (FAX) New Jersey Field Office T'exas Field Office 55 Maple Avenue Oregon Field Office 700 San Antonio Monistown, NJ 07960 1211 SW Sixth Avenue Austin, TX 78701 (201) 539-9191 Portland, OR 97204 (512) 478-4644 (201) 539-2769 (FAX) (503) 228-6620 (512) 478-4522 (FAX) (503) 228-4529 (FAX) Chesapeake Field Office WESTERN 666 Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E. SOUTHEAST . 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Box 1257 Norwich, VT 05055 (802) 649-3611 (802) 649-3623 (FAX) For more informarion please contact the regional office near you or the Narional Public Affairs Dep.n.rtment at (415) 495-4014 NEWS RO . 1994 , VA The Gunnison Runs ; . Throu h Itm Guidin 9 9 ~ , . ~;\~~ko;.:~~~u°j~.~•• .l £~ety~.«" ' ' y~ga~fe~`$a.'"~°'~ ~:t\° ' . Growth in (olorado ~ ,~..q b'?~.:~';~ ~+0.+,~. ;;,&:9.' . , q4 " ~•~.e ','g ,a~,~.~~° . Time magazine's September 6, 1993 cover V3~,g k ~ ~ . °~b•~. ,~.Q , > , ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ : , ~ story, "Boom Time in the Rockies," reparted * :.;~t, l.-m -:~d. &"~.~s:,. . , what many long-time residents had been R: , tI observing for years. Depending on one's per- ~ r-• ~ ~ ~w..a 3 : ~ spective, the six-state region that includes . ` 1k,:_ Colarado, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexi- rw ~b ~.iro, , and Montana is enJoYing or suffering an co enormous influx of newcomers. For the past three years the region has led the nation in 4:~,~.. ° i:~' ~ c'~~~' population growth and housing construction. Economic growth rates are well above nation- r" :~~,,e: s al averages. UnemPloYment is relacivelY low. While many have found a better life under 4qY,„ ,:+.~;»'~.'~Y.'k~~:.~ 'e~ ~Y'S` ~ . Y ~~e;, . S. . ro'.. • , ti the snowcapped Rockies, uncontrolled devel- A opment threatens the scenic and environmen- jl'~' . 't.?:.' ~ 3. ' ` . _ M ~ £ . . ~ ~r a ; ~ tal qualities that initially attracted people to ~ ; ~ a 4•~~ ` +~R.`` 's Rocky Mountain communities. As Ted Harri- °n son, TPL's South ~ ~ A~; ~ n~,._,~' = a : - ~ west Regional Directar, says, "Good times are bad far the 1 an d. Paradise 411 found can quickly become paradise lost.' TPL has been working for several years with pub- „0 lic agencies, elected officials, citizen advocates ~:~;E.~:;,•K~X:~,~~~~~.~:~~~,~° ' pr~,._,~~;~.~y and landowners to eserve the region's quali- ry of life, especially in the beleaguered Gunni- son River basin. ' ~ ~ "~'~~'•''V~~°~~Y Growth problems are painfu1 c•#~ ly evident in V~&' the 15-mile stretch of the Gunnison and East River valleys between the towns of Crested ~ , ~ ^ r3y ` t~ Butte and Gunnison, Colorado. Officials esti- mate that 20 percent of the private ranch land . , in Gunnison Counry was subdivided during : • ~g the past decade. Though property tax rev- The Trust for Public Land is ivorhing tivith local citizens and agenr.ies to preserve the Gunnison River enues often improve with expanded rural basin's agr-ariari character and increase public access to its rivers. housing development, the net effects of changing land uses are generally negative T H E The Trust for Public Land conserves land for people, for county finances and the environment. TRUST worhing nationwide to protect open space as parhs, Subdivisions crowd operating ranches. PUBLIC Traffic increases and ranching becomes more L A N D gardens, recreation areas, and wilderness. Our goal difficult. With land values soaring, the appeal ~ is to ensure livable communities and u healthy of selling off the family ranch for development environment for generations to come. Continued on page 6 . , . ~..F D Highlight F R O M T H E S O U T H W E S T Conserving Communities by TedHarrison, Regiorinl Director 6 IQl p?F~`iI II~ G1 1~ [Q G.1II b t r'°~;:. ' "aEi:Yg; ` : , . $t~a`,~yan Thave he dark clouds of recession"that New Mexico TPL is preparing to blanketed the Southwest may transfer a 27-acre arcel nartheast of . finall be clearin Thou h folks in Dallas p ri~ y g~ g Santa Fe to the U.S. Forest Service to and Salt Lake City may still wonder if the ensure its continued use as a trail for > c.r recession is behind them, there is good evi- cit residents. denee in inany southwestern communities y The properry, at the base of the popu- -"t n~~ J~` that new money, new peciple, new jobs= • ~ lar Chamisa Trail, is a few minutes' drive an d new pro b lems-are p lenti fu l. from downtown on the road to the In Fort Collins, Boulder, and Crested Butte, Colorado, productive, ranches and Santa Fe Ski Basin. Those who stop here " farms that once defined these communities can enjoy an easy hike up a drainage Would most likely have been sold to as beailtiful, livable places are being subdi- surrounded by steep, wooded slopes. develop a lodge. Thanks to TPL's Appropriately, chamisa bushes dominate vided and developed. In Austin and San involvement, the Santa Fe communiry Antonio, Texas, areas of rich geographic the vegetation. These normally silvery ~ll still enjoy this critical point of and biolo ical gray-green shrubs turn blazing gold i~7 g, access into the mountains and forests ~ diversit are fee1- autumn. ' y that border the ciry. ¦ ~ ~new pressure Like most land close to Santa Fe, this ing ~ or homes and ProPerty was extremelY vulnerable to f businesses. development. Given its long-time public C~BI~C~~I QpIs~6~1 Five years of . use, few people realized that it was a X`<` recession offered a privately-owned inholding within the Colorado If there were a Landowners reprieve for some national foresL According to TPL project Hall of Fame, TPL would noininate Ken- neth and Lela Green of Golden, Col- of the open spaces . manager Sandra Tassel, "TPL has wit- ~ in and around nessed many similar situations, in which orado, who achieved their dream of souchwestem _ people assume a trail or open space i<; protecting their family ranch. Green cities. Buc that reprieve is over, and chal- , publicly owned until it is listed for sale Ranch is a spectacular 2,800-acre high- lenges to community conservation are ar developed." In this case, the land country ranch approximately 30 miles _ becoming mure complex. New paradigms for land use ant~ development in the . pcople of nii nges appreciate rltz l~ecnity of [he Chnrnisa 7rail norrhensr of Snnta Fc. TPL's ucqtnsihon at diz trnilhcad SOUt~'lWest will I'eCluli'e a mOie COmPlete tivi11 ensure [hnt [hts importait recreatiorial resowcc reninins easily accessible uriderstandin g of communitY evolution "'6 ~ ~,T~ ~ ' , processes._As che latest booin unfolds, we . must be prepared to ask how growth, new, investment, and ne~v development will improve the comrnon welfare, not onl}~ that ~ ag. . ',S,F , a1 of a select few stakeholders. In the Gunnison River basin of Col- orado, TPL is attempting to reframe the 'm' ' ; ~ development debate. We are working to sustain the traditional agrarian economy and create new opportunities for public ~ 'j= recreation. In Austin, San Antonio, and . . ga ~,+a;d^"~ 4 . 'dFf' . C . N',nqq•'. . « d^.' TUCSOTl, TpL.15 {c'1C111CaCil1g t~le PTES2TV.~I1011 . ; ,.«~,~..ve'~'. afi•~'"<.~b ,~;o ' " - ~ ~'g." ".4" V ~ ~ - " . -:i3;~' .~~g of watershed areas and expansion of city e.: `".$t-K"~~•...;,. . ' j-~ open space and trail systems, while allow- ing for some new development P, o .4 °1'~ t~.aµ~~ ~w''~«.~`'•;A ro - .y-,t%«'~.M I hope that this issue of the Southwest Region's newsletter will i s; " Par nspire you to sup= t this messY, multidimensional, and • '=-p< ~ x<.~' wonderful process we call community con- ~ ~ ~ ``~a~r . servation. For once, let's make the "boom . . . ~ . ~ s, ;~r9;„,,+~Y'~' a~'.° o%=,w,;~ ~p•y~Y. ' ~ „n;. ~',ra'.~~ times" good times for land'and people. ¦ w ~ ` ~ ~ "'`~a 5~WF~, ~ ar • ,~,~,r . .a, ~ ~-a ~ ~ . ' «e~''.~,*~~•Y~ d«~~,:~ ~aa< w_'aR%~R_~:% .'~"fi, 9~,°~' °;~'~.,J gp, ,;a~.' . 2 O ' O NTAINS Arkansas Forest protection advocates V. from groups including the Ozark Soci- . etY the Wilderness SocietY and the Sier- ~ _ ' • ra Club recently succeeded in securing federal moni es to save a vast collection rlkx *#;111 ;t':i.:e of properties within the Ozark Moun- ; tains. A congressional appropriation in i , ` ~ Y : e~.' q.~;°''E~~ ` the 1994 federal budget will allow TPL ,:r:.'~~ a;;~ ~ °'.t~~ ' .;~s~; .=°i.;~ °'4~~ ~~=i; Y.~~,., ~ , ".~`~-:~;=-`.y~:~.;, . . ~ ~'°:;r~ to transfer 3,484 acres to the ^k ~ : ~ ~ ~p~. ~ ~ ~y. . ~ . Ozark and €s~~;=. ''>a-, ...b , • *~'~:~s;~~.kd,;~,`~,'~~,.~~.z.'~°~:~~:~~ ~'~-k•;=;~. O N uachita nationa1 forests. - Y:>~~' , TPL is holding these lands under an ~ option agreement with a private timber kN investor. Their conveyance to the U.S. Forest Service will complete a three-year collaborative effort to protect a total of from Denver. After three separate trans- Numerous wildlife species make their 11,540 acres scattered throughout the actions that spanned nine years, TPL home here, including the state-listed Ozarks. The Forest Service is acquiring recently conveyed the last portion of the Gila monster and desert tortoise. the environmentally ranch to the Colorado Division of Parks In 1991, Congress authorized sensitive lands and Outdoor Recreation. expanding the monument boundaries. for watershed The ranch will expand Golden Gate Working in close cooperation with protection, Canyon State Park and enable the con- the National Park Service, the Rin- recreational struction of handicapped-accessible con Institute of Tucson, and the use, and wildlife trails and additional cam sites on its rel- Sa uaro National Monument p g management. ¦ atively level terrain. Its protection will Expansion Coalition, TPL help preserve habitat for a wide variery recently facilitated transfer ~ of wildlife, including bighom sheep and to the Park Service mountain lions, and maintain the water of two parcels quality of the Clear Creek watershed. within the As a result of the Greens' persever- expansion ance, dedication to conservation, and area, a ' willingness to sell their land at a price total of below market value, the beauty of Green 1,128 acres. These Above left: TPL worhed with landowners Kenneth and Ranch will be enjoyed for generations to acquisitions will provide Lela Green to protect their Colorado high-country ranch by adding it to Golden Gate Canyon State Parh. Lejt: come. TPL extends its gratitude to the needed public access, conserve dense, The infamous Gila monster inhabits the Saguaro owners and to all who contributed to healthy stands of saguaro, and protect Nntional Monument. Beiow: The Ozarhs ofjer abundant recreational opportunities for hihers, campers, and this impartant conservation accomplish- mare than 100 archaeological sites. ¦ water enthusiasts, ment the ARCO Foundation; Special People in Need; Coors Brewing Compa- ny; the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund; and the Gates, Boettcher, and Helen K. and Arthur E. Johnson foundations of Co ara o. ¦ 4 SAGUARO MONUMENT 4 'y Arizona The crown jewel of the speo- tacular Sonoran Desert, Saguaro Nation- al Monument was establish ed in 1933 by President Hoover far the pres ervation tof saguaro cacti and the other Plants and animals that share this desert habitat. Located in southern Arizona near Tuc- R~~ ` ,,.n:u="# son, the monument offers abundant opportunities for recreation and archae- ological and environmental study. 3 a Austin and San Antonio RallY to Protect ~E Eddvards Aquifer ~ s ; .y. ~..;..;~a~Y~~ ^t,~2[~~~~L~eL :.;:?v: TPL is involved in broad-based community efforts in Austin and San Antonio to protect the Edwards Aquifer, a vulnerable underground w=: z-~~~~ wE N;p' reservoir o f porous limestone be ds t hat contains bi l lions o f ga l lons of water. UnderlYing Portions of nine counties in central and south- central Texas, the aauifer is the sole source of drinking water for thousands of Texas hill countrv households and several cities, includ- ing San Antonio. It also contributes to Austin's drinking water su 1. PP Y Two seParate land Protection ProJects 90 miles aPart are the result of decades-long community struggles to safeguard the aquifer. The J~~~~~ ` protection of Barton Creek in Austin and Government Canyon near San Antonio illustrate the power of focused, organized citizen actioll = to realize tremendous benefits for land, water, wildlife, and people. Barton Creeh Wilclerness Parh, In October 1993, TPL purchased an Austin. Public acc{uisition of che Gaines Austln 850-acre parcel in the Barton Creek Ranch will preserve habitat for several watershed in southwest Austin. The endangered species, ard will expand n Austin, citizens groups have initiat- Gaines Ranch is the largest and most hiking trails and picnic areas. The lands I ed new land use regulations and sensitive properry proposed for public not included in the city's purchase will created new public funding to ensure acquisition by a National Park Service be sold privately to reduce the city's watershed protection opportunities in study of the Barton Creek greenbelt. TPL overall costs for the Barton Creek pro- the ciry. In 1992, voters approved a$20 intervened in the purchase because a gram. million bond issue to purchase over sale to developers was imminent, and 1,000 acres of Barton Creek watershed the city of Austin did not have the cash to Government Canyon, lands. Shielding these lands from devel- acquire the property outright. In January San Antonio opment will help protect the creek and 1994 we conveyed the land to Austin's Edwards Aquifer from pollution. n August 1993, TPL conveyed a Parks and Recreation Department. I 4,700-acre tract north of San Antonio This transaction adds to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Depart- ~ 770 acres to the greenway ment. Government Canyon was the first along Barton Creek and `major acquisition intended to safeguard Preserves a beautiful and this growing area's water supply. It 0'~; productive landscape. lt increased by more than 60 percent the ~ expands a relatively nar- amount of public open space for Bexar row greenbelt into a major County's 1.2 million residents. The ~ U metropolitan park of more transaction also protects numerous cul- ° r~;, than 1,110 acres, with tural and historic sites, and habitat for easy access to downtown endangered species and other wildlife. This project succeeded through the combined effarts of more than 40 busi- ~~j W ° ness, governmental, and environmental organizations. Inparticular, Government 'Canyon's permanent protection is a tes- ` tament to the patient and effective efforts of the Edwards Underground Water Dis= ` ~ ' ; ' W , - trict, Tezas Parks and Wildlife, the San Above righL A girl playtng at Bar- Antomo Water System, the Government ton Sprtngs in Austin ponders a sa,,, i~ o~cs wacer. The o ula~ Can on Coalition, the Bexar Count .>.A•..T:: ~'=a ,i;~~ ~,.~~:n p >~xM,z, P f P P Y Y ~ swtmming area is fed by die Bnr- ton Creeh tvatershed. Le t: Locnl CvmmlSSlOrie1'S, 5211 L~IlTOrilO T/12yOP f ::~~z:,; ~..~~5~~ ° ` r~.~~ ~ =~~''~'A Nelson W Wolff, and County Judge residents trensut'e Governmen[ Canyon's natural setting and Cyndi Taylor Krier. ¦ spring fed pools. . _._.,>~'s~:~.:« a:.....~..~......W.,L`a ~ 4 ~ • I I T H E ! . - TRUST ~ F O R i PUBLIC ; ` LAN D ~ ~ - ~ i ..-.f5 ~ • ~ i SANDRA J. TASSEL I Project Manager The Trust for Public Land - Southwest Office , 418 Montezuma St. Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 988-5922 Fax (505) 988-5967 Ye S i I want to help the Trust for Public Land. Enclosed is my gift to protect parks and open space because humans need healthly spaces, too. ?$1000 Trust Associate ?$500 Trust Partner 0$250 P6rk Partner . ? $100 Park Provider ? $50 Sustainer ? other $ Donor Name as you wish tb 6e acknowledged Address , City, State , Zip ? My employer will match my contribution. Enclosed is my matching gift form. ? Please send me more information on how to include TPL in my will. Please make your check payable to The Trust for Public Land. All contriubtions are tax deducdble. WE'RE PROUD OF THE WAY WE MANAGE OUR FUNDS. A copy of the latest financial report of this organization can be obtained by contacting The Trust for Public Land,116 New Montgomery Street, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. In addition, residents of any of the following states may obtain the latest information on our registration in that state by contacting: In the state of Florida, A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE, WITHIN THE STATE. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL, OR RECOMMENDATION BY STATE (the toll-free number in the State of Florida is 1-800-HELP-FLA). Maryland: Office of the Secretary of State, Statehouse, Annapolis, MD 21401: 1-800-825-4510. New York: Office of Charities Registration, 162 Vliashington Avenue, Albany, NY 12231, or The Trust for Public Land, at the address listed above. Pennsylvania: The official registration and financial information of The Trust for Public Land may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State, Harrisburg, PA 17#20 or by calling toll-free, within Pennsylvania, 1-800-552-9963. Washington: Charities Division, Office of the Secretary of State, State of Washington, Olympla, WA 98504-0422; 1-800-332-4483. In Michigan, our license number is 12834. Registration with any of these government agencies does not impiy endorsement by any state. 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During the planning stages of the campaign, organizers need to: - = - - ° - • understand and communicate the threats to critical open space resources within a community (for The First Step: Assessing Market research is the most critical, example, changes in demographics or Community Readiness yet most frequently ignared, preliminary land use patterns); step in campaign organizing. According • know the history of other related It should come as no surprise to land to Gene Duvernoy, a campaign consul- bond initiatives, particularly why protection advocates in the southwest- tant with expertise in open space bond those bonds succeeded and how ern U.S. that funding for parks and open elections, "Campaigns are won or lost at those monies were used; space acquisition is one of the major the planning and research stages of an • justify how much money is needed constraints to achieving land conserva- election." Though campaign design is and be able to clearly describe how tion goals. tremendously important, a community's funds will be used. Organizers must Despite uncertain economic condi- planning and research responsibilities be prepared to explain why a particu- tions, however, forward-looking cities must be the first consideration in any lar funding mechanism will be used such as Austin, Boulder, and Dallas have bond campaign assessment process, and instead of some alternative approach demonstrated that open space funding initiatives can attract strong public sup- wi11 be the focus of this introductory (e.g., a general obligation bond com- article. pared with a revenue bond or a real port. In each of these cities, well-consid- Research and planning test a commu- estate transfer tax); ered and carefully managed open space bond campaigns were organized recently nity's readiness for an open space bond campaign. Tools of the trade include: _ _ to e ucate voters a out t e nee an j 1. Public opmion polls that are well- aa op opportunities to conserve water qualiry craft resources, recreation lands, trails, and ed, objective, and efficient. Polls should survey a statistically significant endangered species habitat. By assuming an active role in the campaign organiz- sample of voters who have voted in the ing process, nonprofit groups such as most recent and most similar type of Save Our Open Space in Dallas and the election (e.g., if the bond will be con- r,7 Trust for Public Land in Austin have sidered during a ciry council election, j#~~~" j only voters who participated in the OftINANCE~T ' helped restore the capaciry of public ; agencies to buy critical lands for open last city council election should be space. surveyed). w~iRe~„F$Sp~nk ; In the increasingly competitive envi- Z. Focus groups that test the attrac- • establish the legal ronment of public-investment decision- tiveness and clarity of particular mar- and financial basis on which your making, positioning parks and open keting approaches. For example, if community has the authority, popula- space as viable contenders for bond controlling gang activity generates tion base, credit rating, and/or cash financing demands political sawy and strong interest from a focus group, the flow capacity to responsibly service careful organization. Park professionals park bond may most effectively be an open space bond debt, given the and community activists must pursue marketed as an "anti-gang organizing" other obligations and investments strategic, intelligent, carefully executed initiative. This was the case in the required of government; and campaigns to ensure the highest proba- 1991 Los Angeles Counry special • explain the basis for project selection biliry for success. assessment election that provided over criteria and the decisionmaking $550 million in new bond funding for process that will be used to target parks and open space. properties for acquisition. This is the first in a series of artides that will con- tinue in future issues of the newsletter 3. Steering eommittees, organized to gain endorsements from key business, Continued on yage 6 5 , ^±r~' V ti~~'~ ~5 a P'A~~~~* The Trust for Public Land is a national r nonprofit land conservation group dedi- cated to conserving land where people live, work, and play. Since 1972, TPL has protected more than 700,000 acres , •:;A;" of land valued at over $890 million in 43 Anglers will gnm aaess to Cfn~s Orie states and Canada. trout fishuig wnters through TPL's In the Southwest we have protected Gunnison Basin Protechon Progrum more than 259,000 acres of land valued at over $89 million. TPL's finance, legal and real estate experts work to conserve Gunnison continued f,om page 1 To date, TPL's projeets in the basin land in AriZOna, ArkanSas, Colorado, ~lave 1lelpeCl two IanCloWTleTS meet 2 New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah. intensifies and, eventually, a way of life is lost. variety of personal and financial objec- ~ tives. Nearly 650 acres of public open Once developed, land is often gated, been rotected, a and "ildlife habitat and seasonal migra- space have p partion of The Trust for Public Land tion corridors are destroyed. Wetlands which will be leased for agricultural Marcin J. Rosen, President are de raded, munici al water su lies uses. Fishing enthusiasts will benefit g p pp from improved access to the Gunnisoti Southwest Regional OfFice compromised, and public access to 418 MonteZUma River and Slate Creek. sanca Fe, NM s~soi waterways far recreation is restricted. The program will be complete when (sos) 988-5922 As land is taken out of agricultural pro- all 26 miles of public access to the bas- v,ce PieSident & Regionat Dire(toY duction, the economic base of rural in's waterways have been secured. This rea xlrn5on communities is transformed and scenic ambitious collabarative effort will ben.e- Leg"i s`aff John Marun resow-ces are spoiled. Through a series of property transac fit not just the region'S T'eS1Cle17[S bUi Pauline Trujillo Toevs - everyone who appreciates the special Land Conszrvatton t1011S--aCC(U1S1L1011S, tT'ariSfetS Of COTLSeT'- Maria Higuera beauty of classic Colorado landscapes. ¦ Medea Hoeschen-Srem vation easements, and exchanges-TPL Julianna Silva is working to maintain the Gunnison Davia sU«on River basin's traditional ranching cul- Bond Campaigns continued from page 5 saaara rassel ture, provide recreational access to local Development fy Pubhc Affair.; waterways, and protect environmental This admittedly skeletal description of xaa,rynn Drann the research and planning requirements Ftnance & AaminiSCYUtioti T'2SOUl'C2S. ~UT CUT1111SOI1 B1S1T1 PIOC2C- Milton Combs tion Program is largely financed by for an open space bond campaign sets Karol Romero monies from the U.S. Bureau of Recla- the stage far the campaign design v,ole«arrujitio process. Based on the findings of plan- si: v,ce P,tsiaeric, nracio»,ui r,ojeccs TT12ClOri. T11e fUriCllrig W1S CT21T2C1 111 the Steve Thompson 1960s when the BOR was re uired to ning research, the bond campaign org;~- ~ nizing committee must determine, for Texas Projects Office I111C1g2Ie the COriStT'l,lCtlOri Of the BIUZ 700 San Antonio Street Mesa Reservoir and agreed to provide example, how to develop a powerful A„SUn, rx 78701 access to 26 miles of Class One trout- marketing message and how to pursue (siz) 478-4644 fundraising for the campaign. Latia con.,tr,uuon fishing waters in the Gunnison basin. These and other tasks in the cam- rea sirr Working with our conservation part- rim wirtl~ ners-which include the BOR, the town Paign design process will be considered For information about our work of Crested Butte, the cit and count of in future issues of the Southwest Region- arouna the country contact: y v 21 Off1C2'S rieWSleLCeT. COTTITT1U111Cy 12ad- The Trust for Public Iand GUTIIlISOII, the COIOT'2C10 D1V1510T1 O{ National Public AEEairs Deparmient eiS lriteieSteC~ 1Tl Ie2i111T1g TTlOi2 1}~OUt 116 New Montgomery Street, 4th Floor w1lClllf2, 211C1 C11e CT'eSteCl BU[C2 L.aT1Cl San Francisco, CA 94105 Trust-TPL is leveraging the BOR funds campaign organizing strategy are invited (415) 495-4014 to effect a broader land preservation to call our office in Santa Fe for copies Reg,o„Qi Ea,to, xatnrynn DTahn Of 2iC1C1eS aT1C~ WOTk~JOOkS C~11C C125CT1b2 Mnnagtng Editor pominicl: Albano vision. In each transaction, TPL 15 pT'O- Editnna( f, Design Servtces Walking Snck Press viding site-specific consideration to how to create new funding sources for recreational and open space land issues of access, irrigation, grazing, and scenery. acquisitions. ¦ 6 TPL Launches New Ad Campaign ~ ' n recent years, TPL has mounted a broad- .m u'eprotect L based effort to raise public awareness about AS apd Foundation, a non rofit or aniza- D~~ers New Board Members P g the importance of parks and open space to The Ameri e AS tion for research and education on human health and well-being. In support of ~an P Kathryn Porter of Morristown, New Jersey, is a dedicated envi- arctic and subartic wildlands. that effort, we have launched a new national ronmentalist and arks advocate. Kenneth E. MacWilliams of advertising campaign about the value of open Ha'bltat jSlj't st She has served as vice-chair of the Princeton, New Jersey, spent thir- space and TPL's vital role in protecting land for Wild]ieu Governor's Council on New Jersey ty years as presi- for public use. Ottdoors, chair of the board of dent of Two of the ads proclaim that "Habitat trustees of the National Recreation Prudential Capi- Isn't Just for Wildlife" and "We Protect L.and and Park Asso- tal Corporation as Diverse as the American People." The copy ciation, and and then as ~ resident of and images communicate the importance of chair of the New P Prudential E green spaces to human health, as well as our - - " . g ~ Jersey Natural aui t Mana ement belief that all Americans-poor or wealthy, Areas Council. Y g In 1991 she was Associates. He now arranges urban dwellers or rural-should have opportu- honored with a financing for private business in nities to explore and experience nature. A third ad heralds "The White House Russia and Eastern EuroPe A for- Most Effective Environmental Organization You've Never Heard Of," Citation from President Bush for mer chair of the United Way of introducing people to the Trust for Public Land and our twenty-year her dedication to social equity several New Jersey cities and of history of conserving land for people. All three ads encourage read- and environmental qualiry. Porter the Newburyport Planning Board, ers to get involved and contact us for information. also serves on 7PL's New erse Massachusetts, MacWilliams has J Y The ads have been sent to more than 150 national magazines, Advisory Council. been an instrumental supporter of which run such public service announcements on a pro bono, TPL's Lowell's Boat Shop project Christopher Glenn Sawyer of in Massachusetts, one of the old- space-available basis. We had some success in placing an earlier Atlanta, Georgia, is a parmer with round of ads in several national journals, including Popular Science est continually operated business Alston & Bird, specializing in real in the U.S. and Discover magazines, and expect an even better reception for this estate and cor- new campaign-garnering more support for our work and greater porate law. His Simon Sidamon-Eristoff works various legal ~ as an attomey for the Rails-to- public understanding of the urgent need to act now to save land for k ~ pursuits include Trails Conseroancy in Washing- future generations. ¦ serving as presi- ton, D.C. dent of the Previously he ~ Atlanta Bar was special assis Association and tant to the Assis- PAYING CAPITAL GAINS 7'AX WHEN YOU SELL working with the Atlanta Volun- tant Secretary for ~ RgAi, ESTATE IS I,IKE HIHING 1 ~ MILES... ~ ~ . teer Lawyers Foundation, Atlanta Conservation and Renewable IN THE WRONG DIRECTION! Legal Aid Sociery, and Duke Uni- versity Urban Property Develop- Energy at the ? ment Council. Sawyer serves on U.S. Department of Energy. He is the board of directors of The a trustee of the Millbrook School in Nature Conservancy of Georgia Millbrook, New York, and a direc- and is chairman of TPL's Georgia [or of the Hudson Highlands Land - Advisory Board. Trust in Philipstown, New York. New National Advisory Martha Wykoff-Byrne heads the - Puget Sound Open Space Fund Council Members Committee and lives in Seattle, . George C. Fleharty retired from Washington. full-time business in 1990 and She is director ~ now resides in San Mateo, Califor- and secretary of nia. Priar to retirement, Fleharry WYCO, Inc., a Avoid capital gains tax and receive lifetime was president of Outdoor World family invest- income from ct gift to 7'PL , Ltd., the conces- ment company, When you donate your home, vacation home, undeveloped sioner for Denali director and vice National Park, president of land, or investment property to a TPL Trust, your trust can sell Alaska. His long Byme Specialty Gases, and presi- the property without paying capital gains tas and pay you a liFe- ? history of civic dent of Danmar, Inc., an apart- time income from the proceeds. And your gift earns you an ' involvemen[ ment rehab and investment income taac deduction to boot! Trust principal ultimately comes includes six company. Wykoff-Byme is on the to TPL, helping to protect open lands where future generations ~ years as mayar board of overseers of Tufts Uni- can find cheir way. Suggested minimum $100,000. of the ci[y of Redding; he was a versity and the board of regents of For further information, please contact Jennie E. Gerard, Senior board member of the San[a Clara Seattle University, and is a mem- Vice President, The Trusc for Public Land, 116 New Montgomery, University Business School for ber of the Growth Management 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. (415) 495-4014. almost 30 years. He is also chair- Act Committee of Kittitas County man and founder ot the Denali in Washingeon. 7 ~ ~ ~ . . ~ r TPL Brings Cities Initiative to the Roundtable ~ o establish direction and PrioriCies drive PeoPle awaY from neigh T for our major new initiative on citY borhood parks This in tum P-0 parks and recreation space, TPL is reach- pushes parks farther down the ing out to a variety of groups involved in list of public priorities. E urban and communiry issues. Among M;~~~ The focus group agreed that theS2 15 the ROUridtable ASSOC12CeS, a Young people are among those most in need oJrieigltborhood parhs. national organization of African-Ameri- any national urban initiative must can urban parks and recreation profes- be based on strong local efforts sionaLs, with whom we recently held a and strategies. Communiry participanon recreation to a wide range of social focus group in Washington D.C. Seeking and support must be sought in the early issues, including social and environmen- common ground between our goals and stages of project development. Tailoring tal health and justice, youth develop- those of park professionals and the peo- programs to local needs and oppartuiii- ment, community building, and the ple who live in the communities, TPL ties is vital to the success of a national economic revitalization of our nation's staff inet with Roundtable members to initiative. "Communiry involvement cities. Too often parks are viewed as talk about the challenges of protecting often means the difference between a "frills." The group proposed an outreach land in urban areas, and how to keep well-used, safe neighborhood park and strategy linking parks and human health, parks safe and well managed. an abandoned space that attracts crirni- stressing that open spaces improve the The focus group identified the follow- nal activiry," says Ira Hutchison, ExecYa- overall qualiry of ciry life. ing as the chief problems currently fac- tive Director of the Roundtable. TPL and the Roundtable Associates ing urban open space efforts: Research and marketing were targeted hope to build on connections made at • Lack of funding for park and recre- as ways to help elevate public parks on the focus group, working together on a ation programs. the civic agenda. A communications variery of local civic effarts. Says TPL strategy that clearly defines the need far President Marry Rosen, "For~ning • Poor understanding of the value of public parks will help put urban land alliances with groups such as the Round- ciry parks, recreation, and open conservation back on the map. New table Associates helps TPL make contact space, which makes park funding a research, such as the national urban with the comrriunities we hope to serve low priority for policy-makers. leadership survey TPL conducted in through the Cities Initiative." This col- • General urban problems such as 1992, can provide the information need- laboration will further both TPL's efforts crime, inadequate funding for all ed to change public opinion. to conserve urban lands and the Round- civic programs, and physical deterio- Most important, civic leaders need to table's effarts to maintain high-quality, ration of existing facilities, which understand the importance of parks and safe parks in America's cities. ¦ T H E Nonprofit Organization TRUST The Trust for Public Land F 0 R Southwest Regional Office U.S. Postage PUBLIC 418 Montezuma PAID L A N D Permit No.13303 ~ Santa Fe, NM 87501 San Francisco, CA ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED Rintzd on rerydzd paper You can help us prevent was[e bv pnssing this publica[irni on to a friend, r ecyding ic when you're through, or bv letting w hnow if you woufd rather rmt reccivciL Thanh you. 8 % , T H E TRUST F O R PUBLIC L A N-D FACTSHEET Winter 1994 C O N S E R V I N G LAND FOR PEOPLE MisSiOn The Trust for Public Land is a national nonprofit land conservation organization that protects land as a living resource for present and future generations. A problem-solving organization, TPL helps communities, public agencies and nonprofit organizations acquire and protect open space. TPL shares knowledge of nonprofit land acquisition processes and pioneers methods of land conservation and environinentally sound land use. Scope TPL's experts in real estate, law and finance work in partnership with public agencies, businesses and citizens' groups to acquire land of environmental, recreational, historic or cultural significance. A non-membership organization, TPL's role is to acquire an interest in these lands until they can be sold to public agencies or nonprofit conservation groups for permanent protection as parks, community gardens, recreation areas and open space. Land Conservation Since 1972, TPL has protected over 698,000 acres of land valued at $900 million in 43 states and Canada. TPL works with local community groups and with municipal, county, state and federal agencies, including the National Park Service, National Forest Service, Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Bureau of Land Management to protect land for pubIic use. Land Trusts TPL has worked with over 300 of the nation's 1000 land trusts. These local nonprofit organizations currently protect more than two million acres nationwide. TPL's National Land Counselor Program offers intensive training for land trusts in conservation real estate transactions. Founded President 1972, San, Francisco, CaIifornia Martin J. Rosen Key Projects Walden Woods, Concord, Massachusetts, 1991-92 Southside Community Farm, Providence, Rhode Island, 1991 Denali National Pazk and Preserve, Alaska, 1991 Mountains to Sound Greenway Program, Washington, 1991 Senka Park, Chicago, Illinois, 1991 San Bruno Mountain, San Mateo, California, 1989 Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kauai, Hawaii, 1988 Martin Luther King Historical District, Atlanta, Georgia, 1982 Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area, Oregon and Washington, 1979-90 Lower East Side Community Gardens, New York, 1979-90 SOUTHWEST OFFICE 418 N40NTEZUMA AVE SANTA FE, NM 87501 (505) 988•5922 . FAX (SOS) 988•5967 r~a «.Yda ~.n The Trust for Public Land Offices NATIONAL OFFICE The T'rust for Public Land 116 New Montgomery Street, Fourth Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 (415) 495-4014 (415) 495-4103 (FAX) MID-ATLANITIC NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST Mid-Atlantic Regional Office Nonhwest Regional Office Souchwest Regional Office 666 Broadway Smith Tower, Suite 1510. Posc Office Box 2383 New York, NY 10012 506 Second Avenue Santa Fe, NM 87504 (212) 677-7171 Seattle, WA 98104 (505) 988-5922 (212) 353-2052 (FAX) (206) 557-2447 (505) 988=5967 (FAX) (206) 382-3414 (FAX) New Jersey Field Office Z'exas Field Office 55 Maple Avenue Oregon Field Office 700 San Antonio Morristown, NJ 07960 1211 SW Sixth Avenue Austin, TX 78701 (201) 539-9191 Portland, OR 97204 (512) 478-4644 (201) 539-2769 (FAX) (503) 228-6620 (512) 478-4522 (FAX) (503) 228-4529 (FAX) Chesapeake Field Office WESTERN ` 666 Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E. SOUTHEAST Washington, D.C. 20003 Westem Regional Office (202) 543-7552 Southeast Regional Office " 116 New Montgomery Street (202) 544-4723 (FAX) Pavilions at Centerville Third Floor 2100 Cencerville Road San Francisco, CA 94105 MIDWEST Tallahassee, FI. 32308-4314 (415) 495-5660 (904) 422-1404 (415) 495-0541 (FAX) Midwest Regional Office (904) 422-0806 (FAX) Butler North Building Sacramento Field Office 510 First Avenue North, Suite 210 Atlanta Field Office 926 J Street, Suite 608 Minneapolis, MN 55403 1447 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 601 Sacramento, CA 95514 (612) 338-8494 Atlanta, GA 30305 (916) 557-1673 . (612) 338-8467 (FAX) (404) 873-7306 (916) 557-1675 (FAX) (404) 895-9099 (FAX) NEW ENGLAIvD Califomia ReLeaf Miami Field Office Southem Califomia Field Office New England Regional Office 7900 Red Road, Suite 25 3001 Redhill Avenue 67 Batcerymarch South Miami, FL 33143 Building 4, Suite 224 Boscon, MA 02110 (305) 667-0409 Costa Mesa, CA 92626 (617) 737-0261 (305) 667-0427 (FAX) (714) 557-2575 (617) 737-3464 (FAX) (714) 557-3923 (FAX) Vermont Field Office P.O. Box 1257 ~ Norwich, VT 05055 (802) 649-3611 - (802) 649-3623 (FAX) For more infornlarion please contact the regional office near you or the Narional Public Affazrs Depn -*ment at (415) 495-4014 . ' / 1 : z, ` - - ~ Y ~ ~ , ` ~ ' ~ ~ ~ ~ ' ' . ' , ~ ~ . ~ ~ : ~ ~ . ~ ~ ~ - ~ ~~ti a . . ~ . - ' ~ . . , . : ' ~ - i i _ . z ~[`R~~ ,F~ ~f~ ~ '~a,~ 'r"%' 4 ~ ~ t-,, ` l " ~ ~ a ~ : a~r. ~ ~ ~ - . A++~ . ~ NY. \ - ,gs~ , ; 1~~•(,x..#. ~ - a~«~ ~ ' ~c.~ 2'' nk' ~ - t j d~9+ ~"r: w Yi F~' ~ . y~ t ' efi' ,+r i ' st p,,,s+,r';! . *Y, . . yj' . - ~r . t . ~ ~ ~a,~"i h . ~ ~ ~ p d . ' . . < b ~'i.~i~n .1 r ~ 4~., ; S j . . r ~ ~Al~' ~r' ~ - ~ J Y~F~ ~ ? . 4 My ) ~ ~ ~il~ r r : ~~I I ~ i i , ~ i ' ~s : , ,r ~ r~ ~n~, , ~ i ~~t~.,~.` . . . : ~ . . ~i;' ~ . . . . . ,i]~~ ~ . . - . _ I . ~ 4 . . . 1 y , . ~p _ . ~.f ~ X ~ , . . . , . ~ _ R ' , . ~ .~N~ . 'p . ~ - . : . •,T ~ . ' _ 4_ p ~+Lt ~ ~"~'@` i! ~ ` . - . ~ -r, _ , ~ : ~ , _ < .a.: ~ , ' . ~ ,t ~ • ~ _ , ~ ~ ~ , i w CREATING PARTNERSHIPS TO CONSERVE LAND FOR PEOPLE IT WAS ONLY A YEAR AGO THAT WE WERE ALL READING ABOUT THE EARTH SUMMI'I' IN RIO. BUT THOSE ARE NOT TODAY'S HEADLINES. IS THE FATE OF THE EARTH ONLY YESTERDAY'S NEWS? IN THESE ECONOMIC HARD TIMES, HAS THE FUTURE OF OUR ENVIRONMENT BEEN RELEGATED TO THE BACK BURNER OF THE PUBLIC AGENDA? We think not, and the eighty-nine percent of Americans who partic- , 5a F ipate in outdoor recreation-from community gardening to white- water canoeing-know this from personal experience. Public open spaces are not "frills" on the margins of our existence; they are central to our physical and spiritual health. The need to protect such places is real, = and it is growing. The alternative is irrevocable loss, with adverse results ~ we have only just begun to comprehend. We at the Trust for Public Land are acting on that need. Although we are pleased this year to be approaching the completion of our 1,000th land conservation project, we are looking more to the future than to the past. The following pages describe our expanding work in over one hundred communities around America-from Kiptopeke Beach in Virginia and Abigail Adams State Park in Massachusetts to Icicle Ridge in Washington and the Wild and Scenic Ontonagon River in northern Michigan. What we have learned in the twenty years since TPL started will certainly guide our future: We can't do it alone. Only by working in partnership-genuine, working partnership -can we achieve our mission of conserving land for people. Only by cooperating with grass- roots organizations, local, state, and federal government agencies, foundations and businesses can we succeed. This annual report honors many of those partners. Some are household names. Others have distinguished themselves by their enormous energy, creativity, and com- mitment to sustain and enrich our culture and communities. Over the next months and years the Trust for Public Land will continue to work with such partners, in places as diverse as the Florida Everglades, the Hill Country of Austin, Texas, and South Central Los Angeles. True to our vision of tending places where most Americans live and work, however, we are intensifying our efforts to work in urban areas. This means restoring green spaces, parks, and playgrounds to inner-city neighborhoods. It also means conserving natural and recreational lands, connecting our urban neighborhoods to our deserts, mountains, rivers, forests, and seashores. Each place depends upon the other for our cities' livability, our nation's security, and our planet's health. We need these places, just as we need each other. The task is clear. Your support is vital. Martin J. Rosen Douglas P. Ferguson President Chairman of the Board Cover: Walden, Concord, Massachusetts. /ust twenty miles The Walden Woods Project purchased the larid, und later, a from downtown Boston, the Walden Pond State Reservation historic home on twenry-five acres, envisioned to be the future uitracts more than a half-million visitors annually. Although World Thoreau Center. This year, TPI, successjully negotinted rhe pond and much of the land along its rim are protected, some to end the last major development threat at Walden Woods-a of the most significant historic sites in the surrounding Walden 140,000-syuare-foot office complex at Brister's Hill, a quarter Woods, where Henry David Thoreau lived when he wrote mile from thz pond. TPI. provided a$2 milliori loan to finance the Walden, are not. TPL and The Walden Woods Proiect first purchase by'The Walden Woods Projed. Tens of thousands of peo- joined forces in 1990 when a coridominium development was ple have len[ their support to the Wnlden Woods protection effort. approved at Bear Garden Hill, described by Tltoreau in Walden as a place where he often took moonlit wniks. l1'itli TPL'c lielp, Cover photo by John Wawrzonek, O 1993 Southborough, MA Dear Reader, 11*1CONTENTS Last year we conducted a survey to ask our readers what you wanted to see in - Land and People magazine. Happily, we learned that you liked what you saw. You also told us that you wanted more. You ButLD[tvc HoPE were interested in the trends and issues in [rr AtvtExicn's CITiEs land conservation, in some of the technical by William Poole aspects of our transactions, and in hearing and Susan ives from some of the leading thinkers in the 2 field today. As you will see in this issue, we Txn[LSLwzirrc Fox IIAVC tCikC11Y0U1'SUgg¢SttOriS f0I1CATt. AN URBAN GREENWAY ~ The new Land and PeoPle continues b), Tom ChalkleY r to keep you informed of major program 6 4 rinitiatives under way at the Trust for TURNING THE TIDE Public Land. In this issue you will learn IN BARNEGAT BAY about the vision to preserve New Jersey's by Richard M. Stapleton earnegat Bay, an ambitious plan for a 9 Baltimore greenway, and a project to jrestore a Northern California watershed, ADOPT-A-WATERSHED BRINGS Joss r AND HOPE Td THE NORTH COAST seen as a model for restoring both jobs and the environment in timber-based commu- by Teena Pellersels nities. You will read how cities across 16 America are finding both value and hope = in urban parks and open space. This issue also brings you a candid conversation with Charles ]ordan, CxnxLES JoxDnN Portland's outspoken director of Parks and STnrrDttvG TnLL Foa Pnaxs Recreation; a commentary by Senator 12 Bennett Johnston on the need for a major - infusion of federal funding for public lands; and an essay by E. L. Doctorow on - the SQtrit Of Th01'¢au that I1Ve5 Ori at FINANCING PARKS WITH LEASES Wnlden Woods. For you land "techies," 14 there is a conservation case study nbout a lease-purchase agreement hammered out by TPL and Austin, Texas, park planrters. 1$ As TPL grows in size, scope, nnil stature as a national leader in land con- servation, it seems right that our publica- tions do the same. Thank you, our renders, L.AND AND wATER CONSERVAT[ON for your support and encouragement. FutvDs AxE ItvnDEQuA'rE . by Senator Bennett Johnston 20 Susan ives F.ditor 22 LAND AND PEOPLE - Editor: Susan ives DEDICATING WALDEN WOODS AssistantEditor. by E. L. DoLrol'OW lAisha "fyler 24 Prnrluction Manager: Unminick Albano cd,<oriuia55,5tu„t: ANNUAL REPORT 1993 tiam Hodder nes;pr 26 Akagi Rcmington Ucsign ti ~ c e ` g~ i "w°- . . ~aE1 ~ y' ~ ~4 ,n y /~sr iR "1'-~`: • ~ ?t Y r ~ " . t ; r . . ~ ~ ~ t ( v • ` , a o , . . ~ . 1 " e "f,. i~. ,?na a i ~ -..a . . -.•e. , ~ ' ~al' eh ~r T~~ ~ ~ IN BALTIMORE, VOLUNTEER GROUPS, BUSINESSES, U~ AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WORK TO ASSEMBLE A 6-MILE GREENWAY LINKING INNER-CITY • NEIGHBORHOODS TO DOWNTOWN AND THE HARBOR. ope in IN CHICAGO, COMMUNITY GROUPS STRIVE TO BUILD neighborhood pride by restoring the historic homes of the city's founding minority leaders. In the riverside city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, an expanding boating program offers recreation A mericas and hope to youth at risk. And in Seattle, parks advocates and civic leaders work to create a 70-acre downtown "commons" as the ~ ~ centerpiece of a renewed residential and commercial neighborhood. All over America, communities are stepping up efforts to 1 1 v~ create or restore urban parks and recreational resources often in the face of daunting odds. Although national studies have urged a renewed commitment to urban parks and recreation, funding for such facilities has consistently declined over the last decade. ~V ~'I~~1c~171 POO~e alla SUSaII IVf'S The Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund, the primary federal source of money for new parks, disbursed only $50 mil- lion over the last two years to satisfy nearly $1 billion in grant requests. Recently, the U.S. Conference of Mayors listed money for open space and recreation among its highest priorities for increased funding. A 1993 survey by the Trust for Public Land concludes that "the four most important obstacles to parks and open space 2 1 HF l'ItUSl' Fl1R PIT RI.IC LAh'D I p~ryl M ~ conservation in cities today are money, money> money, and money." TPL surveyed civic leaders, parks and recreational pro- fessionals, and business and foundation executives in twenty- three American communities as part of its Cities Initiative, a campaign to improve public open space in urban America. ~ ~ • ;r ~ _ TPL's survey, funded by the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest ~ ~ Fund, revealed a prevailing Pattern of municipal disinvestment. ~ I' Funding shortfalls and deteriorating facilities were cited as key problems in virtually every city surveyed. Established parks are .j ~ in decline, and new parks are not being created to meet the ~ needs of changing urban populations. Parks and reaeational ~ facilities were found to be particularly scarce in low-income ' neighborhoods, where open space too often takes the form of littered vacant lots, symbols of urban disempowerment and neglect. As was recently noted at a meeting of the Roundtable Associates-a professional association of minority parks and recreation professionals-America "spends more money pro- tecting habitat for black bears than for black children." But increasingly, communities are coming to realize that parks and recreational facilities don't just cost, but pay. _ Commercial real-estate executives report that "quality of life" - resources-including parks, playgrounds, and open land-have become as important as cost in determining where a new facto- ry or office might be located. The recent economic revival in the city of Pueblo, Colorado, has been attributed in part to a new Above: Urban forestry programs, like TPL's system of trails and parks along the banks of the Arkansas River California ReLeaf, get people working together in and Fountain Creek. And the Chamber of Commerce in theircommunity. Sacramento, California, indudes a description of the American River Bike Trail in its promotional publication, All About Opposite: "Children who don't feel comfortable in Business in Sacramento. The trail is described as a"thirty- a classroom often excel in the garden," says Paula mile oasis in the heart of the city." Hewitt, who teaches through the Lower East Side Even small parks and natural areas can dramatically increase Children's Gardening Program in New York City, a the value of surrounding real estate. The cost of creating parks program started by TPL. and playgrounds-even of planting street trees-is often recov- ered through property taxes as the values of adjacent properties Below: In Massachusetts, the Greater Lawrence rise. Mature landscaping, including large trees, can increase the Community Boating Program bridges the gap value of a home by ten to fifteen percent. Bob Copper, director between rich and poor. of San Diego County Parks and Recreation, recalls the adage "That which is not on the tax rolls is the primary determinant uf the value of that which is." This is especially true, Copper says, when it comes to homes next to parks and open space. In one San Diego county neighborhood, homes with backyards overlooking dedicated open space sell for about ten percent more than identical homes across the street Parks and open space can also add tourist dollars to city i : coffers. The River Walk, a recreational open space in San Antonio, Texas, is now judged the second most important ~ tourist attraction in that state after the Alamo, generatinS an ' r~ ( estimated $1.2 billion for area businesses each year. Other values of parks, recreation, and open space can be ~ Y;,~ "~,~?-AA°~` c~ harder to measure. "The real value of the outdoors lies in its S' SQ- vitality the way it enhances our lives," wrote the President's (:otilirnurd on pagr 4 ~ 1_nNu Anu vr:)Ni.,3 There is a growing Commission on Americans Outdoors, in dents secure land for community gardens, the gardens that have 1987. "When a sports program keeps a lasted and contributed the most to their communities are those recognition teenager from drugs, when a neighborhood that arose with local energy, input, and control. park offers a friendly gathering place for In 1978, residents of the Clinton neighborhood in the Hell's among urban older people, when a jogger adds years to her Kitchen section of Manhattan leased a rubble-strewn vacant lot ~ or his life, how do we place a price on it?" from the city for a community garden. When land prices soared a leaders that parks In 1967, the National Advisory Com- few years later and the city moved to sell the property for $1 mil- mission on Civil Disorders highlighted the lion, TPL helped the community mount a campaign to raise ' and recreational link between urban violence and the scarcity money by "selling" square inches of the garden. The scheme facilities are of parks and recreational programs. More attracted so much media attention that the mayor ceremoniously recently, urban violence in South Central "purchased" the first square inch of the garden, and the city trans- not frills, bUt Los Angeles has refocused the nation's ferred the parcel to its Parks Department for public use. The funds attention on the neglected urban environ- raised were set aside in an endowment to cover ongoing mainte- are fundamental ment. "We need safe parks and healthy nance. Today over a hundred famIlies harvest vegetables from the recreation opportunities to keep our kids award-winning Clinton Community Garden, which has become to making off the streets and out of gangs,° said Los the favorite site for neighborhood activities and cultural festivals. Angeles police chief Willie Williams. Stories from several cities highlight how park projects can Cltles VVoI'k. A 1992 report by the Carnegie Corp- empower and inspire local communities. The Milagro Project oration of New York cited safe parks and in New Haven, Connecticut, began when neighbors came recreation centers as the number-one ingredient for building together to mourn and memorialize a young boy killed in a and restoring communities-ahead of both banks and new drug-related shootout. The vacant lot where the boy was killed businesses. Urban adolescents polled for the Carnegie study list- is now a playground and community garden. Similarly, in the ed the opportunity to camp, play sports, and learn new skills as troubled Egleston Square neighborhood of Boston, local residents ~ what they "wanted most during their non-schoo] hours." recently ioined advocates for youth, affordable housing, and The creation of parks and open spaces helps build commu- open space to clean up six trash-filled lots in the heart of the nity pride. David D. Crislip and John Parr, of the National Civic community. This effort-the first time such groups had ever League, recently observed that the primary leadership task of worked together-symbolized the community's renewal and those who would address urban problems was to create "hope helped attract a new bank and the YMCA to the neighborhood. for renewal" in urban residents. "The way to do this," they Such experiences have spurred a growing recognition wrote, "is by developing a sense of community through experi- among urban leaders that parks and recreational facilities are ences that connect members of the community with each not frills, but are fundamental to making cities work. As a other." A sense of community can arise from urban forestry result, some cities have launched long-term plans to establish programs> which are about much more than planting trees, parks and recreational resources for the next century. according to Genni Cross> director of California ReLeaf at the Unique among these Trust for Public Land. "Tree planting gets people working plans may be that for the "We need safe together in their community," Cross says, "and generates a feel- region around Portland> ing that they can make a difference." Oregon, where the population parks and healthy The sense of community fostered by the Greater Lawrence is expected to swell by half, to Community Boating Program made the effort so successful that over 1.5 million, in the next reereation the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and a consortium of area twenty years. The Metro- banks buIlt the program a new home. Housed first in a tent, and politan Greenspaces Program opportunities to later in a construction trailer and a cast-off portable classroom, -a coordinated effort of park the program recently moved into a new 11,600-square-foot, $2.5 agencies, local governments, keep our kids million boathouse. With between six hundred and eight hundred businesses, and citizens off the streets and paid members and offering over two thousand free member- groups-seeks to identify and ships each year, the program bridges the gap between rich and protect potential trail corri- OUt Of ga11gS, " poor. Those served include minorities, new immigrants, youth- dors, greenways, and natural ful offenders, and the children of migrant laborers. areas, while offering a rational said Los Angeles The sense of community around neighborhood green framework for future growth. ~ spaces can be especially strong when the neighbors themselves Seattle's master plan poliee ehief help create those spaces. Although the Trust for Public Land advances the concept of urban and other groups have been instrumental in helping urban resi- villages -parks and greens Willie Williams. 4 rHr TRUST FOR NURLIC LAND ti[ I ~ "Our cities-old and r,~,. new-do not only need to be fixed, . . ~ . ~ . _ . . , they also need to be reimagined," . , says TPL Presitlent Martin J. Rosen. The Metropolitan Greenspaces 'rroyram seeks to protect and connect natural areas around fast-growing Portland, OR. around which commercial and residentiai development would vice, and job-training agencies. Project READY (Recreation and be organized. One particulady ambitious project is the Seattle Educationa] Activities Designed for Youth) offers recreational Commons, a 70-acre park in an underutilized light-industrial programming, federally funded breakfast and lunch, as well as section of downtown. The prospect of the park and its potential paid work beautifying local parks and roadways. effect on property values have caught the imagination of busi- In the same spirit, a renewed commitment to urban educa- ness and civic leaders, who have already secured a$20 million tion might utilize parks or natural lands for teaching about the loan from a local business owner and are raising additional environment. The Lower East Side Children's Gardening timds to acquire the properties. Program, started by the Trust for Public Land in 1990, brings In Baltimore, a coalition is working to assemble the pro- together teachers, children, and gardeners in one of New York posed Gwynns Falls Trail. This greenway, along one of the City's most disadvantaged neighborhoods. "Children who don't region's renowned stream valleys, will link several of the city's feel comfortable in a classroom often excel in the garden," says premier natural features and provide open space to many Paula Hewitt, who developed the curriculum and teaches gar- underserved communities by connecting them to metropolitan dening techniques to children and teachers throughout the city. park and recreation resources. "The hands-on work helps motivate children for education Hope and energy for such projects are rising as a new federal because it links working, learning, and fun." administration has pledged to rebuild the social and physical "Our cities-old and new-do not only need to be fixed, infrastructure of America's cities. There is growing recognition they also need to be reimagined," says TPL President Martin J. at all levels of government that the need for parks, recreational Rosen. "Parks and gardens alone cannot solve the problems our facilities, and natural areas cannot be separated from other needs cities face, but they are crucial to the health of urban communi- associated with the "urban crisis." The problems of our cities- ties. Any plan for a city's growth or rebirth must look at the including poverty, crime, hopelessness, inadequate housing, entire environment-social and physical. We need to take seri- environmental degradation, and a shrinking tax base-are inti- ously the evidence that places count in human lives, and that mately interconnected, and cannot be addressed piecemeal. the places where we live can be places of hope." One acknowledgment of this interconnectedness is built + into the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of William Poole is a San Francisco freelance writer who reports fre- 1991, which sets aside ten percent of disbursed funds for such pur- quenily on environmental issues. yoses as scenic easements, historic preservation, and the creation of greenways. These funds are designed to mitigate the changes Susan ives is vice president and director of Public Affairs at the road and other transportation projects bring to urban commu- Trust for Public Land. nities, and to provide nonmotorized transportation alternatives. Similarly, a comprehensive approach to delinquency pre- vention might recognize the importance of reaeation and job opportunities for urban youth. One newly created program in Richmond, Virginia, is funded by the National Park Service and administered by representatives of local police, parks, social ser- LANU A.'v'!J V[OPI.E 5 Trailblazing e1 for an Urban ~ Greenway i by Tom Chalkley WHILE CITY TRAFFIC RUMBLES ON A BRIDGE FAK OVERHEAD, A GAGGLE OF BALTIMORE CHILDREN ~ STROLLS DOWN A WOODLAND PATH. THEY CHASE BUTTERFLIES, MARVEL AT WATERFALLS, AND, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR LNES, TASTE WILD RASPBERRIES PLUCKED FROM THE VINE. THEY ARE DISCOVERING GWYNNS FALLS/LEAKIN PARK, A 1,400-ACRE STREAM VALLEY PRESERVE THAT LIES ~ ENTIRELY INSIDE BALTIMORE S CORPORATE LIMITS, AND JUST A FEW HUNDRED YARDS FROM THEIR HOMES IN THE INNER-CITY EDGEWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD. Until very recently, many Edgewood residents simply avoided serve social goals. The trail, they hope, will bring far-flung the vast park in their backyard. "You just didn't go there," neighborhoods in touch with each other, revive feelings of says Dolly Jefferson, president of Edgewood's Neighborhood community and stewardship, and create jobs. Dolly Jefferson, Association. "`Woods' meant a deserted area you grew up a member of the mayor's Gwynns Falls Greenway Task Force thinking of it as off-limits.° In recent decades, Gwynns Falls/ adds, "I'd like to see more people and their children get Leakin Park had gained notoriety as a dumping ground for all involved and make the park family oriented. I'd like to give things bulky and unwanted. Overgrown paths and ill-kept parents a chance to be parents. Maybe this park can bring a roads made its deep woods inaccessible and uninviting. little togetherness." But over the last two years, Jefferson and community Baltimore, a city suffering all the well-known woes oi leaders like her have joined the city's Department of urban Arnerica, urgently needs to make the most of its green Recreation and Parks and Department of Planning, park resources. Fortunately, the city is well endowed with park~ enthusiasts, and the Trust for Public Land in framing a plan and natural areas> a legacy dating Uack to 1904, when to restore the neglected park as a centerpiece of a 6-mile net- Baltimore was undergoing a building boom. Enlightened civiL work of hike and bike paths. Dubbed the Gwynns Falls "I'rail, leaders contracted with the famous Olmsted Brothers land- this urban greenway, besides drawing people into the park, scaping firm to design public parks around each of the citv's will connect more than a dozen residential neighborhoods major streams: Gwynns Falls, Jones Falls, and Herring Run. with historic sites along the Gwynns Falls stream valley, and Subsequent history, however, has been hard on the with downtown Baltimore's cultural attractions. Ultimately, Olmsted parks. Chronic struggles with poverty, crime, and a both ends of the proposed trail will lead to the Yatapsco shrinking tax base have led city government to cut funds for Valley State Park outside Baltimore City. Some sections of the parks repeatedly. In recent decades, the city has focused its trail are slated for opening next summer; the entire network creative energies on the tourist-oriented Inner Harbor area, may be ready by the end of 1995. which generates hard currency. This physical plan is ambitious enough, but the planning Gwynns Falls Valley reached its lowest point in the early group-a diverse task force named by Mayor Kurt Schmoke 1970s, suffering insults from man and nature alike. Tropical -has much more in mind. They see the project as the prov- storm Agnes, in 1972, flooded the falls, choking trails and ing ground for a new citywide vision of how green spaces can ruining roadways that, twenty-one years later, still have not 6 111 e reu.r eou einLir iIN D ~ "I111agllle kICrS fI'OCIl trle of Forestry and f:nvironmental Studies to come up with a city- wide plan for using street trees, gardens, streams, and parks as Ileighborhoods being able to vehicles for community development. And so was born the ~ Urban Resource Initiative (URI). Under the URI aegis, Yale graduate students collabarated with city officials, volunteers, bikc down to the lnner Harbor and the Trust for Public Land to investigate community development opportunities in the city's open spaces. The without even having to eross results of the URI-Baltimore-TPL collaboration were published in the fall of 1991 under the tide Strategic Plan for Action. Some months before the plan came out, Chris Rogers, a traffie, or tourists being able URI researcher turned TPL field reyresentative, was hiking in Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park with Chris Ryer, a city planner, to diseover a trail that will lead dreaming out loud about restoring the stream valley. As Ryer recalls, "The problem was everybody was planning, but nobody them to a forest in the middle Was doing." Rogers was inspired to persuade TPL to let him concentrate on the Uwynns Falls Trail project, and he began mobilizing Baltimore's rich assortment of civic organizations. Of ttle Clty," SayS CI1rIS ROgeI'S. Laura Perry, a board member of Baltiinore's Parks and People Foundation, and now cochair of the mayor's Gwynns "II' we ean do this sort of thing Falls Greenway Task Farce, confirms the gist of Ryer's story. "The idea of a greenway had been kicking around for years, but it needed a push to make it a reality. There's no question that 111 Lhe GWyIII1S FallS, W8 Ca? d0 TPL provided that push." So far, seventy-seven organizaCions, ranging from Girls United to Save the Environment (GUTSE) ilall over the city." Co.,l+,~~~ed <>-l patc x ~ been rebuilt. At around the same time, Baltimore officials decided to build an elevated freeway-the Leakin Park Expressway-through the unpopulated stream valley. Fortunately> the plan backfired. Outraged by the expressway scheme, affected neighborhoods fought city hall and won. On both sides of the Gwynns Falls Valley, dead-end highway spurs stand as monuments to the expressway struggle. Thus undisturbed, and largely abandoned, the valley evolved into a de facto wildlife sanctuary. Herons began to patrol the Gwynns Falls rapids, stalking sunfish and small- mouth bass. Whitetail deer from suburban woods migrated back into the city via the falls' tributaries. Gradually, Baltimoreans began to rediscover the amazing natural resources within their city boundaries. At first, the emphasis was on environmental protection. City planners drew up ideas for redaiming the stream valleys. Maryland Save Our Streams, a statewide environmental group, cajoled neighborhood groups into adopting sections of the watershed. ~ . Baseball star Eddie Murray, then with the Baltimore Orioles, donated funds to create an outdoor education center named for his mother. Opposke: Edgewood children sample wild berries Then, in 1988, Dr. Ralph Jones, ]ate direCtor of in Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park. 13altimore's Department of Recreation and Parks, made a decision that would alter the city's relationship with all of its Above: Dolly Jefferson, a member of the Gwynns natural resources. Jones, who believed parks could play a role Falls Greenway Task Force, hopes the park can in revitalizing urhan communities> challenged the Yale School bring the community together. I,.O ANL> ~~~m"F 7 (SI'EA Offers New Funding for Parks The Edgewood neighborhood in Baltimore is just one of a >p :e ~ number of communiries working to create and improve parks and open sPace with the help of IS7'EA fiinding. TPL ~I is currently helping communities around the country apply IF - forfunds to ac9uire scenic lands, trails, historic sites, and wetlands through the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA), a federal highway bill that has s we e p i n g i m P l i c a t i o n s f o r l a n d c o n s e r v a t i o n. Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke I to the B&O Railroad Museum, have signed on in support of the In Florida, TPL's Tallahassee office recently received Gwynns Falls Trail idea. Some have already gotten their feet Q two-year $50,000 grant from the Elizabeth Ordway wet> so to speak, in nitty-gritty greenway projects. On Earth Day 1993, a large contingent of high-school students, including the Dunn Foundation to create an ISTEA technical assistance GUTSE girls, waged a massive cleanup along an abandoned and support program for cities and counties interested in roadway, and hauled out some seventy tons of refuse. For the last two summers, youths from a self-esteem program called applying for ISTEA funding. Project RAISE have cleared woodland paths and removed inva- sive plants> learning job skills and earning wages in the process. The mayoral task force, meanwhile, has divided into three aptly In Georgia, TPL is helping communities create parks by named subgroups. The Eureka Committee looks for ways to nk the trail system to social objectives; the Hardhats are con- developing criteria for selecting projecis thnt may qualify for licerned with trail design; and the Greenbacks chase down funds. ISTEA funds. One TPL projed benefiting from ISTEA fund- Money, of course, poses a big challenge for the greenway dreamers. The full-blown project, according to Chris Rogers, ing is the Sautee-Nacoochee Valley Greenway iri north could cost roughly $4 million, with thirty percent coming from Georgia. The valley is an important Native American federal funds, thirty percent from state and local governments> histaric site and would expand recreational opportunities and thirty percent from private sources. Much of the public funding is made possible by the Intermodal Surface Transport- for Helen, a Popular tourist destination. ation Efficiency Act (ISTEA), which provides federal funds for everything from freeways to footpaths. Private support includes temporary acquisition funds from TPL, as well as donations In Maine, TPL is working along with the City of Portland to drummed up by some of Baltimore's best-known philan- create a waterfront Pedestrian and bike trail linking many thropists. The final ten percent, Rogers believes, will be "in kind," that is, the same kind of voluntarism that has supported of tyie city's historic areas with surrounding neighborhoods. the projectto date. Neighborhood involvement isn't just essential to the Gwynns Falls Trail's success, it's part of the project's reason for And in Californin, TPL is working with Monterey County to being. "This isn't just about environmentalism," Rogers says, secure ISTEA funding to protect scenic views on Highway 1 "it's about giving city residents access to a multitude of urban resources for the first time." as it winds along the spectacular Big Sur coastline. I "Imagine kids from the neighborhoods being able to bike I down to the Inner Harbor without even having to cross traffic, ~ For information on how your communiry can apply for ISTEA or tourists being able to discover a trail that will lead them to a funding, contact Jennifer Greene, TPL's New Funding Initiatives forest in the middle of the city," says Rogers. "If we can do this roordinator, (415) 495-5660. sort of thing in the Gwynns Falls, we can do it all over the city." As social investments go, the greenway already looks like a blue-chip stock. ? Tom Chalkley is a writer and activist in Baltimore. 8 1 Hf iltl'ti'f FOR PI;BLI(; I.AtiD ~v - „ x + ( , ~ ~ . » t . ~ Y~ .r q, r•~f` °,^t ' .p~ ' . ~ , o .w ~ r~-, ..,,~3`~,~`°~ I t 5 l ; A . ~ ~A...w.~. . ~ , . e . a ~ e~ , W ~ . . ~ ; . ~ . ~ ~ ~4~^'~~~'r° a Jw'd~ ~ `5 f ~ Y ' . ~ a ~ ~~',~•~u~~ .C~~'~' *~h a,;~ ,yM~~aR a.. ~ ~ . , ~ a ~ ~m ; d . . ; . . ~ PHRAGMITES ARE CREEPING UP ON THE WEATHERED Turning cc LOT FOR SALE" SIGNS AND SPARTINA GRASS POKES THROUGH CRACKS IN THE PAVED CUL-DE-SAC • i Tide n THAT WOULD BE A BRICK TOWNSHIP SUBDIVISION. G THE FLOOD OF DEVELOPMENT THAT ENGULFED t , THE FRAGILE SHORE OF NEW JERSEY S BARNEGAT Barnegat BAY IN THE EIGHTIES, HALTED BY THE RECESSION, IS EBBING HERE, TURNED BACK BY PUBLIC AND ^ PRIVATE RECOGNITION THAT PRESERVATION OF THE BAY~S WET EDGE IS VITAL TO ITS SURVIVAL. Bay Barnegat is a narrow freshwater bay, protected from the Atlantic Ocean by thin slivers of barrier beach island. The land by Richard M. Stapleton meets the water gently. Uplands forested with oak, pitch pine, and holly give way gently to meadows that gradually subside, turning to a spongy mat underfoot before submerging into first a freshwater marsh and finally a tidal salt marsh. The bay is shallow; there are places you can walk a half-mile or more into the water without getting your knees wet, and nowhere is Barnegat more than a dozen feet deep. With no major cities along its shores, Barnegat Bay does not have ready defenders as does Narragansett Bay or the near- 1 by Chesapeake. "It's an unrecognized natural resource," says ConCinued on page 10 I LAND AND VEOPLE 9 I I ~ ~ Andrew Strauss, TPL's Barnegat pro- The psychological turning ject manager. "People only see it for its aesthetic value." Strauss is work- p0111t Ca111e Wr1eI1 trle ~ ing to change that, to let people ; know there is a lot going on beneath ['irst truck pulletl out. ~ = the bay's bucolic beauty. L Barnegat's water is part of one of It was followed by another, i Summer visitors race through the the greatest natural recharging sys- salt marshes at Reedy Creek. tems in the warld. The vast Cohansey and ariother, Aquifer, which underlies the Jersey u11t11 500 t011S Of tI'aSrl Pine Barrens, contains thirty times the volume of water held in all of New York City's reservoirs. Its cool soft water filters up had been remOVed- through the sand to form creeks like Beaverdam, Goose, and Oyster, whose names speak of the bay's bounty. The fresh water almost a quarter of pumping into the bay holds down salinity levels, and the bay is at once a unique nursery for a huge coastal fish population, a it reCy,Cled. vast feeding station on the Atlantic Flyway, and winter home for tens of thousands of waterfowl. As the duck flies, the northern end of Barnegat is just forty It was not love at first sight The Meadows, a prime 120- miles from New York City. Ten percent of the nation's population acre spread of pine-oak uplands and freshwater wetlands, was lives within fifty miles of the bay, and population pressures are slated for development. It was one of the highest-priority prop- enormous. Old-timers like Owen Ridgeway lament the weekend erties for conservation, but as is often the case with unmanaged invasion of jet skis that buzz along the water like the swarms of open space, the parcel had been used for years as a dump; the mosquitoes that used to be the bay's main annoyance. "Like being woods were filled with junked cars, used tires, and mountains of on the parkway," he says, referring to the Garden State, the high- construction debris. The FWS would acquire the land only if way that overnight made the bay part the property could be cleared of the refuse. Nevertheless, TPL of New York's extended suburbs. By took an option. Bill deCamp set up a fund-raising committee, the mid-1970s, Barnegat had lost thir- while Willie deCamp organized a deanup. League volunteers ty percent of its tidal marsh acreage. spent Saturdays picking up the trash. Ocean County agreed to Marsh by marsh, cove by cove, haul it, and TPL and others chipped in to pay the tipping fees. .<;1agoons were dredged and a phalanx The psychological turning point, Willie deCamp says, oi bulkhead built until it seemed, as came when the first truck pulled out It was followed by anoth- AV'illie deCamp puts it, as if nature er, and another, until 500 tons of trash had been removed Were being wiped off the map. almost a quarter of it recycled. The Meadows' natural beauty 4 Willie deCamp and his father, unmasked, FWS said yes to adding the land to the refuge. Bi11, were first jogged into action by Today, the Forsythe Refuge is almost halfway to its goal of plans for intensive residential develop- creating a 2,300-aae Reedy Creek Unit. TPL has purchased and Bill and Willie deCamp ment of a local boatyard. They joined conveyed 429 acres, and has options on 89 more. Brick the moribund local chapter of the Township is conveying 335 additional acres. "We took Yhe risk," Izaak Walton League, and within a year, Willie found himself says Rose Harvey, TPL's Mid-Atlantic regional manager, president. Their successful fight against the boatyard proposal "because it was an opportunity to protect an entire natural took five years, and not long in, they came to grips with a larger resource area.° Others came to share the vision. FWS was a problem; while they were fighting to keep houses off the marina cooperative partner. The local community was behind the property, developers next doar were carving pristine tracts into effort. The congressional delegation worked hard to get FWS building lots. The deCamps, joined by a group of summer resi- the needed funding for what New Jersey Senator Frank dents and Iocal dammers, expanded their horizons. Lautenberg called "a vital addition for New Jersey's expanding At about the same time> halfway down the bay, habitat loss refuge system." Even the economy helped; the slwnping real- and run-off pollution were stressing the Edwin B. Forsythe estate market made conservation a realistic alternative for National Wildlife Refuge. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) stalled developers. officials started moving to preserve some of the bay's watershed Then there were the deCamps. "Their passion made it hap- to the north. The two forces, shepherded by TPL, came together pen," says Susan Sommer of TPI,'s New Jersey Field Office. Add at Reedy Creek. to their passion a little cunning and a lot of hard work. Whiie 10 THE TRL'ST FOK F'Uht1.IC 1 .ANU T i~ f , ~ 'R ? ~ ti ~ Wetlands at Herring Point provide important natural salt marsh habitat. 6ill deCamp helped raise over $800,000, all of it from local indi- jump start i? )uly, when the State of New Jersey awarded TPL viduals, Willie deCamp and the Izaak Walton League challenged $2.5 million it received from Ciba-Geigy, whose chemical facility the developers at the planning board. Interestingly, although had leaked toluene into a bay tributary. The bulk of the money, tiome eighty-seven rare and endangered syecies have been iden- $2 million, will go for land acquisition, not only on the bay, but tified in the Barnegat Bay ecosystem and much of the area is inland too, up the creeks and rivers that feed the bay. The wetland, Willie deCamp's prime tools were the local planning remainder will be used as grant money, and TPL Project and zoning codes. Manager Strauss says he is casting a wide net for ideas. "We're What started at Reedy Creek is now spreading to encom- open," he says, "to anything from studies of shellfish beds to pass the entire bay. Near Forked River, halfway down the bay, education about nonpoint source pollution; anything that pro- league board member John Sly prowls the wetlands, collecting motes research, education, and advocacy on behalf of the bay.° drift trash in his cedar rowboat. He presses "Save the Bay" but- All this has given rise to a sense of optimism on the bay. tons on anyone not wearing one, and, in the spirit of the The water is cleaner Than it has been in decades. Back-hoes have deCamps, he took the fight to local planning board meetings. given way to canvasbacks in the marshlands. The flood of devel- There he stopped a plan to develop more thaii a hundred acres opment is being stemmed, and with that has come aiiew sense hlled, Sly says, with a million mallard ducks and a glorious pair of commuiiity. For Willie deCamp, that may be the greatest of otters. TPL now has options on over three hundred and forty reward. ""I'he real benefit to what we did on Reedy Point,° he acres in the Forked River area and an additional two hundred says, "is we've put the idea in the minds of other people that .ind fifty acres within the Manahawkin watershed. Farther they too can save Barnegat Bay.° south, where Route 72 crosses the bay to Ship Bottom, TYL ? recently negotiated the purchase of half of Cedar Bonnet [sland. Richard M. Stapleton is an environmental writer bnsed in New York. Eight hundred condos were slated to be built there; now it too belungs to the Forsythe Refuge. I'he breather afforded by the prolonged economic down- turn has given the preservation movement time to mature. Ihcre has been time to stucly the bay, set yriorities, balance conservation with developmeilt; TPL is formulating a master plan, the Barnegat Bay Initiative, and together with FWS and various local groups, is working to save some sixty-six hundred acres of the h,rv's perimeter and watershcd. "I'he initiative got a li\N I) AN I) I'L:ttl'l l: Il _ ~ JPL IIVTERVIEW ~ CHARLES JORDAN What is the driving force behind ~ your commitment to parks and I reCreation? When I served on the ~ President's Commission on Americans STANDING I Outdoors in 1986, I had a chance to ex- pand my horizons and see some of the treasures that we have out there-see those that are threatened and hear thou- sands of Americans speak about what the great outdoors meant to them. They talked about future generations, about inheritance and legacy. That was entirely new to me, and I recognized then that this ALL is an important movement. And I've got to make sure that my people are part of it. FOR PARKS How do you go about that? I call it "color coordinating" the movement. My mission, my passion is to show that As a youth, six-foot-seven Charles ecology and equality go together. I saw people becoming overwhelmed with Jordan thought he had a future in socia] issues. But without clean air, clean basketball. He wanted to be a conch like water, I don't care what else you have, it's not going to mean very much. the one who had mentored him us a young athlere. After college, Jordan went What is the relationship between ecology and equality? Everything is to work as recreation leader for the city connected. There is no way the rest of of Palm Springs, California, his home- the world can look good if certain neigh- town. I-le went on to become director of borhoods are still poor and undevel- oped. That's where you're going to get a Parks and Recreation in Austin, Texas, lot of problems and a lot of pollution. and is currently the director of Parks My people have been told, you can't oppose that plant, even though it's and Recreation in Portland, Oregon. polluting the air. You've got a choice: Jordan has served on the President's Do you want to breathe clean air or do Commission on Americans Outdoors you want bread on your table? That doesdt have to be. And I think it's on and on the boards of the National the mainstream environmental organi- Recreation and Park Association and zations to try to articulate that And that's a real challenge. the Conservation Fund. Over the years, Jordan has become a national voice How can we make environmental issues more relevant to people of for ethnic and racial diversity in the Color? Everyone has a value system. So I environmental movement. He recently try to find out what that is and interpret spoke with TPL about parks, people, my environmental message in a way that shows the relationship. I go to where and urban America. you are. I find out what's of interest to you. Black people live in cities, we pur- ~ sue our leisure in urban areas. You do:i't ° find too many of us going out into wilderness areas. If you just want us to "We will hire a When it comes to social harmony, join your organization, help you facili- I'll take on anyone in the world. At this tate land acquisition and the develop- hU11d1"ed 1nOre {~olice very moment, I've got thousands of kids , ment of trails, you need to come where I r from different backgrounds, different have assigned value. And I haven't . parts of the city, running up and down assigned value out there. I've assigned Offlcers instead of ten my fields, up and down my basketball value to the problems that ['m dealing courts. They're jumping up and giving with on a daily basis. YYIOrE reC1"eGit1011 each other the "high five." They've set You might come down and say, aside those superficialities of the color of "Hey, look, you're dealing with this leaders. Are you going one's skin, of the neighborhood in problem of lead paint. To you, that's a which they live, what their parents do health problem, but it's an environmen- tO tell YYje jt COStS for a living. You set those aside and you tal problem as well. So why not work know the only color they saw? The color together?" And then, the next time you more to recreate of the jerseys of their teammates. So the need twenty people to work with you, message is if you can do it on the courts, we've got a partnership going. Main- than tO 111CarCerate?" you can do it in the community. stream environmental groups have got In the area of crime prevention you to understand that they've got to leave can't beat me. I provide positive> con- their box to do that. And if they say, to the outdoors? Instead, the dollars are structive alternatives for young people. well, that's not what we're all about, going to deal with their fears. It's going ThaYs what I do every day. I have more we're only about land, then fine. You go into law enforcement, it's going into kids under my control than anyone else on down that road. But don't expect a bricks and mortar. We will hire a hun- in the state. And if I'm not there, where lot of people to come along with you. dred more police officers instead of ten do you think all of those idle hands and more recreation leaders. Are you going high energy levels are going to go? To Do you feel hopeful about bringing to tell me it costs more to recreate than the local library? Let's deal with reality. an environmental ethie into Cities? to incarcerate? Absolutely not. But in no All of them will not go into a life of Yes, I do. But it's the best of times and place do you find parks in the basics. crime. But that energy has got to come the worst of times. All around the coun- Unless you're talking about youth at risk out somewhere. And if there are not try people of color are getting involved and public safety, you don't stand much positive, constructive alternatives, they are locally, trying to bring their neighbor- of a chance of getting dollars. going to engage in negative recreation. hoods back the "green" way-through Americans spend $350 billion a parks, community gardens, arts. And How can we make parks one of the year on leisure pursuits. If that's not they're getting the kids involved in activ- basies? Parks and recreation are more economic development, what is? We're ities like planting trees around their than just fun and games. We havedt all those things. Unfortunately, policy- schools. But I honestly sometimes feel told the whole story of what we are. makers only see the fun and games. So guilty when I'm speaking back East. We're in the business of wellness. they start cutting. We'll close this park, 'I'hey're fighting tooth and nail for half a All those thousands of people out there we'll raise these fees. Pretty soon only block. They're holding thousands of this evening jogging around our trails those who can afford to go will go. vacant lots. We need to get in there and are not there just because of the scenery create community gardens. Community but because of what the outdoors does Portland appears to offer a lot in the gardens can do so many things bringing and what jogging does to the cardiovas- way of parks and reereation. You people together to try to improve their cular system. Psychological needs are look around Portland and you say gee yuality of life. But the resources aren't just as important. What good is it for me whiz, how fortunate these people are. there, so it's very difficult for them. to have a healthy body unless there are Yes> we are. But the next generation will places for me to deal with stress, to relax, not be as fortunate, because only eight Why can't parks compete effeCtively and to enjoy? percent of what you see is in public for public funds? That's the mystery. When it comes to self-esteem build- ownership. But the majority of people In every poll taken, Americans love us, ing, we're one of the best. Every kid has a believe that all this is in public owner- they love the outdoors, they want to need to win, but every kid can't dunk a ship and it will always be here. Somehow I invest in the outdoors. But somehow basketball or hit a home run. Therefore we we've got to raise that awareness level. their behavior doesn't match their create games just for them, just to make You've got to project ahead twenty years rhetoric. Why aren't their dollars going sure that every kid has a chance to win. conri„ued ot, page ia ~ LANU ANI) PEOI'LI: 13 G0NSERVATION GASE STUDY ~ from now. We expect a half-million more people in I this region, and they're going to bring all of their FINANCING PARKS habits, their leisure pursuits, their desires, and their needs. And they've got to live someplace and they've WITH LEASES ~ got to play someplace. This park protection effon iri Austin, Texas, illustrates the value of Last year you tried to pass a bond aet to buy levernged Public-land ncqiiisitions. It is n prototype for a lnnd- more open space for metropolitan Portland, but banking progrnrn that TPL is pursuing with qualifying counties it was unsuCCessful. Why? That is called illiA rnunicipalities around the country. Metropolitan Greenspaces. We're going to try again in 1994. Many yeople see that they can walk five minutes and be in a natural area, so they figure, this Over the past several years, TPL has conducted a number is not endangered, why do I need to be spending of surveys to better understand the opportunities and obstacles money there. You don't appreciate it until you lose it. facing parks and open space in cities. Not surprisingly, cities And Portland can lose it. most often cite a lack of funding as their biggest constraint. We have got to pick up more aitical pieces of Many oY the nation's park professionals are finding it increas- property, particularly natural areas, to set aside for ingly difficult to support existing park operations, much less the future, because a lot of it is in jeopardy. We may consider new park and open-space expansion. Viewed as won- not have the dollars right now to develop it, we may derful but "nonessential" government services, parks operations not have the dollars to properly maintain it. But I and acquisition budgets are being pared to the bone. say, set aside the land, give future generations some The experience of Austin, Texas, is a case in point. During options. The Trust for Public Land understands our the eighties and early nineties, the city was hard-hit by a reces- challenge. "CPL is working to move this agenda in sion. As a result, Austin's parks acquisition and maintenence spite of Metro Greenspaces not passing. They're try- budget was severely reduced. Visionary plans to preserve the ing to raise money, trying to get things done. And community's river corridors and redaim despoiled areas for there is so much they Uring to the table that we at the new parks were shelved. Champions for a greener Austin came local level don't have. to be regarded as idealistic cheerleaders for a parks system that Austin could never afford. Interestingly, as the local economy How can we get people to understand and appreci- improved, the limiting factor for Austin's park acquisition pro- ate what's at stake? You see, what people don't gram was not a lack of funding capacity as much as a lack of understand, they won't value. And what they don't near-term monies for land purchases. The city's cash Flow value, they won't protect, what they don't protect, problems made it dif6cult to take advantage of the bargain they will lose. So I believe in telling them what they prices brought about by the depressed real-estate market. have. When I speak to groups of children I ask them, Austin's cash flow dilemma prompted some new thinking "Who do I work for?" They'll guess everything from at TPL. Rather than working primarily as a negotiator for pub- the president on down. But when I tell them that I lio-land acquisition programs, might "fPL also provide local work for them and for their mom and dad, they are governments with bridge financing to purchase critical open fascinated.'I'he concept that these special places space before inflationary pressures returned to the market? belong to them is amazing and wonderiul to them. A land protection initiative in southeast Austin, a diverse Once they understand, they are much more likely to and vibrant inner-city neighborhood, provided TPI, with an take care of it. opportunity to explore this new role. A 220-acre expanse of forest and pasture, located just two miles from downtown, had What would you say is our responsibility to managed to survive intact when an ambitious plan to develop future generations? It's to protect, to enjoy, and to the property succumbed to the real-estate market collapse in pass on. And if any of these three are missing, you've the mid-1980s. Known as College Park, the property was taken got problems. I believe that protection is number over by the Resolution Trust Corporation (R'I'C) after the one. I believe in enjoying what we have. And I think developer was forced into bankruptcy. we have the joy, not the responsibility but the joy, of Public acquisition of the tract could create a new metropoli- passing it on to future generations. tan park equal in size to the Austin's largest public open spaces. ~ But faced with a fund balance of $180,000 to purchase a$1.1 mi;- lion property, the city could not readily pursue the acquisition. To overcome the problem, TPL and the city developed an acquisition strategy that involved an advance TYL purchase of 14 T111: fRL'ti'1Fnlt YL'HLI(: I.ANLI ~ College Park is just two miles from downtown Austin, TX. the property. Once the land came into TYL ownership, TPL Through the lease-donation Al1St111's cash flow would execute a lease-donation agreement with the city. The agreement, Austin will control agreement would provide for an initial lease payment equal to the property during the three- CIIIeITilTla pI'O111pted twenty-five percent of the property's $1.1 million value. Over year lease term without restric- the succeeding three years, Austin would be responsible for tion. Additionally, the city's lease some new thinking making annual lease payments to TPL to take down the organi- payments to TPL are scheduled at TPL. Rather than zation's investment in the acquisition. At the end of the lease to allow for a more even cash term, Austin would have the right to buy out the land's under- flow to fund the park purchase. WOrklIlg pI'1111aI'lIy lying fee title for a small additional cost or, at TPL's discretion, By this arrangement, Austin will receive the fee interest by donation. be able to achieve its park plan- aS a 11egOt1dt0I' f01' By structuring the acquisition in this manner, the City ning goals without compromis- Council could avoid committing itself beyond a year's term for ing the city's other capital public-land acquisition each lease payment (a legal constraint imposed on most improvement budget priorities. municipalities in the country). In addition, the lease-donation Since the city's lease pay- PrOgI'i1111S, might TPL arrangement would allow Austin to apply for state matching ments are subject to annual bud- aISO prOVlde lOCal monies to secure a development grant. get appropriations, TPL is at The acquisition presented political challenges as well. First, some risk in recovering its governments with College Park had to be viewed as a priority for the city's capital acquisition costs. But given the improvement budget. A constituency for the park needed to be city's credit worthiness and the bridge financing mobilized. To address this issue, TPL and city staff contacted benefits of providing a park to the community groups that would most benefit from the park, this underserved community, to purchase critical and worked with community leaders to participate in the capi- TPL chose to accept the risk. tal improvement budget hearings. That effort proved successful In times of budget deficits open space? and, after four months, the City Council approved an appropri- and growing social service ation that would allow the Parks Department to begin to demands, states, counties> and acquire the College Park property and an adjoining 52-acre tract. municipalities need greater flexibility to manage competing Once monies were budgeted, TPL's land-banking service public needs. As demonstrated in the College Park transaction, came into play. TPL and Austin city staff determined that a TPL can offer qualifying parks agencies financing strategies that "lease-donation" model could offer the city the means to will enable them to acquire priority oPen spaces in a manner acquire the property it wanted. By financing the city's purchases that is fiscally and politically viable, offering cities and counties over a three- to seven-year term, TPL could help Austin take the opportunity to make real their dreams for a more vital and advantage of "fire sale" real-estate prices without impinging on beautiful landscape. funds for other essential government services and capital ~ improvetnent projects. This case study was developed with the assisrance of Ted Harrisori, vice president and regional managerof TPL's SouthwestRegional Office. Inn'n,wu Pcu,PU 15 Adopt-A-Watershed Trinity County, California, stretches across the "Crinity Alys> splashed with well-known lakes and seamed with Brings Jobs and Hope little-known creeks. Winding roads connect a dozen small towns that have to the North Coast no traffic lights, but many deer cross- ings. Not long ago, these towns were supported by plentiful timber for their by Teella tlellei'SeIS mills, and by tourist dollars derived in part from the Trinity River's reputation as one of the best salmon-fishing rivers in the West. But in recent years, the local timber industry has been forced to cut jobs, and while unemployment rates go up (16.2 percent in 1992), more cars sport bumper ~ ~ qp ,'~stickers that pass the blame around froni ~ owls, to environmentalists, to overzealous loggers. As mill workers worry about their jobs, motels and campgrounds along the Trinity River sit half empty because the river's fishery populations have plunged to below five percent of their historic levels. A major culprit in the disappear- ance of the salmon has been the Grass Valley Creek Watershed and its rayidly eroding granitic soils. Since the 1940s, logging and road development in the Grass Valley Creek Watershed have caused such heavy soil erosion that in certain areas of the watershed, the trees can no longer regenerate on their own. Even more alarming, the 230,000 cubic yards of sediment that annually run off its hillsides have buried many of the salmon spawning grounds in the Trinity River. In 1984, Congress authorized the fourteen-agency Trinity River Task Force to start restoring the fish poyulations in the river. But it was not until 1992, when the Trust for Public Land arranged for the purchase of the 17>000-acre Urass Valley Creek Watershed, that real progress toward restoration began. "The transfer of ownership increased our options," says District Conservationist Jim Spear of the Mount Shasta rises above the Trinity River watershed, where erosion has brought the once-plentiful salmon to record lows. s ~ ~ i Soil (;onservation Service. "We were able to involved in planting trees, mulching start revegetating the hillsides, and wark eroding stream banks, and other erosion on decommissioning some of the roads control projects. But it is the way the that were causing much of the damage." program is bringing the community But perhaps the most far-reaching together in new partnerships that has option now being implemented in Grass most impressed Program Director Kim Valley Creek and other watersheds is an Stokely. "We're giving students and the • ' ; innovative natural resource education community a model of collaboration . program called Adopt-A-Watershed. and cooperation that is so needed to Adopt-A-Watershed offers a hands- "Crinity County students adopt a local resolve local issues." on science lesson to Lewiston watershed and follow it as the focal point A case in point, the Trinity Journal, Elementary Sehool students. of their science curriculum through the county newspaper, recently reported grade twelve. Kids and their teachers are that there is a new "spirit of reconcilia- to the county, part of a California Rivers excited about the program because it tion" in Trinity County. A group of local Protection Fund made possible by a brings science to life, and gives each les- environmentalists and timber industry donation to TPL from the Champion son a relevance they can see and touch. supporters have been working together on International Corporation. "Restoring 1'eachers love the program because it a job-creating proposal to be submitted to the Grass Valley Creek watershed will gives them an articulated, thematic, the Clinton administration that recog- create jobs in Northern California and kindergarten-through-twelfth-grade nizes that a healthy forest and healthy keep salmon fishing on the north coast," program that also captures their stu- watersheds are vital to a healthy economy noted Congressman Vic Fazio, who dents' attention like no other science and secure job base in Trinity County. played a critical role in bringing federal program they've ever tried. "This group sees the Adopt-A-Watershed funding to the watershed resort. Lewiston is the town closest to the program as a major part of the training Once the salmon return, more Grass Valley Creek Watershed, and the in watershed restoration, monitoring, tourism dollars are bound to flow back I.ewiston Elementary students who have and assessment that is so necessary for into the county, and once the erosion adopted it will be getting directly future forest management," says Stokely. problems are solved, limited timber With this new recognition of the harvesting at Grass Valley Creek may importance of forest restoration to the once more be able to provide timber for The gridloek of local economy, the gridlock of opposing local mills. views is loosening, and the future of But perhaps the best long-term opposing views is Trinity County is looking up. In March hope for Trinity County, and other rural of 1993, the Bureau of Land Manage- areas with resource-based economies, is lOoSe111I1g, and the future ment purchased the Grass Valley Creek education programs like Adopt-A- of 'ftinity County is Watershed from the Trust for Public Watershed. The U.S. Forest Service, the Land, ensuring that the restoration proj- Soil Conservation Service, and the IOOk1ng UP. ect will continue, a project that currently California Association of Resource employs around thirty-five people in Conservation Districts are working hard badly needed jobs. to get the program implemented cce The acquisition and restoration of throughout the state because, says Jim the Trinity River and its fisheries is a top Spear> "it has the potential to help us priority of the BLM, which, in coopera- develop a new generation that will have ~ tion with the Trinity River Task Force, a better understanding of the conse- t will manage the restoration challenge. quences of our actions." The Bureau of Reclamation funded ? eighty-five percent of the acquisition Teena Pellersels is the newsletter editor costs through fees, paid by agricultural fortheAdopt-A -Watershed program in users of the Trinity waters. The Trinity County. Resources Agency of the State of Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt California provided the remaining funds thanks members of the California Con- and has joined in the restoration effort. servation Corps at a TPL dedication at To see the restoration effort off to a Grass Valley Creek. strong start, TPL inadc a$250,000 grant i nNn ksn PIsoPi.r. 17 LANDSCAPES M A S S A C H U S E T T S Lowell's Boat Shop Becomes a Maritime Museum FoLmded in 1793, LowelPs Boat Shop, on the Merrimack River in Amesbury, Massachusetts, is one of the oldest con- , tinually operated businesses in America. The building at ~ ~ . 459 Main Street still houses the shop that over the years has turned out more than a hundred and fifty thousand wood- ~ . , en dories-flat-bottomed, seaworthy boats that were once ~ the mainstay of the New England fishing fleet Today, . boatbuilding is nearly a forgotten trade. But at Lowell's Boat Shop> boatbuilders and their apprentices still hand- ° craft wooden dories with the same techniques and materi- ~ I als used in the late eighteenth century. When financial difficulties threatened to sink the business, TPL purchased and will convey it to the Custom House Maritime Museum in neighboring Newburyport. As LowelPs approaches its third century, the shop will operate as it always has, turning out carefully handcrafted pieces of American history. T E X A S ~h. San Antonio Conserves Land to Protect Water San Antonio, Texas> is the largest city in the country dependent on a sole underground source for its water: the Edwards Aquifer. During the past decade, development in the aquifer's recharge zone has begun to endanger the community's water supply. TPL and local agencies and activists are warking to pro- tect five thousand acres of this recharge zone in Government Canyon, north of the city. The canyon would become the first large public preserve in San Antonio's Hill Country, expanding recreational opportunities and protecting the water supply for the more than a million residents of Bexar County. The land is rich in history and offers opportunities for hiking, camping, rock climbing, swimming, biking, and horseback riding. There are Native American archaeological sites on the land, a seven- teenth-century Spanish trail, a stagecoach station, and an old postal station. A large cave supports a colony of bats and severa] threatened species. ~x ~ 18 1 HE TRl'ti'f F(1N Pl;IiI.IC LANU 5 ~ - 'x 1,. ` 4 ~t~~'ry ¢e ( , ~ ' ~ -i` ^v r o . N ~ ~ W ASHINGTON Seattle Shelters Its ~k.~ ~ Japanese Garden Located just ten minutes from downtown Seattle, the 200-acre Washington Park Arboretum is a verdant refuge from the urban landscape. Within the arboretum is the tranquil Japanese Garden, a floral showpiece buffered from surrounding develop- x. , ment by natural vegetation on a sloping hillside. The hillside property was zoned for development and up for sale when TPL, _ the Arboretum Foundation, and the Arboretum and Botanical Garden Advisory Committee mobilized to buy it for the city ".t park. Now safely sheltered from encroachment, the ]apanese Garden maintains its quiet atmosphere for cultural events like ~ the annual Tsukimi, or "moon viewing," when traditional musical instruments are played and hundreds of paper boats are released on the garden's moonlit pond as a symbol of respect to departed ancestors. C O N N E C T I C U T Artist's Farm Dedicated as a National Park Weir Farm is considered a landmark in the history of ;I?i • American landscape painting. J. Alden Weir (1852-1919) a- purchased the farm near Ridgefield, Connecticut, in 1882 for $10 and a still-life painting, and lived and worked there for nearly four decades. Weir's friends and disciples includ- ed Childe Hassam, John Twachtman, Albert Pinkham Ryder, and John Singer Sargent, whose work, inspired by the farm's nuances of light and the beauty of the countryside, came to define American impressionism. Originally over ~ ? w _ ` .7'~ two hundred acres of ineadows, woods, and wetlands> Weir Farm had fallen into multiple ownership over the years and 1' was threatened with suburban development. Concerned cit- izens formed the Weir Farm Heritage Trust and, with the ' ~ . ~,+4. - ' • Y' ~ ~ • " State of Connecticut, the National Park Service, tLe National ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ a ~ • a " ~ ~ Trust for Historic Preservation, and TPL, worked to 44~, reassemble the farm and preserve Weir's home and studio. More than ten years after this effort began, supporters came together in September to dedicate the Weir Farm National His;cric Site, the first national park in Connecticut and the first to honor the life and work of an American painter. I.ANI) ANI1 I'I-01'1.1:. 19 FOR `t'HE RECORD ~ , I ~ LAND AND WATER CONSERVATIONFUNDS ' ARE INADEQUATE by Senator Bennett Johnston "While the amount of money appropriated f rom the LWCF has declined significantly over the past several years, the demand for additional funding for both the state and federal programs has steadily increased." In 1964, Congress enacted the Land and Water history--Yosemite, Olympic, Grand Teton national parks, and Conservation Fund Act. The act established a Land many others-have benefited from LWCF-financed acquisition ~ and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) that has of smaller but critical lands within their boundaries. two essential components. First, it is the principal These are areas that all Americans treasure; they are areas source of federal funding for the addition of lands that in many ways define us as a people; and in many instanies to America's National Park, Forest, Wildlife Refuge, Trail and they are preserved and protected today because of the LWCF. Wild and Scenic River systems, and public lands administered Although perhaps less well known to the public, the fund's by the Bureau of Land Management Second, it is the source of state grant program has an equally impressive record of success. federa] matching grants to state and local governments for open Almost $3.2 billion has been appropriated to the state matching space and recreation planning, land acquisition, and develop- grants program since 1965. These grants have been used to ment of recreation facilities. acquire over two million acres of recreation lands and develop Several basic philosophies guided the establishment of the recreation facilities at more than twenty-five thousand other Land and Water Conservation Fund. First, it represents state and local sites. America's commitment to pass on to future generations a natural, Whether urban, suburban, or rural, Americans over cultural, and historic heritage expressive of this natiods enor- whelmingly identify places like these as essential to their idea of mous breadth and depth. The LWCF also stands on the idea of a good life. The recreation, physical activity, and relaxation investment in the future. Since 1968, the LWCF has been opportunities they offer are increasingly recognized as vital to financed largely from revenues generated by oil and gas leasing our physical health. They often serve as focal points for com- and development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The munity activity, pride, and cohesion. They upgrade neighbor- principle is that the proceeds from the depletion of nonrenew- hoods and are often central features of local and regional able resources, in this case, oil and gas, should be reinvested in a economic development and revitalization plans. They are places permanent asset of lasting benefit to future generations. where American youth can be part of something constructive. Since 1965, over $5 billion has been appropriated from the Provisions of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act LWCF for federal land acquisition projects. This has financed allow state and local communities to prioritize which projects the acquisition of approximately four million acres of land and will be fiinded, and require them to match the federal grant water by the National Park Service, the Fish and Wildlife with an equal financial commitment of their own. This means the Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Forest program is a true partnership in which the federal government Service. These acquisitions have made possible many of the lends a helping hand to local citizens who decide for themselves parks, wildlife refuges, forests, and other special places that so what is best for their communities. But in return it requires distinguish America. They represent the backbone of America's those citizens to make a substantial investment of energy and legacy of caring for its natural heritage. That legacy includes resources to demonstrate their commitment to a given project. areas such as the Appalachian Trail; Fire Island, Cumberland if the LWCF has been such a success story> why is the legis- Island, and Cape Cod national seashores; Voyagers, North lation I am introducing necessary? The answer is simple: While Cascades, Everglades, and Channel Islands national parks; and the number of new federal park, refuge, and forest areas has the Chattahoochee River and Golden Gate national recreation grown rapidly in recent years, and while the need and the areas. In addition, numerous wildlife refuges vital to preservation demand for reaeation facilities and open space have increased of wildlife and endangered species have been protected. Forests exponentially, funding from the LWCF has lagged far behind. and river corridors have been acquired and made accessible to the Although the LWCF is aedited up to $900 million per public. Even the venerable crown jewels of America's conservation year from OCS receipts, no funds may be expended for LWCF 20 1 IIE TRl'ST FOR Pl'11LIC LA\D i ~ f E ~ ! PAYING CAPITAL GAINS TAX [ WHEN YOU SELL REAL ESTATE IS LIKE HIKING TEN MILES purposes unless appropriated by the Congress. Over the past IN THE WRONG DIRECTION! ten years, federal land acquisition appropriations have averaged less than $225 million per year. Funding for the state grant pro- ram has averaSed onlY $50 million annuallY in that same Period. ~t J S While the amount of money appropriated from the LWCF has declined significantly over the past several years, the demand for additional funding for both the state and federal programs has steadily increased. For example, with respect to the state grant program, in fiscal year 1991, over 2,660 state grants were requested while only 412 were awarded, due to the limited amount of money appropriated. "fhe problem facing - the federal side of the LWCF are just as acute. I and others concerned about this issue have watched for Avoid Capital Gains Tatc And tnany years now as the list of conservation properties identified Receive Lifetime Income From A Gift by the nation as important for federal acquisition has grown longer and longer. "Chis so-called backlog represents broken or To The Trust for Public Land at best delayed promises by the American government to the American people. Donate your home, vacation home, 1'oday, the authorized but unobligated balance of the I.WCF is in excess of $9 billion. Unfortunately, this is not undeveloped land, or investment money stashed away in a safe in the Treasury Department ready property to a TPL Trust. Your Trust can to be spent. The funds earmarked but unappropriated for the sell the property without paying capital LWCF have been diverted to other programs or used to reduce the deficit. It is only a paper balance and no longer available for gains tax and pay you a lifetime income the purposes for which it was intended. from the proceeds. And, your gift entides Under my legislation, during the next five fiscal years, you to an income tax deduction to boot! 1994 through 1998, the sum of $1 billion would be made avail- able annually, without further appropriation, for LWCF pur- "I'rust principal ultimately comes to TPL, poses. This amount would be deducted from the authorized helping to protect open lands where but unappropriated balance of the LWCF. future generations can find their way. We are all aware of the difficult budget decisions now facing us, and I realize that the passage of any legislation that provides a significant funding increase will be difficult. It is clear, howev- Suggested minimum $100>000 er, that the current funding levels for LWCF projects are inade- quate. It is equally dear that without bold initiative such as this, the problem will only continue to worsen. I believe there is little , doubt that the investments we have made in protecting and pre- For further information, please contact I serving our nation's natural and cultural heritage have rewarded Jennie E. Gerard, Senior Vice President, us many times over in an increased quality of life. I urge you to The 'I'rust for Public Land support this vitally needed emergency funding. 116 New Montgomery, 4th Floor ~ San Francisco, CA 94105 I l.aumana Srnntor Bennett Johnston c{iairs the Energy and (415) 495-4014 Natiirnl Re±ources Cornmittee anci is author of S. 721, tyte Land tllul IVater Cnnserration Furtri Ernergenry Fiinding Act. - ~I.nND nnn NeoiIi 1 . 21 CONlVEl:rl Iolyl7 A SPECIAL FUND conserve some eleven million acres nities. The training sessions, held in F O R P U G E T S O U N D central to the quality of life in these Newport Beach and Sacramento, ana- four fast-growing regions. The goal is lyzed the successful passage of More than eighty percent of to develop a model that other regions Proposition A in Los Angeles County. Washington's growth over the last ten can adopt, along with new approaches This ballot measure created a county- years has taken place in the Puget to conserving land in and around cities. wide Landscaping and Lighting Act Sound region. By the year 2000, Puget Assessment District, a special area Sound's population will grow by For more information, contact Greenbelt Alliance, (415) 543-4291. within which property tax revenues are another six hundred thousand. Eighty directed toward a specific purpose, in thousand acres will be developed for ~ this case, parks acquisition. Los Angeles' residential needs alone. Just as impor- assessment district will generate tant will be the land needed for new ~ $540 million for park facilities, open- parks and open space. The Puget ~V, C, ~ space acquisition, and environmental Sound Open Space Fund has been cre- cno~ restoration ro ects over the next ated to address the need for open space ~ARAD"`O`L~ P~ twenty-two years. Two city or county in the growing twelve-county Puget representatives will qualify for a grant, Sound region. The goal is to create a$3 funded through the Henry M. Jackson million revolving fund for TPL to use Foundation, to provide for a prelimi- to secure key properties as they come nary assessment district feasibility on the market. The Bullitt Foundation study in their city or county. has provided a$1 million challenge Based on Prop A's success in Los grant to the fund; TPL is now raising "EARTH SONGS" Angeles, other TPL offices are planning an additional $2 million from private $ENEFITS Z'PI, similar training in public finance. The donations. These monies are essential New Jersey Field Office is planning a to TPL's ability to move quickly to TPL has joined Narada Productions, a workshop to be offered this fall. protect some of the special places in MIlwaukee-based record company, in Puget Sound. support of Earth Songs, a new release For more information, contact featuring twelve instrumental composi- Frank Parker, director, TPL's New For more information, contact tions by Narada artists. The album was Jersey Field Office, (201) 539-9191. Craig Lee, vice president and regional created manager, TPL's Northwest Regional as an audio companion to the ? book Earih Prayers, a collection of j,0 S AN G E L E S Office, (206) 587-2447. environmental poetry. Narada Produc- Q F F I C E P L A N N E D ~ tions, recognized by Billboard Magazine G R E E N S PAC E 1 N I T I AT I V E as the top adult alternative/new age TPL plans to open a Los Angeles Field recording label for three of the last four Office in the coming year. Rapid OF F E R S M O D E L F O R growth in the Los Angeles Basin has REGIONAL PLANNING years, will donate a portion of the pro- ceeds from Earth Songs toward TPL's devoured open space and resulted in a A new coalition of regional land con- conservation work. The album is now lack of parks and recreation areas. servation organizations is sponsoring available at record stores everywhere. From our Western Regional Office in the National Metropolitan Greenspace San Francisco, TPL is already working Initiative, a far-reaching plan to create For more information, contact on a number of conservation ProJects and revitalize "greenspace" systems in Terry Wood, Narada Productions> in Southern California, induding lands metropolitan areas across America. (414) 272-6700. in Los Angeles, Cudahy, Whittier, Santa These greenspace systems will integrate ~ Clarita, Glendora, and Palos Verdes. urban and regional efforts to conserve T P L O F F E R S WO R K S H O P S For more information, contact open space by linking various land-sav- I N P U B L I C F I NA N C E Will Rogers, regional manager, ing strategies, including urban forestry, TPL's Western Regional Office and the TPL's Western Regional Office, parkland acquisition, city greenway California Park and Recreation Societv (415) 495-5660. planning, and zoning. The initiative is cosponsored two workshops for city ' ? sponsored by the Openlands Project of managers and recreation professionals Chicago, Regional Plan Association of on how to create a special assessment New York, the Pennsylvania Environ- district or a ballot measure to fund mental Council, and Greenbelt Alliance parks and open space in their commu- of San Francisco. The initiative aims to 22 THE'I'kUST FOH VUBLI(: LAI`D ~ AU S T I N OF F I C E OP E N S County has already provided $50,000 for planning, and TPL's Midwest In April 1993, TPL opened its newest Regional Office has met with city and field office in Austin, Texas. TPL has county officials to discuss how we been providing services to the growing I might add our land-saving expertise to metropolitan areas of Texas from our the effort. / Southwest Regional Office in Santa Fe, I New Mexico, and has been particularly For more information, contact active in San Antonio and Austin. Ted Chris Aiken, field representative, - Siff, the new Austin Field Office man- TPL's Midwest Regional Office, ager, is currently warking on Austin's (612) 338-8494. Colorado River Park, which will pro- • ` • ~ r ~ vide much-needed recreational o or- pp A NEW FUND FOR 00 tunities to underserved communities G E O RG I A PA R K S there> and on a Pedestrian and Bicycle ' Trails Plan that would provide trans- Georgia communities have been strug- Uhuru Gardens, Los Angeles, CA. parks portation alternatives for commute- gling to keeP up with demand for weary Austinites. Another Austin pro- and open space, partly because the state WAT C H T H I S S PA C E ject, the Barton Creek Greenbelt, will government has been unable to match conserve a thousand acres of "some of local parks dollars. In response, parks most environmentally sensitive land in advocates, along with the Georgia Common Ground, a program of the the county," says Siff, and will become Recreation and Park Association, the UniversitY of Calrfornia at Los An%eles, Georgia Municipal Association, the part of the Barton Creek Wilderness asked TPL to secure a 2.5-acre abandoned Park, an ex anded natural ark in the Association of County Commissioners p P lot in the heart of Watts for a visionary heart of the city. of Georgia, and the Trust for Public Land, are working to create the Georgia experiment. Named for a cherished Peo- For more infarmation, contact Recreation and Park Trust Fund. If ae- ples' park, in Nairobi, Kenya, the Uhuru Ted Siff, director, TPL's Austin ated, the fund would generate a mini- Gardens is envisioned as a community Field Office, (512) 478-4644. mum of $20 million each year for city resourre center that will offer environmental • and county governments to purchase education and job training for locnl resi- M I N N E A P O L I S T O and maintain parks, historic sites, and natural areas. Cities like Savannah dents. Through a demonstration garderi, RECLAIM LANDS FOR UR BAN PA RKS would use the funds to restore places the center will provide instruction in land- like the Savannah-Ogeechee Canai as a scaping, greenhouse manngement, tree Although Minneapolis is a city sur- Waterway park. The canal links several planting and care, and tips for mnrketing rounded by spectacular natural resources, lower-income neighbor important areas> including the pro- garden produce nt farmers' mnrkets and - posed historic Battlefield Park, com- restaurants. Information on horne gardenin hoods in the center of the city have lit- memorating the Revolutionary War's g tle access to parks and recreation areas. Battle of Spring Hill Redoubt, and and nutrition will also be availnble to the Realizing this, city officials are devising Martin Luther King Boulevard, where communirY-at-lar%e. With the helP of a a plan to reclaim some of Minneapolis' efforts are under way to restore the local nonprofit, L.A. Harvest, which neglected lands for new parks. The plan, which would create public jobs street to a viable business district specializes in community greening initia- while providing much-needed open benefiting nearby underserved com- tives, local businesses, and federal grants> space to inner-city residents, indudes munities like Frogtown. the Pro1ect is be8innin8 to take root. BY next uncovering a buried streambed, con- For more information, contact spring, Uhuru Gardens is expected to yield verting an abandoned railway into a Brenda Burnette, project manager, flowers> vegetables, and bushels of hope. recreational corridor, replacing deteri- TPL's Atlanta Field Office, orating housing with new parks and (404) 873-7306. housing, and opening undeveloped ~ For more information, contact Cynthia to recre- Hall, field representative, TPL's Western areas along the Mississippi Regional ation. Although backers of the scheme Office, (415) 495-5660. acknowledge that their efforts may be hampered by a lack of funds, Hennepin LAND AIM1D Ph:(11'LE 23 C 0t I{,K S`I'()R I . - 7,~ . . Dedicating :r ~ Walden Woods by E. L. Doctorow ~2;F { ' ~ k ~ . That Walden is a h umble place-an ordinary pond, a plain New Englantl wood-is exactly the point. ~ Thoreau made himself an Everyman, and chose - - Walden for his Ever her e} r' ~ g. .`~'9 e. • Thoreau's Wnlrlen; or, Life in the Woods, like Twain's Huckleberry Finn or Melville's Moby Dick, is a book that could only have been ~r~'', ~ ~ ~ „x~';r written by an American. 1 ~ rr 'c,u ~ LLICY•~ ~ +,.t'~i . l~^ l. ^ r'. i can't imagine this odd, visionar~~ but very tough work coming out of Europe. It is peculiarly of us; i i 1 _ is indelibly made from ou r woods and water and new world ethos. But more than that, it is one of the handful of works that make us who we are. Walden is crucial to the identity o` Americans who have never read it and have barely heard o; ,a Thoreau. Its profound complaint endures to our century-tir example, it was the text of choice in the 1960s, when the desir,~ to own nothing and live poor swept through an entire generation. It is a sometimes prickly book about independence, and a practical how-to book on the way to live close to the earth in a - " self-sufficient manner; it is a sometimes philosophical book about values-what we need to live in self-realization and what we don't need, what is true and important, what is false and disabling; and it is a religious book about being truly awake and alive in freedom in the natural world and living in a powerful ~ transcendent state of reverence toward it. Wnlden is all of th ese together. Presented as the story of Thoreau's life at the pond over a period of two years, it fuses his political, economic, social, and spiritual ideas in a vision of supreme common sense. 0 9 All right, that begins to describe the book. What about the place? We have the book, why do we need the place? ~ K,~, ~,~~*-.~,r• Literature, like history, endows Places with meaninS, an d in that sense it composes places, locates them in the moral uni- , " : verse> gives them a charged name. So in effect literature con- nects the visible and the invisible. It finds the meaning, or the hidden life, in the observable life. It discovers the significant _ secrets of places and things. That is what makes it so necessary 24 THE TRUS'C FOR PUBLIC LAND r i .i , k~ us; that is why we practice it; that is why it is such an essen- ~i.il human function. Uncharged with invisible meaning, the \`.,ible is nothing, mere clay; and without a visible circum- ,.tnce, a territory, to connect to, our spirit is shapeless, name- I and undefined. "Near the end of March, 1845,° Thoreau writes, "I bor- r(,wed an axe and went down to the woods by Walden Pond rarest to where I intended to build my house, and began to t down some tall arrowy white pines Walden is the mate- ~'e~'' ~_1I out of which Thoreau made his book-as surely as he made his house from the trees he cut there, he made his book from the life he lived there. The pond and woods are the visible, actual, real source of Thoreau's discovered, invisible truths, the mater- ial from which he made not only his house> but his revelation. y' " That Walden is a humble place-an ordinary pond, a plain New England wood-is exadly the point Thoreau made himself an Everyman, and chose Walden for his Everywhere. Clearly there is a historical luminosity to these woods. 'I'hey stand transformed by Thoreau's attention into a kind of ~chapel in which this stubborn Yankee holy man came to his i`' y'~'";,~:•na , and, as it turns out, our redemptive vision. So there is a crucial connection of American clay and spirit here: If we neglect or deface or degrade Walden, the place> we sever a connection to ourselves, we tear it asunder. Destroy the place and we defame ~ the author, mock his vision, and therefore tear up by the root ~ the spiritual seaet he found for us. We need both Waldens, the book and the place. We're not all spirit any more than we are al] clay; we are both and so we need both-as in: You've read the book, now see the place. You have to be able to take the children there, and to say "This is it, this is the wood Henry wrote about. You see?" You give them what is rightfully theirs, just as you give them Gettysburg because it is theirs. But in fact you don't even have to see the place as long as you know it's there and it looks much as it looked when he was cutting the young white pines for his house. Then it is truly meaningful in spirit and in clay - like us, and like the world invisibly charged with our idea of it. And so for these reasons, to defend a masterwork from desecration and ourselves from self-mutilation, 1 stand with this group of citizens today and declare that Walden Woods must be returned to its natural state. ? E. L. Doctorow's novels include The Book of Daniel, Loon Lake, and Billy Bathgate. He is a member of The Wnlden Woods Project Advisory Board. This essay aPpears in Heaven Is Under Our Feet, a book published to assist The Walden Woods Project in raising funds to protect endangered lands at Walden Woods. ~ -f• r A replica of Thoreau's cabin stands at the Walden Pond State Reservation. ~ : . . . . , LAuu nno rr:ovi.r. 15 III I ~ - . . : . = . . 7711 .r: ,a : , . , . . . p, . - . ~ ~--s 4 1 ~r. - ~ t "~-0,g w`~ . . . r = a ral`~ . Wl ..ji~"~~' r . , . ~ , jt4 I THIS YEAR MARKS THE TWENTIEI'H ANNIVER- SARY OF THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND. IN JANUARY 1973, TPL OPENED ITS SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE WITH A STAFF OF TWELVE AND A GOOD IDEA: TO USE PRIVATE-SECTOR TECHNIQUES TO CONSERVE LAND FOR PEOPLE-ESPECIALLY URBAN PEOPLE-WHERE THEY LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY. TODAY, TPL'S STAFF NUMBERS 160, WORKING OUT OF SEVENTEEN OFFICES NA"CIONWIDE. TPL'S MISSION OF PROTECTING LAND FOR THE PUBL.IC HAS LED TO PROJECTS OF WIDE-RANGING VARIETY. TPL HAS HELPED CRE- ATE PARKS, GREENWAYS, WILDLIFE REFUGES, NATIONAL SEASHORES AND RECREATION AREAS, CITY PLAYGROUNDS, NATURE CENTERS, COMMU- NITY GARDENS, AND PUBLIC BEACHES. WITH TPL'S ASSISTANCE THE PUBLIC HAS ACQUIRED PROPERTIES AS DIVERSE AS A COMMUNITY BOATHOUSE IN MASSACHUSETTS, AN ARCHAEO- 3 tir ~LOGICAL SITE IN FLORIDA, A HISTORIC FARM IN ~.ONNECTICUT, AN ANTEBELLUM MANSION f 1 u MISSISSIPPI, AND A ROOFTOP GARDEN IN IN NEW YORK CITY. THE COMMON THREAD RUNNING THROUGH ALL TPL PROJECTS IS THAT EACH CONTRIBUTES TO THE HEALTH, WELL- BEING, ENJOYMENT, AND ENVIRONMENTAL F'1'HIC OF TFaE AMF;KICAN PEOVI_E. ~ Walden Woods, Concord, MA i nnu nNU i'r.uvi.e 27 SIIMMARY OF ACC0MPLISHMENTS 1992-93 ARKANSAS ofa long-term effort to protect Hidden River Ranch Monitor Pass scenic vistas, wildlife habitats, 739 acres in Monterey County to 660 acres in Alpine Coiinty to Timberland and recreation sites along the theLos Padres Natiotial Forest the Toiyabe Natiotial Forest 2,721 acres in six Arkansas Pacific Crest Trail, which counties to the Ozark spans 2,620 miles from Mexico On the east side of the Santa Panoramic views of the rugged Natiotial Forest to Canada. Lucia Mountains, the Hidden Eastern Sierra, sweeping River Ranch is habitat for deer, meadows, and shimmering Each year, thousands of hikers, Grass Valley Creek golden eagles, and mountain aspen groves are a few features anglers, canoeists, and other lions. hlajestic stands of oak of this high alpine property. visitors en o the reaeational 16,967 acres in Trinity and ~ Y Shasta counties to the Bureau of and sycamore shade a historic Located near the California- offerings of the Ozark Moun- adobe ranch house. The ranch Nevada state line, Monitor tains, one of the oldest and Land Management Redding Will provide an important Vass is a popular wilderness most remote ranges in the Resource Area access point for the many hik- area for hikers, campers, and country. TPL has optioned Development and logging on ers, equestrians, and anglers wildlife watchers. another 8,700 acres of scenic the Trinity River watershed who enjoy the forest each year. and environmentally sensitive have caused a 95 percent Morgan Ranch lands within and adjacent decline in the once-thriving Horsethief CAnyon 37 ncres irt Monterey Coisnty to to the Ozark National Forest steelhead trout and salmon 173 acres in San Uiego County the Los Padres National Forest for protection against fisheries that were the social to the Cleveland National Forest development. and economic mainstay of the Travelers on Highway 1 are Hoopa Valley Indians and the Horsethief Canyon includes a treated to some of the most North Coast communities. 1-mile section of the popular spectacular views in all of CAL I F O RN I A The acquisition is key to a plan Espinosa Trail, used by hikers California. The narrow road to restore the watershed and and equestrians to enter the winds around the contours of Bedford Canyon bolster the fish population. Pine Geek Wilderness Area. the jagged coastline. The pro- Mature sycamores and oaks tection of this property, just 80 acres in Riverside County to Gua rovide ideal s ots for icnick- thirt miles south of Bi Sur, is the Cleveland National Forest tay Mountain V P P Y K ers and campers who come to part of a continuing effort to Protection of this rugged 521 acres in San Diego County the canyon from nearby San preserve the rugged beauty of canyon, scattered with oak and to the Cleveland Natiotial Forest piego. The property also the West Coast, provide recre- sycamore trees, is part of a Best known for a large grove of indudes critical riparian habi- ational oyportunities, and pro- multiphased effort to protect tecate cypress (one of only tat for the endangered Leash tect sensitive biological habitats. wildlife habitat and recreation four such groves remaining in Be1Ps vireo, a small songbird. areas near the fast-growing the United States) and home Newcomb Ranch communities of Orange and to the rare Thorne's hairstreak Marin Islands 23 ncres in Los Angeles County Riverside counties. butterfly, the 5,000-foot 339 acres in Marin Counry to the Angeles Nntional Forest Guatay Mountain is a promi- to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Castle Peak nent feature of San Diego's )ust a few miles above the Service, Californin State con estion of the Los An eles 555 acres in Nevada County to rugged backcountry. TPL Lands Commission, und ~ ~ worked with the Nature Con- basin, the Angeles Crest the Tahoe Natiotial Forest California State Wildlife Hi hwa winds throu h the servancy to protect the proper- Conservution Board g Y g This property contains an ty's resources for hikers and snowy mountain passes that impressive stand of old-growth naturalists to study and enjoy. The Marin Islands are a famil- surround historic Newcomb timber and protects the iar landmark in northern San Kanch. Louie Newcomb, who expansive views enjoyed by Francisco Bay. Although locat- settled on the property in thousands of Sierra hikers ed just off San Kafael's devel- 1890, was the first ranger of each year. Castle Peak is part oped shoreline, the islands the San Gabriel T'imberland support the largest heron and Keserve, and the cabin itself egret rookeries in Norther? was the second ranger station Marin Islands, CA California. With the support of built in the United States. The four public agencies, numer- phased acquisition will pre- r Y \ ous conservation groups, serve the 160-acre ranch as a foundations, corporations, and historic site and will protect hundreds of concerned indi- the spectacular views of the ~ y viduals, the islands and sur- San Gabriel Wilderness. rounding tidelands are now the Marin Islands National Wildlife Refuge and State Ecological Reserve, a haven for the ba 's lon -le wadin ed Y g ~8 g - birds and migratory birds of the Pacihc Flyway. - ~ ~ -`~t- '.~k . . r~ Y•+ 4Q_. r~ . ~ : ~ . _ i Red Lake Creek Siskiyou Ranch 1,032 acres in Alpirtc County to 320 acre5 ni Sukryou Cot+nty the Toiyabe National Forest to the Bureuu of Gand Manage- r . ment and the Horseshoe The dazzling view of Hope Wildlife Preserve ~ v ~ q , ~ . x. •s„ Valley along Highway 88 is a w 4;g, • favorite for travelers as they This property provides impor- descend through this property tant winter habitat for deer from Carson Pass. Formerly herds that migrate between - ranchland, this property Oregon and California. The indudes over two miles of gentle foothills and sloping oak frontage on Red Lake Creek, a grasslands of this remote prop- Sur Sur Ranch, CA popular hshing stream that erty are now protected under meanders through lush, open public ownership for the hikers Sunrise Ranch Tree of Heaven meadows before meeting the and campers who venture to 2,465 acres in Merced Counry to 12 acres in Siskiyou County to West Fork of the Carson River. see the area's wildlife. the East Grasslands Wildlife the Klamath National Forest Sand Cove South Fork of the Management Area This property adds excellent American River Because the Sunrise Ranch has camping and picnicking 6 ucres in Sacramento County never been plowed or irrigaYed, sites to the Tree of Heaven to fl1e City ojSacrarnento 331 acres in El Dorado County visitors gain a glimpse of how Camp Ground. The addition Deparrnient of Parks to the Bureaii of Land Manage- the San Joaquin Valley looked to the forest offers increased and Recreation meritFolsom Resource Area artd before the introduction of recreational access to the Originally approved for a 36- the American River Lnrid 7'rust intensive agriculture. The wet- scenic Klamath River in ~ unit condominium and marina "I'PI. and the American River lands, vernal pools, and grass- Northern California. development, the long sandy Land Trust worked together to lands on the property host beach of Sand Cove will instead save this property from subdi- thousands of migratory ducks, be a city park. TPL teamed up vision. The land has over a mile geese, cranes, shorebirds, and COLORADO with the City of Sacramento to of frontage along the South Fork pelicans, offering visitors to the preserve this urban recreational of the American River, one of ranch an ideal sanctuary for Bear Creek Canyon site on the shores of the Sacra- the most heavily used stretches walking and bird watching. 1,400 acres in Jefferson County mento River, where swimmers of white water in the West. to the Jefferson Counry Open and water-skiers stay cool Sur Sur Ranch Space Program through the long, hot summers. Stevens Trail 65 acres in Monterey County to Just west of the llenver metro- 228 neres in Placer County to the the Los Padres National Forest olitan area, the ru ed and San Sebastian Marsh gi4renu oJ Land Mnriagement p gg The breathtaking views of the scenic canyon and uplands of 178 acres in Irnperia! County to Folsom Resource Area Big Sur Coastline are the pride this property provide excellent the Bureau of Land Management 'rhis historic trail, built with of California. This is the first hiking, fishing, and camping EI Centro Resource Area Chinese labor during the phase in the acquisition of a opportunities for residents of The endangered desert pupfish California gold rush, was used 1,714-acre ranch, which suburban Denver. survives the blistering heat in to haul millions of dollars in descends from the ridges of the the rop few inches of the San gold out of the American River Santa Lucia Mountains to the Gunnison River Sebastian Marsh. Because of Canyon. Adjacent to Highway shoreline where grassy mead- 404 acres in Gunnison County to the fish's unique ability to 80, the trail now offers visitors ows and oak-dotted hills meet ihe City of Gunnison; 59 acres in adapt instantly from fresh to a spectacular hike into the Wild the Pacific Ocean. Gunnison Counry to the U.S. salt water, it is potentially valu- and Scenic stretch of the North Bureau of Reclamation (for even- able in understanding life- Fork of the American River. Tomales Community Park tunl transfer to Colorn(lo threatening kidney disorders in Divisior~ of Wildli(e) Lot in Marin County to the humans. An oasis in the vast Northwest Marin Cultural and This ranch on the Gunnison desert, the marsh holds histori- Comrnunity Center River is vital to the protection cal significance as a water of the City of Gunnison's water source for a large Native This grassy area in the business American population. district of coastal Tomales supply. The land will remain a serves as the only community orking cattle ranch under a park in an area of four neigh- lease agreement between thr boring towns. The flowers, city and the former ownec I? o, and playground all addition, it will provide public gazeb contribute to making it a access to over a mile of the river favorite gathering place for for superb trout fishing. locals and visitors. When the land came under threat of development, TPL held thc property until counri° funds were availahle. 29 . . .•r ~a;'~~,a. ~ Boca Chica Homosassa Reserve I I' R 1 acre in Monroe County to ihe 5,200 acres in Ciirus County to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service the Chassahowitzka Preserve This property on Boca Chica Florida may seem to some to Bay is one of the few remaining be only sandy beaches and habitats of the rare American palm trees. In fact, much of , ~ aocodile. It is an addition to Florida's coast-particularly the Crocodile Lakes Wildlife the less intensively developed Refuge and will serve as a buffer west coast-is a lush tangle of Weir Farm, CT zone between the valuable swamps and marshes dotted habitat and State Highway 905. with sable palms and inhabited CONNECTICUT FLORIDA by a stunning diversity ofsemi- Crew tropical plants and animals. Bens Farm Alex's Beach 726 acres in Lee County to the TPL's acquisition of this nearly Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem g-square-mile stretch of swamp 68 acres in New Haven County 4 acres in Martin County to Watershed (CREW) and coastal marsh helps com- to the State of Connecticut Martin County plete a mosaic of public lands Department of Environmental From native Floridians to stu- Alligators and wood storks in the Chassahowitzka Swamp, Protection and the Town of dents on spring break, Florida's inhabit these flourishing wet- and buffers the sensitive area Cheshire beautiful beaches provide an lands, which are part of an from development along a The fourth property in TPL's irresistible lure. Unfortunately, ongoing 56,000-acre resource heavily traveled coast road. protection project. The water- ongoing protection program many of these windswept shed protects a fragile south- along Prospect Ridge in expanses of sand and surf are Key West Bigh t Cheshire is a vital iece of the ra idl disa earin under the "'est Florida ecosystem, where P P Y PP S 9 acres in Monroe County to the town's scenic herita e. The crush of new develo ment, the freshwater resources for g P City of Key West ridge properties form the particularly along Florida's communities along Florida's northern terminus of the eastern shore. The preservation ~^'est coast are under tremen- When condominium develop- Quinnipiac Trail, which winds of this coastal property for dous pressure from agriculture ment threatened public access through the middle of New public enjoyment truly embod- and residential development. to the waterfront of this his- Haven County, offering recre- ies TPL's commitment to save toric city, TPL negotiated the ational opportunities to the land for people. East Everglades harbor's public ownership. many diverse and rapidly grow- 77 acres in Dade County to the This harbor, at the southern- ing communities in the area. Arch Creek Everglades National Park most point in the continental United States, is rich in history 1 acre in Dade County to Arch This property is in an area crit- of old Key West, when pirates Weir Farm Creek Park ical for the reservation of the P and fortune hunters ruled the 2 acres in Fairfield County to the This addition to Arch Creek everglades and restoration of town. There are plans to con- National Park Service park in one of Florida's most Florida Bay. The protection of struct a harbor walk and sever- TPL worked for ten years to heavily populated counties this land also maintains an al small parks while leaving the reassemble the historic farm of buffers the park from important natural habitat for weathered shops and docks American impressionist J. encroaching development. the Florida panther and other that preserve the atmosphere of Alden Weir and sculptor Trails will extend throughout rare wildlife. the old harbor. Mahonri M. Young. Weir Farm the new parcel offering recre- Gulfstream is the first national park dedi- ation and historic interpreta- Ochlockonee River cated to an American painter, tion opportunities for residents 136 acres in Duval and Corridor and the first national park in and visitors alike. Clay counties to the Duval 20 acres in Leon County to the Connecticut. The park includes Mitigation Park Apalachicola National Forest Weir and Young's home and Avalon Beach TPL's Florida work includes Located on the east shore of the studios and the surrounding 260 acres in Saint Lucie County mitigation p"rojects that help Ochlockonee River, this prop- landscape that inspired three to the State of Florida Division offset the loss of valuable generations of artists. erty offers a scenic backdrop of Recreation and Parks wildlife habitats to develop- for the numerous hikers and With the intense development ment by preserving important anglers who enjoy the river that characterizes the southeast resource lands elsewhere. This each year. There is a wildlife coast of Florida, this large tract land in northeast Florida is a viewing area on the property of unspoiled barrier island natural community known as where visitors can observe, beach dunes is indeed a rarity. Sandhill l'me, which is highly firsthand, the biological diver- The property adds more than a sought after by developers in sity of the region. half-mile of Atlantic Ocean the state. Its gently rolling ter- shoreline to an existing state rain hosts a variety of wildlife, ipark, offering a total of 600 acres ncluding the endangered an- cient gopher tortoise and the of pristine beach for public use. impressive eastern indigo snake. 30 TIiF. TRl'ST H)R PtiBLI(: LAh'D ~ Oldenberg Mitigation Woodmont Hyde Farm MASSACHUSETTS 110 acres in Hernando Counry to 21 acres in Broward County to 14 acres in Cobb County to the Abigail Adams State Park the Oldenberg Mitigation Park the City of Tamarac Chattahoochee River National TPL and the Florida Game and This property, covered with Recreation Area 1 acre in Norfolk County Fresh Water Fish Commission native cypress, slash pine, Eighty-two-year-old J. C. Hyde to the Metropolitan have worked together for over guava, and sabal palms, is the lives in an 1840 log cabin and District Commission five years on mitigation projects City of Tamarac's only remain- still uses a mule to plow his This property will become a to offset the loss of valuable ing natural area. Walking trails riverfront farm in metropolitan riverfront park to commemo- habitats to development by through the park will enhance Atlanta. In an effort to save this rate the life and contributions preserving others, such as this a nature center at the city's ele- historical property from devel- of women's rights advocate sandhill community in southern mentary school and provide a opment, TPL is buying the 40- Abigail Adams (First Lady, Florida. The gently rolling ter- scenic, natural green space for acre farm on the Chattahoochee 1797-1801). Located in a rain sustains a host of threat- the community. River in two phases and trans- heavily populated residential 'I ened and endangered species ferring it to the National Park area on the Back River near such as the gopher tortoise and Service for historic interpreta- the Weymouth-Hingham the eastern indigo snake. GEORGIA tion and recreation. Mr. Hyde town line, the new park pro- will continue to live on the vides valuable open space for The Savannas Chattooga River land his family has farmed public recreation and historical , 14 acres in Martin County to the Watershed for generations. interpretation in a quiet State of Florida Division of 439 acres in Rabun County waterfront preserve. Recreation and Parks to the Chattahoochee National Forest MARYLAND Ellisville Harbor With rolling sand dunes and 57 acres in Plymouth County to freshwater marshes, this unique Part of an ongoing program to jacob's Farm the Massachusetts Department landscape is a popular attraction protect the Chattooga Wild of Environmental Management for canoeists, hikers, and pho- and Scenic River watershed in 536 acres in St. Mary's County ers. The land is now northeast Georgia, this pur- to the Point Lookout State Park A long barrier beach, saltwater tograph marsh preserved under public owner- chase will help maintain the At the mouth of the Potomac es, and a historic fishing ship as the last undisturbed pristine nature of this beautiful River, Jacob's Farm is a long- harbor are now part of a new ' corridor of freshwater marsh white-water river, assure the awaited addition to Point state park that yrovides the left on Florida's southeast coast. future rotection of its water Lookout State Park, one of only public aaess to the P Massachusetts coast between quality, and open new areas for Maryland's premier Chesapeake Snake Warrior's Island public recreation. Bay access facilities. The marsh- Boston and Cape Cod. The lands and forested wetlands property will be preserved 53 acres in Broward County to much as it appeared in the the StAte of Florida Fort Frederica will be managed as wildlife 1700s, when New England 14 acres in Gl nn Count habitat, the croplands will Once an island on the eastern Y Y relied on coastal resources to to the Fort Fredericn continue to be farmed, end of the Everglades before the and a section of the uplands support its farming and surrounding land was drained, National Monument r~,ill eventually be developed ~shing industries. Snake Warrior's Island now lies Listed by the National Trust for for camygrounds. inland, surrounded instead by Historic Preservation as one of a sea of residential develop- America's eleven most endan- ment. Last year, archaeologists gered historic sites, Fort Fred- ~ documented the site as the first erica was the site of the colonial settlement of the Seminole Battle of Bloody Marsh, a con- - [ndians in south Florida. The frontation between English and ~I acquisition was the first to use Spanish forces for control over funds from the state's Emer- the southern colonies. When gency Archaeological Property developers on St. Simons Island d . ~;W Acquisition Act of 1988, which announced plans to build a con- TPL helped establish. troversial marina complex ad- ;jacent to the fort, TPL stepped I St. Mark's in and acquired the property 8 acres in Wakulla County to for the National Park Service. rhe Florida Department oJ Natural Resources This land adjoins the St. Mark's Rail Trail, a popular hiking trail that spans from Tallahassee to = St Mark's, a historic town on the Gulf Coast. The property will - serve as a park for the numerous The Savannas, FL hikers, bikers, and roller-bladers who use the trail. i.>sD nNn Neuri e 31 ~ ~61 mw_ NEVADA Meadows at Mantoloking 118 acres in Ocean County to the Secret Harbor U.S. Fish and Yt'ildlife Service 32 acres in CArson City County The undisturbed pine-oak to ihe 7'ahoe National Forest uplands and tidal wetlands of Secret Harbor is the remnant this property offer a significant of an old Lake Tahoe estate wildlife habitat and excellent that was once clear-cut to pro- environmental education vide timber for the silver mines opportunities for local students of Virginia City, Nevada. With and researchers. - i"~^,~¢~ a half-mile of frontage on one y of the most pristine beaches on Reedy Pointe Ellisville Harbor, MA the lake, the spot is a local 28 acres in Ocean County to the favorite for enjoying a lingering U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Walden Woods/World MINNESOTA Tahoesunset. Thoreau Center This property had been 25 acres in Middlesex County Northern Woods approved for a 44-unit sub- to the Walden Woods Project/ 2,012 acres in Cook County to N E W J ERS EY division before TPL took up Isis Fund the Superior National Forest negotiations. Now the pine- Edwin B. Forsythe oak uplands and transitional This is the second transaction and the Minnesota Parks and wetlands are a haven for hikers TrailsCouncil National Wildlife Refuge in a continuing effort to pro- In 1988, TPL and the local and bird-watchers. tect the land where Henry Visitors enjoy the solitude and chapter of the Izaak Walton David Thoreau lived in solitude rugged beauty of this area Great Swamp National for two years beginning in 1845. where black bear and moose League began a grassroots Wildlife Refuge The property, within the historic roam the thickly timbered hills. ~'ffort to protect 2,400 acres of Barnegat Bay tidal wetlands, 23 acres in Morris County to the Walden Woods, includes a This property is critical habitat mansion that will be renovated to the endangered bald eagle coastal swamp, oak-pine forest, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and converted into a nonprofit and timber wolf. Through a salt marsh, cranberry bog, and Just an hour's drive from education center for the study of series of land exchanges and tidal creek at the midpoint of Manhattan, this 7,200-acre Thoreau and his writings. TPL donations, popular hiking, the New Jersey shore. The refuge offers exceptional hiking Adjacent to Bear Garden Hill, skiing, and snowmobile trails effort has resulted in several and environmental education twenty-five acres protected last in the area are available for additions to the 39,000-acre to over two hundred and fifty year by TPL and The Walden public access. wildlife refuge. Located in the thousand visitors each year. In Woods Project, the land is trea- center of a popular vacation transferring the property to sured as a beautiful open space destination in the highly public ownership, TPL helped within easy reach of Boston M I S S O U RI urbanized mid-Atlantic region, protect the borders of this sensi- and as a tribute to the great the refuge is used as an out- tive watershed from encroach- American nature writer. Big Piney River door classroom for students ing residential development. 523 acres in Pulnski County to and visitors who come to learn the Mark Twain National Forest about bird migration and Wallkill River Nationa! MICHIGAN Bordering the Wild and Scenic coastalenvironments. WildlifeRefuge Big Piney River in the Ozarks Cedar Bonnet Island 325 acres in Sussex r;ounty Ontonagon River of Missouri, this property's to the U.S. Fish and 31,243 acres in Gogebic and hardwood forests and steep 133 acres in Ocean County Wildlife Service Ontona on counties to the ravines are local favorites for to the U.S. Fish and Wild- g life Service Tucked in the northwest cor- Ottawa Nutional Forest recreation. For visitors with a ner of New Jersey, the 7,500- Popular hiking trails wind passion for spelunking, there is Cedar Bonnet Island is an acre Wallkill River National through the forest hills of this a 3,000-foot-deep cave that important breeding and win- Wildlife Refuge is a new jewel property where prehistoric harbors a stream, a colony of tering ground for the black for the people of this major Native Americans once found endangered bats, and traces of duck, piping plover, and other metropolitan area. TPL com- abundant copper. Nearly a Native American habitation. migratory birds. The property's pleted four transactions in the hundred miles of the Wild and scenic location on Barnegat refuge this Year, brinSmS a Scenic Ontonagon River pro- Bay and easy auto access scenic patchwork of farmland, vide excellent fishing and heightened the interests of local wetlands, and woodlands into canoeing as well as important developers until the communi- public holding. This rugged habitat for gray wolf, black ty acted to preserve the wet- river valley with high meadows bear, and bald eagle. lands in their natural state. and steep, wooded slopes pro- vides cover for deer> wild turkey, and black bear. 32 '1 lfE TRl'S'1' FOR f'l;6LIC I.AND i NEW MEXICO Finger Lakes Trail Pocantico Lakes permanent pratection within 65 acres in Schuyler County to 164 acres in Westchester Caunty the Columbia River Gorge Mesilla Valley the Finger Lakes National Forest to Westchester County National Scenic Area. 7 acres in Dona Ana County to This property is bisected by the TPL successfully deterred the Beacon Rock New Mexico State Parks Finger Lakes Trail, part of the construction of fifty homes on 80 acres in Skamania County 'Che native vegetation along the North Country National Scenic a scenic promontory overlook- to Wushington State Parks Kio Grande has all but disap- Trail. The Forest Service will ing Pocantico Lake and its sur- peared because the river has expand the existing trail system rounding wetlands. The proy- Acquisition of this largest pri- been redirected and drained so to accommodate the many hik- erty provides a valuable open- vate inholding within popular extensively. This "bosque" ers and naturalists who visit the space link between two existing Beacon Rock State Park allows woodlands property, located forest each year. wilderness preserves and construction of a hiking trail five miles northwest of Las expands hiking and boating across the ridge bisecting the Cruces, will provide an Harbor Herons opportunities. park. Hikers and equestrians outdoor education and inter- will enjoy magnificent views of 1 acre in Richmond County to the Columbia River Gorge. pretive center for the study the State of New York Depart- oftherichnatural historyof inentofEnvironmentand NORTH CAROLINA Boire The Rio Grande. Conservarion Chattooga 10 acres in Multnomah County Rio Bonito Located in an industrialized to the Columbia River Gorge section of Staten Island, the 43 acres in Jackson County to 49 acres in Lincoln County to the Nantahala National Forest National Scenic Area Harbor Herons Refuge is a the Bureau of Land Manage- unique natural resource in The National Wild and Scenic Located above Bridal Veil ment Roswell Resource Area New York City that has been Chattooga River is one of the and Shepherd's Dell state "Chis exchange helped to pro- the subject of two National most renowned white-water- parks along the Columbia tect one of the last private, un- Geographic television pro- rafting rivers in the region. By River Gorge Scenic Highway, developed riparian corridors in grams. This most recent TPL ensuring the public ownership this property offers command- southern New Mexico-a 12- conveyance is within the of the river's headwaters, TPL ing views of Crown Point and mile stretch of Rio Bonito that Goethals Bridge Pond ecosys- has helped to protect one of the the Portland skyline. Boire is is a nationally designated land- tem, an area that provides last free-flowing streams an important part of the mark of Billy-the-Kid fame. habitat for at least twenty-five remaining in the Southeast. pristine landscape enjoyed Residents and visitors will species of songbirds and one of by gorge visitors. cherish this protected open the largest populations of colo- space for reaeation and water- nial wading birds in the region. OREGON ]enne Butte shed protection. 7 acres in Mulinomah County Muscoot and Lasdon Parks Columbia River Gorge to theCityofGresham/Spring National Scenic Area Program Water Trail N E W Y O R K 18 acres in fee and 33 acres in conservation easement in The Columbia River Gorge is a This property, located atop an Black River Westchester CountY to natural wonder of compelling extinct volcano, is one of the Westchester County grandeur. Stretching eighty-five city ' s most prominent natural 36 acres in /efferson County landmarks. It provides access These rivo ac uisitions serve miles along the Oregon- to the State of New York 9 to an extensive trail system to rotect and ex and the Washington border, the gorge, The bank of this wide, calm P P formed by the Northwest's with scenic vistas, wetlands, Muscoot and Lasdon parks. and forested slopes. section of the Black River is an The property buffers the park- largest river, features towering ideal location for the planned land and the watershed land basalt walls, grassy meadows, public boat launch. The adjoin- darkly timbered sloPes, and Rowena View from development while pro- ing park on the remaining viding the Town of Somers some of America's highest water- 130 acres in Wasco County acreage will protect the river- with an expanded system falls. Over a million visitors to the Columbia River Gorge front from future development. of hiking and cross-country come to the gorge every year to National Scenic Area skiing trails. hike the trails, bicycle, picnic, Adjacent to the Tom McCall Finger Lakes and camp in 175 scenicparks. Nature Preserve, this is one of 19 acres in Schuyler County to Native American pictographs the most popular hiking and the Finger Lakes National Forest tell the story of the area's ancient Wildflower viewing areas in the residents. The rieh vegetation pacific Northwest. Nearby trails This small, wooded tract, sur- rounded on all four sides b includes several wildflower provide extraordinary views of Y and planr species found nowhere Mt. Adams in Washington and the national forest> has been a else in the world. Since 1977, top acquisition priority for the TPL has helped to secure over Mt Hood in Oregon. U.S. Forest Service. The prop- nine thousand acres for erty's western border is formed by the Backbone Horse Trail, the forest's most popular trail. LAND AND PEOPLE 33 ,--v ~ ~ TEXAS WASHINGTON ' Rose Park Cache Creek Ranch 24 acres in Tarrant County to 720 acres in Asotin Coisnty to : Mansfield Park Facilities the Bureau of Land Manage- Development Corporation ment 6aker Resource Area With tremendous support This project completes public ~ from the citizens of Mansfield, ownership along the Snake Kiptopeke Beach, VA TPL helped to protect this pic- River from He1Ps Canyon ture-perfect pecan forest from National Recreation Area to development for a golf driving the Grand Ronde River. Tahkenitch Lake Thames Pier range. The land will serve as a Popular with boaters, this 1,507 acres in Douglas and 2 acres iri Newport County to new park to this bedroom stretch of river also contains Lane counties to the Siuslnw the Museum of Yachting community of Dallas and will archaeological sites indicating National Forest be an important link in the city's thousands of years of Native The nonprofit Museum of Walnut Creek Greenway System. American habitation. The The largest undeveloped lake in Yachting will be moving to this ranch supports elk, deer, black Oregon, Tahkenitch offers historic wharf in the heart of bear, and cougar. boating, fishing, and hiking Newport's viUrant downtown VIRGINIA and is an important Native waterfront, providing visual Cottage Lake American cultural site. The and recreational access to the Cedar Island forested Tahkenitch Lake prop- water. The museum will ensure 21 acres in King County to the erty lies within the Oregon the restoration of the wharPs 3 acres in Accomack Cotmty to KingCounryNatural Resources Dunes Nationa] Recreation buildings, one of which is listed the Chincoteague National and Parks Division Area and provides habitat for in the National Register of Wildlife Refuge Known locally as "Norm's bald eagles, osprey, bear, and Historic Places, in a manner that Cedar Island is the last Resort," this lakefront property river otter. pays appropriate homage to developable barrier island was a private facility reserved Newport's seafaring tradition. on Virginia's eastern shore. for RV campers and catered Wocus Point Its beaches and wetlands are picnics. Now as a public park, 138 acres in Klamath Coiinty crucial nesting areas for the the land provides water access to the Winema National Forest TENNESSEE piping plover, a federally listed and recreational use for resi- threatened species. The diversi- dents of the Bear Creek area. Wocus Point in southern French Broad ty of bird life makes this Oregon was an important Native propertv a tremendous Icicle Ridge American settlement for thou- 342 acres in Cocke County to sands of Years and is one of the the Cherokee National Forest resource for bird watching 2,789 acres in Chelnn County to region's major ancient burial Under study for Federal Wild and environmental study. the Wenatchee National Forest sites. The peninsula juts into and Scenic designation, the Kiptopeke Beach This ridge reaches over seven the Klamath Marsh National winding French Broad River in thousand feet, providing a Wildlife Refuge, offering stun- eastern Tennessee is one of the 348 ncres in Northampton scenic backdrop to the City of ning views of marsh wildlife most popular white-water-raft- County to the State of Virgmia Leavenworth. The properry is and the nearby Cascade Range. ing rivers in the country. Division of State Parks adjacent to the Alpine Lakes Public ownership of this beau- Located on Virginia's eastern Wilderness Area and will offer tiful stretch of waterfront will shore of Chesapeake Bay, recreational opportunities for RH O D E I S LAN D allow thousands of visitors Kiptopeke Beach is the com- hikers, backpackers, and eques- each summer to enjoy the monwealth's first new state trians. Public ownership will Spencer Farm scenic river as it flows through yark in twenty-two years. The also complete protection of the 42 acres in Providence County to a preserved wilderness area. property provides a public Icicle watershed, which is the Providence Water Authority beach, boat ramps, camping, critical for the water quality of and environmental education the City of Leavenworth and The hay fields and wooded areas facilities and protects a valu- the Leavenworth National of Spencer Farm surround a able foraging corridor for Fish Hatchery. tributary crucial to the water migratory birds. supply for Providence. The farm also includes a Native American historic site a prominent rock used as a message site during the colonial period. Through negotiating conservation ease- ments, TYL protected this valu- able water source while main- taining the rural farming char- acter of the land. 34 THE THI:ST FOR PUBLIC I,AND ~ Lime Hill WEST VIRGINIA HELPING PEOPLE PROTECT LOCAL LANDS 1,395 acres in Asotin County to the Bureau of Land Manage- Buzzard Rock Larid trusts are nonprofitcon- Participants in TPL's rnentBakerResourceArea 377acresinGreenbrierCounty to servarionorganizationsthat 1992 National Land theMonongahelaNntionalForest protectnatural, recreational, Counselor Program 'I'his property adds three miles of Snake River frontage imme- This forested property provides agricultural, or historic lands Christie n„derberg diately downstream from the spectacular views of the in their region or community. Mttacoii,et tand'rrusr Hell's Can on National Greenbrier River. Hikin trails r`a°kl`°, MA Y S Of America's riearly one thou- Recreation Area. I'he area is wirid through the hills, and the Ray Belnap sand local land trusts-over Ltir,d coiiservaiicy of within the Snake River woodlands, fields, and rock sa~ Luis obispo Counry Archaeological District and outcroppings contain numer- one-third have formed in the san i.uis obispo, cn contains extensive pictographs, ous popular picnic spots. pasC five years. Land trusts ka„dy srowt, petroglyphs, and sites indicat- today protect nearly three mil- Foothius L:,nd eonser~ancy ing thousands of years of lion acres around the country. M°ry°'lle, TN Native American habitation. W I S C O N SI N Naiicy Currier i TPL pioneered urban land CeTirral Arizona Land TruSt Vrescott, AZ South Columbia Basin Buffalo Lake trusts, helpingcommunities ' Wildlife Area Addition Ma~k tuu~~ 529 ncres in Bayfield County to the apply many of the techniques Pirktn counry optii spa« 80 arres in Grant CountY to Che9u ameAon National Forest emploYed bY riiral and subur- a°d 'rra;ls Nrogram Aspen, CO the Washington Department This acquisition protects the ban land trusts to srnall city a;ck xawley of Wildlife shores of severa] lakes as well as lots where community gnrdens GCeensPacc; n t and Trust I'his shrub-ste e desert with over a hundred acres of wet- Ca~,b~~a, cn PP and neighborhood parks have active sand dunes is dotted lands. Formerly the site of a winona Lalluke fAkeri i"OOt. White Earth [and Recovery Project with potholes and seepage summer camp, the land offers wni« Ea«h, MN ~ areas. The desert areas are prime habitat for a bald-eagle Over half of the nation's land Bariv y Lo,.k ~ home to mule deer, coyote, recovery program. When trust and cornmunity Potawaroml Con,i„uniry [a„dTrusi and jackrabbit while neighbor- developers took active interest An~ A~ho~, Mi gnrdening groups are volun- ing wetlands support a variety in the property, TYL acted sob nacLauKhl;ii of shorebirds. The public to transfer it into public own- teer-run. In 1992-93, TPL pamadscoua itiveinssociudon ~ ownership of this property ership for recreation and worked with more than two Damar151OLta, ML will protect the surrounding wilderness protection. hundred of thesegroups, pro- l°ly°° Me"a"' Beinbridge Island I.und'frust wildlife area. ~ viding trainang and technical i;ainbridge Isla„d, wn Ghost Lake assistance, coUaboratingon Kitryaoedel Woodard Bay Trail i.,ndTruSroi DadcCoUnt~- ~ 87 acres in Sawyer County to the projects, and helping link lnrid Co~orlu< <;~„„c, Vi 22,968 square feet in Thurstori Chequarnegon Narional Forest trusts to state and regional County to the Washington Dep~zrtrnent of Natural Resources Ghost Lake is an important land trust networks. feeding ground far the bald Chis 348-foot section of aban- eagle. Now in public ownership, To help professionnlize the doned railroad right-of-way Chis old-growth forest offers biirgeoning land trust move- was the missing piece of the excellent fishing and hiking. ment, in 1990 TPL introduced Woodard Bay Trail, which will the National Land Counselor link south Puget Sound resi- dents to a major regional CANADA Prograrn, a trnming program ( wildlife vietiving area. Olympia in rionprofit land acquisitiori residents will soon be able to Campobello Island techniques. Currently in its walk or bike the trail from fourth year, the program con- hdowerons, anntownd to eagles watch on thsealse,627 9 acres in New Bruiuwick to the fi ~ Roosevelt Campobello Inter- sists of a week of intensive - ~ acre Woodard Bay Natural tiutional Pnrk Cornmission trnining workshops on a ranye Resource Conservation Area. Campobello Island, with its of topics, induding planning sloping rocky beaches, repre- and mannging the acKuisition sents the New England office's of land, tnx aspects of conser- ~ first project in Canada. Just vation transadions, nnd nego- across a small bridge from ~ tintron technique+. Lubec, Maine, this parcel is adjacent to the Roosevelt sum- mer cottage, the centerpiece of the island's memorial park for Pranklin Delano Roosevelt. ~ ~~vn nun reo~>~.r: 35 r ~ FINANCIAL SUMMARY 1992-93 Summary Balance Sheet At March 31 (dollars in thousands) 1993 1992 Assets Cash and equivalents * $29,763 $18,344 Receivables and deposits 6,909 12,238 Fair market value oflandholdings 21,168 24,276 Other 1,001 1,159 Total Assets $58,841 $56,017 Liabilities and Fund Balances Liabilities: Notes payable $20,446 $20,932 Other 10,856 9,028 Total Liabilities $31,302 $29,960 Fund Balances: Restricted funds $7,697 $7,363 Unrestricted funds Value of landholdings in excess of cost 9,776 10,815 General funds 10,066 7,879 ToCal unrestricted funds 19,842 18,694 Total Fund Balances $27,539 $26,057 Total Liabilities and Fund Balances $58,841 $56,017 " Induding project acquisition revolving funds of $12,868 and $6,677 Induding $3,265 and $5,777 due within one year Sources of Funds Uses of Funds 57% Contributions 87% of Land Value Program Services 22% Other Contributions : and Grants 13% Other Income 4% Development g% Investment Income 9% Management and Support FISCAL YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 1993 FISCAL YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 1993 TotaL• $22,744 Total: $21,262 (Dollars in thousands) (Dallars in thousands) 36 THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND Summary Statement of Operations and Changes in Fund Balances At March 31 (dollars in thousands) 1993 1992 Revenues and Additions to Fund Balances Contributions of Land and Easements: Fair market value of land and easements acquired $113,703 $50,324 Less: consideration paid (100,658) (42,769) Contributions of land and easement values received 13,045 7,555 Contributions and Grants-Other: Restricted 4,451 4,684 Unrestricted 546 474 Total Contributions and Grants 18,042 12,713 Interest and Other Income 4,702 4,228 Total Revenues and Additions to Fund Balances 22,744 16,941 Expenses and Reductions in Fund Balances Program Services: Contributions of land and easements to public agencies and other nonprofit organizations: Fair market value of land and easements conveyed 112,184 59,006 Less: consideration received (107,640) (52,933) Contributions of land and easement values made 4,544 6,073 Open-space conservation programs 14,011 14,957 ` Total Program Services 18,555 21,030 Support Services: Development 722 744 Management and support 1,985 2,243 Total Support Services 2,707 2,987 ~ Total Expenses and Reductions in Fund Balances 21,262 24,017 Increase (Decrease) in Fund Balances $1,482 $(7,076) ~ This summary of financial information has been extracted from TPL's audited financial statements on which a ~ national Qublic accounting firm expressed air unqualifted openion. To obtain copies of TPL's complete audited finan- , cial statement, please contact the San Francisco Office. ~ ; Twenty-Year Summary of Open-Space Protection Transactions ~ (through March 31, 1993) ~ Park and open-space projects completed 954 Number of states represented 40 Acres placed in protected ownership 669,000 Total fair market value of land conveyed to public agencies $795 million Number of community groups and land trusts assisted 416 - - t.,wn avD i'eoNtr: 37 WAYS TO GIVE ~ I PROGRAM GIFTS IN 1992-93, THE TRUST FOR pUBLIC I,AND COM- Gift opportunities exist at all levels to support and expand PLETED MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED LAND CONSER- TPL's programs: the National Land Counselor Program, a training program for land trust leaders; California ReLeaf, an V AT I O N P R O J E C T S I N C O M M U N I T I E S A C R O S S urban forestry program; the New York City Land Project, TPL's AMERICA-SECURING LAND FOR OPEN SPACE, largest urban program, providing open space, community gar- PARKS, AND URBAN GARDENS; PROTECTING dens, and conservation technical assistance; and our expanding Cities Initiative, which seeks to provide parks and other healthy RIVERS, WETLANDS, AND FORESTS. BY THE END OF open spaces for people in America's cities. 1993, OUR TWENTIETH YEAR, WE WILL HAVE COM- GRANTS AND LOANS TO TPL'S "INTERNAL BANK" PLETED MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND LAND CON- Grants and low- or no-interest loans to our "internal bank" of SERVATION PROJECTS-PROTECTING MORE THAN revolving funds are crucial to TPL's ability to act quickly to A HALF-MILLION ACRES OF LAND FOR PEOPLE purchase and hold threatened lands. When permanent steward- ship for the land eventually is secured, the funds return to TPL E+CROSS THE COUNTRY. to be used again and again for future land-saving projects. Individuals support TPL's internal bank by becoming Land Increasingly, TPL's assistance to communities striving to Conservation Partners. save local lands depends on contributions from people like you In fiscal year 1992-93, revolving grants and loans from -people who share our belief that conserving land for TPL's internal bank made possible nearly half of the projects Americans is central to making our communities livable and we compieted. our future healthy. Over the past decade, government funding for land con- PLnxNEn GIv?xc-Lecncr CIactE servation has decreased. At the same time, development pres- Legacy Circle donors make planned gifts to TPL by establishing sures and a growing population have made the need for land charitable unitrusts, participating in TPL's Pooled Income protection more and more critical to the quality of life in our Fund, or naming TPL as a beneficiary of their estate. ~ cities and countryside. Because TPL is recognized as the leader i in protecting open land where people live, the need far our ser- WoxxPtACE Givixc vices has never been greater. Employees make payroll deduttions to suppart TPL through j There are many ways you can give to help TPL add to the nationwide Earth Share campaign, its state affiliates, and ~ America's treasury of public lands. A gift to TPL is an invest- many other state workplace giving campaigns. Ask your ' ment in a land-saving effort worthy of your support. employer if your workplace offers opportunities to support TPL ~ through Earth Share or other environmental federations. ~ G1FTS OF LAND AND LAND VALUE TPL protects land for public use through arranging for public CORPORATE PnaTxExs I stewardship. Because TPL is a nonprofit organization, dona- Corporations and other businesses play a key role in supporting tions are tax deductible. Landowners who make a gift of their TPL projects in their own backyards, by protecting open space land or sell their property at a price lower than fair market and establishing parks in cities across the country. Financial value may claim a charitable deduction. When TPL sells conser- contributions and land donations, as well as donations of prod- vation lands at fair market value to a public agency or nonprofit ucts and services, are always needed and welcome. organization for stewardship, the donor's "discount" to TPL is ' converted into operating income. TPL sells outright those gifts AxxonL SuproaT ~ of land unsuitable for conservation; the generated funds then Last year, more than two thousand individuals, foundations, corporations, and other organizations contributed to TPL's go to protect conservation properties. I work. TPL welcomes all gifts. All donors receive TPL's maga- Lnxn PvacxnsES zine Land and People and regional newsletters. Individuals who Gifts may be earmarked to help protect specific parcels of land. make annual contributions of $1,000 or more become TPL Earmarked gifts have helped TPL acquire such properties as Trust Associates. They receive periodic updates on TPL's activi- Kiptopeke Beach State Park in Virginia, Finger Lakes National ties from President Martin Rosen. In addition> Trust Associates Forest in New York, Camus Field in Oregon's Columbia River are invited to celebrations on the land and special events. Gorge, and the Marin Islands in the San Francisco Bay. For inforntation about TPL's giving programs, Legary Circle, ar Earth Share> please conCact TPL's National Office for Development, (415) 495-4014. 38 THF. TRUS'I' FOR FURLIC LAND PARTNERS IN CONSERVATION TheTrustlorPublicLundthanksall HerbcrtKossner L6GnCY CIRCLe LyndhurstFoundation supparters and partners, induding those lohn Kurucz The following donors, and some who Mason Foundation, Inc. William Larecy Ioyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation who wish to remain anon mous. Gi~s wish to remuin unonymous, established The Fund for New Ierse Y Michael D. Lawrence trusts, participuted in TPL's Pooled Y of cash, securities, land, and services Virginia M. Lawrence "Che New York Community Trust Longview Fibre Company Income Fund, or made other estate New York Foundation help TPL e}fectively accomplish its John L. Lutz dispositions on behnlf of TPL. 1'he David & Lucile Packard Foundation mission-to protect land for people. Calvin D. Lynn Trust The George W. Perkins Memorial Sidney Marks Michael Banks Foundation Keith McGinnis Mrs. Everett H. Breed E11is L. Phillips Foundation G 1 FTS O F LA N D A N D F. T. Miller Trust William D. Buel 'fhe Howard Phipps Foundation LA N D VAL U E Keith A. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Rober[ Cahn The Nrospect Hill Foundation, Inc. 7'he ollowin ro erty owners made a Emmett Mitchell, [II Stanley P. and Ann W. Di[tmar The Schumann Fund For New ]ersey ~ ~P P Shide H. & Hazel M. Moeckel Mr. & Mrs. F. S. Foote, Jr. MarilYn M. Simprloriution to TPL by selling land to w at Y son Charitable Trust below its air market value. Edward Moran lane and Douglas P. Ferguson Underhill Foundation J Patty Morgan Richard L. Frank Murray & Christine Altorfer Murphy Sales Company Barbara Godard $5,000-$9,999 l3rian Andms Lynn O. Newmmb, ]r. Cheryl and ]eR}ey Hylton Aboly Foundation Kirk Andrus Renfro C. Newwmb Stephen and Marjorie Kafoury Amelior Foundation L. Hughes Andms Evelyn & Charlie Passmore Park L. Loughlin The Barker Welfare Foundation William Pendola, Jr. Amelia Marinello The Bazth Foundation Olive~ Dale Bagley Howard E. Baldwin George & Nancy Verry Mc & Mrs. Michael D. McGee The ChinSos Foundation Karen Ballentine A1 R. Pine Nancy N. Rassell French Foundation Richard C. Barker Carol C. Polk Natalie Kiliani Shastid The ]acob and Terese Hershey Mr & Mrs. Ierry Bassett Mc & Mrs. Zeral Prewitt Chades S[arbuck, I? Foundation William J. Bauer Charles & Anna Mae Quin? Mc & Mrs. Michael Stonebraker Hudson River Foundation 6ay Financial Corporation Joy H. Rich Mr. & Mrs. William O. Strohl ChaunceY and Marion Deenn S Bear Creek llevelopment Corporation Rosa Linda Ranches, Inc McCormick Foundation W illiam W. & Mary R. Bliss Ollie Rosenberg If you would like to entlude TPL in The Sumner T. McKnight Foundation Elisabeth C. Brandt Mc & Mrs. E. J. Rosendahl your legary, or would like further New-Land Foundation, Inc. Richard E. Brandt RTC informution about planned giving, The New York Times Company Don Brinlee San Antonio Liquidation Trust please contact Jennie Gerard, senior Foundation T. E. Bronson Keith C. Sanford vicePresident, (415) 495-4014. The Rogers Family Foundation Patricia Burge Sario Lives[ock Company Mary A. H. Rumsey Foundation lames Bussard Frederick A. O. Schwarr G I F T S The Scherman Foundation, 1 nc. William E. Carpenter, Ic Marian Schwaa The 7rust for Public Land deeply The Florence and )ohn Schumann August F. Cetti Sea Palms Golf & Tennis Resort qPPreciates the generosity of die Foundation Champion Intemational Corporation Henry C. Singleton Trust following foundations, corporations, Robert C. Wheeler Foundation Estate of Har R. Cline Siskiyou Ranch Shareholders Kobert Wilson Foundation ry individuals, and other organizations Colfax-American Venture Association who contributed gifis andgrants COMCAP, Inc Slater Trust $1,00044,999 'fhe Bert Crace Family William & Alice Spencer iti fiscul year 1992-93. AHS Foundation [3rcnda L Crider & Barbara MacGregor Asa Springer lohn Drew Betz Fund PstareofGeorgeCrouch,)r. Robert R. Stansbury Foundations ClaneilFoundation,lnc. "Che Gowley Maritime Corporation/The Sur Sur Associates These foundations supported many Firman Fund Harbor Tug & 13arge Co. Irving Sussman TPL projeds and programs in all Friendship Fund, Inc. Martin ll'Amico & Dorothy Gomez Wendell Swarnvout areas of the country. Barbara J. Hardey Charitable Annuiry Alphonse Della-Donna Dadene F. Tadton Trust Albert & Carmella DeMarco Michael A. Tadton $ 100,000 and above lockey Hollow Foundation Cynthia S. Earl Donovan ll. Teel 7'he Bullitt Foundation, Inc. North Cssrolina CommumtY Milan D. Ead Timberland Investment Group, Inc. Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust Foundation, Inc. L)ale Edwards Tippett Land Corporation Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund "Che Ohrstrom Foundation, Inc. Geurge Engelbrecht Robert Upenkelder The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Ponaganse[[ Foundation, Inc. Martin F.ngelbrecht Upper Peninsula Gnergy Corporation The Pew Charitable Trus[s Helen M. Schiff Foundation George Enlow W& F Developers, Inc. Bradford G. Stanback Fund of the C. Edward and Edith Strobel Trust Pirst Elmira Corporation Frank A. Wacha, Jr. Salisbury Community Foundation The Sulzberger Foundation flomax Corporation Wadsworth Richmond Corporation Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund Surdna Foundation, Inc. Pogt & Matheson Millidge & Irene Walker The Herbert A. Templeton Foundation Ronald & Joan Forrester Karen L. Wanger $50,000-$99,999 The Thurston Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. P. B. French Marya Welch Houston Esndowment, Inc. Margaret Cullinan Wray Charitable Catherine Friend Walter & Marie Wesolowski J. M. Kaplan Fund, loc Lead Annuity Trust (ieneral Waterworks Corporation Wilder Oaks Gnterprises The Overbrook Foundation )oseph L. George Charles Williams Victoria Fouodalion, Inc. $100-$999 Virginia V. George Mr. & Mrs. James Wilson The Atticus Trust Ueborah D. Haas Evan Winn $I0,000449,999 Brady Foundation Don Hammett Wocus Acres, Lnc. The Abell Poundation, Inc. Channa Foundation, Inc. Martha Hartison Thomas L. Wright Louis & Anne Abrons Foundation, Inc The Fortunoff Foundation, Inc. HBR LTD Par[nership American Conservation Association, Inc. The Hillwood Foundation Hidden River Ranch LO A N S Bruce J. Anderson Foundation, Inc The Ruth M. Knight Foundation, Inc. Donald R. Higgins The following made na or low-interest The Evenor Armiogton Fund Ethel M. Looram Foundation, Inc. Janet C. Higgins louns [o TPL. The Vincent Astor Foundation )ames A. Macdonald Foundation lohn F. Hollister Helen Bader Foundation Woodward Family Foundation Melvin Holmes County of Sacramento Regional W. L. Lyons Brown Foundation Holnan, Inc. Sanitation District Birch Cove Foundation Corporate Partners Runald Hutchens Metropolitan Life Insurance Company The Clark Foundation Corporate PartnersQrovided Duane Hyde New Hampshire Charitable Fund The Columbia Foundation suPPort jor numerous TPL programs I. C. Hyde Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Inc and Projects. Intra Pacific Commercial, Inc The Dorr Foundation IL:NCO, Inc E. J. Grassmann Trust $IQ000 and above F:erl fk Ruth )ohnson HollyCro& Foundation, Inc. Becton Dickinson and Company . Pauline & Rae Kihara The Hyde and Wutson Foundation Deloitte & Touche F. M. Kirby Foundation, Inc. Elviretta Corporation Charles Henry Leach, 11 Foundation Exxon Corporation LAND ANll PEOPL2 39 II General Reinsurance Corporation Individuqls Mr. & birs. Frank W. Burr Comelia H. Stevens Johnson &]ohnson Foundation TPL giatefitlly recogniaes all individu- Mr. & Mrs. William Cadin Mr. & Mrs. Kim Still Merck Company Foundation qls who contributed during fsca( year Robert 2ic Maureen Cadson Owen R. Tanner James C. Penney Foundation, Inc 1992-93. Elizabeth A. Carter Chadotte Valentine'faylor Raytheon Company Mary & Maurie Clark Daniel Taylor Smith & Hawken Mr. & blrs. Peyton S. Cochran, Jr. Kent'I'hiry & Denise O'Leary Spruce Geek President's Circle SheldonCook Henrietta S. Thomas 'lbtal Petroleum, Inc $10,000 and above Mr. & Mrs. John CoopervMullin Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin B.'Cregoe, Ir. USS-POSCO Industries Melisa & Robert J. Barnhart Mr. & Nirs. Henry Corning Robert T. Vanderbilt Viceroy Gold Corporation Ruth Melville 13erlin Bigelow Crocker, ]r. Valerie A. Vanderheyden Wellman, Inc Ogden B. Carter, Jr. Chrisropher F. Davenport Leslie Walker David & Ruth Claeys Mr. & Mrs. Donald W. Davis Nani S. Warren $51000.$91999 Mr. & Mrs. John E. Corbally Pe[er J. Davis Robert & Sandra VJestfall Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Mr. & Mrs. F. S. Foote, Jc Mr. & Mrs. Dexter Dawes Mr. & Mrs. F. Tomlinson White, )r. Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Inc Don Henley P. S. Del3eaumont Harvey & Pat Wilmeth Chevron Corporation Mr. & Mcs. James G. Lenvin Helene B. Dick Mr. & Mrs. Francis E. Yates BM Corporation Susan and L.ynn Orr Mr. & Mrs. Morris M. Doyle Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of David Packard John F. Durr $500-$999 New York Charitable Trust Julie Packard )ohn & Jane Emrick Peter W. Andersen Sharp Elecvonics Corporatio? George Strauss Mr. & Mrs. C. Pardee Erdma? Mr. & Mrs. Lee Anderson Mrs. Roger J. Traynor Seth P. Ferguson Leslie Anixter $1,00044,999 Kit Fine Anna M. Bailey Bardey Machine & Manufacturing Co., Trust Circle Steven R. Ford Thomas A. Barron Inc. Linda Fosburg Peter B. Bardett Alex. Brown & Sons Charitable $5,000.$9,999 Robert L. French R. V. Bauguess Foundation, Inc Mr. & Mrs. Delbert M. Archibald pon & Emilie Frisbee lohn Baird Linda C. Black The 6unbury Company, Inc . William R. Ginsberg Mr. & Mrs. William M. 61ack Chase & Lunt, Inc Mr. & Mrs. Harnson J. BaII, Jc Barbara M. Givan Jack Block Crum & Forster Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Dennis L. 6ark Dr. & Mrs. Douglas E. Goldman Lawrence M. Breed Pirst & Ocean National Bank Mr. & Mrs. ~ames Q. Brett John D. Goldman Mr. & Mrs. William Broussard Home Savin8s of America Mike & leanie Casey Judith Brown Elizabeth Harris Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canad Evelyn S. Cooper Y' George P. Denny, 1? F. B. Harvey, III W. Thacher Brown Robertson & Falk Rose H. Harvey Mr. & Mrs. F. GregR Burger Hutchins & Wheeler Fiduciary William M. Evarts, Jr. Harrie[ S. Hayes Mr. & Mrs. Lewis H. Buder 'Che Lyme'Cimber Company llouglas & Jane Ferguson Dr. & Mrs. Roger W. Hoag Katherine Field Caldwell Merrill L nch & Co. Foundation Austin T. Fragomen, Jr. Y Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Green Michael V. Hofman &]anet M. Moyer porothy N. Camero? NSC Cons[ruction Corporation David & Mary Hopkins Mr. & Mrs. Wallace D. Cathcart )ack B. Parson Companies Mr. & Mrs. Melvin L. Hawley Mr. & Mrs. Eugene J. Houghton Ruth Collins Patagonia, Inc Nancie S. McGraw Ames Ho Mrs. Frank C. Naumbur ~ Mr. & Mrs. Bailey Cowan Philips Petroleum Foundation g Mr. & Mrs. Charles O. Hoyt John H. & Bets Cutler The Provident Institution for Savin s Marie Ridder Y ~ Marti~ & Joan Rosen Mr. & Mrs. Lyman Hull Mr. & Mrs. Itichard M. llavis Rancho San Carlos William & Lynda Hutton Claire A. DeMartini Riddell, Williams, Bullitt & Walkinshaw Hancy & Bruce Russell Kate Uelemd Mr. Alan L. DesRosiers Shaklee Corporation Robert Shea Laura Kane Caroline C. Drewes Walker Richer & uinn, Inc. Dc & Mrs. Stephen Storey Q Ernest C. Swigert Carolyn Kennedy Barbara Eastman $100$999 lerry Tone & Miranda Heller Elisabeth Keville Richard flpstein Mrs. Collier Kimball Marguerite Fleenvood Armitage & Co., Inc Carl R. Koch Richard L. Frank Bank of Boston Trust Conservator Nhyllis M. Koch Mr. & Mrs. 7'homas F. Githens l3es[ Sand Corporation $2,50044,999 Joseph W-. Landers Mr. & Mrs. I3ruce Glickfeld 'I'he [3oeing Corporation Mr. & Mrs. Rober[ L. Armstrong Mr. & Mrs. Melvin B. Lane ]ane & Kenne[h W. Hergenhan C. T. Male Associates, P. C. Susan Bodin Eugene Lee & Joanne Hudey Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Hogan, III Catamount Brewing Company Dr. & Mrs. Harold Brumbaum Maativell Lester, III Miss Mary Horstkotte Chemical Bank Mr. & Mrs. William D. deCamp, Sc Susan Lozsser Mr. & Mrs. Preston B. Hotchkis The Columbia? Mr. & Mrs Graham O. Harrison Caleb Loring, Jc Mr. & Mrs. Leonard F. Howard Coward, Hicks, Siler & Harper P. A. I3ruce Jacobsen Park L. I,uughlin Michael & Caroline Huber Manley De Boer, Inc. Nancy L. Kittle Metinda & Kim MacColl Mrs. Penelope Gerbode Jay Earth Plan, [nc. Jane McKenzie Maybelle C. MacDonald Mr. & Mra Charles W. Johnson Hoechst Celanese Foundation, Inc. poiiald Mi[chell Kenneth E. MacWilliams Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Johnson House of Travel, Inc. Douglass A. Raff Mr. & Mis. Martin C. Madden 8lizabeth C. Kerr Industrial Indemnity Company Heyward Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Marshall Graydon Kingsland Joe Horace Chrysler, Plymouth, Jeep, Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Schwartr Heath B. McLendon Benjamin W. & Linda Labaree Eagle of Santa Fe, [nc. Mary Wohlford Julia F. Menard Mr. & Mrs. John Lowell John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. Martha Wyckoff-Byrne Dc & Mrs. Gordon E. Moore Mr. & Mrs. George B. Lucas, Jr. Johnson & Higgins of Califomia Frank F. Morrill Leeanne G. MacColl Metagraphicslncorporated TrustAssotiate IudithB.Nadai ]ockMackinlay&Polle'Lellweger J. P. Morgan & Company Mr. & Mrs. George C. Nebel Mary K. Mark Nordeman Grimm, Inc $1,000-$2,499 Medin & Jaoet Nelson Jeta P. McKillip Ter Pa ne & Com an Inc. Uc & Mrs. Ali AI-Tarrah ry Y P Y~ Mr. & Mrs. Donald H. Alden Myrna S. Nudelman Maude McKinley The Pischel Medical GrouP Inc. Langdon Palmer Laurie & Gilbert R. Meigs Safeco Title Cor oration Raymond Alden P Michael L. Patterso? Phillip Moffitt San Francisco Chronide Dr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Barber Dou & Leslie Balli~ lohn D. Phelan Mc & Mrs. Stephen C. Morris Sapiens, Limited ~ ger )oan W. Fickard Dorothy Mosiman Sea-Land Service, Inc Lucile F. Bassett Mr. 8c Mrs. Thomas S. Post, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Michael Naab )oseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc William C. Bendig Samuel F. PryoG I[I Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan B. Noll Sedgwick James of Idaho, Inc Helen F. Benziger ]oanne Purinton L Gordon Odell Sedgwick )ames ofTennessee, Inc. Mary V. Bishop Aileen Roberts Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. O'Hara, I? Sorensen's Resort Martha N. Black Frank D. Ronan Harry O'Mealia, III Southfield Sales Associates, Inc F. William Blaisdell Mr. & Mrs. David Sargent Dennis O'Toole Watkins EnSineers & Constructors Peter Blanchard, III James H. Ottaway, ir. Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Schaeberle West Coast Salvage & Recyding Co. Lhristopher & Margaret Block Mr. & Mrs. Michael Seder Charles Page Mrs. Uaniel 6oyd Mr. & Mrs. Jon B. Shastid Richard Perl Jeffrcy D. Brown & Suzanne M. Skinner James F. Smith Mr. & Mrs. James M. Porter Mr. & Mrs. Walrer H. Brown Loren D. Smith Helen H. Potter QO THt TRL'ST FOR VI;RLIC LAND I Mrs. Rober[ M. Pyle, Sc Albert Butzel Mr. & Mrs. Bob Fenwick Mrs. Rick Hopkins Mildred E. Randall Mr. & N(rs. Bill Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Peter 1. Fe[chko Mr. & Mrs. Frederick G. Horan Marc Rudow Mr. & Mrs.james H. Canepa Mr. & Mrs. Lowell I. Figen lames C. Hormel James D. Sano Winifred U. Carlson Mr. & Mrs. H. Kenneth Fish Susan & Thomas V. Horstmann Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Seamans, )r. Mr. & Mrs. Charles Carpenter, Jr. Sandra C. Fish & Iames F. Charlier loseph C. Houghteling Harris D. Sherman J. Revell Carr George C. Fleharty David Houghron Mr. & Mrs. lohn Smith Mr. & Mrs. F. B. Carter Mr. & Mrs. Douglas K. Fleming leffrey Houghton Dr. & Mrs. William D. Sohier, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Case Donna L. Fletcher Elinor F. Howenstine Ruth G. Spears Lisa G. Cashdan & Peter R. Stei? Mr. & Mrs. D. R. Foah Mr. & Mrs. Fred Hufnagel Enid M. Starr Paul Cavanagh Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Fohl Mr. & Mrs. J. C. Hunsaker, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James Storey ]ayni A. Chase Richard P. Foley Dr. & Mrs. Kellogg W. Hunl Ruth T. Storey Alyce R. Cheatham Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Forbes Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Hunter, ]r. Mr. & Mrs. J. Arian Thebault Chilin Cheng Mr. & Mrs. Peter R. Forbes Wallace K. Huntington James H. Thomas Gloria M. Christensen Eleanor Ford Mr. & Mrs. John B. Hudow Mr. & Mrs. Veme Thompson Donald E. Clark Mary R. Foster Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Huxley Esther D. Vetterlein Lowell R. Clark & Patrica M. Clark Douglas Foy Virginia ingham Patricia & William W. Wessinger Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Clendenen Mr. & Mrs. James B. Frankel Susan ives Winifred E. Weter Mr. & Mrs. John H. Clymer John J. & Katherine L. Freiberger Mr. & Mrs. David A. Jenkins Babs & S. Shepard Wilson Dwight M. Cochran, [II Marion Fremont-Smith Mr. & Mrs. Dick ]ohnson Mr. & Mrs. )onathan Woodman Matthew J. Cochran Mr. & Mrs. Theodore H. Frison lohn Johnson & Chris Lewis Katherine Kingsley Yates Samuel A. Cochran Mrs. Helen Fusscas Mrs. "Loe W. )ohnson Mr. & Mrs. Jin Zidell Clarissa D. Coffin John Garratt Marjorie H. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Wallace A. Cole Mr. & Mrs. Milo S. Gates Irwin & Marian Kaplan $100-$499 Jackson & Gail Conley Mr. & Mrs. G. Michael Gehret David A. Kappler Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Abbott, )c Kay K. Conrad Fredric C. Genter & Terri L. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Katz Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Abelson June Conway lennie Gerard Mr. & Mrs. Hamilton Kean Mrs. Ansel Adams Mr. & Mrs. Samuel A. Cooke Mr. & Mrs. Vic[or B. Gerard Thomas W. Keesee Mr. & Mrs. Peter L. Adams Mrs. Katherine K. Cookson Mr. & Mrs. Frank P. Giammattei Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Kelly Michael & Susan Addison llavid P. Cooney Lars R. Gilson Diane C. Kem Mr. & Mrs. Henry E. Allen John C. Cooper Arthur E. Gimmy Mary E. Kemmerer Mr. & Mrs. Elden L. Altizer Stephen Cooper Mr. & Mrs. F.dward Gin'r.ton Rosemary C. Kemp Emily T. Ambler )oseph C. Comwall Mr. & Mrs. Richard N. Goldman Mrs. Iane R. Kendall David H. Anderson Robert G. Cornwell & Cathryn Thurow Laurie Gooch Mr. & Mrs. F. Corning Kenly, Jr. Lorinda Anderson Steve Costa Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Grant Mr. & Mrs. Dennis J. Kennedy Michael H. Anderson Thomas Cotner & Helen A. Sherk Mr. & Mrs Christopher Gran[ Andrew P. Kerr Mr. & Mrs. Terry Arp ]ames F. Crafrs, Jc Edith Green Dr. & Mrs. Clark Kerr Anne L. Asbell Palmer H. Craig Mr. & Mrs. Edson K. Green Mr. & Mrs. Iohn KerG Jr. Edward S. Anvater, IV Pa[sy Cravens Mr. & Mrs. James C. Greene Eileen C. Kersey Mrs. Thomas Bacchetti Mr. & Mrs. William R. Cross, )c Mr. & Mrs. Donald M. Greenough Mrs. Eleanor P. Keyes Katharine E. Bachman Mr. & Mrs. F. Alan Cummings Wendy W. Gronquist Mr. & Mrs. Margaret A. Kiely Mr. & Mrs. W illiam C. Badger pouglas H. Cundey Gay E. Groomes Delanie M. Kilduff ' loan M. Bailey Mr. & Mcs. Edward i. Curtis William S. Hagler Mrs. Doris P. Kilkenny Mr. & Mrs.'I'ed Bailey Mr. & Mrs. Martin G. Daffner Mr. & Mrs. Alexander S. Haig Leonard E. Kingsley Mary M. Baker Dc & Mrs. Richard L. Dakin George N. Hale, Jr. )ames R. Kinskey Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Baker Mr. & Mrs. Carl E. Darigo H. Patterson Hale Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Kirch . Douglas H. Banker Mr. & Mrs. Art Dauer Marie HallSteinberg Elysabeth Kleinhans I Charles M. Barday Kent P. Dauten Vicki Halper & Gerald R. Smith Patricia S. Kline Robert C. Barish Mary & George L. Davis Margaret Hamachek lohn D. Knodell Mr. & Mrs. Edward L. Barnes Mr. & Mrs. Iames H. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Stan Hamann Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Koury, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Ba[es Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth N. Davis, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Hammett Anne A. Kronenberg Lawrence E. Bathgate, II Thomas S. Deans Mr. & Mrs. David Hanson Dennis W. Kruse Alfred W. Baxter Robert A. Dee Arthur M. Harden Lars L Kulleseid Mc & Mrs. William Behnke Frankie Sue Del Papa Mrs. June Harman Leslie R. Labbe Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Benson Margaret S. Denison Lucille Harms Mr. & Mrs. Srephen W. Lagakos Walter M. Bird Frederic A. de Peyster Lynn P. Harrington Stuart M. Lamb, ]r. 13uwen Blair William P. DeSaassure, III Cynthia O. & Leo Harris Timothy Landers L D. [31ume Mame & Jim De Silva Kriss E. Hart Anne & Dick Larsen B. 13. Bockman Doug llexter Ruth Patcerson Hart Mrs. Richard L. I,awton G. H. Bohannan Frances K. Dibner Sally Hart Chandler Lee Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. L3onanno, Jr. Vito DiPalo Ellen D. Harvey & 7'ad G. Sperry Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Lee Ann K. Bonnell Tod O. Dobratz Daniel G. Harwitz Tony A. Lee Mr. & Mrs. U. Howard Booster Sally & Cecil W. Drinkward lohn H. Hauberg Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Leeburg Brian tic Gwyneth 8ooth Phoebe Driscoll Mr. & Mrs. D. Mark Hawkings Mr. & Mrs. David P. Legge Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Botsford Bardett S. Dunbar Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Hayes, III Elaine Leitner & Steve Zieff Mr. & Mrs. David Botsford, Ir. Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd G. Dyson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Albert H. Heath R. Michael Leonard Christopher L. Boyd & lerome Eaton Mr. & Mrs. 2ichard J. Heaton David & Nancy Levi Connie Staudohar Mr. & Mrs. James Eddy Mr. & Mrs. John Hedley-Whyte Vicmr A. Levi Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence R. Brackett Raymond D. Egan Sadru Hemani lohn S. I,ivermore I. B. Bradley Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Engel Iona & Robert G. Hemphill Dr. & Mrs. Norman B. Lfvermore, I? George Y. Bramwell Diane Englekc Mr. & Mrs. William A. Henry Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Livermore Kalman Brauner & Amy Carlson Russell L. Epker Lynn & Don P. Herring Kathryn Lizik Mrs. F,verett H. Breed Mr. & Mrs. Andrew 6vans Mr. & Mrs. Stanley J. Herastein Kenneth W. Lloyd Bernard T. Brennan Mr. & Mrs. Evan C. Evans, 111 Katherine R. Hill )ohn G. Lockhart Russell L. Brennema? Vic[oria Evans Paul D. HiII Mrs. Wanda Longnecker Peter S. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Everitt Carol S. Hills David P. Loughran Mr. & Mrs. Robert V. Brown Ellio[ Evers Richard Hoard Mr. & Mrs. Otto Lowe, Ir. Mr. & Mrs. Roger K. Brown Patricia D. Fagan Alan E. Hochhalter Roger Lowe Mr. & Mrs. Kingsbury Browne, )c Neil Falconer Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Hoeptner Col. Robert l,owell Mary M. Brumder Andrew J. Falender Mr. & Mrs. John R. Hoffman, )r. Ian Lowen Sundra C. 6udde Brian Faller & K. Norelius Ronna HoHman Mr. & Mrs. Chades F. Lowrey Mc & Mrs. Logan M. Bullitt, N Robert S. Farby & Susan M. Taylor William P. Hoffman, Jc Mrs. George B. Lucas, Sr. Mrs. Koy R. 6umsced Mr. & Mrs. Norman Farquhaz Harry S. Holcomb, III Iohn M. Luce Nxncy & Robin Barnett Mr. & Mrs. David Fawcett Pieter Hondius Mrs. John E. Lutz, II Mr. & Mrs. Neil Burton Ellen Felker & Peri Danton Ioe A. Hong lames B. Lyon LANL) ANl) PPnPI.F Ql ~ DouglasMacy Mr.&Mrs.MichaelL.Pazker. SarahA:kellStockman Clu6s, Associations, and Christopher G. Madden Mr. & Mrs. John R. Patterson Mc & Ivlrs. James S. Stokes Other ponors Kelsey Maddox-Bell Mr. & Mrs. Barry Paull Mr. & i'vIrs. Daniel Stone Mr. & Mrs. John E. Madsen Louise D. Peck Elizabetn Storey Alamo Group of the Sierra Club Mrs. Robert A. Magowan Mrs. Creighton Peet Mr. & Mrs. William O. Strohl American Forests Mc & Mrs. Harland L Main Neal R. Peirce Mr. & Nlrs. Howard E. Swain, ]r. Back River Neck Community )ames & Katharine Mann Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Pelham Elizabeth A. Sweetsir Association Kristine L. Markewitz Mc & Mrs. William L. Pence Henry T. Swigert Cahaba River Society, Inc. Martha S. Marks Mr. & Mrs. John S. Perkins Dc & Mrs. Daniel Tassel Califomia Department of Forestry Mr. & Mrs. Dick Marmillion Mc & Mrs. Edward M. Perkinson Peggy T:iylor & Fire Protection Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Martin Daniel M. Perry Sally S. Taylor Friends of I.aguardia Place Marilyn Martin & Carl Vonderhaar Mr. & Mrs. Werner B. Peter Lynn Templeton Friends of [he River, Inc. Chester T. Marvin Mr. & Mrs. Iames L. Peterson Carter P. Thacher Georgia Canoeing Association, Inc. William Matteson Martha & Richard Nhillippi (udy & Bruce Thesenga City of Gunnison, CO Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin L. Mawso? Judy Pigott-Swenson Elizabeth Thieriot La Plata Open Space Conservancy Dr. & Mrs. Don L. Maxfield Cleve Pinnix Mr. & Mrs. Thornton Thomas Marine Society at Salem Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. McAliley Donna M. Pioppi & Iohn F. Salwitz Helen M. Thompson Mount Vernon Ladies' Association Peter McAndrew Mr. & Mrs. B. Michael Pisani W. Hayden Thompson of the Union Mr. & Mrs. Clyde M. McBride Kingsbury Pitcher Mr. & Mrs. F. Theodore Thomsen Nantahala Outdoor Center Marian H. McCall John W. S. Platt Laurie 1. Tobin National Trust for Historic Preservation Veronica McCarthy Michael Polemis John O.'Podd Native Plant Society of Oregon/Portland J. Bruce McCubbreClaire Pollack Chapter Y Mary Ausplund Tooze New York State Council on the Arts Anne Kerr McDonald Mr. & Mrs. Alexander H. Pope Nancy & Frederick H. Torp Ka[hleen H. McGrath Mc & Mrs. Robert N. Post Mr. & Mrs. Rosalind Tufts The Parachu[ists Reading Group Dc & Mrs. llean E. McHenry Mrs. Robert Yrieskel Mc & Mrs. Jerome Tulchi? Portland Trails Mr. & Mrs. James A. Mclntosh Rober[ M. Price Corey Tumer & Kristen McCormick ueen Midas Investment Club Joan Mclntosh Mc & Mrs. John Ratzenberger Warren A. Tumer River Network Henry L. Mclntyre Bayard D. Rea Mr. & Mrs. Vicror Tyler San Antonio Conservation Sociery Sylvia C. McLaughlin Mc & Mrs. Schuyler B. Rector Ann M. Ungaro Scenic Hudson, Inc. Sally G. McMillen Mr. Philip D. Reed, Jr. Thomas V. Urmy, Jr. Stanford University llavid McPhail Ala H. Reid Philip R. Vanduyne, )r. Tuesday Birders J. Kenneth McPhail Chades B. Renfrew Edward L. Vervoort & Donna Hom Trinity Presbyterian Church Wallace G. McQuat PhyIlis & Iohn Reynolds Jean Vollum Ventana Chapter of the Sierra Club Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm McWhorter Mr. & Mrs. Jon Riche Mrs. Frances Von Maltitr John Mendel Mr. & Mrs. William M. Riegel Mary & f;dward Vranizan Memorial Gifts Berkeley T. Merchant Claire & George D. Rives Eliot Wadsworth Gifts in memory of the followtng tndi- Gail Meredith Barbara S. Rogers Sallie Wagner viduals were received during fiscal year Keith Merrill, Jr. Dc & Mrs. J. Speed Rogers Steven R. Waldo 1992-93. Mc & Mrs. Robert S. Messersmith Moreton Rolleston, Jc Mc & Mrs. Morgan Walford Mc & Mrs. Gary Meyer Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence M. Rosen Mrs. Craig Wallace Elsie Brisme Mr. & Mrs. James A. Michael Nancy & William W. Rosenfeld Andrews Wanning Mrs. W.D. Cotton Patrick J. Mikus Mr. & Mrs. William M. Roth Mr. & Mrs. Turner Warmack Marian L. llurr Kim Miller Mc & Mrs. Raymond F. Ryan Frederic & Suzanne Weins[ein pva Pischel Elliott Marie S. Miller Mark & Karen Salkind Mc & Mrs. Marty Weirick Joseph Flanner Mr. & Mrs. Ronald M. Miller William L. Saltonstall Barbara Weitz John H. Hardwick Mrs. Barbara Milligan Mr. & Mrs. Jay H. Sargent Mr. & Mrs. Randolph N. Wentworth Mother of Mary Harvey Kate Leadbetter Mills Mr. & Mrs. Christopher G. Sawyer Mc & Mrs. Robert F. Wennvorth Mrs. Samuel H. Klein Margan Mitchell Stephen Schaeffer & Mr. & Mrs. Alan T. Wenz.ell Frederick R. Louis , Mr. & Mrs. Geary S. Mizuno H. Sanford Brown Gordon K. Westdahl Rose Rukes MacPherson Mc & Mrs. Edward J. Molin Hans J. Schiller Mark Weston & Lauri Korinek Vanessa Q. Marshall Malcolm J. Montague Patricia & A. J. Schleuning, II Leslie Wheeler Eleanor Haydon McGowan Mr. & Mrs. Donald K. Morford Norma M. Schofield Linda J. NVhitcher & Greg L. Rohner Margaret C. Ninnema? Bonita Morgan Mr. & Mrs. Howard B. Schow Mr. & Mrs. S. W. White, Jr. Barbara Reach llr. & Mrs. Pierre Mornell Mr. & Mrs. Albert Schreck Mr. & Mrs. Edgar Whitremore Robert Roland ]im Morris Mc & Mrs. J. Michael Schurr Jean Wildberg Margaret D. Ruf Mc & Mrs. Francis S. Moulton, Jr. Mrs. Ellery Sedgwick, Jc Susan J. Willey Martin W. Rus[ Mrs. John W. Mudd Brian H. Segel Dc & Mrs. Russell D. Williams Frank Sayre Edward K. Mullen John F. Seiberling Mr. & Mrs. William A. Williams Irene A. Schulz Mc & Mrs. John S. Murray Edwin A. Seipp, Jc Christina & Reed C. Wilson pamon H. Shook Sarah Muyskens & Michael Green Nicole Shaver & Paul V. Rosasw Mc & Mrs. Milton Wilson, Jc Mrs. Robert H. Slater Elizabeth H. Naumburg & Janet M. Shearer Mary T. Winch Frederick R. Stamm Carl J. Hoffman Ronald Sher Mc. & Mrs. J. David Wing Ewin D. Williams Mc & Mrs. David Nelson Mr. & Mrs. John Shuman Gertrude M. Wit[e George F. Williams Macgaret E. Newbegin Craig Siegel Mr. & Mrs. Robert Wolff Mr. & Mrs. Steding Newell, Jc Mr. & Mrs. R. T. Siegler Charles Wollenberg George Nichols, III Susan Singleton Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth D. Woodburn Mr. & Mrs. Nils Nilsson Mc & Mrs. Henry H. Slack Chades C. Worth Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Nimick Mc & Mrs. Wilbur L. Sloat Stewart & Christine Worthington Frances North Mr. & Mrs. Louis Sloss, Jr. Mr & Mr.;. Frank C. Wright, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. David T. Notter Mr. & Mrs. Craig Smith Mr. & Mrs. John H. Wright Mr. & Mrs. Frank Noyes Dr. Gilbert Smith Janet & William Wyse Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Nuehring James R. Smi[h Mr. & Mrs. William E. Yeo Mc & Mrs. Desmond H. O'Connell, Jr. R. Kenneth Smith Martin "L;msner Jay Odell Charles Smithgall Delphine P. Zeuli Donald L. O'Hare Pe[er I. Snieckus David A. Zieve & Carol I. Sparer Kenneth K. Okel Mr. & Mrs. John F. Snyder Richard R. Zingarelli & Barbara S. Brown Valorie Olson Laurence J. Sovin Barry L. 'Lipperman Mc & Mrs. Thomas Ormond Susan J. Sparrow & Hal Z. Bennett Beverly T. Ormseth Richard A. Spencer Ralph B. Owen Professor & Mrs. F. M. Spiess Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Pabs[ Mrs. Cara M. Sproul Mr. & Mrs. Merrill C. Palmer Paul F. Stampleman Al Panariello Clifford W. Starrett Will & Julie Parish Mrs. Laurence Stein Mc & Mrs. W. Anthony Park Ethel S. Stevens 42 THE 7'RUST FOR PUBLIC LAND Honorary Gifts lndividuals T H A N K Y O U Gifts in honor of the following individ- Steven W. Abel uals were received during fiscal year 'fom Allen 1992-93. NormanDardeen Our thanks to the many peoPle who Mitchell Berg CordeGa Barricks Sheryl Berg contributed to TPL through workplace Connie Bowler Selwyn Bingham Elizabefl,Dame MachewBuck giving campaigns. They include William deCamp Tracy Caras ~ Emily Harwood Elrod-Black Carol Huggins Cherico employees of private corporations and Douglas Ferguson Tom & Krisci Cohen Earth SharesM city, county, state, and federal govern- Liz Gluck Evelyn Cooper Ted Harrison & Linda Spackman Paul llolan ment agencies. Annual workplace giving liose H. Harvey Donna Fletcher . Liora Talia Meir Jacob Sanford & Carolyn Francis campaigns will take place again this fall. You can destgnate Mr. & Mrs. Dewitc Iohr, Harris B. Freidus TPL (#0916) in the Combined Federal Campaign. In other Robert Barrett Jones John Gentry Peggy Kimball Ken Gibbons campaigns, TPL is listed under Earth Share and most smte F,leanor Landis Don Giecek Carrie McMillen David Graves and regional environmental federations. Dorothy Mendelson Gaines Gwa[hmey Iudith B. Nadai 1ay Heller Martin I. kosen Dale Hester Ste hen Hochman To fnd out how eo beneft TPL and the environment in your work- Blair Allison Shupenko P Bill & Connie Threinen William D. Hunter Place, Please contact KathrYn Morelli, Director of DeveloPment, Rand, Sue & Avery Wentworth 1. C. Hyde The Trust for Public Land, 116 New Monigomery, 4th Floor, Sun Yeter lenkins Francisco, CA 94]]05. (415) 495.4014 IN-KIND GIFTS RussJolley 1'PI. appreciates contributions of volun- Robert D. Kilmarx teer time, goods, and services fiom the Donna Korora John Krafka lollowing donors. Bruce W. Laidlaw Ogden N. Lewis Corporations, Firms, and TroyLissimore OtherOrganizations MarvinMabry FISHING FOR HIGHER YIELDS? AARP Senior Community Service Mark A. Manulik Employment Program ]ames Mclntyre Alston & Bird Malcolm E. McLorg Baltimore Orioles Mcglee Mitchell The Boston Beer Company Larry Mobley Boston Popcorn, Inc Adele Morgan III I I Capital Cities / ABC Bruce Northrup Catamount Brewing Co. Daniel P. O'Connell Chalone Kathleen O'llonnell ' Chattahoochee Outdoors, Inc Philip Posner Chattahoochee River National loseph Pryor +Steven Quades Recreation Area Chevrolet-Geo F.nvironmental Program lames Randklev ~ Choate, HaLI & Stewart Bill & Linsay Raue City - As - School Dorothy Remington Columbus College Kathleen Rydar Consolidated Edison Company Dirk M. Schenkkan of New York Tim Sercombe Creare Patricia L. Shanks StOC1C DU1' POOl2d IYlC0YY1Z FUYld Wlt{l Crowell & Moring Michael Shaw Davis Polk & Wardwell Ted Siff YOU1' f~ reciated Securities Digitel Corporation Caryn R. Stafford ppEmployee Benefit Specialists Evelyn Stephens ERM - New England, Inc. Rosalee S[roup Florida State University Daniel A. Taylor Securities donated to our Pooled Income Fund Department of Law Mike Taylor cambie & Davis Andrea M. Teichman can be sold without capital gains tax and reinvest- Georgia State University Deborah Tellier ed {or ahig}1 yie1d. Curf2llt )'leld 15 7.4 % - mOfe Hale & Dorr Todd E. Thompson Hewlett-Packard wendy Tice-wauner than double the dividend yield of the S&P 500! Hill & Badow Mary Walsh Hoffman, Finney & Klinedinst Moming Washburn You receive income for the rest your life. Then, Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Tami West TPL receives the principal. Robertson & Falk Linda Wilkinson Landels, Ripley & Diamond Phil Woodward 1'OU a1S0 I'eCelv2 dl] 11]]riled12t2 1riCOITIe tdX d2C1UC- Littler, Mendelson, Fastiff & Tichy YIOri. Wtl}' IIOY USe yOUI' t8X SaV1rigS YO g0 h11Clll91 McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enerson MiddieseX scnooi canoeing, or even fishing? National Park Service ~ Nutter, McClennen & Fish ~ Paul, Weiss, Riflcind, Whar[on Suggested minimum $5,000. & Garrison Pe[tit & Martin Plant Peddler For further information, please contad /ennie E. Gerard, Senior ~I Poland Spring Vice President, The Trust for Public Land, 116 New Montgomery, Pritchett Ball & Wise 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. (415) 495-4014. Professional Color Lab Saintsbury Winery Spencer, Fane, Britt & Brown 'Cree Climbers Internatiunal Whitman & Ransom LAVD AND PEOPLE 43 ~ BOARD OF DIRECTORS KathrynMorelli EdwinSwik THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC Southea5t DirectoiofDevelopment ]immyWeekley LAND OFP[CES John W. Baird Susan V. Smartt Harry Woolley Southeast Regional Office Eugene Barth Director ofOQerational Systems Pavilions at Cen[erville Sara S. Brown anAHuman Resources Key West Technical Advtsor.i National Office 2100 Centerville Road Fred Barger Tallahassee, FL 32308-4314 Robert E. Carlson Re ional George Dengler The Trust for Public Land (904) 422-1404 George P. Denny S Jose Gonzalez 116 New Montgomery Street (904) 422-0806 (FAX) William M. Evarts, Jr. W. Dale Allen Susan ]ohnson Fourth Floor Dou8las P. FerSuson Vice President and Southeast Wins[on Lee San Francisco, CA 94105 Atlanta Field Office Eugene C. Lee Regional Manager Bill Sadler, Jc (415) 495-4014 1447 Peachtree Street, NE Richard D. Marshall Bowen L31air, )r. Ted Strader (4] 5) 495-4103 (FAX) Suite 601 Charles M. Peterson Portland Field Office Director Atlanta, GA 30309 Douglass A. Raff Kathleen A. Blaha LowelPs Boat Shop Trust Mid-AYlantic (404) 237-7696 (404) 874-2522 (FAX) Marie Ridder Vire President and Acting John Burgess Midwest Regional Managei J. Revell Carr Mid-Adantic Regional Office Martin J. Rosen 666 Broadway Miami Field Office Peter Forbes Bartlett S. Dunbar Nancy N. Russell New England Regional Manager Urs Dur New York, NY 10012 7900 Red Road, Suite 25 ]ames D. Sano (212) 677-7171 South Miami, FL 33143 F. Jerome Tone Ted O. Harrison Peter Fetchko (212) 353-2052 (FAX) (305) 667-0409 VicePresidentnnd Southwest Marion Fremont-Smi[h (305) 667-0427 (FAX) Regiona/ Manager Ianet Howell New Jersey Field Office NATIONAL ADvISORY RoseHarvey Ben1amin W. Labaree SSMapleAvenue Vice President and Mid-Atlantic RobertLowell Southwest COUNCIL FennethE.MacWilliams Morristown,NJ07960 Regional Manager (201) 539-9191 Southwest Regional Office Thomas A. Barron Craig Lee M. Jamieson Odell (201) 539-2769 (FAX) Pos[ Office Box 2383 William A. Behnke Vice President and Northwest Brian Pfeiffer Santa Fe, NM 87504 Arnold W. Bolle Regional Manager loanne Purinton Chesapeake Field Office (505) 988-5922 Rhoda Boyd Donna McBain Robert H. Reibel 666 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE (505) 988-5967 (FAX) Kingsbury Browne Vice President and Associate Frank D. Ronan Washington, UC 20003 Robert Cah? Northwest Regional Manager Rosali~d Tuks (202) 543-7552 Texas Field Office Peyton S. Cochran, Jr. Franklin E. Parker (202) 544-4723 (FAX) 700 San Antonio Street Kenneth N. llavis, )r. Miami Austin, TX 78701 New Jersey Field Office Ihrector Noel DaY' Sr. Will Rogers W. E. Danwody, IIl Midwest (512) 478-4644 Thomas S. lleans Western Regional Manager SaliYe Jude (512) 478-4522 (FAX) Frankie Sue Del Papa Arsenio Milian Midwest Regional Office George C. Fleharty Rand Wentworth Buder North Building, Suite 210 Francis S. Foote AdantaFieldOffrceManager NewEn8land 510 First Avenue North Western William R. Ginsberg Katherine E. Bachman Minneapolis, MN 55403-1609 Western Regional Office JohnGoldman ]tEGIONAl AND LOCAL JulieBelaga (612) 338-8494 116NewMon[gomery Street Anthony P. Grassi ADVISORY COUNCILS RuthM.Berlin (612) 338-8467 (FAX) ThirdFloor Graham O. Harrison Walter M. 6ird San Francisco, CA 94105 Paul Hawken Baltimore Russell L. Brenneman (415) 495-5660 1. W. Hershey Kingsbury Browne New England (415) 495-0541 (FAX) Terese T. Hershey Roxie Bratton Donald L. Connors New England Regional Office Iames S. Hoyte Peyton S. Cochran, Jc Thomas S. Deans 67 Batterymarch Sacramento Field Office James K. Ihessler Lenneal J. Henderson, ]c George P. Denny Boston, MA 02110 926 ) Street, Suite 608 ]oseph P. Landers, Jr. Lisa Hite Andrew J. Falender (617) 737-0261 Saaamentq CA 95814 R. Michael Leonard Sally Michel Linda Fosbur Pumam Livermore Laura Perry B (617) 737-3464 (FAX) (916) 557-1673 Janet Marie Smith Anthony P. Grassi (916) 557-1675 (FAX) Ellin London Stephen C. Harper Vermont Field Office Kenneth E. MacWilliams Leonard Sachs James S. Ho yte Post Office Box 1257 Southern Califomia Field Office Sylvia McLaughlin Rober[ D. Kilma~ Norwich, VT 05055 Califomia ReLeaf Robert McQueen California ReLeaf Netwoik S Ivia Watts MeKinne Ste hen C. Morris Fred Anderson Y y (802) 649-3611 3001 Redhill Avenue p Lilla McLane-Bradley (802) 6493623 (FAX) Building 4, Suite 224 Judith B. Nadai F.llen Bailey Sarah E. Muyskens Costa Mesa, CA 92626 Merlin Nelson Jerry Bird Ala H. Reid (714) 557-2575 Michael E. Patterson Clifford ]anoff Daniel A. Taylor Northwest (714) 557-3923 (FAX) Neal R. Peirce Alice Frost Kennedy Peter Troas[ Samuel F. Pryor Tom Larson Northwest Regional Office Smith Tower, Suite 1510 Christopher G. Sawyer Dave Muffly New Jersey 506 Second Avenue Srephen J. Schwartz 7ohn Phillips Robert G. Bailey Seatde, WA98104 John F. Seiberling Dolores Reece Grosvenor 61air (206) 587-2447 Harris D. Sherman Ray Tretheway Christopher J. Daggett (206) 382-3414 (FAX) Simon Sidamon-Eris[off Scott Wilson )ames F. Smith Dave Wisniewski H. Corbin Day William D. de Camp, Sc Oregon Field Office Dorothy Erskine Open Langdon Palmer 1211 SW Six[h Avenue OFFICERS nND SpaceFund KathrynA.Yorter Portland, OR 97204 MnNnGemENi Clifford W. Starrett (503) 228-6620 Greg Archbald (503) 228-4529 (FAX) Nutional Dr. John M. Erskine Puget Sound Open William D. Evers Spare Committee Martin J. Rosen Robert C. Kirkwood William Black President Putnam Livermore Mary Black Ralph W. Benson Michael Marston )ack Corbally Execudve Vice President Bill Holder Robert W. Mclntyre Georgia Mrs. Gretchen Hull Senior Vice President and Chief Clara Axam Rosanna W. Letwin Financial Officer Jim Drzell Douglass A. Raff Lisa Cashdan Robert Edwards Joanne Roberts Senior Vice President Phil Etchison Mrs. Lyn White D. Ernest Cook Henry D. Gregory, Jr. SeniorVirePresident ~~+'r7'ReymanHunt ReedyCreek/HerringPoint Walt Hundey Preservation Committee Jennie E. Gerard Glenn P. Ivie Senior Vice President Walter Jarek Harrison J. Ball, ]r. Stephen E. Thompson Mimsie Lanier Arthur M. Byli? Senior Vice President and Director Andre] Mule H. Corbin Day . Wip]am D. de Cam Sr. of Nationaf Projects Christopher G. Sawyer garbara Evans P Nelson J. Lee Jane Smith ~ Vice Yresideni and Genernl James S. Srokes Austin T. Fragomen, Jc ~ Counsel Tally Sweat Arthur M. Goldberg . Thomas J. Hogan, lIl Alan Front Elb Vice President and Director o ert E. Hasted, III Federal Affairs 1 Key West James C. Kellogg Susan ives Sam Chapin George B. Lucas, Jr. Vice President and Director of Tony Falcone Richard C. McDonough kobert Feldman George C. Nebel PublicAffairs Ron Herron Robert B. OBrien, Jr. "I'od O. Dobratz Debbie Hora? Edwin J. O'Malley, Jr. Controller and Assistant Treasurzr Daniel Lee Richard E. Sameth 0. )ohn Groebl Susan Olsen Robert M. Schaeberle Director of biformation Services John Parks, Jr. Charles W. Thomas u, ,a b{ ;r" t ~ - ~ ~4 '1 Rl •T ~ ~A; r. CJ r' ~ ' ~ R E M E M B E R I N G Wallace Stegner WRITER, HISTORIAN, TEACHER, ENVIRONMENTALIST, AND PHILOSOPHER OF THF. AMERICAN WEST, WALLACE STEGNER DIED [N APRIL AFTER A CAREER SPANNING MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY. MR. STEGNER WROTE TWENTY-EIGHT BOOKS, TAUGHT WRITING FOR MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS, AND WON BOTH A PULITZER PRIZE AND A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION. ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT SEE HIMSELF PRIMARILY AS AN ADVOCATE OR AN ACTIVIST, MR. S'EEGNER WROTE AND SPOKE OFTEN ON CONSERVA'['ION ISSUES, AND HF, BECAME, THROUGH ELOQUENCE AND EXAMPLE, A MORAL FORCE FOK THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICAN LANDS. BEGINNING IN 1983, MR. STEGNER SERVED CONTINUOUSLY ON THE NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD OF THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND, ONLY ONE OF MANY ENVIRONMENTAI. ORGANIZATIONS AND CAUSES TO WHICH HE LENT HIS TIME, ENERGIES, AND EVER-ACCUMULATING PRESTIGE. MR. STEGNER ONCE SAID, "THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES CIVILIZA- TION GO FORWARD IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF INDIVIDUALS FOR THE SPECIES, FOR THE CULTURE, FOR THE LARGER THING OUTSIDE OURSELVES." HE MIGH"1' HAVE BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT HIMSELF. 1909-1993 T H E NON-PROFiI ORGANI%ATIOV RUST U.S. pOsTAGE PnIn PUBLIC SAN FR4NCISCO, CA LAND PeuMrr No. 13303 I~I National Office 116 New Montgomery Fourth Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Address Correction Reguesced W . ~4 . • ~ : . . . _ . , . _ . . : . . . F : tH F1 r F , -.3~,r`.:: , ~^'ks...~r.~...e. . 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Purpose for joint meetings: 1. Gain a better understanding of strategic forces affecting the future of Vail. 2. Understand how these forces will impact the Town of Vail and Vail Associates. 3. Develop a mutual response to these forces by outlining a blueprint for action; identify key customers and constituencies; available and required resources. 4. Examine and discuss a shared vision of Vail: what it is today and what it wants to become. 5. Address growth issues and how to manage them. 6. Knowledge of each others issues and priorities on a consistent basis. 7. Reconfirm the partnership and build a closer worldng relationship. 8. Identify components and issues of each party for long term success of both. 9. Find ways to share services and resources for mutual benefit. B. Issues common to both parties: 1. Serve same customer / constituency 2. ' Resources come from similar / same sources 3. Dependent upon the mountain 4. Major employers and similar employee needs 5. Shared vision 6. Commitment for safety and to the environment 7. Shared position (image) 8. Distribution network / infrastructure C. Joint vision of Town of Vail and Vail Associates 1. Premier international resort community 2. Most inviting town in the world 3. Extraordinary resort where people enjoy living and visiting D. Consistent elements about guest experience l. Family orientation 5. Environmental commitment 2. Friendliness 6. Sense of safety 3. Quality service 7. Memorable visit 4. Inviting atmosphere and a healthy environment II. Main Issues of Concern A. TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING presented by Larry Grafel support committee: Joe Macy Chris Ryman Tom Steinberg Merv Lapin Objectives: 1. Reduce vehicle pollution 2. Reduce vehicle congestion while improving traffic circulation 3. Increase use of transportation systems vs. use of vehicle 4. Opdmize use of parking structure for benefit of local businesses and town 5. Explore emerging transportation, parking, delivery, and alternadves i. Public Transportation a. Possible light rail or alternative transportation system b. Improve interchange between new airport and Vail c. Create guideways between Eagle Airport and Vail ii. Roundabouts a. Six roundabouts necessary b. Double capacity than present situation c. Mazket as pilot program d. Create turn lanes on Frontage Roads iii. Alternative Bus Routes a. Create smaller inner bus loop, i.e. trolley b. Create outer loop with close-in slder drop offs c. Maximize Transportation Center d. Create park 'n ride locations in Eagle Vail e. Remove core bus route from Frontage Road iv. Delivery System a. Goal is to eliminate trucks on Main Gore, Bridge Street, Hanson Ranch Road etc.. b. Goal is to keep village core as pedestrian as possible c. Combine interests: create skier services underground to compliment delivery system B. HOUSING presented by Peggy Osterfoss support committee: Gerry Flynn Larry Grafel Merv Lapin In order to continue to be a world class resort and a viable community, it is in our best interest to provide affordable living accommodations within the Town of Vail for local individuals and families that are consistent with the quality of service demands and quality of life expectations. Objectives: 1. Fit target market with location in Town of Vail 2. Solve seasonal worker housing problem indirectly 3. Explore and implement cooperative (public / private) financing 4. Explore variety of approaches to the problem 5. Establish criteria for housing dilemma C. A VITAL VAIL - MANAGED GROWTH presented by Andy Daly and Pegg,y Osterfoss support committee: Joe Macy Tom Steinberg Objective: To maintain and enhance Vail as the premier mountain resort in North America for visitors and residents. 1. Economy To maintain a successful business environment 2. Positioning a. Environmental Community - Ecological Leader b. Marketing 3. Development a. Retail - Commercial Development and Redevelopment b. Residential c. Anticipate Down Valley Impacts d. Infra-Structure - anticipate future 4. Town of Vail issues a. Infrastructure b. Environment c. Transportation d. Sunounding Development e. Quality of Experience 5. Vail Associates issues a. Mountain Infrastructure b. Quality of Experience c. Environmental d. Terrain e. Competition f. Capital g. New Products III. ADDITIONAL ISSiJES DISCUSSED to be covered at future meetings: A. Lionshead Redevelopment Objectives: 1. Expand / improve skier services 2. Expand bed base of Lionshead 3. Improve uphill traffic from Lionshead 4. Update gondola 5. Expand retail 6. Improve office space Design Objectives: 1. Improve aesthetics of Lionshead 2. Open view corridors to mountain 3. Improve pedestrian village 4. Tap into success of Vail Village B. Golden Peak Redevelopment Objective: Vail Assoicates' goals of redeveloping the Golden Peak base azea facilities aze primarily related to skiing operations, rather than real estate opportunities. These include: 1. Replacement of dated lift equipment with contemporary lift technologies. 2. Improvements of mountain access and circulation for the skier / guest: 3. Reduce ski school and other peak loading pressures on the Vista Bahn . from the Golden Peak portal. 4. Improved skier services and food services at the site. 5. Improvement of public bus transportation access, routing, service and staging. 6. Consider an underground parking structure to replace the surface parldng. 7. Reduction of adverse vehicular traffic impacts resulting from current configuration of parking lot and skier drop off. 8. Visual enhancement of the area streetscape. 9. Easier and increased pedestrian access to the base area portal. 10. Improvement of the recreation facilities offered on the site, perhaps converting the tennis courts to a dual use. 11. Consider "Vail Club" uses in the structure. C. Category III Objectives: Vail has a commitment to providing a high quality experience to its guests, which entails active solicitation of customer feedback. Research has shown that guests' expectadons of the vacation experience, as well as their demographic profile, is changing. Visitors are calling for more terrain similar in quality to the most popular front-side skiing areas. Also, Vail's skier populadon is generally desirous of a more intermediate bowl skung experience. The Category III project satisfies guest demand in the following ways: 1. a different kind of back bowl 2. glades 3. early / late season skiing 4. improved skier distribution IV. WRAP UP: STRATEGIC PLANNING presented by Peggy Osterfoss and Andy Daly Joint Action Plan: a. increase public / private partnership b. increase education c. create and solidify existing alliances d. managed growth / environment infrastructure community qualitY . accessibility security / safety e. quality / lifestyle f. positioning ~ , . DESIGN REVtEW BOARD AGENDA ~ March 16, 1994 ' 3:00 P.M. PROJECT ORIENTATION 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 P.M. SITE VISITS 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. 1. D'Agostino/Dayco Holdings - 1280 Spraddle Creek Drive. . 2. D'Agostino/Biederman - 1313 Spraddle Creek Drive. 3. Dauphinais - 1320 Moraine Drive. 4. Schmidt - 1410 Buffehr Creek. 5. Krogmarin - 2757 Davos Trail. 6. Spruce Creek, Phase III, #6 - 1850 South Frontage Road West. 7. 44 Willow Place - 44 Willow Place. ~ 8. Cornice Building - 362 Vail Valley Drive. 9. Kempf - 1358 Vail Valley Drive. 10. Kirch - 4316 Streamside Circle West. ~ 11. Sundial, Parcel 1- 5036 Prima Court. Drivers: Andy and Randy ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : : : . ~:;:.;;~::?;~w::':;::;;;::::~<:~:~::~:::;»:i:;~i::~~ ~:r>:::::wt'::'::::::::?_:::':~':~::'::::;:;::~`'::~:::?:;::fiii:::::i:::;::::;;:2:::;'?::::~:`i::i:;::#~:::i;::::;;;::i:::::;:i:::~:::::::::::::::;:::~>:;{::':;?;:>;;:i<i;:::;:~ . . . 1. Covered Bridge Building - Demo/rebuild of entire structure. . MM/KP 227 Bridge Street/Lots C and D, and a part of Lot B, Block 5-B, Vail Village 1 st Filing. Applicant: Hillis of Snowmass, Inc. and East West Partners MOTION: B. Borne SECOND: H. Woldrich VOTE: 5-0 Approved. 1) Suggests developing a sign program for DRB review. 2) Flower boxes - doors to be approved by staff. 3) Deck railing to be reviewed on-site by DRB for color. 2. Schmidt - Secondary residence. MM/AK 1410 Buffehr Creek Road/Lot G1, Lionsridge 2nd Filing. Applicant: Leroy Schmidt MOTION: S. Brainerd SECOND: B. Borne VOTE: 5-0 Approved with conditions. ~ 3. 44 Willow Place - New triplex. AK 44 Willow Place/Lot 9, Block 6, Vail Village 1 st Filing. Applicant: Jay Peterson MOTION: B. Borne SECOND: B. Anderson VOTE: 5-0 Approved with conditions. 4. Sundial, Parcel 1- New single family. AK 5036 Prima Court/Lot 1, Sundial Phase I. Applicant: Mike Lauterbach MOTION: B. Borne SECOND: H. Woldrich VOTE: 5-0 Tabled to April 6, 1994. 5. Spruce Creek, Phase III, #6 - New single family. AK 1850 South Frontage Road WesUSpruce Creek, Phase III. Applicant: Mike Lauterbach MOTION: S. Brainerd SECOND: B. Anderson VOTE: 4-1 Approved with conditions. 6. Indian Creek - Review of utility meter enclosure. JC 1139 Sandstone Drive/Lots A-1 and A-2, Block A, Lionsridge 1 st Filing. Applicant: Michael Lauterbach MOTION: S. Brainerd SECOND: B. Anderson VOTE: 5-0 Approved with conditions. 7. May - Changes to approved fence. JC 1119 Ptarmigan Road/Lot 6 and 1/2 of Lot 5, Block 5, Vail Village 7th Filing. , Applicant: Paula May , MOTION: B. Borne SECOND: S. Brainerd VOTE: 5-0 Approved - subject to no solid wood fence on golf course side, driveway heating boiler to match fence color. 2 8. Dauphinais - New primary/secondary residence.. JC 1320 Moraine Drive/Parcel D, Lionsridge 3rd Filing. Applicant: Pat Dauphinais ' MOTION: "B. Borne SECOND: H. Woldrich VOTE: 4-1 Approved with conditions. 9. D'Agostino/Biederman - New single family residence. JC 1313 Spraddle Creek Drive/Lot 12, Spraddle Creek Estates. Applicant: Franco D'Agostino MOTION: B. Borne SECOND: B. Anderson VOTE: 5-0 Approved with conditions. 10. Cornice Building - Conceptual review of new single family residence. JC 362 Vail Valley Drive/A part of Tract B, Vail Village 1 st Filing., Applicant: David Smith MOTION: B. Borne SECOND: S. Brainerd VOTE: 5-0 Tabled indefinitely. 11. Krogmann - Residential addition, RS 2757 Davos Trail/Lot 1, Block F, Vail Das Schone 1st Filing. Applicant: Juergen Krogmann and Monica Roth MOTION: B. Borne SECOND: B. Anderson VOTE: 5-0 _ Tabled until April 6, 1994. 12. Kempf - New duplex and two 250 requests Tor demo/rebuild of duplex with EHU. RS . 1358 Vail Valley Drive/Lot 21, Block 3, Vail Valley 1st Filing. Applicant: Chris Kempf MOTION: B. Anderson SECOND: M. Arnett VOTE: 2-2 1 Split vote - S. Brainerd abstained. 3 13. D'Agostino/Dayco Holdings - New single family residence. RS 1280 Spraddle Creek Drive/Lot 10, Spraddle Creek Estates Applicant: Dayco Holdings/Luis D'Agostino MOTfON: SECOND: VOTE: Conceptual - No vote taken. 14. Kirch - Conceptual review of new single family and 250 GRFA addition RS for new storage above the garage. 4316 Streamside Circle WesULots 2 and 3, Bighorn 4th Addition. Applicant: Walter Kirch MOTION: SECOND: VOTE: Conceptual - No vote taken. 15. Musyl - New single family residence. JC 4465 Glen Falls Lane/Lot 6, Forest Glen Subdivision. Applicant: Marc Musyl MOTION: SECOND: VOTE: Tabled to April 6, 1994. 16. Tondre - New single family residence. JC 1390 Sandstone Drive/Lot G-5, Lionsridge Subdivisiori 2nd Filing. , Applicant: Brice A. Tondre MOTION: SECOND: VOTE: Tabled to April 6, 1994. 17. Strate - New single family residence. JC 1390 Sandstone Drive/Lot G-5, Lionsridge Subdivision 2nd Filing. Applicant: George Strate MOTION: SECOND: VOTE: Tabled to April 6, 1994. 4 18. Gregg - Conceptual Review - New single family residence. RS 1966 West Gore Creek Drive/Lot 44; Vail Village West 1 st Filing. Applicant: James Gregg MOTION: SECOND: VOTE: Tabled Indefinitely. MEMBERS PRESENT MEMBERS ABSENT . Mike Arnett ' Bob Borne Sally Brainerd Hans Woldrich Bill Anderson (PEC) STAFF APPROVALS Epstein - Add landscaping and decks. 1461 Greenhill Court/Lot 7, Glen Lyon Subdivisiori. Applicant: Kathy Epstein Fred Gordon, DDS, Dentist - New 5 square foot wall sign on second floor of building. 2077 North Frontage Road/Lot 39, Buffer Creek Subdivision. Applicant: Fred Gordon Christiania Realty - New 5 square foot real estate display box. 356 Hanson Ranch Road/Part of Lot D, Block 2, Vail Village 1 st Filing. Applicant: Paul Johnston Eddy/Peterson - Residential addition. 162 West Meadow Drive/Lot 4, Vail Village 2nd Filing. Applicant: Richard Eddy Huffard - 250 addition for new entry/airlock. 1855-A Sunburst Drive/Lot 6, Vail Valley 3rd Filing. Applicant: Jay Huffard Regal - Changes to previously approved plans. 1079 Sandstone Drive/Lot A-3, Block A, Lionsridge 4th Filing. Applicant: Walter Regal International Wing - Temporary tent. 174 East G.ore Creek Drive/Part of Lots A, B, and C, Block 5C, Vail Village 1st Filing. Applicant: Lodge Properties 5 STATE OF COLORADO r` DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL AFFAIRS oF co~ OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 0 1313 Sherman Street, Rm. 518 f t Denver, Colorado 80203 Phone (303) 866-2771 `1e7e" FAX (303) 866-2251 TDD 13031 866-5300 Roy Romer , Governor Larry Kallenberger Executive Director February 4, 1994 Dear Colorado Leader I spent much of this summer serving as co-team leader of a task force making recommendations about how to create a true partnership between federal, state and local governments. This work was done as part of Vice President Gore's National Performance Review. There will eventually be some 22 reports with various recommendations to improve federal government operations. The enclosed report "Strengthening the Partnership" is the result of my group's work and is the first report to be released by the White House. It is the result of many conversations with Coloradans and others across the country demanding change. Colorado state and local government leaders, from Governor Romer who assigned me to the project and helped publicize the importance of a true partnership through his chairmanship of the National Governor's Association, to legislators of both political parties who supported the work through the National Conference of State Legislators and the American Legislative ExcFiange Council, have been instrumental in promoting a new partnership on behalf of our citizens. Perhaps no actions have been more illustrative of the new spirit that is growing than the "Operation Prairie Fire" resolutions of Colorado Counties,. Inc., and the Colorado Municipal - League. I have enclosed copies for your information. The call for change has begun here in Colorado and it falls to us to lead the effort. I hope we can join together and start a"prairie fire" that burns until it surrounds Washington. I sincerely believe that the recommendations contained in the "Strengthening the Partnership" report can serve as a vehicle for us to unite. Sincerely, ~e erg e Director Enclosures + cci Colorado Counties, Inc. 1177 Gnnt Sircet Dcnccr. Colorado 80203 130;1 Sb l-J076 • FA X I30' I 561-2318 "OPERATION PRAIItIE FIItE:" RFSOLUTION FOR SUPPORT TO DEVELOP A TRUE FEDERAL/STATE/LOCAL PARTNERSHIP WHEREAS, a lack of trust between levels of governments is creating expensive inefficiencies and a lack of responsiveness to the citizens, and WHEREAS, Colorado Counaes, Inc. recognizes that all levels of government exist to best serve the collective needs of their constituents, and WHEREAS, Colorado Counries, Inc., recognizes that new Federal/StateJLocal partnerships must be forged in order to allow all levels of government to provide services to citizens in the most effective way, and WHEREAS, a true partnership recognizes that operating principles must be developed joindy between the partners, NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RFSOLVED, that Colorado Counties, Inc., render full and active support for all efforts to promote a true partnership of Federal/State/Local governments, and NOW, THEREFORE BE TT FiJRTHER RFSOLVED, that we, as local government officials, commit to challenge the federal government's trad.itional way of thinking and to fully use our creativity and authority provided by an equal partnership to deliver services at the grassroots level closest to the people, and NOW, THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that CCI prevail upon the National Associarion of Counties to join with the National Council of State Legislatures, the National League of Cities, the United States Conference of Mayors, the National Governor's Association, and other appropriate organizations to develop joindy with the Federal government new operating principles that will improve responsiveness to all citizens. (Approved by the mernbership June 10, 1993, at an official business meeting of Colorado Counties, Inc., in Breckenridge, Coiorado.) President Don Davis. Rio Blanw County • First Vice President Harold "Jake' Klein, Otuo County • Sccond Vice Presidcnt Slan Shafer, Yuma Counly Third Vice Presidcm Marsha Osbom. Summit County • Founh Via Praidcnt Robut "Chris' Christensen, Douglu County • Treasuru Loren Whittemore, EI Puo County Seuetary Doralyn Cxnova, Maa County • Put Pruident Vem Rominger, Rio Grande County 1 ~ "OPERATION PRAIRIE FIRE:" RESOLUTION FOR SUPPORT TO DEVELOP A TRUE FEDERAL/STATE/LOCAL PARTNERSHIP WHEREAS, a lack of trust between levels of governments is creating expensive inefficiencies and a lack of responsiveness to the citizens, and WHEREAS, the Colorado Municipal League recognizes that all levels of government exist to best serve the collective needs of their constituents, and WHEREAS, the Colorado Municipal League recognizes that new Federal/State/Local partnerships must be forged in order to allow all levels of government to provide services to citizens in the most effective way, and WHEREAS, a true partnership recognizes that operating principles must be developed jointly between the partners, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Colorado Municipal League render full and active support for all efforts to promote a true partnership of Federal/State/Local governments, and NOW, THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that we, as local government officials, commit to challenge the federal government's traditional way of thinking and to fully use our creativity and authority provided by an equal partnership to deliver services at the grassroots level closest to the people, and NOW, THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Colorado Municipal League prevails upon the National League of Cities to join with the National Council of State Legislatures, the National Association of Counties, the United States Conference of Mayors, the National Governor's Association, and other appropriate organizations to develop jointly with the Federal government neH operating principles that will improve responsiveness to all citizens. (Adopted by the membership at the June 24, 1993, CML annual business meetinq.) ~ STATE OF CC~L CDO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 4201 East Arkansas Avenue Denver, Colorado 80222 (303) 757-9011 March 11, 1994 The Honorable Margaret A. Osterfoss Mayor of Vail 75 South Fror.tage IZoad , Vail, Colorado 81657 Dear Mayor Osterfoss: The Graduate School of Business at the University of Colorado at Denver in conjunction with the Colorado Department of Transportation is conducting a survey of transportation officials and individuals regarding statewide transportation issues in the state of Colorado. Your name has been randomly selected as a potential participant in the survey. The purpose of this survey is to develop a customer oriented focus in the statewide transportation planning process. You may be contacted by the marketing firm of Insight Research, Inc. in the very near future to set up an appointment which is compatible with your schedule to conduct the telephone survey. The survey is designed to solicit your input on various issues relating to transportation in the state. The survey will take approximately 30 minutes. If you are contacted, it is our sincere hope that you will participate in this valuable survey. Your ideas and insights are an essential element in this project and your contributions will be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, William G. Stringfellow Program Management Manager SENT SY:EAGLE COUNTY ~ 3-17-94 ; 15:17 ; 3033287207- 3034792157;# 11 5 .:pMarch 9 7r 1994 - 14:27 EAGLC COUNTY BUILDING . , 551 liROMWAY OFFICE OF THE P.O. Rc)X 850 ROARD OF COMIb11$SIQNEQS kAGLE. COLORADII B 1031 ~3U3) 32$-$605 ..'::'i: ' fAXt (303) 328•7707 L ~4~yr> . EAGLE COLONTY, COLORADO ~~rr ir.r AGENDA Bl"]ARD, fJF GOl1NT'Y, COiVlISSIC~N,EF~S ~ REGULrgFRy "IVIEETING DAY , MARC-11, 1994 4 4 4 :w 4 I: D8:30 - 09:00 RES(]LUTION'..REGARDING EAGLE CQUNTY (EAGLE EwleCeunlyHeom VALI,EY LIBRARY DI$TRICT), G'OLORADO, GE111EAAL OBLIGATIUN (LIMITFD TAX) LIB~ARY BONDS SER1E5 MARGH T; ;.1994 I Kevin: l.indahl, Esq. I ACT10N: Gonsider, approval. ~ E 09:00 - 10:30 WORK SESSION - WEEKLY UPI3ATE MtaftlxHdyQaeeROVm Jack D. Lewis, Cpunty Ntanager a ' 10:30 - 11.00 eREAK n.;;.._ . 11:00 -'12:00 WQRK SESSIQN - PENDING LiTIGATION Mtotft Holy[7cnpoarn James'R.Fritze, Gaunty Attarney 12:00 - 01:30 ~.uNCw = ~~~cTi~r`i oFFiciALs 01:30 - 02:00 WORK SESSIQN - MEETlNGS ATTENaED Mt Of U* HaIY G'osa R~ ' . 02:00 - 02:30 AMENDMENT TO 1047 PERMtT RESOLUTiON 93-92 Mtafthe{IdyCrmapoom JId.FQX, Planner, Community bevelopment ACT10N: Consider approvaF. CAWP611DOCSiMAftC21.AGE r 1 . t. SENT BY~EAGirE COUNTY ; 3-17-94 ; 15 16 3033267207 3034792157;# 2/ 5 f12:30 - 02:4D CONSENT CALENDAR EaaN Cawt4 Hawn Runt of s routine vd nonawRrove~eid tvat~aa ve Heoed en the con.eM etlallptaf i0 elivrt Aa Hovd of County Comm'roeioneee to epm.d W iRrit hb! a~wur e~~ mae ImpevtYrM lierfl. erl a Img1hV agar+da. Any Commi,.imror m.y •(gVtet that an Item be 'HEtAOVm' hnm the oenaern aalarder N+d o9Mldsnd eeperetely. Aey tnvnher eT the WbYc mef TEQt~9T' wCl Item be 'RCMBVl~6• from ltn Cnn.ant fl~wxt& 7. BILL PAYING Linda Pankuch, Accounting Mark Silvertharn, Controller ACTION: Approval subject to review by the Ceunty Manager. 2. INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN EAGLE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO AND TOWN OF HED CLIFF, FOR BUILDING INSPECTION SI~RVICES Gerry Best, Chief Building Official ACTION: Consider _app.r~xat, ,3 i; f~ID ACt;EPTANCi: F(lR APPLICATIQN QF MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE grad Higgins, Assistant Director Road & Bridge ACTION: Consider approval. 4. SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN EAGLE COUNTY, STATE OF ~ COLORADO AND HAYNl~S ~ TRANE, FOR COMPREIiENS{'VE" ~ PREVENTIVE MA NTtrNANCE OF ROTARY' CHILLER j Paul Gregg, Assistant Director, Building ar}d Grr~unds ACTION: Consider' approval, 02:x0 - 02:50 A. GIANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN EAGLE COUNTY, STATE E.pl.rmwyf+°otn OF i COLORAbO AND HEALTHY BEGINNINGS IN THE AlVEOUNT OF 2,5f~Q.Q(J Margle Gates, Director, Nursing ACTION: Consider 'approval. B. GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN EAGLE COUNTY. STATE OF COLORADO'AND t=AnAI~,Y VISITOR PROGRAM tN THE AMOUNT OF 2,500.00 Margie Gates, Direcrtr~r, Nursing ACTION: Consider .approval,.. C. ACCEPTANCE"OF~Lti DER OF CREDIT AS COLLATERA! FbR FILING 9 !7F CORDILLEl3A SUBDIVI510N Mary Jo Berenato, Deputy Gc~unty Attorney ACTION: Consider approval. C:1~t571C10C8W1ARC21 AGE " SENT BY'EAGLE COUNTY ; 3-17-94 ; 15:19 ; 3033287207- 3034752157;# 3/ 5 ~ D. A?GFtEEMENT 6ETWEEN EAGLE COUNTY, STATE QF _ CQLORADO AN'p DERRINCER, FOp PERFQRIUTAIVCE AT THE EAGLE COYNTY fAIR AND RODEQ MarY Ja Berenata. Deputy Caunty Attornsy ACTION: Consider apprqval, 02:50 - 03:04 BREAK 03:00 - 03:25 LIQ110R LICENSE HEARINGS Embl. RENEWAL - STUSMfJRE, 1NC. dba SMORT STOP tl. RENEWAL -EL JEBOWL, INC, dba EL JEBOWL III. SRECIAL EVENTS - TASTF OF VAIL Mary Jo gerenato, Deputy Caunty Attarney AGY70N: Consider approval. 03:26 - 03:30 DECISiqN ON EBY CREEK QpPEAL Epl° C°wty ftmu Mary JO Berenat0, Qeputy County Aftorriey AGTIQN: Consider approval. 03:30 - 04:00 a. RESOLUTION ADCIPTlNG THE EAGLE CCIUNTY MOTOR pOO1. Pt?UCY ; ; Chr'is Arrristead, Director af Human Resources Bi11; Smith, Mator pvol Supervisor ACTION: Consider::approval. . b. IIVTERGDVERNMEIVTAL AGFtEENtENT FOR VAL(,EY RESQURCE MANAGEMENT Dori Fessler, Road and Bridge airector ' ACTIOIV: Consider approval. ' 44:04 - WORK St$510N U.S. FQREST SERVICE Mi *I t^- lialy V.om poom Ta'rrti Ro'rtice 1 ~ . . ( . ' ~ , • . TME aE7fT MEETIItl6 OF THE EACLE COUIytY COMNOSSIONERS MLL 6E t1ELp ON MMCH .22, 1694 nHIS +k+ENDA IS PRQVI6ED FOfI WFUAMA7foN/u, p11RpOSES ONIV . AI,L TIMES AFiE APRROXINAT6. THE BOARp WHILE IN SEESION MAY C6NSyDdi pT}{Ery ITEM3 THAT qAE BkOU6F(T 6EFOItE IT. C:tWP51y700S1MA!'t021.AGE f ~ i I I i ~ SENT BY:EAGLE COUNTY ; 3-17-54 ; 15:19 ; 3033287207- 3034792157;# 4/ 5 ~ March 17, 1994 - 14:24 EAGI.E COLQJTY RUIlLNN4i SSI HIIUADWAY OfFlCE OF THE P.O. HoX 850 84AAU bF COMMISSIONEn •z tAGli, COI QRAL7D S 1631 (303} 329•5605 " .i''~''~'' ' FAl(: (303) iIR•7207 , ~ :H' ".s'•'': •i:~~`~r• 1: sr•. ;`~:i: s•r''~'":y,'M EACLE COIINTY,. COLl7RAD0 AGENDA gOQRD OF ICOU~~~ ~~~~~~~IO' NERS REGULAR MEETING DAIf , MAFtCH---22, 1994 ~ Ik 7i ~IE i~ ~6 *~6 ~ 9E di IE dE iF dh ~ d6 *r iF . di 'ii. i i6 8 ~Yr i i db i~i i6ii i6 iF i# A 08:45 - 08:55 NORTHWEST COLORADO COUIVCIL 0F GOVERNMENTS, ft*c~•.. PUBIIC HEARING REGARDING THE GLOSE OUT AND NEW APPLICATlON FOR GRANl'S FRpIVI THE QFFICE OF BUSINESS ~DEVELdpIUtENT Karen Thorson, Program Administer QCT1ON: Consider appruval. , 08:55 - 09:00 CONSTRUCTION IMP'RaVEMENTS AGREEMENT FUR L...e-~•..~ ARLiNGT(aN PLACE, HQMESTEAD SUBpIVt510N PMASE II Sid Fox, Senior Pfanner Pattie Haefli,. Planning Technician ACTtUN: Consider appraval. ~ ~ 09:00 - 10:45 EXECUTlVE SES$tON - PERSONNEL MATTERS ~o+e.wl6r w 10:45 - 11:00 BFtEAK 71:00 - 12:00 WORK SESSION - TIPS TRAlNlNt3 WMtlr14~b~Mm j Earlene Roach, Clerk and Recorder's affice 72:00 - 01:30 LUNCH j C:11NP51WDCSWIARC22.AGE i i' i SENT SY:EAGLE COUNTY ; 3-17-94 ; 15:20 3033287207- 3034792157;# 51 5 . i I 07:30 - 02:30 iNORK SESSIQN --REGARhlNG LEASE pOLECY Waftm.c-n- Jack D. Lev?ris, Caunty Manager 02:30 - 43:00 WOFiK SESSION - REGARDING NtA1YUFACTl1REp ~ HV 4JSIIY V Mary Jo Berenato, Deputy CQUnty Attorney 03:04 - 03:30 WORK SESSIOIV - FAfRGROUNDS ACTIVlTIES M.dft "«a-b- Mike Bradley, Building and Graunds Supervisor ` fi I t ' , . . r~ . ~ ~ r ~ ~ i 1P! 4A ~Yfiril s 11~ ~r11~ W1NR OOWtlYtl~s1 ~ll R IOD W NA~t71 34 toa fM1011G0MA IOOWML6 fCQ RG1MlI0NAt 011mOGI! W Y ct RI[0 AR MPpnILli M CO1JG f16t N i[3010Y Wr ppHpM Opry nyy 7-1 y, PP.. WO[ P. c:clwps, ?oacsWrwc2x.AGe . , x c: C6wc,~. 44 To : All Interested Parties , '4 From: Cherie Paller 949-7086 Re: Family Center Meeting next group meeting: 1[ modmyr, AprilSth, 1994 5:30 - 7:00 pm Meeting Edwards Elementary School (not in the library, we'll post a sign) , • p:.:::;~:::;c;.:.:::;:. ' '•6~6c ~ ~ . AGENDA Sel f-Introduction/Representing what organization? Committee Reports: (Cindy) , EagleCare Medical Clinic (Holly) Youth Fair / self-care training (Us) Family Development Center Planning Grant update (Tsu) Head Start . (Janet, Colleen) Family Literacy/I'utorial Grant (Nancy, Cherie, Rosie) C;hildcare Resource & Referral (Cherie, Lissa) "VVF Family Learning Center" (Laui-ie) Central Rockies Prevention Project (Kathleen) Family Ivlediation Program (Marge) "Healthy Babies and Families" (Sharon, Rosie) "Kids Connection" (Kathleen) Self-Sufficiency Project (Kathleen) Human Resource Council OTHERS Annvuncements Set MEETING. SCEDULE/strategic planning sessl,-ins? ~ . . , . The Resource Center p, p. Bo 3414 Vail, CO 81658 - - - - ~ ~,.a, m-~°--- ; ' ~ _ r - ~ ~ - Pam Brandrrieyer F 75 S. Frontaae Rd. , • , . ; ^ \ - ' . _ , - . . . . ' _ , . _ . ` . How can you ;~~c'cessfuo8y contpe~~ ~or toupist dolaap~~ APO you ut6liz~~g M[Possible resouPces- when finangang new development? - HOW46, you deter, bdne the ovepal1 economic impact of 106PIsm on ypup community? ~ . . . . . v . . , flnd, oaat ~he answ~~s n $hese questions and more aR 1:-' . . . ~ 01, :,1 T 0, U . 1, 54 _ . . . . . , , . . . . , 7GUM0 is- one of today's fastest growing industries bringing . 0 SHOULD i D " ~ economic development, new jobs, and increased tax revenues , . . . i - . . to"communities of,all sizes. Coiaainux~ities ~`g'ouaa~isaai'9/~*is "Everyone frozii local- government who is_,involved in tlie: your- opportunity to. meet with top d'ecision makers' from . ~ - a business of tourism : : . . . . . _ , • . throughout the U..S. and Canada to address important tourism, 'and economic development -issues. This conference 'will ~ "LQeal Government Managers who oversee the impact,~. _provide attendees with a forum to share exper~enees, commu- ` af.,the tourism inciustry ~vithin their corri'muriities' . nicate ideas, and learn more about the distinctive issues I;ocal Eleeted, Offieials who musf haridle,the public' . . ~ . . = associated with the Courism indust . . - . ressures and ; olitical iinplieations resulting from`.the . . . ~ , - - - - • . . ~ taurisin indus ~ , . : o : i , Conference sessIl~~s w~ ~~aniflne' . . , Ecoriomic Developriient Directors, ovho develop nev~ ~ . 0 Economic impact'of tourism , . . . cominercialventures'within.their'communities . , . . ' . .t," . i . 0 . . v New funding opportunities for development ~ Planriing'T3irectors who,are'responsible for thc:design.. Marketing -plans and strategies _ pf Cdinmuziities' infrasti2icture:M `.Jftrk and Recreativni Directors who inana e and~. r 0 Community image enhancernent programs _ ' ~ _ = • . ~ . ~ - r ~ • ' - - - ~ niairitain rheir conzinunities',recreational attractions and _ With expert speakers from a variery of backgrounds and - ` facilities' professions, yoti are guaranteed to leave with riew perspec- T,o.urism Directors„who eoordinate'attractions.and ' tives and. ideas on how tourism benefits your~cornmuniry: ;T. events in.touiism_-developnzent and: promotion Connanwnities $t 'g'ourisin '94 will be lield in Scottsdale, Directors oi Gonvention $t Visitor Bn'reaus who Arizona. This -unique Southwestern resort communiry blends pxanlote, and market their coznmunities - together the nostalgic Old West with the cosmopolitan New , . F.,,.,._....._a__.....:..,._.~`.....~.__.___...~ ~ West, offering golf a~id tennis, world'renowned_art galleries, and an abundance of recreational activities. Special confer- ence activities will include a traveling reception through. IcMNS RESORg AND gOURISM NETWORK - , downtown Scottsdale, breakfast and train ride at McCormick , Railroad Park, special "ciry tours,, a}id ,-an authentic cowboy ICMA-invites you to join your colleagues in the Resort and - ' 7CourisYn-Network designed espeaially.to meet tlie n(feds of dinner Saturday night. ~ , L ' local governmerits involved in tourism. The-Network provides _ a forum to learn'how ,to better address the. unique issues 66 - - associated with',the tourlsm iridustry. Membership benefits Wbether your commzcnity is large or , - - include access to aspecialized database tailored to your ,.small, plGdYl ?ZOZU t0 Glttel2d dOY/ZYYGZIYLZt22S & tourism and, economie development -needs, customized re- search,_mbnthly updates; a biarinual newsletter.,.complimen- . TOUi°ZSm '94: The GOylfeYenG2,pr9m2ses't0 tary registration to the annual Communities & Tourism confer- increase yoztr understanding of tourism _ ence, and much more. . ; ' f ~ development and marketing and the 99' . IF Cal¢ pCMA now to beco'me a part of , y : impact of tourism on your community. ~ - ibis exc$~~~~ ~~~~or~ ~~d receive _ -Ricliard' Bowers; City Manager a compda~~~~ary r~~~~tration $o ' - . Scotcsdale, Az ~Daamu~¢aties & 7l'a~a~a~v~c¢ _ , . .1..__.. . . - . , - , - . . , - . ~ ecaa~sauin s ' or a~t'epdees G'l~eck o~° : anside ,detail.s.,~ Re ister-toda r ; ~ ~ . . . . . . . . , e . _ _ . . . . # - _ . , _ _ . , . . . . _ . . / , - . , . , , - , , , . ' . • ~ P: - R ~ E-,` L,- t N I: . X`. A. A, . WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1; 1994 ' - , - Reaching Consensus on,Tourism:Developments . . : -2:00 p.m;- 5:00 p.m: Tourism dev,elogment is often looked at with- catition'ancI concem by Advance Registration . communiry offic'als and local re'sidents Panelists will present strategies . _ , ~ • ~ available to local governments for navigating projects through the public , 5:00 p:m. review and permitting process, ad'dressing public,and private concerns, ; Welcome Reception . and reaching agreements that are faii to all interests. ' , Join yoiir colleagues for a traveling reception and brief tour through Speakers to include;Glenn Harbeck, President,. Glenn Harbeck. Scottsdale's-downtown cultural- culinary,=and historical liighlights. ' Associates, Wilrriington, NG . , • . . - , ' ' . 10:30 a.m.. " , . ' . ''THURSDAY, ~JUNE2,.1.994 The Effects of IMovies and Television on a Community=~, _ 7:30_ a.m. . -Leam how movies_and television increase exposure and revenue for . Opening Breakfast Buffet vour community. Local government officials; film office directors, and other experts will discuss the opportunities.available,,the benefits and, - Scottsdale Mayor.Herbert'Drinkwater will be on hand to welcome attendees and join conference attend`ees for a chuckwagon breakfast . pi~oblems.encou.n"teied; "and the :overall impact to_ the community. - Speakers to include: Representative from tlie.Arizona.Film Commission buffet at nearby, McCormick Railroad Park. , 9:00 a.m. , . . ' - . . . ' , Enhancing Yoml Community's Irhage . - ` ~ . K@y110tC AddPCSS Iri times of limited resources, communities must rely on alternative . methods for tourism promotions. Learn how to increase visability by •Speaker: Rober,t H. McNulty, -President, Parmers.for Livable Communi- . < _ ties,. Washington D.C. . ' . . ` ' using public relaiions firms; the metlia, and cooperative.agencies. Speakers to be arinounced _ • _ . 10:30 a:m. . Tourism as a Spur for. Commercial and Real Estate Development_ 12;00 p.m. , - - • . .Planners, developeis, and other experts address ways that.local_[ourism Luneheon . ~ . . ' ; - • _ spurscoinmercial and-real estate development. Learn how tourism affects Speaker: Richard Bowers,,City.Manager, Scottsdale, AZ , . area development- and what steps sfiould be takeri to ensure growth,and ' 1:45 p.m. development. ~ ' ;ROUfIdtBbICS ' , . . - _ Speakers to include:'RobertCafarella, Planriing Director, Scottsdale, AZ , , • - , , A chance to discuss particular problems, or concerns and share informa-. : How Does Your City Mainage Touvism? "tion and-ideas `with your. colleagues. ~ • - ' - Panelis[s will discuss and eompare how local governrnenfs operate their~ Speakers and topics to.beannounced. - ~ • : tourism departments. Learn more a6outwhat alternatives eaist, the pros - 4:00 p.m and cons oC each, liow to-finance a tourism ciepartment,. and fiow to- - = $Cattsdale Citjf Toar - , tailor the department to your commtuliry's needs: • • - - - - - Speakers to include:' Ralph MeMullen, Tourism Director., Mammoth Enjoy:this oppornmiry to explore Scottsdale's historic. downtown district, Lakes, CA; Rich Wetzel, Tourism. Development Coordinator, the ciry's new water. redevelopment project; and sceniaPinnacle Peak Scot~sdale; AZ ~ - . - SATURDAY, .IIUNE 4, -1994 . 12:00 p:m. 9:00 a.m. . ~ Lun,cheon BreakingDowni Cross-Cultural Barriers to Tourism ° . ' Speakers: Dian Magie, Executive Dir.ector, Tucson/Pima.Arts.Council, : ~InternationaLtou.rists are becoming.increasingly imponant'to a_local . ; ~ Tucson, AZ; Nina Z..Ozlu,'Vice President for Government Affairs ~ gove,4:nmenf's tourisril.base. Panelists will examine ways communities Development, National Assembly bf"Local-Arts.Agencies, , - may provide services-to meet the unique needs of tliese visitors while Washington D:C. _ • ` not alienating local residents. - , - _ Speakers to include: Leslie Taylor, Mayor, .Banff, Alberta, Canada ' 1:45 p.m. , - • ' . • , - - Workshop:.How to 3et.Up a Marketing Plan - ~ - Community PrE:seruation This practical "how=to" mini-seminar.will discuss the preparation of a. Without proper, planning, riew attractions and increased visitatiori may . • community. marketing plan,,its implementation, and monitoring/ . adversely affect a community's Tnfrastructure and environment. Espert , measuring outcomes. This inteiactive session will teach.you ho.w to panelists will examine ways communities-may safeguard historic._ . ~ develop and use a inarketing plan as a tool for attractirYg.tourism and buildings, protect environmentaL resources, and preserve the general mea9uring the cost-effectiveness of marketing dollars. aesthetic flavor of the area. Speakers: Dr. Robert E. Lovett, President, Robert E. Lovett, Inc., Speakers to incli_ide: Curtis Shobk, Cify Manager, Page,, AZ Laguna Beacti,.CA; Paul Marangella; City'Manager, Carpinteria, CA - _ - ~ , • _ . ' . ' J , - , 10:30a.m:, - ; 6:00 p.m. 'New Funding $ources: Federal 6rants and Foumdatnoos ' 'Openiog Reeeption ,As~governnfents continue to stretch their_budgefs, many seek alternative " Join colleagues for light hors-d'oeuvres to discuss the events of the day , sources of funding from federallagencies and private'foundation's. and make plans foi dinner at one of Scottsdale's fine restaurants: Panelists will discuss'the existing opportunities, how to successfully- ~ " _ apply for a fede:ral or foundation grant, and •share examplas of_what . FRIDAY ;JUNE 3 1994 ~ - . these-grants may provide. ? Speakers to be announced , . 9:00 a.m. „ . . _ . - _ • . _ . . - - -The Economic Impact of Visitors and Totfpism_on a Community 6:00-9:0o P.m. - , . " Tourism has tremendous ecoriomic impact on coinmunities. Join local' Round-up Dinni:l' • • r officials and "other experts as they examine how this growing inclustry _ J6in,your friencls, and colleagues for a Southwestern dinner, dancing, , impacts-residents, busiriesses, arid a community's oJerall qualiry of life. . and hayride at R.awhide, tlie state's largesLt westem theme attraction. ~ Speakers to include: Rick Wolffe, Senior, Manager, Deloitte & Touche, Afterwards you may explore more tl}ari 2U shops and galleiies, visit _Parsippany, •NJ u ' , _ the Old West Mi.iseum, or stop by the. Rawhide Saloori and Casino. ~ - ` . . • . " _ , ' - - , • \ , - : , , . • ; . , . . . . . . , ` . ' . . . . i, . . ~ . . . . . . 1 . . ' . . ' . . - . _ _ . . . . . , . . . . I R - I i A I , \ ~ _ . ~ . . . , HOVEd ACCOMMODATIONS" CONFERENCE REGISTRATION INFORMATION " . , Conference participants are responsible for,making their own To register, just,fill out the registrati6ri form and return itwith your hotel reservations. To taflie acflvantage of the special corifer- check or purchase order number to.ICMA., Registration fees for ence rat'e,. reservafions. need to be made by May fll, 1994. ~ this year's conference are $335 for the first,person and $270 for . (Please identify yourself as a participant in ICMA's Communities eaeh additional persori from the same organization. .To obtain a & Tourism Conference,) A block of.rooms has been reserved at special early.bird diseount we must receive your registra-. , the special conference rate of $78 single/double per night* at: tion by riYay fll, 1994. The registration fee includes conference - 7Cflne R adisson Ytesort Scottscflafle •sessions, food functions, and social everits. Refund requests must , . ' . 717Il-1Vort?a Scotfsclale Road be received in writing by, May 26, 1994 There will be a$50 cancellation fee_for any refund requests received after that date. Scottsdale, Arizona 852533696 partners or guests who attend special tours and food functions are . : . (800) 247-9810 . • - . . - , - . . . - required ro pay a $50 registration fee. , * HoteL rates include a$3 per room, per night rebate to ICMA to'help V' subsidize conference food and event functions • , SPECIAL.SAVINGS FOR ATTfNDEE3_. ~f~ As an incentive ~o first-time attendees of the Cominunities & . . TRANSPORTATION TO SCOTISDALE- - ` - ~ `Tourism conferenee, ICMA is offering a special:efegistration , - .Participants=who make their travel reservations through Omega dis~ount'of_$5Q._The offer applies for,each firsf=time attendee an ~ Worfld 'II'ravefl will receive the lowest available airfares into the. organization registers. In addit'ion,first time. attendees. may . Phoenix/Scottsdale area. Call Omega early,to take advantage• of indicate on their_ regisfration form a"conference sponsor"-a . xhe be "st, rates. When making reservatians, please identify yourself previous Communities-8: Tourism Confererice attendee who has • as a Communities & Tourism '94 attendee. , referred thein. Individuals who spon"sor one o;;.mo're first-time Plnone (800) 969-6634 _ attendees will receive a$50 rebate check from ICMA after "the , conference: The sponsor_ who refers tHae most first-time - M-T 8:00 am - 5:30, pm ES'd': ~ attendees lby_ riiay 1, 1994, will be eligible to xeceive a ffuEg ' - ' _ refund on their confference registration! So, if you'ye -at- - -ABOUY 0CMA - • ' tended Communities & Tourism.before, encourage your friemds , Founded in 1914, ~ICMA is, the professional and educational - and colleagues to register. If you'ye never registered before; come • association •for more than 8200 appointed administrators and . to Scottsdale and see what`you're missipg" Either. way, Commu- -assistant administrators serving .cities,_ counties, other local gov- - nities & Tourism '94 will'be one'investmcnt opportunity you can't, ernments, and regional entities around the world. -afford to pass up. ' ' A I I ' I¦I • • - . , , . , ' . . ~omooaunitiea b Tourisin'94,. . A Conierence Bor Local 6overnments, ~ Registration Fees c40883Y June 2-4, 1994¦ Scottsda9e, Ariaona . : ' 11 Befor,e iNay 1 1,1994-Early Bird Discount ' ~ ' , , , • , - , Single Registration 9 $300.00 Qess $50 if first-timer) ' Additional Attendees Q$270.00/each*(lesS $50 if first-timer) *255955 " _ . Partner/guesT @ $50/each - „ - orgdn,Zatlop ? After Mar 11,1994=Regular Registration • Single Registration Q $335.00 1(less $50 if'first-timer).. , ~ Address Additional A[tendees @ $300.00/each (less $50. if first-timer) f ' Partner/guest Q $50/each , ' - City ; State' . ' - Zip - • ' - . • • - . . ~ ~ . . ' -r - . . Telephone ConFerence sponsor for first-time atrendee(s) (]ist one'naune only)_ ' Registration Pee for attendee #1 " ' $ tSame 'ride : " - " - - Registration fee For attertdee #2' $ ` Plans to attend: ? Wed. Reception - ? Thurs. Lunch []Sat., Dinner. Regis[ration fee for attendee, #3 $ - • ' Thurs_ Breakfast Cl Friday Lunch • Fees for par[ners/guests 1 - $ _ • ` ° Total'Amount Diie N $ - L: Name . ' Tide ? Payment enclosed " ? Please bill me. ' . ^ Plans to attend: D=Wed. Reception ` ? Thurs. Lunch Sat: Dinner , (check made payable ro ICMA). Yurchase order # - - , " q 1'hurs. F3reakfast ? Friday Luncti ` ' . ' . - • ~ , - . - Signature , Date . J. Name- • . Tide ~ - ° Clip and mai9 to: Beth' Miller_' - Plans [o attend LI Wed. Reception 47 Thurs. Lunch ' '?~Sat. Dinner ICMA'COITIIIIUIIIt1PS & TOUfISIII COIIPefCIIce ~ 0 Thurs. Breakfast Frida?'. Lunclr • • ' Q . - 777 North Capitol Street, NE . Suite 500, Washington, DC 20002-4201 = a"awo~m-leaoiPe, _ ~ Phone: (202) 962-3652 ~ Fax: (202) 96273500 International - ~ ~ - , CiryfCounty 777 North Capitol Street; NE Suite 500 @ICINA ~ Wa'shington, DC 20002-4201 Managemenfi ' - , ' . , ' • - _ ~ . - ~ ' ~ , ~ - Association - ' • ' ' • ~ , ~ ~ ~ - . ~ - . . . , Don't Miss COMMONITIES & .TOURIISM '94 Scottsdale; Arizona June 2-4,1994 ~ . Register_by May 11 to receive a - , special early~bird discoicnt! ~ ~ ~ . ~ . _ . . • , ~ . . _ . ~ - . . / . ' . . ' . - • . ~ b ~ ' . . . , ~ . - . . , ~ ' ~ • ~ - / . . . e . " ' ` . ' i . , , _ . . - . . ~ ' , . 1 ~ . . ~ . . . ~ . . • . . - / ' ' . . , ~ ` . ~ , X~: 1r.~ . , . _ ' _ ' . . _ ~ " ~ . ' ' . • . _ Your czttendance is requested -cct , . ' ~ MAI n ~sA u~ .N~ 4 ' . ~r o~ 114 ~ i • ` . _ . ' ~ _ ~ ~ . ~ • . r ' . . - ~ A Confereiice. for Locczl Governments, ` . . , . ` , _ ¦ ~ , , . . ~ . , . , , . ; . , ~ • . , - ~ - . ~ . Sc;.ottsdctleArizoncz - . _ ~ . . - - ~ ~ ~ - . - ~ ~ , - ~ - - . - - _ ~ . - . June 2_4, ~1994 , . . _ . . , . . . . , . , . . . - , , , . . , , . . _ . , e CbM M ITIES , T~ ' M A PROJECT OF ICMA' S RESORT AND TOURISM NETWORK ~ rf 1 ~ v Thank you for your interest in Communities & Tourism '94. We have received your entry for discount savings on the conference are pleased to provide you with a special coupon to return with your registration payment. For additional registration details and the conference agenda, please see the enclosed preliminary program. Communities & Tourism '94 Discount Coupon This coupon entitles the bearer to a 20% discount on the full registration price ($335) for Communitites & 7i'ourism 194. Simpiy return this coupon with your corripleted registration form and payment of $268 (plus any additional fees that may apply).* This offer applies only to previous conference attendees. Special savings for first-time attendees of the conference entitle them to a registration fee of $250 (registrations must be received before May 11). See preliminary program for additional details. \ 777 North Capitol St., NE, • Suite 500 • Washington, DC 20002-4201 •(202) 9623652 • Fax: (202) 962-3500 7 ICMA t` . ~ - . . : ~ - . . x C.'~ Cdtcc~,t.c~ ` . ~ , , . . . . . ~Serving Eagle .County sinte 1981 - TOU'S ~ a .~;-0 t . • . . .~.~-..-t-<M } . . , ~ _.j. ~ % ~*M ~ NO Asa a ~ ~x im £highsy.ut'the 50s ~ % . N Seeforecasf,on Page 25 , - .L.. . . . , . . . . „ . . ' . .a' . . . . - t _ ~ . . , e: . .e,. . . _ . . . . . . _ _ . , _ . ~ _ _ k R ' , - ~ . ~ . , r , ' ' x.... k.. . . . . ' . ...,-~...z `.•r~•i Romer ; ~ . ~ . ; . Mip to. ~hear 7 .~j ~ From Page 1 Sen. Watteriberg R-Walden, safety issue ~nd thc nouces werC v~'nts Part sponsored the bdl mthe Senate but ieP6led. udly occupied, and no plunibing couldn't, be relched for. comment _The `isue of whetlicr or not the protilemstLlye-been repor'ted Wednesday He is chair of,the Biui- counry has the nbhrto approve alter-' ~ Studor vents mecliamrt] .air' Iness A(fairs and Labor Comrttee ' nate maten al~ slill, is uhresolyed:but ;admittancevalves were;:ipproved.by s TheStudor ven[ system is said to -'would hava bccn ctearal up by ILc' munty engmeers Eor the jiroject buf, be kss expensrve'and easicr.to mstall legislation ' - ttie, Colorado Examimng Board 'of than tradit~onal ph~mbing sys(ems CommissionersJohnnel~e~ ' By Amy'DreSSeFMartln t Plumbers claims the vent system Thcplumbmg.board refained.the .'Philhp's, Geor e Bucl' C rtes, James' ne~iystaff writen , doesn t meet'the state's,mmimum' Colorad'o attorney general to.pursue ,Johnson, countyaattornJy Jim FnlZe' « Fagle County officials aie sched safety standards Opporicnts of .Ihe the matter when the count u11 dechned ; and L.ewis w~il mcct, uh 1'omer j -uled to meefwrth Gov: Roy Romer in + sysiem say se`wer-fumes could conta-{ to retrofit the'."system at ihe:board's. 'llie arbrtr~tion_is~tentaliv,ely~scti minate the.apnrtments rc9 PP uest Studor ventt are aroved in , for the, mi8d]c of Api d. bui the,thrcci 'an effort~to avoidspending more tax ""payeimonayonlegalco`sfsgenerated Several Colorado. congressmeri three nihonal;plumbmg;codes and ;;arbitrators h~i%cnll;tiecn'cliosen yet.! by the Lake Creek.plumbm g contro . have taken up Yhe cause;foc Eoale~ recently were.added to the Uniform' L,ewis said ~Ve~Y County by attacUmg anamendmcnr ~Plumbing Code, which(,`oloimdo has ~There'S uill a lot of ihinas lhaC •'"We are-talkiu'g about taxpayers t ,to the CountyPqwerc BiIl:referencing adopteil ac condilional materi ds sub- ,could ch:inge ;c'v,en Ihoce d'ates;', lie, " money,becausebotht`hestafeandthe ~ the~plumbingcode The;bill,u_cvr- jetttolocalapPioval , said: "But,anylinie,you can;setilc; 'county are'funded-6ytaxes and these renUy imthe Colorido.'Sen.~te Local Local plumbers worKirig"at L1ke -before actuall~~ goina ta .irbitrali~n,' Covernmcnt Commdtee: t ' 'two entities'are going at each o'ther Creek, Vdlage walked off tliejob Iast" jt s always Icse:costly ~ I :•said county manager Jack LewisRep Jack Taylor R-Stelmboat month when they reccived' notices . . _ r. ; , I _ 'who will`be atteridi'g the Friday Sprinbs took'the b~lk~throu h tlie fromtheplumliina'boar'd{hreatening ,Timeisofthcesncel.cwissaiil,. -'meetm Because ttiis is all'funded ~,House butthe,plumbmg amcndment thcir licenses $ ~ , ~ t . • because apartmcnts arc corr~IcicJ, by taxpayers any opportunity •to ~ was removed from thcbill in the Scn; Eagle County;officials; the attor' : ami occupied nearly cvcry'~veek .~nil; iesolve this ,without 'fufther 7ega1 ate committee, according fo couNy ney gener.~l',and the.plumbing ba~rd the cost of•rclrofilliii~ Ihe sysfem. iC ~~°kesman Jack Ingstad. eventu~lly agreed~to arb~trate the , s necessaryt would etic:il actRomer sryofficebleonfiimed '4he ' . . , . ~ ~ mEetmg c~:"The commisSioner5 jusi want to discuss the problem with the'gover f ••nor;,,"said Cindy Parmenter; Romei's press secreta,'ry:aShe'said'tiie govemor 4~doesri'[ haJ'e a specific'agerida for tlie meeting:~~F-:,i ^ "Our'goal''is fo?see if the goveinor , hasany solution's otfiertfian~contiriu-. ~rig•`down"the"-road~to'"furtfier,legal 'actions,likearbitration;toresol've"Uie z` ';~situa[ion at *L•ake '_Creek »Village," ~ I:ewis saidT The-~govemor'tfias L'"ways~beeri 4very " ~crea[iv_e.:_and.y ~ ~a ='-,resourceful for:the sfate,~and';'.we~ie,: C .`:,iust.hoveful:he has;soine- avenue'_we_,., SENT BY:EAGLE COUNTY ; 3-17-94 ~ 8:24 ; 3033287207-Y 3034792157;9 1/ 1 . . , ; . EAGL[ CUUN7Y BUILDfNG nFFICE GF 77aE SUO LiRC7Af.1WAY r_plrnnY MANACEIt P.(), Ist)X R50 (303) 328-L'o5 , F.ACd.E. CULC31tA1H-) 81b31-Uii50 r FAX: (303) 37,8•77.07 : i'' ~ • :^m~:'c • .i°.. EAGLE COUNTY, COLORADO RECEIVED MAR 1 71994 _ 1QT11oE OF MC1;TING 4, , : . , t, TQ: All 'Media and Inberesbed Part~ FROM: 7ack D. Lewis, Co ~ty Mar}ager, DATF: March 17, 1994 r ~ ~ end'N~eeii~i R8: Commissianers ba A~ ~ The Eagle Board of County Comm'issianers will _attend a meeting with Governor Romer in thc Governor's Office at the State Capitol in,Denyer~'at 10;30 a.rn. an Friday, March 18, 1994. if yau t?ave any questians please call the Com'iniasioners' Office at 328-8605. .1d , f I I . . . . ~ 1 C°-.,.: ,b~ t R j~t,~~ { .~,y l. p , , ~ `x"iv+~? eu'~ a'S.&• 4 i~ k ~ ~ . ~ ~ . a, " . . s~ a.,, w' ~ 5" t ' ~ ~ ~f~ ~t ~.f ~ Warm weather drew. E lots oi spectators.to WBTCII,yCSiBr(IBSI'S World CuP downhill ~7`races in Vail. This groupviralked,upthe ~ Rs hill in snowshoes: ' a V+~y ~ av+t ~ C. {Y t ' a a- ~ t~ a.s~ ,H~~' ~ ~ u ~ ~ ~ ~•`z~n v~ ~ ~ ~ d~ ' c k ~ ~i ~ "'~~ar`~r,~ ~ ~ e~rhe oenver Post / Duene E. Howell :,,n . . . . . ,1 ~ . . . . , . . . . . . ~ r~~~ ~ As winEer progresses, Williams, I a ;who runs Vail's race department, n.u•~.~.. ~ begins to mold the bumps and rolls that put variety and ;thrills into a. , ri~n sl~ck faownhill - jumps long enough for ' . ;catching air, lanilings smooth enough to prevent blowing out ` Sup^~ fitst 'knees of the rich and famous. G ~ The recent deaih of downhiller ~ ;Ulrike Maier on t6e icy slopes of 'Garmisch, and. a~ blowout of a DOWNHILL from Page`14 ~ ';course in Aspen iast year, ]eft dgwnhill course should.carry the I ~safety officials spooked at Vail.. . wvrning: "Do not trp this at Twice as much sa~ety. fence was ;erected, said lqilliaais. bQme ; As race da :On foot, it feels like concrete. On Y aPPa'oached, . Vail a"recreational~ski, it feels, like that volunteers side-slip~ed the course , last gun of th'e day when, thighs day after day, pushipg loose snow aside. The process c ntinued from , bUrning, you head for the base only 5 to 10 am. e ~ to~find the last I00'yards aie verti- cali Teflon. women's run began ~Y' when the ; It's compleiely different than Loose snow, the stuff tourists wtfat we do for. the guest who head for to gain cont~ol in a turn, wants a nice„flOffy surface," said ' :?s Swept away. Ttie a' ount ]eft is Jii~ Roberts, Vall operations chief. about like a layer?of aby powder , t • on your hand. At the ry top, just '•7~he downhill Course took shape 'out of the starting gaie Water is last^•~October wlen Vail began sprinkled to form;;ice; a practice, mMiiig snow on cold autumn used on entire courses'in Europe. ;nig"Fits.: For most s~ots, the nozzles 'To prevent the snotv;'from soften-: w~j*r,set for a dr}!i.run -"easier ing in this week's warm .~veather„'` ;oit~e;_guest." On Columbine and tHe races were run`b . efore noon. . ~ :Ic~ternational, the plue=and-black : So what accounts for the seem= ' 'runs;.£o be the raae course five ing ease of turns of the pros on this~ ' mAnths hence, the enow is made skating rink? ',you've got to havel ;wetter, slippery. It,is roto-tilled sharp edges," said Anderson, ;and-cked by mact}ne. : Every World Cup skier traYelsj ` sl~a ural snow is4 mixed and with a ski sponsor technician who pa¢ked with three-quarter man- tunes the 15 to 20 pairs carried forl ;mape;substance to erbate a consis- each race. A week before the race,~tent°pase, 2 to 3 feet eep: . they are testing bottoms and edges '~'1'his•is the ieal sec~eUo a good against the course condition. Thini •race course, said'.Roberts. Air edges are sharpened to razorl ;must be squished wt to prevent blades. You also have got to havej "sugaring out," in Ahich ruts and 1eg and abdomen muscles that al-; holes develop in raa pressure. ]ow a near horizontal position in' turns of 55 mph. If that doesn'C liriptCSS Von. enn_ ~ U 4 n Vail cours'e . fastest this sade of ice. ~ By Jim Carrier Denver Post SWff Writer VAIL - For 99 seconds of sheer . a } s;~ terror yesterday, Andy Williams worked all winter. While his buddies in Vail struggled to make 'user-friendly ski runs - dry, soft snow that carves easily - Williams created the hardest, fastest . race course this side of ice. As "director.of course" for the- . World Cup finals,,,Williams is re- sponsible for the 3,000 yards of downhill and slalom runs for the fastest skiers on the globe. "The snow is perfect," he:said be- , ~ ~ ~ " fore the women's downhill race yes- ~ terday. "It's really hard, but you can get an edge." Who can? In kamikaze runs y'esEerday last- ing only 99 to 110 seconds, ' the world's 50.top pros kicked up powder . as if they were schussing backSpecial to The Denver Post / Duane E. Howell , b0 W IS. Bllt (IOII'tbe deceived. The MOE-MENTYM: Olympic~gold medalist Tommy Moe tied for ttsird in the World Cup downhill at Vail yesterd`~V. Please see UOWNklILL oA-9A ' / I ThmsCay, Merch 1994 THE DFNVER POST 9 Vail n o s place in sun, r~e, f tect~ion from- U.S. gold; jy . . By.Jim Cerrier . They hatlmissed the downhill races, the Mce, en unkmwn Alaskan a month ago, At the Iwrsevhoe~6eee where the skfers his boots tell anto kide ~In launge clieire~ wmerron sun wnp. laet o[ the alpine warld series. The [amous was greeted by copper cowbells and wav- atidded fo e stop,-~a German band'oom- eprawled in'the smoke ol the bratwursle.) yAIL - Fok lhree upies from Dal- skiers were long gone. ;j ing tlaga, an American hero, as tie: zipped pafied-in a beer garAeq sponsors spread ~yrenBindley ot Gypaum could~6evq lae,their haiq drippl g Into the racers' Who cared? T6e sun was shlning on ~ a tie for t61rd. their dargese on ;While tablecloths, end cared ]ras. He was reeding a myslery on a , corral, yesterd y's Wo d CuD was just eo- yail, literally and In the retlectlon from Jo6n McMOhon and hls wi(e, ~Laure, Martln Flagerof Gcrmany, with tits snow• Germen'class tield trip. Ae world,clesd other Lilleham~er ha~ovec U.S. gold and silver mined in Norway. ' K.ere halF-way [hrough a'90ezbernet tioard anda T-ahlrt, Iooked [or "Seizinger, ekiere~ one ufter another, leaped Into view~ Only 65 degrMS warner. •'The OI m ics were ust what we Sehnelder or Girerdelli" -@omeone, any- he turued his back WW Ws book"I'd ieth~ "We're look1n [o~ TommY Moe," needed;" said Pat PeePles, sPokeswoman face, when the Moe last re appeared ach ot the airborne Intonernthe Beplational's one, WauWgrap6 hls aM1irL ¢r be P. leYlnB basketball," he said:H , drawl?d Nefalle Friede ald. tor Vail. run. In the warm eun, McMehou,was stdp Oq tifl No. 1 paratleling the rece course, Amoveable (east, lhe internetlonql~sk ",And Picabo~reeQ" med Jemie Ho- Under glorioua spring ekies, 30,000 peo- ped to his waist. "Even in presetioal, the e eteadg flow ot epring sltiera in ahorfa aM circutq was only be~uning to warm Vei(~ abo tuck,",eaid I.au-. swealers headed up the mountain, even Today,lhe men's end women's Supec G~ ; neycutt. "Yeah. ho's t~et7" eaked Beth ple Ilned the 9,000-yarddownhill race kids are daing the Pic the rece Halcheli, seeing someo surrounded by course yesterday to watch athletes made re, ringing the bell, herown preschooler, during . One cerried e U.S. flag ' Tomorraw, gient slalom. And Sa[urday~ cam'esas. ~ ~ 6ousehold names by the winter Olympics. Page, asleep in a backpack. and waved it wildly es drips of enow [ram the slelom. More wine, garcron. ' r TOWN OF VAIL MEMOR.ANDUM T0: Robert McLaurin Council Members FROM: Judy Popeck DATE: March 15, 1994 RE: Investment Report Enclosed is the investment report with balances as of February 28, 1994. On February 18th, a FHLM matured for $310,000 and was used for the monthly payment for the police construction. At the end of February, we moved the operating funds in the Fidelity Govt. Money Market account to a Fidelity Institutional Cash - U.S. Govt. account to obtain a higher yield. At February 28th, the old account had a yield of 2.76$, the new had a yield of 3.21%. The estimated average yield for the debt service fund was 4.45% and 3.44% for the pooled cash fund. Currently the yield curve for 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year are 3.52%, 3.80$, and 4.12% respectively. Please call me if you have any questions. , - Town of Vail, Colorado Investment Report Summary of Accounts and Investments For the Month Ending February 28, 1994 Funds For Reserve Balances Percentage Operating Funds 02/28/94 of Total Money Market Accounts (see page 1) Commercial Banks $250,166 $12,023 $262,189 1.58% , Money Market and Mutual Funds $3,392,259 $1,308,142 $4,700,401 28.32% Colorado Investment Pools $5,544,812 $1,398,132 $6,942,944 41.83% Total $9,187,237 $2,718,297 $11,905,534 71.73% Commercial Savings Banks & Loans Certificates of Deposit (see page 2) Eagle County Institutions 0.00% Other Colorado Institutions $297,000 $297,000 $297,000 1.79% National Institutions 0.00% Total $297,000 $297,000 $297,000 1.79% Percenfage of Portfolio in Savings & Loans 0.00°/a U.S. Government Securities (see page 3) Treasury Notes & Bills $499,006 $775,861 $1,274,867 7.68% GNMA's $95,133 $95,133 0.57% U.S. Savings Bonds $25,078 $25,078 0.15°k Federal Agency Discount Notes & Bonds $1,499,900 $1,501,823 $3,001,723 18.08% Total $2,119,117 $2,277,684 $4,396,801 26.48% Total Portfolio $11,603,354 $4,995,981 $16,599,335 100.00% Maturing Within 12 Months $9,774,004 $4,381,272 $14,155,276 85.28% Maturing Within 24 Months $198,000 $614,709 $812,709 4.90% Maturing After 24 Months $1,631,350 $1,631,350 9.82% $11,603,354 $4,995,981 $16,599,335 100.00% Breakdown of Reserve Funds G.O. Bond Reserve $1,922,218 1992 Bond Proceeds . $2,197,324 Housing Bond Proceeds $864,416 Chuck Anderson Memorial $10,991 Health Insurance Funds $1,032 $4,995,981 3/15/94j1p invsm2 . ? Money Market Accounts as of February 28, 1994 --For the Month of February-- Institution Balances Type of Accounts High Low Average 02/28/94 COMMERCIAL BANK ACCOUNTS First Bank of Vail - Operating Interest 3.030% 2.600% 2.750% $212,867 Balance __$667,135 $129,672 $300,984. T' First Bank of Vail - Insurance Interest 3.030% 2.600% 2.750% $1,032 Balance Central Bank of Denver Interest 2.300 % General Operating Account Balance $48, 290 Total Commercial Bank Accounts $262,189 LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT POOLS Colorado Trust Operating Account Interest 3.110% Balance $66,513 Colorado Trust Housing Bond Proceeds Interest 3.110 % Balance $864, 416 CSAFE - Bond Proceeds - Police Construction Interest 3.150% Balance $533, 716 CSAFE Interest 3.150% Balance $5, 478, 299 Total Local Government Investment Pools Accounts $6,942,944 MONEY MARKET FUNDS First American Corp. Trust Treasury Fund I nterest 2.653 ! Balance $1,034,432 Fidelity Investment Government Money Market Accounts I nterest 2760 % Bond Issue Reserve Account " Balance $273, 710 Opereting Account Balance $2, 334, 671 Overland Express Interest 4.410 % Balance $1,057,588 Total Money Market and Mutual Funds $4,700,401 Total all accounts $11,905,534 "Account Subject to Arbitrage Rebate 3/15/94j1p invmm2 Page 1 _ , Certificates of Deposit as of February 28, 1994 Bank Name, Location Days to Rates Purchase Maturity Maturity Maturity Ins Coupon Yield Date Date at Purchase Value BestBank, Thornton Colorado FDIC 4.750% 4.600% 16-Feb-93 13-Feb-95 350 $99,000 Paonia State Bank, Paonia Colorado FDIC 4.400% 4.250% 17-Aug-93 15-Feb-95 352 $99,000 Bank of Greeley, Greeley Colorado FDIC 4.250% 4.000% 16-Jun-93 16-Jun-94 108 $99,000 Avg Yield 4.283% $297,000 invcd2 3/15/94j1p Page 2 Government Securities as of February 28, 1994 "'Treasury Notes & Bills"' Daysto Days Interest Rate Purchase Maturity Maturity to Book Par Type Fund Coupon Yield Date Date at Purchase Maturity Value Value TNote Pooled 4.250°k 4.340% 17-May-93 15-May-96 1094 807 $499,006 $500,000 TBill Bond Proceeds 3.360°k 25-Oct-93 22-Sep-94 332 206 $101,099 $103,000 TBill Bond Proceeds 3.390% 25-Oct-93 24-Oct-94 364 238 $60,686 $62,000 Zero Debt Service 7.820% 21-Jun-91 15-Nov-95 1608 625 $614,076 $700,000 AverageYield 5.89% $1,274,867 $1,365,000 Average Days to Maturity 469 "'GNMA'S"' Years to Estimated Interest Rate Purchase Maturity Maturity Years to Principal Pool Coupon Yield Date Date at Purchase Maturity Outstanding 5803 8.000% 8.480% 14-Nov-86 15-Oct-05 19.10 16.00 $29,086 13003 8.000°k 9.500% 24-Oct-86 15-Oct-06 20.20 17.00 $28,403 14659 8.000% 9.200% 24-Oct-86 15-Jan-07 21.20 18.00 $37,644 Avg Yield 9.069% $95,133 "'U.S. Savings Bonds"' Years to Issue Maturity Maturity Years to Book Maturity Series Yield Date Date at Purchase Maturity Value Value EE 7.170% 01-Oct-86 01-Oct-96 10.00 2.59 $25,078 $30,000 "'Federal Agency Discount Notes & Bonds"' Days to InterestRate~ Purchase Maturity Maturity Daysto Book Maturity Agency Fund Coupon Yield Date Date at Purchase Maturity Value Value FFC Pooled 4.150°k 4.150% 25-Mar-93 25-Mar-96 1096 756 $500,000 $500,000 FFC Pooled 3.560% 3.641°k 07-Jun-93 01-Jun-94 359 93 $499,900 $500,000 FHLB Bond Proceed 3.210% 25-Oct-93 15-Mar-94 141 15 $229,717 $230,000 FNMA Bond Proceed 3.240% 25-Oct-93 15-Apr-94 172 46 $159,363 $160,000 FNMA Bond Proceed 3.230°k 25-Oct-93 09-May-94 196 70 $253,440 $255,000 FNMA Bond Proceed 3.260% 25-Oct-93 06-Jun-94 224 98 $223,065 $225,000 FFC Bond Proceed 3.320% 25-Oct-93 18-Ju1-94 266 140 $385,129 $390,000 FHLB Bond Proceed 3.360% 25-Oct-93 15-Aug-94 294 168 $251,109 $255,000 FHLM Pooled 4.560% 4.560% 03-Jun-93 03-Jun-96 1096 826 $500,000 $500,000 $3,001,723 $3,015,000 Average Yield 3.70% Average Days to Maturity 246 Total $4,396,801 3/15/94j1p invtr2 Page 3 \ ih TOWN OF VAIL ~ 75 South Frontage Road Department of Communiry Development Vail, Colorado 81657 303-479-21381479-2139 " : . . ' FAX 303-479-2452 To: Town Council From: Paul Reeves, Environmental Health Officer Date: March 16, 1994 RE: FOLLOW UP INFORMATION: GARBAGE AND REFUSE MANAGEMENT ON RESIDENTIAL AND COMMEPCIAL PROPERTIES IN VAIL On March 8, 1994 Council met with Community Development Staff to discuss a prioritization of projects to be completed by the Department in.1994. During this meeting Ms. Sybill Navas indicated a concern for residents management of trash. The concern was focused on refuse containers not being properly stored out of sight, and the general uncleanliness around the containers: There was also concern expressed about the scavenging by animals. I thought the council might be interested in learning more about how the environmental health staff handles trash complaints. Attached you will find a form letter 1} to address such issues. In addition to the Design Review Board requirements for garbage building construction for new projects or remodels, there are sections in the Municipal Code to address the issue of refuse containers which the Environmental Health Officer is actively enforcing. There is a similar letter to address the issue of garbage and refuse storage. Also, attached you will find photocopies of the sections of the Code referenced in the letters. When the Environmental Health Officer receives such a complaint, the complaint is recorded and investigated. If the issue is valid, the appropriate letter shall be sent to the responsible person. If the issue is not resolved in the prescribed time period, a second letter will be sent indicating that a . lack of action within the newly prescribed time frame could result in further administrative action as prescribed by the Town Code. The environmental health staff is charged with protecting the public health and the environment, we strongty feel that this issue is one that is in the publics' best interest to attempt to address on a proactive level. The attached form letters will require little staff time to prepare for each situation. However, this will be time well spent as it addresses issues that are concerns of the residents of Vail. Environmental health staff, in cooperation with the Department of Wildlife are attempting to set up a pilot program funded equally by these entities to provide "bear proof" garbage containers in a selected neighborhood. If successful, this idea could be imptemented town wide. i If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 479-2138. I hope this infromation is helpful. \ TOWN OF VAIL 75 South Frontage Road Department of Communiry Development Vail, Colorado 81657 303-479-21381479-2139 FAX 303-479-2452 Date Location Contact Person Address Vail, Colorado 81657 Dear Mr./Ms.: This letter is in reference to the storage or management of garbage and refuse on your owned or rented property. The purpose of this letter is to explain the fact that the non- contained accumulation of refuse on any property in the Town of Vail is.prohibited in the Municipal Code of the Town of Vail Colorado, Section 8.16 Garbage and Refuse, subsections .050 through .070 wh-ich states: "It is unlawful...to fail to provide or make available at all times one or more appropriate refuse containers, at the premises owned, managed, operated or occupied by him." Section 8.16.010, subsection F. defines "Refuse Container" as: "a metal or nonabsorbent and fire resistant container, which shall be equiped with a tight fitting metal or nonabsorbent fire resistant cover or lid". The Town Code also addresses in Section 8.24 Public Nuisance, subsection .050 address "Depositing Waste Materials". This section states: "The throwing, depositing or scattering by any person or the permitting by any person of the throwing or scattering of any waste or other material of any kind upon any sidewalk, street, alley, public passageway, public park, open area or upon any private property . within the town shall be deemed a public nuisance." The specific areas of concern on your property are as follows: . [DESCRIPTION) This letter shall serve as notice that the above addressed issue is considered an unlawful accumulation or unlawful storage of refuse. The above issue(s) shall be corrected to the satisfaction of the Health Officer within a reasonable time, not to exceed three days from the date of receipt of this letter. The date of receipt of this letter shall be assumed to be two days from the date of the letter. Our primary objective is to.provide,a hea:lthy environment for you, other residents, and our guests. Thank you for your cooperation on thismatter. If you have concerns or questions please feel free ta contact me at 479-2138. Respectfully, Paul J. Reeves Environmental Health Officer PJR c:\wplwastclgarbcont.fmt . ~ . . . : - = GARBAGE AND REFUSE . - - - C-._-"Garbage" - means putrescent animal. or vegetablz waste resulting from the preparation, cooking and serving of food, or the storage and sale of produce. . D. "Health officer" means the he.alth officer of the town and ~ county, or his authorized agent. E. "Refuse" means all solid wastes, garbage and ruUbish, whether combustible or noncombustible, including rubble. . F:.Refuse~ . container":. means a metal or nonabsorbent and - . , ~ . fire-resistant contauler, which snall be equipped -with a tightly fitting metal or nonabsorbent and fire-resistant cover or lid. G: "Refuse hauler" means any person engaged in the Uusiness ~of collecting, storing alid transporting of refuse in the town .~.j and who is licensed therefor by the town. - H. "Refuse storaae room" nieans a wholly enclosed area - approved by . tlle town manager or his authorized agent for ~ . ; the-.storage,of .refuse wluch does not constitute, o.r tend to .create a fire. or health llazard or any unsanitary condition. . I. "Rubbish" ineans all nonputrescent solid wastes, consisting ..of both combustible and noi~combustiUle wastes, including; but not limited to, paper, ashes, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, wood, alass, rags, discarded clothes or wearing ' . apparel of any kind, or any other discarded object or thing, ~ . not exceeding three feet in length. J.: -"Rubble" means large brush wood, ]arge andf or heavy yard trimmings, discarded fenceposts, crates, motor vehicle tires, -junk motor :vehicle Uodies or parts thereof, scrap metal, discarded furniture aiid all other household aoods or items, demolition materials, old lumber and any otller discarded . . similar object or thing which cannot conveniently be cut . ; into sizes of three feet in length. ~ K. "Town manager" means the town mailager of the town of ' Vail, or his authorized agent. . (Ord. 4(1973) § 1.) i - , - , . _ I t 8:16.020: _Accumulatio.n-Sin.gle_family_r_esidence.-~°s ~ It is unlawful for any occupant or owner of any single-family residence to accumulate, or permit or cause to be ~ accumulated, on the premises_ occupied or owned by }lim, any . ~I . . ; : ~ . 117 , . . ~ - ' - F -r HEALTH AND SAFETY refuse, the accuinulation of which.consfitutes, or may create, an unsanitary condition or a health or fire hazard. (Ord. 4(1973) § 2(a).) 8:.1=603~0° = 4= Ac.cum.ulat'io.n=Multiple=fam.ily-residjence.V ~It is unlawful for any owner, manager, or operator of any multiple-family residence, apartment house, condominium, . boardinghouse, private club, or any other like premises to accumulate or permit or. cause to be accurriulated on said premises any refuse, the accumulation of which constitutes, or may create, aii unsanitary or unsiahtly condition or a health or lire'hazard. (Ord. 4(1973) § 2(b).) _ - . - - . . _ ~16:04~0 ~ Accumulation=Commer_cial_establishmen.t,:,~~ . . _ . , It is unla«ful for any owner, operator or manager of any commercial estaUlislunent to accumulate or permit or cause to be accumulated on said premises any refuse, the accumulation of which constitutes, or may create, an unsanitary and unsightly condition or health or fire hazard. (Ord. 4(1973) § 2(c).) - , 8:16 O50 Refuse=eoiltainers required S'ingle=faxnily resideri e. ~t is unlawful ' for any occupant or owner of any single-family dwelling to fail to provide or makE; available at all tirries one or more refuse containers, as defined in Section 8.16.010, at the premises owned or occupied by him. (Ord. 4(1973) § 3(a).) _ . - _ ~8..1_6.:.060 ==~Refuse-con~tainers-required= Multiple-fa~m-i1y ' residence. ' It is unlawful for any owner, manager, or c?perator of any multiple-family residence, apartment house, condominium, boardinghouse, private club or any other like premises to fail to provide or make available at all times one or more refuse containers, as defined in Section 8.16.010, or refuse storage rooms, as defined in Section 8.16.010, at thE said premises owned, operated or managed by him. (Ord. 4(1973) § 3(b).) 118 . , . . GARBAGE AND REFUSE , - - , . 8:16:070 Refuse_con.tainers{required=Commercial or~ ~~z.--------= - , . industrial=esfabTi"shment:-~ j It-unlawfu-fo ~ any owner;-operato or manager of any commercial or industrial establishment to fail to provide or make available at all times one or more refuse containers, as defined in Section 8.16.010, or refuse storage rooms, as defined in Section 8.16.010; at the premises owned, operated or managed by lum. (Ord. 4(1973) § 3(c).) 8.16.080 Refuse storage. . All refuse, except rubble, shall be stored either in refuse containers, as defined in Section 8.16.010, or in refuse storage rooms, as defined in Section 8.16.010, at a designated place on the premises, eitlier ulside or outside, easily accessible to refuse haulers within the town, and shall be properly concealed so as to jiot degrade the architectural and landscaping qualities of the premises. Concealment facilities shall be approved by the . building department. (Ord. 4(1973) § 4(a).) ' 8.16.090 Rubble storage. Rubble need not be stored in refuse containers or refuse storage rooms, but s}lall not be allowed to accumulate and shall be stored in such a manner as not to constitute or create an unsanitary or unsightly condition or a health or fire hazard. (Ord. 4(1973) § 4(b).) 8.16.100 Garbage-Wrapping required. It is unlawful for any person to place garbage or any other putrescible material in any refuse container or refuse storage room unless the garbage or putrescible material is wrapped in paper or other material in sucll a manner as to prevent spillage or leakage. (Ord. 4(1973) § 4(c):) 8.16.110 Building refuse. Sections 8.16.080 througli 8.16.100 shall not proliibit any person from keeping building materials on any premises before . ; 119 ' . (vai14-15-79) - .f .1 GARBAGE AND. REFUSE - . - . ) - - the riaht to enter upon and inspect- any and all premises within the toNvn at reasonable hours during the daytime for the purpose of enforcing the. provisions of this chapter. (Ord. _ 4(1973) § 6.) ~r~8:16.170.~:~~: Removal riotice=Enforceni.enf~ ' A. It is the duty of the town manager, the health officer, or the fire cllief, to require the owner or agent of the owner of any premises whereon is situated any unlawful accumulation or unlawful storage of refuse to remove it within a reasonaUle time, which sllall be no longer than three days, to be fixed . by the town manager, the health officer, or the fire chief, in lus written ilotice to the owner or agent of the owner. . Emergency situations will be given notice of not longer than one day. B. In case the owner or agent of the owner fails to follow the requirements of the notice, the town manager, the liealtll officer, or~the fire cllief shall cause the refuse to be removed ~at the expense of the owner or a;ent of the owner. After removal of the refuse, the town manager, the health officer, or the fire cllief shall issue a summans to the owner or agent of the owner to appear in municipa:l court. (Ord. 4(1973) § 7.) 8:16.180 Violation-Penalty. - Er•ery person, upon conviction of violation of this chapter, shall be fined not less than thirty-fivE; dollars nor more than three hundred dollars, plus the cost of removal of-the:refuse; or shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than'ten days. (Ord. 4(1973) § 8.) . - 121 - ' HEAI..TH AND SAFE'I'Y 8.24.030 Discharging firearms. - The discharging by any person, except a law enforcement officer in the performance of his duties, of any gun, pistol, shotgun, rifle, air gun, gas-operated gun, spring gun, firearm or weapon of any kind within the limits of the town, except upon the express and specific authorization of the town marshal, shall be deemed a public nuisance; provided, that nothing contained in this section shall be construed to appiy to persons firing or discharging such weapons in defense of person or property. (Ord. 1.8(1966) § . 2(a).) 8 . z_4_._Q_4_0_Keepi-ng j-u-n-_ k-.-] V The storing or keeping by any person within the town of any old articles or materials which may be classified as junk, adjacent to or in close proximity to any public building, public park or grounds, business buildings or residences without first providing fully enclosed buildings for the storage of the same, shall be deemed a public nuisance. It is specifically provided that trash, garbage and refuse and trash, garbage and refuse containers, barrels and cans must be obscured from view and not accessible to scavenging animals. It is further specifically provided that "junk" as referred to in this chapter shall be expressly deemed to include, without limitation, any motor vehicle that is incapable of operation under its own power. A motor vehicle shall be presumed incapable of operadon if it has remained in one location for a period in excess . of thirty days. (Ord. 16(1968) § 1(part); Ord. 15(1968) § 1(part); Ord. 18(1966) § 2(b).) Y8.24.050 Depositing waste material:~~The throwing, depositing, scarenng by any person or the permitting by any person of the throwing or scattering of any waste or other material of any kind upon any sidewalk, street, alley, public passageway, public park, open area or upon any private property within the town shall be deemed a public nuisance. (Ord. . 18(1966) § 2(c).) 124 - ' (Vail 4-7-92) ~ ~ n ~ ~ d TOWN OF VAII; 75 South Frontage Road vail, Colorado 81657 303-479-2100 MEDIA ADVISORY FAX 303-479-2157 March 16, 1994 Contact: Suzanne Silverthorn Community Information Office , 479-2115 VAIL TOWN COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS FOR MARCH 15 Work Session Briefs --Lindholm Land Exchange The council heard a presentation from attorney Bill Post regarding the latest Lindholm Land Exchange proposal. Post said the proposal had been modified to accommodate previous public comment. Those changes include: a reduction of requested U.S. Forest Service land above Eagle-Vail from 800-plus acres to 300-plus acres; adjustments with respect to deer migration routes; preserving the Davos Trail access near West Vail; an addition of 116 acres of land along the Eagle River between Wolcott and Eagle for public use; and a commitment to obtain conservation easements on all federal land acquired by Lindholm. The council agreed to sponsor a public hearing on the revised proposal before determining if it would offer support to the Lindholm plan or remain a neutral party. Although the land swap does ~not require : approval from the Town of Vail, Lindholm's representatives have asked for comment from the Town Council. --Gotden Peak House Redevelopment Developer Clark Willingham gave an update on the Golden Peak House redevelopment project, approved as a Special Development District (SDD) by the Council in the fall of 1993. Estimates for the building's remodel have risen from $3 million to $4.5 million, primarily because of additional costs to bring the building up to code. So now Willingham is pursuing new construction. Under the existing SDD approval, Willingham has the right to build a new structure rather than rehab the existing one, according to Town Attorney Tom Moorhead. As a result, Willingham said he would be able to lower the height of the building by six inches (to meet the grade of Hanson Ranch Road), and move the building to the east by 12 inches. Although the new structure would continue to encroach upon the town's view corridor from the Transportation Center, Willinghsm said the changes would open up a"little more view of the mountain." The project will need a minor amendment to the SDD (more) ~ . : TOV/Add 1 before the new construction can proceed, which has been delayed to 1995. 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. For more information, contact Mike Mollica in the Communiiy Development Department at 479-2138. --Mayor's Proclamation . Mayor Peggy Osterfoss issued a proclamation in support of the 1994 American Ski Classic and World Cup Events. For a copy, contact Town Clerk Holly McCutcheon at 479-2136. --Roundabouts It was announced that Transportation Director Larry Grafel would be meeting with officials from the Colorado Department of Transportation on March 23 to pursue matching funds for the roundabout project. Last week, a consultant from California made a public presentation on the advantages of roundabouts to ease traffic congestion at Vail's main interchanges. A prelimiriary sketch of the Main Vail interchange is attached. For more information, contact Crafel at 479-2173. Eveni,ng Meeting Briefs --Citizen Participation There was no citizen participation. --Investment Policy An ordinance amending the town's investment policy wa:> approved on second reading. The action will allow an investment manager to handle part of the town's portfolio. The action is expected to result in higher yields than what the town has been able to accomplish on its own. For more information, contact Steve Thompson, finance director, at 479-2116. --Establishment of a Special Development District for the Cornice Building Following a lengthy discussion, the Council voted 5-2 on first reading to approve a . Special Development District (SDD) for the Cornice Building, located between the Vail Athtetic Club and the Tyrolean Inn. The existing developrnent on the property, zoned high density multi-family, includes one condominium, a small office space and three employee rental units that are restricted until the year 2005. The SDD will allow demolition of the existing structure and the construction of a single family dwelling unit. As a condition of the SDD, the Council pared down the requested single family dwelling unit from 2,445 sq. ft. to 2,000 sq. ft., thereby reclucing the requirement for enclosed parking on the property from three spaces to two. The applicants, David and Myra Smith, also will be required to relocate and permanently deed restrict three (more) ~ . a Y • TOV/Add 2 employee housing units within the town limits and within easy access to the free Town of Vail bus service. As a result of the changes, it was not clear if the applicants would move forward with the development. Council members had expressed concern about vehicle access in and out of the property. For more information, contact Jim Curnutte in the Community Development Department at 479-2138. --Investment Advisor . A resolution designating Dana Investments Advisors, Inc., as a money manager for certain town funds was tabled to the 4/5/94 evening meeting. --Covered Bridge Building Redevelopment The Council unanimousty approved this redevelopment project, which involves the demolition and removal of the existing structure and the construction of a new building on the Vail Village site. No variances or view corridor amendments were required for the project. As part of the redevelopment, the applicants, Hillis of Snowmass, Inc. and East West Partners, have agreed to upgrade and improve the town's adjacent pocket park to the north. Construction is expected to begin in April and run to October. Staging operations for the project will be reviewed by the council as a separate action. For more information, contact Mike Mollica in the Community Development Office at 479-2138. - Illegal Parking --Councilman Tom Steinberg asked staff to investigate the use of Denver Boots or town tow trucks as alternatives to illegal parking matters. # # # - . - - 1 ~ • ~ ~ -----------_~i. ~ - ~ ~ _ . ' ~ • ~ ~ , ~ ~ ~ 1 ,,r. a .c~ ~ ~ I . ~ r ~ . , , . ~ ~ T 1 q IJF r ~ - ~ . . . . . ~ NF _ . . . _ • ' ~ ~ . . . 49 . . ~ . . . . . . . . i ' . ~ ' • ~ . 64 ~ , F ~ -wquA ~ . i ~ i a~rs~y~ ~ . ~ T0: COUNCIL , - BOB MC ;TOM M. - ~ BUCK 'RE : CATEGORY III SKI DAYi - Vdu MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1994 ~ ~ Vaxl Associates, Inc. . c~~~am =a o~=oa av~l wtd zca,.,, cmit ncwzLa Dear . Iwould like to invite you ro paRicipat~ in the resrarch effort in Categary 3, the potential expansion area south of China 8ow1 oa Vaii Mour?tain. I . Vail A3s6Ciates czews have been drnng snow and weather studites, an`d skiing the area since Iast winter. We wouid Iike to get yaur feeciback on what yau wiil see and std baek there. . Depending on conciitions, your slding day will start at 10:00 a:m, at the bottom af the China Iiowl Lift where you wzll meet the snowca# which will ta.lm you into Category 3. We will . havc samc of thc new fat sids which have been wideiy adopced by heli ski and snowcat aperaclotls wocldwxde. You will bc prvvidccl and fitted into skis at Sld Patrol Headquarters (top vf chair 4). Enter the bv.ilding on the south side and gu tv the V.A. RentaURcta:U , facility at thc rcar of the bugding. TeII tfie atiendant you a,m going on the Categary 3 Snowcat Tour and thcy will set you upwitlz.~our skis. Pl~ be at PHO by 9:W a.m, on the day o:f the tour. For this tour rau 3hou~.d be an expert or advanced skier, and there is no charge for the tour. if yuu wvuld like to p,articipatc, plemc caJI vail Mauacain operauons at 479-4000 tv reserve a spoL Tours are seheduled Wed-Sun and will continue as long as snow conditions permit. We will ask you to sign a release form to participate. The tours vvill be guided by Vail Associatcs, Ync. planners and managers, -We look forward to showing you the Category 3- a.tea. . : . ~ Eicst regacds' • • i ~ vAIL ASS{3CIATES, lNC. , ~~CJ1~'J ,:J . /~?7,4~' . ~ Joe Macy . ; t: • ; ' . Mounrain Planncr - . . . . . ; 1194 - . , ~ . . , ~ . . , - Pust Officc Box 7+ YaiL Culu,ddu 81658 •USA _(303) 476-5601 To M /'il MEMORANDUM ~ TO: Vaii Town Councii . FR: Bob McLaurin, Town Manager ~ DA: February.10, 1994 RE: Category III Tours Joe Macy of Vaii Associates has indicated that Vail Associates would like to give the Town Council a tour of the Category III area some time in the near 1`uture. He has indicated that they prefer to do these tours beiween Wednesday and Sunday. For your information, I have attached a letter from Joe outlining the details of the tour. It is VA's preference that you attend as a group: Please let me know the dates you wish to attend so I can set this up with Joe Macy. . \ Attachment C:\CA2III.!ffiM . . ~ L CML Newslettcr-MaRh 4, 1994 Page 3 ; • : ~~x~';~...:, . Municipatities triumpharit`iri~TABOR ballokcases-:° Federal mineral royalties ~Douglas Bruce and other TABOR pro- ing a formula sales tax increase.(so long distributed . ponents are now 0 for 8 in challenging as the first year dollar amount is stated) ~ Colorado received $34.3 million as its ballot wording used by local govern- echoes decisions previously rendered by ~ ments and the state on tax and debt ques- other district courts in lawsuits involving 1993 share of revenues assoc;aced with min- + dons. Even as decision after decision is a proposed Colorado Springs sales tax eral leases on federal public lands, accord- , handed down by the courts, however, ballot question and the state tourism tax 1IIg t0 ~'e U.S. Depar~nent of Interior. Bruce continues to threaten further litiga- question. Last year, 37 states shared in the distri- , tion against any entity which defies his In both of the recent cases, the courts bution of almost $511 million. Wyoming own personal interpretadon of how TA- also rejected a wide variety of allegations ~d New Mexico receive almost two- BOR ballot questions must be worded. that the defendants had somehow erred ~uds of the national total. . The most recent court victories were in preparing and drafting election no- Colorado's shaze is an 18 percent drop scored by the City of Boulder, Boulder tices, failing to use capital letters, insert- from 1992's $41.7 million figure. County, and the City of Aurora. Once ing forbidden words in ballot quesdons, A portion of the revenue is distributed di- again, these cases dealt with ballot ques- etc. 'Ihe courts held that, unless such alleged ~~y t° certa~n energy- impacted counties tions which were approved by local e~roas are alleged and can be shown to have ~ municipalities, to the state's ene~gy im- voters on Nov. 2,1993. In each case, affected the results of the elecrion, the plain- P~t assistance fund, and to school fir~ance. ? the district court echoed themes and tiffs have not stared a cause of action. by Sam Mamet judicial interpretations which are Consistendy, the courts aze attempting quickly becoming commonplace in to hannonize TABOR with pre-existing Associate Director TABOR election challenges. law and come up with logical results in On Feb. 2, Boulder County District these cases. The district courts aze also . Judge Richard McClean approved the continuing to reject "explanations" of plannin issues focusC manner is which both Boulder and Boul- TABOR which are now offered by TA• --~Nq,l, btL • der County had combined bond and tax BOR proponents but which are not evi- propositions into one ballot question. In dent on the face of the constitutional the same case, the judge also refused to amendment. he Denver Regional Council of Gov- overrule a Boulder franchise question In spite of this track record, Douglas Temments (DRCOG) and the Colo- which had, included within it, a hypo- Bruce is promising more lawsuits. Most rado Chapter of the American Planning thetical occupation tax question. recendy, Bruce testif'ied before the Sen- Association (APA) are hosting a special • Similarly, on Feb. 25, Arapahoe ate Finance Committee that the proposed training workshop for planning officials. County District Judge T'homas Levi up- wording for the ballot issue extending ~e workshop, tentatively set from 9 held a combined bond and tax question the sales tax for the Scientific and Cul- a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, May 14, is be- for jail improvements which was ap- tural Facilities District will be challenged ~g ~.geted to city and county planning proved by Aurora voters last November. in court. Although the proposal is merely The judge also approved a separate "for- to extend an expiring tax, Bruce claims commissioners, and to the local elected mula increase" for Aurora sales taxes in that the ballot wortiing must be ex- officials, planners, attorneys, and housing which the ballot question specified the pressed as a"tax increase." The General and economic development officials who dollar amount of the tax increase for the Assembly is continuing to hash out this work with them. Course topics will in- first year and then provided that the city issue in the context of HB 94-1222 and clude powers and duties of planning com- could receive and spend "whatever addi- other legislation conceming the Dis[rict. missions, subdivision planning, takings, tional amounts" might be generated by Once again, municipal officials are open space policy, the reladonship be- the sales tax in future years. cautioned that all of the court decisions tween economic development and land On the issue of combining bond and on ballot wording have been at the dis- use planning, Amendment 1 issues, and tax questions, the court used virtually the trict court level so faz, and appella[e deci- conflicts of interesL These topics will ex- same reasoning in both the Boulder and sions in any of these cases could change pand and build on information presented Aurora cases. Under longstanding Colo- the outcome. Furthermore, none of the as part of last year's DRCOG-APA plan- rado law, bonds and the revenue to sup- decisions to date have dealt with the is- ning commissioners workshop. Both • port them are so closely related that they sue of the ldnd of broad-form revenue those who attended last year's conference can and should be included in one ques- authorization which has come to be and those who didn't will find plenty of tion. In the Aurora case, the court also Irnown as "de-Brucing." 0 information useful and helpful to them in broadly reaffumed the continuing effi- their work. cacy of "general obligation" bond ques- by David W. Broadwell tions, finding nothing in TABOR which Staff Attorney Logisacal details for the conference would prevent the ballot question from al- are still being confirmed. In the mean- . lowing a mill levy to "float" year to year time, those with questions about the con- . as necessary to cover annual debt service. ference may call Suzi Walker at The ruling in the Aurora case allow- DRCOG, (303) 455-1000. ? , _ _ . . ~ _ O i. 1 4. 94 12: 30 PIVI mMG170FrtOLA CORP H6178 PO 1 ~ VJ t~co~ e~e-eaoo ~ ~ . RC7bERT W. pALVlitit 1303 EABT ALOONDUiN WOAD SCHAUMQIJRO. ILLIN018 60,90-laGd t~ ECEB vED E4 1994 ; . March 11. 1994 . ; Mayor Peggy Osterfoss ~ , Towa of Vaif ~ 75 South Frantage Road , ' Vail, CO 81657 ' Dear Mayor Oete ~ dss and Tdwn ouncll: , ~ ~ ? ~ Tha East Villa$c Homeovvners Apof irtion requests that the Town Council ~ hold in abcyance the appraval of any Spec[al Develapment Districts ~ praecntly under review by the Town af Vail. Fwther, the Aaeaciatipn requeste that the ' i8suance nf applications for new Speoigl Devel4pment I Districts be temporary suspended. e ; • It is our expevtatian that there ; ,may ba !coneidarable change in the Spe- oiol Developmoat' Dietrict enablinq_ legislation in the comimg momtha. Wo aiv conccrned that tlae pFOS`pect ~cif `'Fvndamental alteraticras to the SDI7 leSislation may Qrccipitate 1DD= applicativns that will sttempt to avaid or thwart these changes. Tha Association is appreeiative af your reecat ot'fort to undertakd the review of the SpeCial Development District ordiaanae. We C4IItIxlR$ our pled$a to work with the Town of Va,il sud otlYer partiea to resolvo dis- ' putas conoarniag Special Dcvelaprnent Distriets. ~ BOe wi$h 8, o crt W. C3itlyin, President . Sast Viilage Homeowners ' ' A.ssociatian i i IiWG:ch . . cc. Jim Lamoat ~ ~ . . I i ~ . ~ a" TOWN, OF ~AIL 75 South Frontage Road Office of the Mayor Yail, Colorado 81657 303-479-21 DO FAX 303-479-2157 March 18, 1994 The Lodge at Vail . 174 East Gore Creek Drive Vail, Colorado 81657 Attention: Joe Volponi, Resident Manager Dear Mr. Volponi: I have received your le.tter as it relates to recent incidents of early morning trash pickups and deliveries on Gore Creek Drive. I have forwarded the information to Police Chief Ken Hughey who will have his staff monitor this situation more closely and work with those companies involved to prevent future incidents. He also indicates existing regulations should be sufficient to gain compliance and formal Town Council action is not necessary at this time. As you may be aware, the issue of "noise" reduction in our Vail Village core area is under current review by Town of Vail staff. I would encourage you to provide .any input you feel would be of value to Ken Hughey at 479-2210. Helping us'to make Vail an even better community is a goal we all-share. Thanks for your input and concern. Sincerely, TOWN OF VAIL Peggy Osterfoss Mayor , , ~ The at Vai~ March 14, 1994 Hon. Peggy Osterfoss Town of Vail 75 S. Frontage Road Vail, CO 81657 Dear Ms. Osterfoss: ( am writing to you on behalf of our hotel guests and the members of our Condominium Association who have been disturbed numerous times during the past week by trash pick-ups and deliveries made at extremely early hours of the morning. Specifically: Trash pick-up at restaurants on Gore Creek Drive - 6:50 A.M. on March 10 Deliveries to restaurants on Gore Creek Drive - 5:30 A.M. on March 9 Trash and bottle pick-up along Gore Creek - 6:25 A.M. on March 14 I think that we can agree that our visitors and guests should not have to be subjected to these early morning disturbances. I strongly urge you and the Town Council to take the immediate necessary action . to preserve and protect the peace and quiet that our guests, owners, and visitors rightfully deserve. I look forward to hearing about what steps will be taken so that I can apprise our tax paying condo owners that their concerns are being adequately addressed. Sincerely, in Volponi Resident Manager cc: M'r. Jorge Bosch President, Lodge Apartments Condominium Association Mr. A. M. Stratta Managing Director, The Lodge at Vail *ORIENT-EXPRESS HOTELS 174 East Gore Creek Drive Vail, Colorado 81657 303-476-5011 Fax 303-476-7425 ' : . ~ d TOWN OF VAIL ~ 75 South Frontage Road Office of the Mayor vail, Colorado 81657 303-479-2100 FAX 303-479-2157 March 18, 1994 Riva Ridge Condominium Association P. 0. Box 3671 Vail, Colorado 81658-3671 Attention: Rick Haltermann Dear Rick: I have received and reviewed your letter as it relates to the parking situation near Riva Ridqe North and the Summers Lodge. In discussing the situation with Town Staff, it was decided that the issue. should most appropriately be referred to the Parking-Transportation Task Force. I will see it is put on the agenda for the next meeting and will have Ken Hughey contact you with a decision. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us and helping make Vail an even.better place. Sincerely, TOWN OF VAIL Peggy Osterfoss Mayor ~ : Riva Ridge North Condominium Association P.O. Box 3671 • Vail, Colorado 81658-3671 March 9, 1994 Ms. Peggy Osterfoss Town of Vail 75 South Frontage Road Vail, CO 81657 Dear Ms. Osterfoss, In speaking to Ken Hughey, he suggested that I write to you concerning evening parking in f'ront of both Riva Ridge North and Summers Lodge(buildings that I manage). My request is to eliminate evening parking in front of these buildings for two reasons. F.irst, it would enhance the pedestrian quality of the village and second, why not utilize the parking structure especially when free parking is offered during this time. Give the matter some thought and feel free to call if you would like to discuss this further. S'ncerely, ' ! ~ Rick Haltermann Managing Agent Managing Agent: Burke Management Works, Ltd. (303) 926-2877 WORK SESSION FOLLOW-UP . TOPIC QUESTIONS FOLLOW-UP SOLUTIONS 1993 . 11110 COUNTY REGIONAL MEETINGS Next meeting to be announced. 10119 SNOW STORAGE LAND GREG/LARRY G.: Immediately pursue purchase from VA Initial discussion between TOV and VA re: possible future land exchanges PURCHASE of current snow storage site, as well as another 10 acres have occurred. atljacent to the west. 12107 REFERENDUM SUBMITTAL TOM M.: Supply detail re: immetliate disclosure PROCESS requirements for referendum petitioners. (request: Johnston) 1994 01104 VAIL AVALANCHE SIGNS BOB McL: When. events other than hockey are occurring in Bob McL. and Rob Robinson will view the site. (request; Strauch) the arena, would VRD be willing to cover the garish neon - . signs? 02/08 MANOR VAIL SIDEWALK BOB McL: Investigate blind corner. (request:, Johnston) 02/15 CHUCK ANDERSON YOUTH PAM/MERV: Contact VRD about moving up the selection Pam spoke with Robin Henzler (VRD Youth Services) who intlicated the AWARD process to allow awards to be given during May PRIOR to following: Susan Anderson is aware of the difficulty in drawing applicants (request: Strauch) graduation or to be included with the graduation for this prestigious local award and is willing to discontinue it. Please see ceremonies. attached article on VA scholarships. Perhaps it is timely to consider attaching some monetary scholarship amount? Pam and Merv will make further inquiries. 02115 ORE HOUSE AWNING Permit April, 1993. Approval January, 1994; therefore, awning will now be reviewed prior to January, 1995. 03/01 URD LEASE EXPIRATION AT ANNIE; Research lease to explore possibilities of space LIBRARY use. (request: Navas) 03108 SAGE RE-PLANTING ON HILLSIDES TODD 0.: Research remediation and cost to re-seetl both (POTATO PATCH and BOOTH areas and present to Council at earliest opportunity. FALLS) March 18, 1994 Page 1 of 3 03/08 PAY-IN-LIEU FEE CHANGE MIKE R./TOM M.: Prepare amending ordinance for parking (request: Council) structure pay-in-lieu fees. 03/08 UNDERGROUNDING OF UTILITIES LARRY: Create a Master Plan to phase the untlergrounding MASTER PLAN of all above-ground utilities within Vail. (request: Council) 03/08 CEMETERY FUNDING COUNCIUSTAFF: This item has been removed from CDD "plate," and discussion re: ultimate funding will occur at the 4112/94 Work Session. Invite Cemetery Board to attend. 03108 COST OF PLANNER/FUNDING STEVE: How much woultl building permit fees have to be raised in order to fund an additional planner? 03108 NIGHT LIGHTING/NIGHT TOUR LARRY: It would appear our night lighting in the (request; Strauch) CrossroadslVTRCICovered Bridge area could use some enhancement. What is the street lighting program currently geared toward? COUNCIUSTAFF: In the near future, we will try to schedule an evening "tour" to look at the ambience created and safety issues inherent in our "core" community, 03/08 NOISE IN THE CORE KEN/LARRYITOMIHOLLY/PAM: Meet to discuss four (request: via S. Gramshammer) express areas of concern - deliveries, snowplowing, . hootinglscreaming, and amplified sound. 03I08 WORK SESSION RELIEF!!! EVERYONE: A fifth Tuesday! We are trying very hard to keep this Work Session a mere figment of everyone's imagination! No Work Session on Tuesday, 3i29/94. Mark your calendars! 03115 PRIVATE PARKING TOWING KEN: Investigate the use of Denver Boots or town tow (request: Steinberg) trucks as alternatives to illegal parking on private property. 03/15 SDD AMENDMENT KRISTANITOM M.: Prepare an amendment to the SDD (request: Lapin) ordinance removing this designation as an option for the redevelopment of single family/residential zone district uses. ~ March 18, 1994 Page 2 of 3 03/15 STREETSCAPE PLAN/BRIDGE LAR RY/STEV E/KR I STAN: In conjunction with the STREET redevelopment of the Covered Bridge Store, Council wishes (request: Council) to proceed with the streetscape improvements (pavers, etc.) to coortlinate with water line construction from the south entry of #he Covered Bridge to fhe intersection of Bridge and Gore. What are the funding and timing options for the coordinated project? 03/15 DRBIPEC/COUNCIL SES510N RE: KRISTAN: Schedule a joint work session with DRBIPECI ALPINE DESIGN Council to discuss this issue. Kristan will contact Jeff Winston to draw up a preliminary budget for background material. Can this money come from Council Contingency? March 18, 1994 Page 3 of 3 . MEMOR.ANDUM TO: Vcul Town Council FR: Bob McLaurin, Town Mcmager tq--_ RE: 1994 Goals cmd Objectives DT: Mcirch 17, 1994 Because of the public heciring on Trappers Run, the Mayor has rescheduled the discussion on the Goals until AprilSth. Although they will not be discussed for a couple of weeks, I have enclosed a copy for your review. As I discussed last week, this document has been revised in order to simplify it. Specifically, I have divided the original document into two separate, but related documents. The first is the Statement of Goals cmd Objectives. This is a policy document that identifies what the Council hopes to achieve during the coming two yecirs. The second document is cm operational one that sets out the "tasks","action items" " cmd committed funding that will allow the accomplishment of the Council's goals. I have also attached this second document for your information. As you can see, this document is a working document and not yet complete. This document will be further revised prior to April 5. (3rd working draft) TOWN OF VAIL, COLORADO STATEMENT OF GOALS & OBJECTIVES 1994 TRANSPORTATION Provide for the safe and efficient movement of people and goods within the Town of Vail, the area served by the regional transportation system, and the Denver/Glenwood corridor through a multi-model system. A. Promote the greater use of public transit throughout the Town of Vail and the regional transportation system. B. Provide and maintain a safe and efficient street system. Minimize congestion at the Main Vail and West Vail intersections. C. Provide for the safe movement of pedestrians and bicyclists throughout the Town of Vail and the Upper Eagle Valley. D. Provide for the efficient delivery and distribution of goods into the Vail Village and Lionshead. E. Provide value-priced parking for visitors, employees, and residents. F. Cooperate with other governmental agencies to promofe the viability of the Eagle Airport. G. Investigate combined transportafion services for school children within the RE50J School District. H. Identify lands necessary to meet future transportation needs. INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS Pursue a Valley wide approach with other governmental agencies and the private sector to provide services to solve common problems, to avoid duplication, and to improve the value delivered for tax dollars expended. A. Identify existing shared services and explore additional opportunities for the shared services. 6. Explore the political and economic feasibility of consolidation with other town and/or special districts. 1 TOV Sutanmt of Gmis -nd Objectiva/1994 C. Explore opportunities for joint purchasing with other governmental agencies. D. Establish a public private partnership for the continuation of a valley-wide marketing effort. E. Work with other governmental entities and the private sector to enhance the efficiency of the regional transportation system. F. Work with the Recreation Authority to complete the site planning, including a residenfial component, and secure the necessary approvals for the Berry Creek 5th site. G. Implement the Land Ownership Adjustment Plan. H. Investigate the potential of a private land trust to preserve open lands.. I. Encourage and cooperate with other governmental agencies to preserve and protect open space outside the Town of Vail. J. Establish quarterly meetings with other governmental entities in the Vail Valley to discuss matters of mutual concern. Encourage interagency staff cooperation. K. Review opportunities for further annexation to the Town of Vail. HOUSING Facilitate construction and retention of local housing, which is affordable, and compatible, in order to maintain the economic and social viability of the Town of Vail. A. Work with Housing Authority to develop a 5 year Housing Plan. (Affordable Housing Study, Housing Authority Business Plan) B. Identify and acquire existing dwelling units to be converted to permanently deed restricted housing units. C. Analyze previously identified land to-be used for construction of new local housing units. * Vail Commons * O/d Town Shops Lots adjacent to Managers House * Upper Eagle Valley/Lionhead sites. D. Begin construction on TOV-owned parcels. E. Explore a mortgage pool financing mechanisms for affordab/e housing. F. Facilitate financing for those who voluntarily deed restrict properties. G. Encourage through zoning improvements/changes/modifications our ability to stabilize the . local population, thereby increasing voter base. H. Work fo stop the conversion of local housing into tourist properties. ' 2 TOV fLtanmt of Gmls and Objectiva/1994 PLANNING, GROWTH, AND DEVELOPMENT ISSUES Strive to maintain the unique alpine character of the Vail community. Maintain a balance between resort development and environmental and quality of life considerations. A. Maintain a land use pattern that provides a balance of land uses and recognizes the capabilities and limitations of natural and man-made features. B. Allow sustainable growth and change which can be served within the capacities of exisfing and p/anned infrastructure. C. Protect and enhance the quality of life in the community through the preservation of open lands within the Town of Vail. D. Imp/ement the Vail Commons (West Vail/Safeway) site plan. E. Identify parcels necessary to meet future local housing needs. F. Implement the Cemetery Plan. G. Conduct proactive, long range planning activities. I. Provide efficient development review and current planning activities. J. Provide opportunities for local, viable, convenient shopping within the Town of Vail. INFRASTRUCTURE Provide for maintenance of existing and future Town infrastructure. A. P/an, prioritize, and fund additional infrastructure necessary to maintain and enhance the quality of life in the community. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT , Work to promote a positive, year round economic environment. A. Maintain and encourage the retention of the short term bed base in the Vail Village and Lionshead. B. With the retail community, develop strategies to enhance Vail's economy. C. Work with the Vail Recreation District, the Vail Valley Marketing Board, the Vail Valley Foundation, and others to conduct special events that will enhance the local economy. D. Create unique, commercial, innovative, and upscale economic opportunities for local 3 TOV Shtanmt of Gmis and 060ru/1994 businesses. E. Work to develop a year round economy. ENVIRONMENT Strive to be a world leader in providing a safe, pollution free environment. Strive to maintain a high quality of life for Vail residents and guests while protecting the Town's natural resources. • A. Implement the Environmental Strategic Plan thaf will identify a long-term environmenta/ work p/an for the town and will promote sustainable economic development. B.. lncrease annual conversiori of noncompliant wood burning units by 10 % through incentives and educational programs. C. Complete the Vail Water Quality Study. D. Promote responsib/e waste management that encourage individuals and businesses to reduce, reuse, and recycle. E. Help ensure adequate progress on the Eagle Mine clean up process. F. Increase the greening of the Gore Valley by planting trees, shrubs and flowers with a special emphasis on the I-70 corridor. G. Participate in and support the Eagle River Corridor Study. H. Maintain and enhance the aquatic habitat, riparian environment, and water quality of Gore Creek. Maintain minimum stream flow in Gore Creek. ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS Maintain a high performing, highly efficient, customer driven organization. A. Improve internal communications within the Town of Vail organization. B. lmprove external communications. C. lntegrate the principals of continuous improvement in the operations of the Town of Vail. D. Become a customer driven organization. Be sensitive to our customer's, both internal and external needs, and concerns. E. Provide municipal services in as efficient and effective manner as possib/e. F. Analyze the result of the 1993 Resident Survey and implement changes needed to improve the service delivery. 4 TOV Shtanmt of Gwls and OLjativn/1994 , FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE Maintain the financial viability of the Town. A. Maintain stability of the town's revenue streams. B. Analyze the potential impacts of Amendment 1 on the Town. C. Analyze the effectiveness of performance based budgeting. D. Develop policies regarding fund balance levels, and debt management. E. Evaluate opportunities for privatization of municipal services. F. Explore the economic and politically feasibility of TOV control of local utilities (water, sanitation, electricity, and cable tv). NUMAN SERVICES Provide services and support activities that enhance quality of fife in the Town of Vail. A. Provide opportunities for life long learning, and research through the Vail Public Library. B. Investigate the feasibility of a private public partnership to construct a performing arts center. D. Work with the VRD to ensure continued recreational services for the Town's residents. E. Explore strategies for enhancing day care alternatives within the Town. F. Cooperate with other educational agencies [o support a variety of educationai opportunities. (e.g. Colorado Mtn. College, Vail Mountain School, RE50J, Ski Club Vail). . 5 TOV Satanmt of Gmis and Objecfivn/1994 ~ d . TRANSPORTATION Goal: Provide for the safe and efficient movement of people and goods within the Town of Vail, the area served by the regional transportation system, and the Denver/Glenwood corridor through a multi-model system. Objectives A. Promote the greater use of public transit throughout the Town of Vail and the regional transportation system. Pertormance Objectives a1. Improve the operationai efficiency of the Town of Vail transit system. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING ` Explore New Technologies (IVHS, PVS, etc) Larry Grafel On Going * Monitor operational efficiency of current system Larry Grafel On Going , a2. Provide efficient & convenient transit for residents and workers. (Eagle, Leadville). ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING ' Participate in and support the regional transportation system Town Council, McL, Grafel,Rose On.Going a3. Promote efficient and convenient transportation between the Eagle Airport and Vail. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING ~1? a4. Promote a mass transit system from DIA to Glenwood Springs. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING * Lobby State & Federal Officials for studies & funding Bob McLaurin On Going ' Work with CAST on Lobbying efforts Town Council On Going ~ B. Provide for and maintain a safe and efficient street system. Minimize congestion at the Main Vaii and West Vail intersections. bi. Construct Improvements. at Main Vail and West Vail Interchanges ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING ` Construct Roundabout at Main Vail McLaurin, Grafel, Hall 12/94 " Prepare Design for West Vail Improvements L. Grafel, G. Hail 12/94 b2. ,Construct the Simba Run Underpass. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING " Receive CDOT approval McLaurin, Grafel * Prepared Underpass Design L. Grafel, G. Hall b3. Review the effectiveness of the 93-94 Winter Traffic Management Plan. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING ' Analyze effective of TSM techniques in 93-94 McLaurin, Grafel, Hughey 10/94 * Prepare Operations plan for 94-95 McLaurin, Grafel, Hughey 11/94 C. Provide for the safe movement of pedestrians and bicyclists throughout the Town of Vail and the Upper Eagle Valley. Performance Objectives c1. Complete the bike and walking trail system as identified in the Comprehensive Open Lands Plan and the Recreational Trails Plan. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING ' Construct Phase 1 of Dowd Junction path L. Grafel, G. Hall 12/94 * Construct Phase 2 of Dowd Junction path L. Grafel, G. Hall 12/95 * Construct trails as identified on page ? of Trails.Plans c2. Begin Implementing the recommendations in the Village Streetscape Plan. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING Design & construct improvements at the Library chute L. Grafel, G. Hall Design & construct improvements on W. Meadow Dr. as identified L. Grafel, K. Pritz on page 28 of the Vail Village Streetscape Plan Design & construct improvements E. Meadow Dr. as identified L. Grafel, K. Pritz , on page 35 of the Vail Village Streetscape Plan Design & construct improvements orr E. Meadow Dr. as identified L. Grafel, K. Pritz on page 55 of the Vail Village Streetscape Plan • Design & construct improvements to Village Core as identified L. Grafel, K. Pritz on page 71 of the Vail Village Streetscape Plan Design & construct improvements to the East Village L. Grafel, K. Pritz area as identified on page 86 of the Village Streetscape Plan Plan, design & Construct improvements West Vail Commercial area L. Grafel, K. Pritz c3. Explore the feasibility of expanding pedestrian areas. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING Identify areas to expand K. Pritz D. Provide for the efficient delivery and distribution of goods into the Vail Village and Lionshead. Performance Objectives d1. Improve lots 3P& J. . ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING Prepare design for lots 3P & J McLaurin, L. Grafel Identify funding sources McLaurin, L. Grafel Construct Improvements L. Grafel d2 Pursue plan for the International parcel. ACTION STEPS . RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING Prepare concept Plan for International parcel McLaurin, Grafel 6/94 Obtain agreement from affected parties Moorhead, McLaurin 12/94 Prepare design/operating plan McLaurin, Grafel 3/95 Construct improvements Grafel 12/95 E. Provide value-priced parking for visitors, employees, and residents. e1. Identify Transpoitation System Management Techniques to reduce parking demands ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING " Identify specific techniques to reduce demand L. Grafel, M. Rose On going e2. Identify areas for additional public parking. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING ` Identity areas for additional public parking McL, K. Pritz, L. Grafel 10/94 e3. Review and improve skier drop off access. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING F. Cooperate with other governmental agencies to promote the viability of the Eagle Airport. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING ' As needed Town Council, McLaurin On Going G. Investigate combined transportation services for school children within the RE50J School District. ACTION STEPS FtESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING * Meet with RE50J officials to determine feasibility McLaurin 6/94 H. Identify lands necessary to meet future transportation needs. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING * Survey & identify lands necessary and suitable to meet McL, Pritz, Grafel, Hall, Rose future transportation needs ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES Goal: Strive to be a worid leader in providing a safe, pollution free environment. Strive to maintain a high quality of life for Vail residents and guests while protecting the Town's natural resources. Objectives A.. Implement the Environmental Strategic Plan that will identify a long-term environmental work plan for the town and will promote sustainable economic development. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING " Complete Plan Draft R. Forest, K. Pritz 5/94 $3,000 ' Adopt Plan Town Council 10/94 " Implement plan recommendations 1994 _ gg ~ B. Increase annual conversion of noncompliant wood burning units by 10% through incentives and educational programs. ACTION STEPS ' RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING * Continue summer change out program R. Forest, Public Service, Retailer . 10/94 $1,000 ` Complete air quality monitoring R. Forrest, NWCOG 12/94 $2,500 C. Complete the Vaii Water Quality Study. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING " Complete drainage basin mapping R. Forrest, NWCOG 12/94 Unfunded D. Promote responsible waste management that encourage individuals and businesses to reduce, reuse, and recycle. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING * Implement a TOV office waste management policy McLaurin, P. Reves 7/94 $500 E. Help ensure adequate progress on the Eagle Mine clean up process. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING ' Attend EREBA meetings R. Forrest On Going NA * Work with EPA & CDOH R. Forrest On Going NA F. Increase the greening of the Gore Valley by planting trees, scrubs and flowers with a special emphasis on the I-70 corridor. ~ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING Identify areas to be landscaped. L. Grafel, T. Oppenhemier Prepare landscape pians. T. Oppenhemier Support Trees for Vail. G. Participate in and support the Eagle River Corridor Study. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING H. Maintain and enhance the aquatic habitat, riparian environment, and water quality of Gore Creek. Maintain minimum stream flow in Gore Creek. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING * Complete drainage basin rnapping R. Forrest, NWCOG 12/94 Unfunded * Acquire riparian lands (through implementation of Open lands Plan) Land negotiator, McL, Moorheadxs HOUSING Goal FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION AND RETENTION OF LOCAL HOUSING, WHICH IS AFFORDABLE, AND COMPATIBLE IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC AND.VIABILITY OF THE TOWN OF VAIL. Objectives A. Identify and acquire existing dwelling units to be converted to permanently deed restricted housing units. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBfLITY TIME FUNDING * Determine type and number of units to be acquired Town Council * Identify units to be purchased McLaurin * Acquire Units McLaurin, Moorhead, Thompson B. Analyze previously identified land to be used for construction of new local housing units. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING ` Prepare site plan for Vail Commons K. Pritiz, Consultant * Develop concept plan for old Town Shop site L. Grafel, K. Pritz, McL, Consultant ' Review site plan for lots adjacent to Manager's House Town Council 5/94 * Amend zoning ordinance to allow development PEC, Town Council 10194 C. Begin construction on 70V-owned parcels. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING ` Prepare construction plans for units for lots adjacent to Managers House Com Dev, Consultant 12/94 ` Construct four dwelling units on lots adjacent to Managers House Construction Manager 9/95 D. Explore a mortgage pool financing mechanisms for affordable housing. ACT{ON STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING " Meet with local financiers & Housing Authority to McLaurin, K. Pritz, T. Moorhead 6/94 determine legal issues and feasibility of mortgage paols S. Thompson * Prepare feasibility study for mortgage pool program. K. Pritz, S. Thompson, T. Moorhead . " Draft Ordinance T. Moorhead, Housing Authority 7/94 * Adopt Program Town Council 10/94 ~ E. Facilitate financing for.those who v.oluntarily deed restrict properties. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING * Develop program for Council consideration which would McLaurin, K. Pritz, S. Thompson 9/94 Unfunded compensate those willing to deed restrict dwelling units , F. Encourage through zoning improvements/changes/modifications our ability to stabilize the local population, thereby increasing voter base. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING * Amend zoning ordinance to all a% of common area to be used for EHU K. Pritz 8/94 NA Multi family buildings G. Work to stop the conversion of local housing into short term rental properties. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING * Purchase units (see Goal A) McL, T. Moorhead, Town Council * investigate possibility of "Homestead Act" concept K. Pritz, T. Moorhead - FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE Goal: Maintain the financial viability of the Town. Objectives A. Maintain stability of the town's revenue streams. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING * Monitor revenues on a monthly basis S. Thompson, McLaurin On going NA ' Explore additional revenue sources S. Thompson, McLaurin On going NA * Monitor and control expenditures McLaurin, S. Thompson On going B. Analyze the potential impacts of Amendment 1 on the Town. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING * Review pending and settled litigation Moorhead, S. Thompson On going ' Calculate fiscal year spending S Thompson, McLaurin C. Implement performance based budget ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING * Convert line item budget to program based budget S. Thompson, McL, Dept Heads 9/94 ` Develop cost accounting system S. Thompson 12/94 D. Develop policies regarding fund balance levels, and debt management. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING Draft policies S. Thompson Review & approve policies Town Council E. Evaluate opportunities for privatization of municipal services. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING F. Explore the economic and politically feasibility of TOV control of local utilities (water, sanitation, electricity, and cable tv). ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING PLANNING, GROWTH, AND DEVELOPMENT Goal: Strive to maintain the unique alpine character of the Vail community. Maintain a balance between resort development and environmental and quality of life considerations. Objectives A. Maintain a land use pattern that provides a balance of land uses and recognizes the capabilities and limitations of natural and man-made features. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING Update Land Use Plan K. Pritiz 1994/95 $180,000 B. Allow sustainable growth and change which can be served within the capacities of existing and planned infrastructure. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING Update Land Use Plan K. Pritiz 1994195 $180,000 C. Protect and enhance the quality of life in the community through the preservation of open lands within the Town of Vail. Performance Objectives . c1. Implement the Comprehensive Open Lands Plan ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING Hire land negotiator McLaurin, Moorhead, R. Forrest 6/94 (94) $50,000 (RETT) $2,000,000 c2. Implement the Land Ownership Adjustment Plan. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING * Hire land negotiator McLaurin, Moorhead, R. Forrest 6/94 c3. Ensure that properties acquired with RETT funds are permanently restricted to open space. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING * Determine appropriate action T. Moorhead ~ . c4 Implement the Vail Commons (West Vail/Safeway) site plan. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING Draft RPF M. Mollica, K. Priiz 3/94 $100,000 ' Review & approve RFP VC Task Force Town Council (review/approve) 4/94 ` Select consultant Town Council 594 ' Prepare plan and project design. Consultant/Com Dev 6/94 - 12/94 " Obtain necessary project approvals. Com Dev, McL, Moorhead 1/95 - 3/95 F. Implement the Cemetery Plan. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING * Determine funding approach to cemetery construction. Town Council, McL, S. Thompson ` Construct Cemetery Improvements. McLaurin, P. Works, Com Dev G. Conduct proactive, long range planning activities. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING * Prepare strategic plan with Vail Associates. Town Council, McLaurin, Grafel * Update the Town of Vail Land Use Plan. K. Priz, Com Dev 1995 $180,000 Proceed with the plan for and redevelopment of Lionshead. K. Priz, Com Dev 1996 $80,000 1. Provide efficient development review and current planning activities. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING " Review Special Development District (SDD) regulations. - K. Priz, Town Council 1995 Complete the Vail Commons Master Plan Consultant, K. Priz 1994-95 $160,000 Review and modify (if necessary) Design Review Board guidelines. K. Priz, DRB, Council 1995 $60,000 J. Provide opportunities for local, viable, convenient shopping within the Town of Vail. ACTION STEPS . RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING ' Allocate retail space in Vail Commons Project Consultant, Town Council 1994 ' Conduct economic analysis as part of VC plan Consultant, Com Dev 1994 ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS Goal: Maintain a high performing, highly efficient, customer driven organization. Objectives A. Improve internal communications within the Town of Vail organization. ACTION STEPS . RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING * Prepare a Master Plan for TOV communications (computers, voice) McLaurin, S. Thompson, W. Uphold NA ' Implement an Electronic Mail throughout the TOV organization. W. Uphold $3,000 * Implement a voice mail system on the town phone system. McLaurin, Thompson, Uphold $40,000 B. Improve extemal communications. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING * Concentrate on separate categories of communication including employees, guests, and residents. C. Enhance the image of the Town of Vail. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING D. Integrate the principals of continuous improvement in the operations of the Town of Vail. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING • Train all personnel in the fundamentals of TQM All employees 5/94 $60,000 and DIP training. * Articulate the TOV's Organizational Values and Principals. McLaurin, ECC 10/94 D. Be a customer driven organization. Be sensitive to our customer's, both internal and external needs. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING " Refine tracking systern to monitor customer complaints. McLaurin, PAB, Suzanne E. Provide municipal services in as efficient and effective manner as possible. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING " Implement cost accounting for major municipal services. S. Thompson, McLaurin 12/94 $25,000 ` Implement performance based budgeting system. McLaurin, S. Thompson ' Analyze the result af the 1993 Resident Survey and implement changes needed to improve the senrice delivery. McLaurin, PAB, Suzanne " Revise Performance Appraisal System Action Team, McL, Moorhead 6/94 NA S. Thompson . ~ INTERGOVENMENTAL RELATIONS Goal: Pursue a valley wide approach with other governmental agencies and the private sector to provide services to solve common problems, to avoid duplication and to improve the value delivered for tax dollars expended. Objectives . A. Explore the political and economic feasibitity of consolidation with other town and/or special districts. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING B. Work with other governmental entities and the private sector to enhance the efficiency of the regional transportation system. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING . C. Encourage and cooperate with other governmental agencies to preserve and protect open space outside the Town of Vail. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING ' Implement the Land Ownership Adjustment Plan. ' Investigate the potential of a private land tiust to preserve open lands.. A. Identify existing shared services and explore additional opportunities for the shared services. Explore opportunities for joint purchasing with other governmental agencies. D. Establish a public private partnership for the continuation of a valley-wide marketing effort. F. Work with the Recreation Authority to complete the site planning, including a residential component, and secure the necessary approvals for the Berry Creek 5th site. Establish quarterly meetings with other governmental entities in the Vail Valley to discuss matters of mutual concern. Encourage interagency staff cooperation. K. Review opportunities for further annexation to the Town of Vail. - HUMAN SERVICES Goal: ~ Provide services and support activities that enhance quality of life in the Town of Vail. . Objectives A. Provide opportunities for life long learning, and research through the Vail Public Library. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING Develop and maintain state-of-the art library senrices to residents and guests. B. Investigate the feasibility of a private public partnership to construct a pertorming arts center. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING C. Work with the VRD to ensure continued recreational services for the Town's residents. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING D. Explore strategies for enhancing day care alternatives within the Town. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING E. Cooperate with other educational agencies to support a variety of educational opportunities. (e.g. Colorado Mtn. College, Vail Mountain School, RE50J, Ski Club Vail). ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING S C INFRASTRUCTURE Goal: Provide for maintenance of existing and future Town infrastructure. Objectives A. Plan, prioritize and fund additional infrastructure necessary to maintain and enhance the quality of life in the community. ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY TIME FUNDING * Rebuild Chapel Bridge " Rebuild Pullis Bridge ~ * Complete renovation of Public Works Shop ' ' Rebuild Hansen Ranch Road ' ' ' Rebuild Covered Bridge Repave Bridge Street * i VAIL TOWN COUNCIL SPECiAL EVEN/NG MEET/NG TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1994 6:30 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS EXPANDED AGENDA 6:30 P.M. 1. Discussion Re: Trapper's Run. Action ReQUested of Council: To. explore alternatives available regarding aoquisition and preservation of open space. 8:30 P.M. 2. Adjournment. NOTE UPCOMING MEETING START TIMES BELOW: • • • • • • • THE NEXT VAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR WORK SESSION WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 4/5/94, BEGINNING AT 1:00 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE NEXT VAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR EVENING MEETING WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 4/5/94, BEGINNING AT 7:30 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. • • • • • • • C:WGENDA.WSS