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Home My WebLink About1994-08-30 Support Documentation Town Council Evening Session THERE W0L~ ~E NO COUNCIL AAEETING ON T6iE 5TF°6 TUESDAY OF TIiE IVIOWTH (AUGl1ST 30, 1994) N0TE UPCOMING MEETING SY°ART TIAIIES BELOWe (ALL TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE) ~ ~ ~ • • • • THE f~EXT VABL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR WORK SESSBON WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 9/6/94, BEGINNING AT 12:00 P.M. OR EAFiLIER 0N TOV COUNCIL CFBAMBERS. THE F0LL0W9R9G VA@L TOVNN COUNCIL REGIJLAR VUORK SESSION WeLL BE ON TUES~AY, 9/13/94, BEGINNING AT 2:00 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE NEXT !lAOL 4OWN COUNCIL REGULAR Ei/ENING NAEETINC WBLL BE ON Ta.DES~AY, 9/6/94, BEGINNING AT 7:30 P.M. Sld TOV COUNCIL CFIAIVIBERS. ~ O • • • • • C:WGENDA.WS2 PUBl'LeIC NOYi ~~E VAH11r 1L OVe N CO8.J NCIL MEEd ENl ASCSi r•1.OULE (as of 8/18/94) ~ SEPTEMBER, 1994 In an attempt to respond to scheduled meeting demands, as well as adhere to mandated ordinance and charter requirements, Council meetings are scheduled at the following times: IEV'ENING MEETgNGS Evening meetings will continue to be held on the first and third Tuesday eveni.ngs of each month, starting at 7:30 P.M. These meetings will provide a forum for citizen participation and public audience for conducting regular Council business. ~ORK SESSgONS VElork sessions, which are primarily scheduled for Council debate and understandi.ng of issues before the Council, will now be scheduled to begin at 2:00 P.M. (uniess otherevise noted) on everv Tuesday afternoon. THE SE]PTEM]B}EY., ll9949 VAYY. TOWN COUNCIIY. liFETING SCHEI)LTI.E • IS AS FOLI.OVVS: Tuesdav, September 6 1994 WOY'k SeSS10Y1............ 12:00 P.M. OY' E81y'il@P (atarting time determined by length of agenda) Everung yneeting......... 07:30 P.M. Tuesdav, Septexnber 13 1994 Work sessaon............ 02:00 P.M. (starting time determined by length of agenda) Tuesciav, Septexnber 20 1994 Work session............ 02:00 P.M. (starting time determined by length of agenda) Evening meetin g......... 07:30 P:M. - Tuesdav, Septexnber 27 1994 WOy'k S@SS10Y1............ 02:00 P.M. (atarting time determined by length of agenda) TOW1V OF VAIL C~ow" ,~6La"u--l Paxnela A. Brandineyer Assistant Town 1Vlanager °~OV~IV F V IL NE S REL AE TOWN O *VAIL 75 South Frontage Road Yail, Colorado 81657 303-479-2100 F.9X 303-479-2157 F0R OMflAEDBATE RELEASE August 26, 1994 Contact: Suzanne Silverthorn, 479-2115 Community Information Office BU91~~ING PERMITS ISSUED BV THE TOWN OF VAIL The following building permits have been issued through the Town of Vail Community Development Department for fihe period August 19 to August 26: Arnold, 5034 Main Gore Drive, deck addition, $2,000, Crestone Construction. Chalmers, 2610 Bald Mountain Road, garage alteration, $4,000, Nedbo Construction. Sadler, 4879 Meadow Drive, alteration, $20,000, Mueller Construction. Redpath, 2692 Cortina Lane, alteration, $20,000, Minick Construction. Sandstone Creek Club, 1020 Vail View Drive, reroof, $177,000. Accardo, 1998 A Sunburst Drive, alteration, $14,000, Accardo. Brooktree, 980 Vail View Drive "B", reroof, $26,000, Master Sealers. Huttner, 4800 East Meadow Drive, remodel, $1,000, Eager Beaver. Bannister, 2930 Snowberry Drive, new residence, $455,000, R.K.D. # # 6902 4VAIL TO~VRI75 South Frontage Road Yail, Colorado 81657 303-479-2100 FAX 303-479-2157 FOR MMED9ATE RELEASE August 26, 1994 Contact: George Ruther, Planner, 479-2138 Community Development Department Debra Baskett, Colorado Chapter of American Planning Assn. (303) 441-4498 TO@! PLANNER W9NS STATE STUDENT PR0.9ECT d4WARD (Vaif)--GeoPge RauaheP, 27, a planner in the Tawn of Vail Community Development Department, has received a student project award from the Colorado Chapter of the ,4merican Planning Association. The auvard recognizes Ruther's work as a planning intern last year with the city of Arvada. While there, Ruther created a citizens guidebook on the city's develaprnent application ana review process, a 64- page user-friendly reference outlining various development regulations and procedures. Ruther's work was selected from student projects submitted statewide. He'I{ be honored Sept. 29 during the organization's state convention in Vail. Ruther's project vvas selected for the. state award because of its effectiveness in educating first-time participants in the development review process and its ability to increase staff efficiency. "We discovered the planners were spending a significant amount of time (more) Ruther/Add 1, answering questions directly related to the development review process," said Ruther: "The guidebook contains answers to many of those questions, which increases the overall efficiency of the planning staff." Ruther said he hopes to use the Arvada document as a model for production of a similar guidebook.for citizens and developers in Vail. Ruther joined Vail's Community Development Department in April, where he handles Design Review Board cases and coordinates'the Art in Public Places program. He holds a masters degree in urban and regional planning from.the University of Colorado in Denver. In addition to Ruther's student award, Vail's cemetery master plan has received top honors this year by the state planning chapter, the first such award for Vail in the competition's 10-year history. # # # ~ 40~ .+TOWN OF 75 South Frontage Road Vail, Colorado 81657 MEMOR.EINDUM 303-479-21 DO FAX 303-479-2157 TO: Vail Town Council Robert W. 1blcLaurin I)epartment Heads ~ FROM: Pamela A. Brandmey , Assistant Town 1Vlanager I)ATE: August 25, 1994 RE: Public Service Office This afternoon I had a call from Gary Hall with Public Service who indicates that sometime in October or November of this year the Public Service office in Eagle-Vail will no longer be open to the public for bill payment. This is a cost cutting device and Public Service is sorry that it cannot continue to supply the personal service to its customers. Thank you! ~ PAB/aw o:lpamlmemos\TCTMDH ~ eg TON~I OF VAIL ~ 75 South Frontage Road Office ofthe Town Manager Yail, Colorado 81657 303-479-21051FAX 479-2157 MEfiflORAIVDUflli TO: Steve Thompson FROM: Robert W. McLaurin~_ Town Manager DATE: August 25, 1994 SUBJECT: ` Additional Funding for the Vail Valley Foundation Steve, at the 8/9/94 VVork Session the Town Council approved an additional $50,000 for the Vail Valley Foundation. It is my understanding that these funds are to be taken from the unappropriated marketing fund. Please make the necessary arrangements to provide this funding. Thank you for your assistance. RVVNUaw xc: Vail Town Council Pamela A. Brandmeyer CAThompson.l R E Ct~ °v. ~ At r < ~r994 v.aILVar1.Er FOUNDA7'ION f'rozidtrtgletrdeislrip in (itGletle. rducatrona( ~ . mrd cultrual eitdeauo?s August 23, 1994 tu eui7rnrce mid sustain t{rr q:ialiit, olliie i)r thc l'"ail Y'a!le~; ' Mr. Bob McLaurin Town Manager Town of Vail ~ Board of Directors 75 South Frontage Road Yresident Gerald R. Ford Robert E. Barrett Vail; Colorado 81657 lxon D. Black ' Carolyn S. Blount Craig M. Cogut James Berry Craddock ' Jack Crosby Dear Bob: Andrew I'. Daly H. Benjamin Uuke. Jr. Ham, H. Frampton, III lohn Garn sey ceorge N. c;llett. Jr. In regards to the agreement between the Vail Valley Foundation and the Town of Pepi Gramshammer Steve N. Haber Vail dated December 8th, 1987 regarding the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Martna xeaa please accePt this as our written notice that the Vail Valle Foundation wishes to 1Villiani.L H~~bl Y c'ai°e W. "elto„ extend our option as set •forth in Section 2, Paragraph B. Henn, R. Ivavis f'itzhugh Scott. Emeritus nficnaef S. Shannon As stated in the agreement the extended lease shall commence on November l, kodney E. Slifer ~ c. E>niup sr,ile,, 1995 and end on October 31, 1999. Richard L. Swig Osca: L. Tang Herbert.A Wertheim In light of the 1999 World Alpine Ski Championships the Vail Valley Foundation ionn c3R,se, would like to request a third extended term of two (2) years to commence Pres"'"„ , November 1, 1999 and to end October 31, 2001. Please contact me as soon as possible so we may discuss this added extension. l95:9 If,,.idAlp+»e Thank you for your assistance in this matter. I look forward to working with you, skr Cliampionskrps your staff, and the Town Council in all future endeavors. . AF.I {ilorld Forun: Amr.ncan Ski C/assir. Sincerely, l''ai!lniernationa! Summer ofDar7ce Vall Valley F,oUlldatlon, InC. ' Gn.rald K. Fnrd f .9mphiUteater "F'und /or the Fuhve / JQ Garnsey HornblowerAu:arvs Pr sident arid Sdto(arsliiys 1994 It'orld dlaurrtair7 Bike Chmnpronshrps P.O. Box 309 Vail, Colorado 81658 303-476-9500 Fax 303-476•7320 A Eolorodo 501 (c) (3) Nonprojst Corporatian ~ July/August 1994 • COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION T-lm%- ffl,c)NES "A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER HiCHLIGHTINC SIGNIFICANT HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION ISSUFS" Colorado 'll'as fVew Aeronautical Chart addition, the state map includes a Koch Chart for comparing The private pilot firom Des Moines wondering which the effects of altitude and temperature on a plane's take-off air route will best take his plane across the Colorado distance and rate of climb. mountains. The businessman flying his Cessna from Rangely There's even a sample Flight Plan reminding pilots of to Cortez. The student pilot trying to learn how altitude will the basic information needed. affect his plane's perfoF?nance crossing the state. "We wanted to show pilots an easy, readable format They all have a new friend this summer, called the with some basic safety information," said Colorado Colorado Aeronautical Chart. Aeronautics Division Distributed free, the chart was printed Dennis Roberts. "We with user taxes from the state's aviation i. mo want to let them know, fund after the Colorado Aeronautical / - ~ ~ s~- , ~ just as Dorothy and Board consulted with experienced flight Toto realized, that instructors and a variety of aviation they're `not in Kansas planners about elements [o include. The anYmore, when they division has printed about half this ya;,~~,~„_~ approach the year's expected press run of 15,000 11 rw;~~:~., mountains." charts. - - ~ - ? Drawn to a scale of 1:1,000,000 like the World Aer n " . Accordingly, the O 3utiCal f.,; ,~'~F,-•;~' ~ .'F. , . bulk of re j- - • . • y ~ ' quests for the Charts (WAC), Colorado's planning 8~ new Colorado chart chart includes all of Colorado on one -have come from pilots ~ ;.A,S 20" by 28" sheet. Pilots can easily plan logical routes, then consult a sectional ~ ~ other states. Roberts -i' - ~i arranged advertisements chart such as the National Oceanic & ~ _ ; ` and notices in national Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) NV: magazines such as the charts whose details are updated every - - 1 Y''• ~ ; ~ ~ • Aircraft Owners and 56 days. Pilots Association magazine and I F R 'g'he cbart includes aer Poeates recommended by experienced flegFng _ " ; • ~ _'!r = instsuctoes, s mbols for Y airports telling The chart shows a runway length, radio frequencies for ~ • ~ _ - _ . , , Denver area, Denver NOAA weather reports, and a density ~ altitude chart allowing pilots to , ~ ";'4;"` International .uport insert with the caution calculate their aircraft's operational - - i '~.i_~!• ' ? "Effective by altitude against real, m ountain altitudeS, NOTAMS" (1Votice to Most planes perform much differently „ Y ~ ~ ~ . Up(~8te). A i Airmen in the mountains than they do at their ~ -of manufactured performance levels. In subsequent printing the chart after the new Page 1 ...contanued raext page ,r. airport opens will remove the disclaimer. Once the DIA yards to reach the mountain's 14,264-ft summit. change is princed, the state chart will be updated about every Motorists in all sorts of vehicles tackle the fifteen-mile two or three years to reflect ge'neral aviation changes. Two of route, facing the worst Af the switchbacks during the final the main sources of information are the Federal Aviation five miles to the tUp but only in Summer. The route is Administration and the U.S. Department of Commerce. successfully plowed cleat late in May or early in June What's next for the Division of Aeronaurics? This each year, and closes in the latter days of August or the autumn a state directory will be prepared showing Colorado's first days of September. 92 public airports. The directory will have a loose-leaf format with individual sheets depicting each airport's runway scheme, It IS, after all, high and cold. Imagitte st3ndiilg services, altitude, tower radio frequencies and other details, on an ocean beach, then popping 2.7 miles straight up including an aerial photograph. As a service to pilots, it will into the air. again be developed and printed with state agency coordination, volunteer professional help, and funds from the The mountaintop has had two names. It was aviation fuel taxes collected in Colorado. originally named Mount Rosalie by German painter Pilots are encouraged to contact the Colorado Albert Bierstadt, in honor of his wife; the painter first Division of Aeronautics about the state aeronautical chart. climbed the mountain in 1863 and on a second trip into The address is 56 Inverness Drive East, Englewood, CO the region bcgan painting his Storm in the Rocky 80112-5114, phone (303) 792-2160. Mountains, in which the peak appears. In 1870, given the politics of the time, the peak was renamed for John "Colorado hasn't had a state aeronautical chart like Evans, second Temtorial Govemor of Colorado this in nearly a decade," said Roberts, "and the existing (1862-65). d'uectory is about as old and equally outdated. Both publications are efforts by the Aero Board to continue serving Today'S motorists enjoy seeing the magnificent aviadon ptanning and safety." views and the varied wildlife along the route. The project originally was scheduled for both 7uly and August, with , the road closed weekdays for paving. The work, ~ Z*50" HIGHEST however, went much faster than anticipated, and was AUTO completed the first week of August. `220AD GETS REPAVED Work started the day after the Fourth of July: repaving America's highest highway, the Mount Evans Road. And not just a r..~.:..._:- - - patch job: complete resurfacing, with _ ~ an inch and a half of new asphalt, for the first time since it was completed in October 1927. - ~ - • - . ~ . Colorado's State Highway 5 - - - _ : ' - - climbs to 14,126 feet above sea " - - - level, and visitors hike the last few Colorado sky above, mountains below: Xiewit Western Company crews repave one of Page 2 the many hairpin curves on America's highest auto road. Photo by Gregg Gargan, CDOT. v F~~I I AMTR~a~ceoo DENVER TO EL PAsO? Establishing AMTRAK passenger train service . T between Denver and El Paso has lon been desired b 8 Y transportation officials in Colorado, New Mezico and Tezas Rails. They opened the Midwest and the great and by cities in the rail corridor. A north-south route would American frontier, determined where towns would be built, Provide new service to some areas, but would aLso connect and made or broke the fortunes of cities. They carried this with several of AM'TRAK's east-west trains already operating nation's goods, livestock, people and hopes. within the western states. In the 1990s, with the automobile accessible to just States and several cities involved funded a feasibility about everyone and highways connecting America's cities, study, and a series of public meetings was held to help review towns and neighborhoods, where dces rail fit in? economic and operational aspects of a progosed north-south route. Meetings were held in Colorado Springs, Trinidad, Rail issues are part of Colorado Department of Pueblo and Denver between June 13 and June 20 hosted by the Transportation's mission. Reinforced by the Intermodal consulting fum conducting the study. Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991, CDOT's Rail Unit participates in a variety of studies It is estimated that $78 million would be needed to concerning heavy rail (freight or passenger) and light rail. upgrade exisring rail lines, purchase rolling stoclc, and set up operation of a Denver to El Paso route. Planners and developers will have to identify funding sources for this level S$~~~~~~~ ~aH Sys$em MAP of investment before the proposal approaches reality. Trackage ownership and rights are shown on the ~I~~~ ~~'I~y ~9'AI'~~/ Department's Statewide Rail System map, published earlier this year as a planning tool for both passenger and freight. Familiar names include AMTRAK, Southern Pacific Railroad A feasibility study is underway in Denver to consider (formerly Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad), Union extending trackage of the Platte Valley Trolley, an in-town Pacific, Burlington Northern Railroad, and the Atchison, passenger light rail service currently operating between the . Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Colorado's narrow gauge Forney Museum in lower downtown and 8th Avenue. In the lines, the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad and future, passengers could ride to Coors Field and other the Cambres & Toltec Scenic Railway have their track lines downtown sites. A$160,000 study is financed with $100,000 depicted, and there are loca] lines as well, such as the Trinidad in state grant, using federal Planning & Research funds; Railway and the Southem San Luis Valley Railroad. ~0.~ ~om Denver, and $20,000 from the State Historical Society. The map helps planners determine where lines are currently operating as opposed to lines abandoned. Developing the map required cooperation among the railroad FoB't C08l9CBS °Denver L011e9, companies, the Colorado State Historical Society, An Air Tp°aSn to metropolitan planning organizations and communities. Denver's nevv airport~ ~ Br6dge, ~nd ~ark, for L6mon Union Pacific trackage rights between Fort Collins Last spring the town of Limon received approval for a and Denver could someday be developed into a North Front federal Local Rail Freight Assistance grant to rebuild a bridge. Range passenger service, according to some planners who are While the federal portion of $209,000 is significant (successful considering a line serving enough commuters to make the line within a narionwide program amounting to onty $1.2 miltion), Profitable. Service could include Fort Lupton and Greeley town officials added local funds toward an overall $500,000 stops, and mig6t connect with an Air Train between downtown project providing a park with picnic areas, bicycle trails and a Denver and Denver Internadonal Airport. fishing lake alongside railroad trackage. . . . continued next page. Page 3 LI HTE T4J BE The Beer Lanee - Gooden $o Denver SHOWS IVI T RI °TS Freight lines currently carry beer from Coors Brewery THE CURV in Golden to downtown Denver. Might these lines someday carry passengers, to ease Denver's increasing auto congestion? Planners would have to consider whether service would be Which state has more mountainous highway curves "heavy rail," offering few stops and speeds as high as 80 mph, thaz? any other? While the answer would be hard to pmve, or "light rail," a trolley-style service with many stations and Colorado has a good share of highway curves. One of them, an - stops. S-curve on Interstate 70 west of Vail, has a new lighting system developed by 3A/I Corporation to demonstrate how nighttime curves can be more motorist-friendly. The RaoU Unat's Tasks The Lighted Guidance Tube (I.G'1) is a reusable, all- weather delineation system 3M developed for conswction Coordinating with developers, and participating in Zone safety. Many of its installations are permanent, however, feasibility studies, consumes part of the time in the CDOT ~~fic engineers recognize the value of showing the Rail Unit. Other issues and tasks must be resolved as an motorists their way during bad weather or at night. overall transportation plan for Colorado is remolded. Should abandoned rail lines be turned over to The system uses four-inch diameter polycarbonate recreational trails? This Rails to Trails public land use policy tubes which are installed in twenty foot sections. Tubes are has opponents and proponenu, and each location has its connected to form 100-foot sections each illuminated with a single 50-watt lamp. Filters provide yellow, white, or other unique aspects. Planners must help decide whether rails colors and can show different colors to motorists in opposing should be preserved for future use, or abandoned forever. directions. Activated by a photocontrol sensor, the continuous Possible rail abandonments have to be updated at least once a lights come on during storms or at night. ' year so that information available to developers is cuirent. It hasn't been funded or accomplished since 1979, but Colorado's first permanent installation of the 3M LGT is west of Vail near powd Junction, mounted on the the state's comprehensive Railroad Grade Crossing Inventory center median concrete banier. About 2,000 feet of I-70 is lit must be updated. This book shows photographs where tracks at night or when storm clouds darken the area enough to cross roads or streets, giving number of tracks, number of activate its photocell. Within days of its appearance the area traffc lanes, trains per day usage on the tracks, and accident histories. At any given location, one or all of these factors is Was renamed McDowd Junction by locals who equated the yellow tube with the McDonald's restaurant in West Vail. sure to have changed in recent years. A current inventory would allow planners and developers to assess "what it would I-70, Dowd Canyon Phodos, courtesy 3M take" to change the use of a rail line. "Transportation planners have always had bright opportunities and the frustradons of funding," says Chuck Petersen of CDOT's Rail Unit. "When New York's governor DeWitt Clinton authorized building of the Erie Canal in 1817, critics called it `Clinton's Ditch':.. but cu[ting the Buffalo [o New York shipping time from 20 days to eight opened vast new markets, and helped New York leapfrog Boston and = Philadelphia to become the nation's premier city within a few , decades. This business will always have its land use, political, and transportation factors to juggle." - a Page 4 t~ corattnued ratxt page. O The Colorado Department of Transportation spent The test project was set up at no cost to the tazpayers, $50,000 on the project, choosing a high-accident area of the and proved the value of "fast tracking." The highway was Interstate as a test site. A second installation is planned along closed for construction at 6 a.m. on a Saturday moming, Interstate 25 near Loveland, where a curve at the top of a hill paved, and reopened to traffic Sunday morning at 10 a.m. approaches the S.H. 402 interchange. Lighted Guidance Tube This was in sharp contrast to a previous industry standard will be installed as part of a safety project which will replace which called for a newly poured concrete roadway to cure for various guazdrail and signs. CDOT engineers hope to advertise 28 days before vehicles could use it. the project to coniractors in August for conswction bidding in September. Junc 3, 1994: State engineers and concrete industry people who had coordinated with Fort Collins officials to "The white-top the Harmony Road segment returned to the site to color versatility see for themselves how it had lasted. They looked for craclcs, lets traffic rutting, joint movement and other factors, knowing that traffic engineers use counts had logged more than 16 million vehicles over the road yellow in the section during the four years since it had been white-topped. median, white at the roadside, to As expected, the right hand lane of the twalane match the segment showed some cracks where 3 1/2 inches of concrete pavement"stripes had been placed over asphalt. That section will probably need drivers are used resurfacing in 1995. The five inch thick test section was to," points out - placed with a design life of twenty years, according to Mike Durcan of American Associadon of State Highway and Transportation 3M's materials Officials (AASHTO) standards. Nowhere in this section did division. "In the failure occur, nor significant deterioration that might have future, Colorado been anricipated with a concrete pour that had not been could install bonded to the old asphalt. other LGT uses, if given Federal "This test section was very successful," said Ken Highway Wood, materials engineer in the CDOT's Greeley office. Administration "BVe're ready to try white-topping on some rural highways in permission. For eastern Colorado." He emphasized that sites would be example: motorists could safely follow a white ramp curve at selected after ezamining specific factors such as traffic night, while people approaching from the wrong direction, volume, type of traffic (wcks, farm equipment, autos), maybe off a frontage road, would see the same tube as red." concrete design mu, and depth of concrete. Ken Wood, CDOT materials ersgineer, Greeley (with clipboord) and BiUHoodc of Holnam, Inc. (witla bulllaorn) briefed engineers at a' four years ofter" inspection tour. Whiteo~~~~lizoro ~~ase Core samples were ta&en.PDsoto by Car1 Sorrentino, CDOT. Study ~~~~xarnined June 2, 1990: Colorado hiShwaY enSineers , ~ - t~_ 4 wanted to test the thick and thin of pl a c i n g c o n c r e t e ~ over asphalt. So did indusay people. The laboratory they picked was a 1,000-ft. segment of - • . the westbound lanes of Harmony Road (S.H. 68) in the southern part of Fort Collins. On a Saturday and Sunday, contractors and concrete suppliers donated ° ;C their time, labor and materials to pour a 3 1/2 inch section and a five-inch section, and then they went , about their daily business knowing that the -j~" - segment would serve as a testing ground for five V ; _ _ r years and more. - . ~ _ - ' • - Page 5 ~ ~ WASHINGTON UPDATE by Marge Price Lanton,Mields, Reisler & Cottone, Ltd. . : . . . . . . . _ . . : . . . _ . . ~~:~Sen eAriations ~il1 to fand U.S<;f.99 ..P - 5 afe;on°7u1y.21; bound,for;a:House/$enaie.coriference:commiUee.tn:woik ourdifferences; :If;the coi~ference ` a emen _gre t or ttie final Hoase and Senaf,e votes are stalled until September, tfieie is still plenfy, vf time ta enact a bill by.pctober l.; . the.start W the.federal fiscal.year: The reporE to accompany the SenaEe liilt; like the House version;consaFns.apnonty listing for Denver's I770/I-25:"Mousetrap" interc6ange project; that is not:a conferenceable:item: 14 For'U.S: DOT of~'iciais as;well as:state and Iocal :grantees, the shape of ihe coming flscai year Fs alieady pretty clear, ~nce: differences befween.the Huuse:a?id Senate line items are.,marginaI. > . : . , . , . . . . . ta or: rnsit a encies, a cufback irr transiC:o g. perating subsidiea:fr F om:ttie cuiretit:$802.million:a million (approved by the House) or.$730'milhon (Senate:bill) unphes that a granfee agency can,expect a6out 87:fo 91 , > percent of the current year's grant: . : . . . . , . ; . ;Tfie oiili . gation ceilmg.foc so-calIed 4'core"h,ghway pmgrams wiIl be lower t}ian.':fhis:ear's $17 59 biIlion:; ;House bill:set a ceiling of.$1716. billion and a final Senate commitiee report, afferlas:t=ininute:fne funin °.raised fhaf:to:.:<<>::: _ ; , . $17.54 billion.. . . . . _ . : : : . "The ma'or aviati n trust f . . , , . ~ o und program of aiFpoit:construcdon grants,:already very tight! will:see;a severe from this }~er's $169 biIlion to somewhere between the'House level ($1S bcItionJ ar?d Senate.level ($1.45 billion)_ ~ . - - ~'6e:parties v?itf~ aiost at stake are.state.and local goaerninents with fnghway oc transit project "earnearks". m either_ifie House or. Senate bill: Resolving.these differences will be the major task of the conferees.:The two chambeis::..::.:.:: . each`approyed a separate'and different project Iist for botfi highway and.transit; leaving it to the conferees to work ouc;s;:::;>;`":::::. : ; . final lists:tUt carrcontain only some of the projects. . , . ; Senate Transportad'on Appropriations.Subcommittee, chairman, Sen: Frank;l:autenberg.'(D=Neiv Jecse y), deGiaea . to bai inost of the projects already in ttie-House-passed liillfrom the Senate Iist; e.veq if senators:asked fot them: His;.;:;':':.;,'.:.; . :::strategy, intended to gain some negotiating ieyerage_with House conferees,:was one wa to are dow , : . Y. P. n an;tiverlbad af_;:::: >pmJect reqaests:`84 senatorshad_submitted:more than 700.requests for eanharked liighwray or:transit ro`ects:'Theii.:: requests amounted to $1:7 tiiltion.coriipared with:$350:m . illion available._ Transit P ` ro"ectre ue ` . . ; . b~lhon whi . 1. q, sts came to';more::tfian"$2;;::`'::;:::,: . , le appropnators had Iess:than $600 million m raiI new start" funds and $ISO million in bus funding available : for earmarking. . . . _ %ti6naCHighw4y 5ystem tegislaQioti , _ . : mif Sen: Max.Baucus .(D-~iontana), .chauman of tfie Senate Environment and Public W ks oc Com ; _ , tee;:held`a single ; day of hearings on his stripped-down, three page veision of a bili (S. 1887).to define the.National:HjghwaY System The,:.. bill has none of the:provisivns adopted in HouseResolution 4385; which ine]uded techn'icat ame:,tdments; demonstratioa< , projecfs;;proyisions to delay: funding'sanctions, and other'ways: to modify; fhe :I991 In[ermodal: Surface ranspo rtation.:::> Etfciency,Act (ISTEA) ' ; Baucus said :lie is :willin to move now on " , _ . : . S . . the, ,AtHS defmition;.even though C,ongress can. wait:until:;September;;::>::;. 1995 and still beat the deadline for establishmg the NHS :If his bill got ttirough the cammittee before the`summer recess; ~t would leave fime for Senate floor action and a conferenee with the House on a final .b~Il: ia ihe,fall. Faeing November . . . . Page 6 continued next page. , a recommended equadons for building piers in sand bed and gravel channels, and has extended equations to consider scour elections Congress will try to wrap up busmess no on bridge foundations placed on sedimentary bedrock. Many laterthan ttie second week'of aetober However;.:the Colorado bridges are placed on bedrock, but in some cases it House comm2ttee;s14f has cautianed against passing a; has been obvious that the federal standard is overly Senate bill a~rth no _technicat coireetwns, and wifh nt~ conservative. For these cases, the depth of bridge foundations attenhon given to tlie House work!on authonzFng ` has been reduced based on engineering judgment and geologic pro~ects Tt:;willbe,d~fficultto go:to confeience raith principles. fwo:such.d"tfferent;6ills Bdhat is nePded is a way to deternune potential scour Wtii`te other memtiers of Yhe Senate ' rates and depth at individual bridge sites. Research at both the com.zrutfee backed:Savcus;:a vocal`excepfion was:Sen federal and state levels is underway to develop quantitative ; Harry 1Zeid::(D Nevada);'who preci'icted a repeat of the criteria. 'patfern m whrch:the:Senaie:takes:a:btll.vvithout projects mto conference wifh the House andemerges Recently the FHWA released NEW guidelines that help with a bill fhat contau?s projects anyway `;Re:id algued assess the scourability in rock materials. ihat Senate sponsored piojecfs shouId be ch~sen early on ,in markup of the bill`.rather i.fian dunng a A reseazch effort at Colorado Department of conferertce by those few senator5:with sea[s at tttTransportation (CDO'1) is also looking at potential scour table aspects of existing and planned bridges. If a method can be developed which qualifies scour potential, CDOT could save Tite NHS bill passed by the House m fiate money by decreasing the design depth of some new bridge pier May:eontained:several Coloradaprojects. l~mited foundations. For some exis6ng bridges, testing could confum dollar amounts:.were attacfied to;Powers Blvd m:;: that current foundations are appropriate. Colorada Springs; a>120th:Avenue:project in.Adams county, and the:Regional;Transportation Disrrict's Direction for CDOT's project came in November Soufhwest Light Rail.Corridor. 'The I-25/I-70 1993 when a workshop on bridge scour brought together Mousetrap;' as anngoing, project, did,not rec}uu`e George Annandale and Gary Lewis of HDR Engineering, new azation in ordei to qualify for addit1on9 Steve Abt and Albert Molinas of Colorado State University ' discrettonary funds but prionry, in::the appropnations and Brent Mefford of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Along : reports wttl :benefit:that project with these chief presenters were members of CDOT's geology and hydraulics units. At the workshop technicians and engineers reviewed the new FHWA guidelines, principals of ~ _ rock erosion, and hydraulic forces which affect bridge piers . . . eontinued next page. F'%"j% 0 T I " This bridge, in another state, shows severe brid8e scour. _ T by Tom Hunt ' ...w- _ At 10;45 a.m. on Sunday, Apri15, 1987, a bridge cairying four lanes of New York State Thruway traffic collapsed, taking ten lives into the chilly 'flood waters of Schoharie Creek. The bridge piers had failed because of scour ' - (deep, rapid erosion) at their foundations. This event, and other notable bridge failures around the country, spurred national interest in the sub'ect of brid e scour. ~ S The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has Page 7 0 a andabu[ments. upc ming Meetings Following the workshop, Steve Smith of CDOT's August 11 Colorado Aeronautical Board hydraulics unit was appointed chief investigator for the meets in Lamar 9 2 project. Initial work will be done as part of his University of Colorado at Denver master's thesis. One of his charges is to August 18 - Monthly meering of the Colorado develop a bridge scour index by coupling existing rock erosion Transportadon Commission, data with data being developed about hydraulic forces around in Denver 'M bridge piers. It is hoped that a relationship can be formulated, leading to a procedure for estimating bridge scour in bedrock. Aug. 22/23/24 Colorado\Wyoming Airpart , Operators Association Once a method for analysis is develoged, engineers conference in Gheyenne VR will evaluate specific bridges around Colorado. Research will be multidisciplinary: CDOT's geologists will collect and Sept. 22/23 Transportation Commission classify rock samples, while hydraulics engineers will analyze monthly meeting during water flow at each specific site. This field work will help test road trip to Greeley the reliability of the analysis procedure developed. and Fort Collins FHWA and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation are both Contacts: 9 Transportation Commission, Dianne interested in Colorado's method and results, and the Cavaliere, (303) 757-9207. ?g Colorado information trading among various parties will eventually help Aemnaatical Board, Caroline Scott, (303) 792-2160. federal and state engineers design bridge footings that are safe MILESTOPIES Editor: and more cost effective. Carl Sorrentino, (303) 757-9361. The contents of this newsletter are not copyrighted and may be used freely. Where appropriate, please credit CDOT. COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MIL S WA ~ TONE BULK RATE 4201 EAST ARKANSAS AVENUE DENVER, COLORAQO 80222 U.S. FOSTAGE (303) 757-9228 PAII) PERMIT A10. 738 Denver, CO 81~ `THlS,;rSSUE. W ~ea+o Chac~ Repatreng ftR4 ' , Evans':F3oa& - lsst]es . ~ Lightec~ Guitianc~ „ 1 Ta~b~ on170 R~~~~VF-D ~v , , Washengtoat Upd~~; Whete-Topping Mayor af Vail Fron4.age Rd o bdest ~radge Scaur 75 S o VaCO 81657 ~vJ ~ August 22, 1994 'I'O: Metnbei-s oL tlYe Ilta~'n-~.ti Resatal_ce (:'oiant:i._L ' Eagle Va.l1e_y I•'am;i.I y Center ' Cent:ta I. 12oc)ci.er; E>reve,ition ProjecL Dri.iJ Free Eag]_e Va_1.1ey . ail(.l P:ag]_e-va11_ey Min.i.steri.al rneinbers F'1zuM: Clie 'l'eerl k'1:eyiizizicy l'.rEVeiitioii wazk c~ratil) ~ 'I'h e r e wi.l1 !:>e aspec:lal mePting for metnuers of t17ese conunuiiiLy orgallizatiot1S or1 : . MUNI)31X - SEPTEMBER 12 tli 5 a 3 0 PM - 7: 3 U'PM , Edwazds E1.emeutary school , , 1.1ie- foc:'L18 i',L Ll)a s iuceti.ng wi11 bc- diSCU.E'rBlOI"1 of five areas for 7c>1.211t.1a1 :JU1T11- 'c~GLlUtl }JY OllI" J r'OUpSiI7 Ltl@ CU1tl111J YEaY'. T11C~ ;:~m.: " 1- _ ideiitifieci aze : '.f'ooi.t 1'tct.jnmi(2y i':LfNvenL':iuri (i1ic_luilizig Nrc=.Sentai:io1i af Lhe LclPIAt,~1 COurity tnadel) ~.r y Active & Responsible Parentiny SLtbql:~~1cc~ 11bti.tqe > (:'lii].c:3 C'a.~'e Outreacli aizd Access Lo Lducationa.l, Ilealth arid Human Servzc~s IL- ia our yoa:1. l:o tievelap Ur 3 yoals for projects that wduld oreate pax tiierdliipFl between parents axYd l-lan Gouuxiunxty axid work to { support anci sl:x•enytt~en pareaito j.n the caz-a of thair e2iilciren. Uvr~.r tlth pasl~ f?w 1IlOlll;11~3, iL has }_+Pcome dppazetit Lliat a comtnon L}1?me (-f 1.~)revetil:ioji ayid c.ommurlity collaboiation 1ia11mar}:s ttie ef_f-orts oE sevc:L'al arganizat:ions. Various plarining sessions have cenUered on i:lie ner-~d for parenL aiicl VOZl1T1tE'..P.Z involvement in (JP_VelOIJLIICJ a responsP to yrowizig coricerris a}Dout w1)aL is 1iappening i:.c> Ci11J.d1'P_T1 and f.ainilies in aur valley. It tiag a].so been appaienl Lhat we need ta reduae the duplicatioYi o£ meeL-inge and auove from discusaioai into 81G'tiOII. 4ae eiic:ottl'ac-W Ycnu L() .iLt;end Lh=i.s meeti.i'ig as a coxicerned iudividual ai,d a~j a repz-eti,cntaLive c.7L• your o:c'gaIi17.,atzoil, vde wi11 preserYt a . propoeal Lo coiYSolidate L~ie strenyl:h ~~f CUL11" QI.'CJ~iIll'L`ciL'lUI1F3 so we m.iyliL rnoie effectively addresa common cunceiiis. i.'J anniiig ?1lr:Tllbp]'k; f_aL L'lie Septetnber_ 12L`h ?tteeting: ICatlileeia Fnr].nas1t, IIe-a1L1'i ail(i Iluiiian >ei-vic:es Laurie Mactavi.rh, c:entral Rock9.ns L)reventYOn Pzoject ~ Clierie Pa17.e1-, 1tesource Cetiter/Bayle Va11ey Pamily Ceriter Peg Poztschellez, Eayle Coutlty Scllool. I)isCri(_t ICay Satilsbe7'ty, Cc7to:r-a-Clo MC)1.111l.~1:i.1i C;v.l iec:if? \ ~ \ TOWN OF VAIL ~g 75 South Frontage Road August 25, 1994 Yail, Colorado 81657 303-479-2100 FAX 303-479-2157 The Honorable Buz Reynolds Mayor of Avon P.O. Box 975 Avon, CO 81620 Dear Buz: Thanks for the opportunity to join you and John Hazard Tuesday evening in briefing your colleagues on our experiences in St. Moritz. We're excited about this project and the potential for strengthening our international tourism opportunities valley-wide. As we mentioned, John Horan-Kates, president of East West Marketing, has been named official coordinator of the Sister Cities effort. Over the next six months, John has been asked to create an organizational structure to help identify and prioritize potential ideas, activities resources and programs associated with our recent trip. As you know, the Vail Town Council has set aside up to $3,000 this year and up to $2,000 next year to cover the hard costs associated with the project. The remainder of John's work will be donated by East West Marketing. As we discussed at Tuesday's meeting, we hope the Avon Town Council will consider making a$1,250 contribution to this effort which represents 25 percent of the costs. ' Buz, we look forward to hearing a favorable reply to our request for a contribution and Avon's continued participation in these activities. Sincerely, SISTER CITIES COfVifViITTEE Merv Lapin, Chairman cc: Bill James Bob McLaurin nc: ~ . (C odorado Addresses Issues ~d Selec~ Delegat~ f'or ~i'f~ate House Travel & Tour~ ' Recognizing that too few people in the U.S. realize how important tourism is to our country, Presideat Bill Clinton has called for a White House Conference on Travel & Tourism. This conference, to be held in the Fall of 1995, will use nine Travel and Tourism Issue Papers to focus attention on the tourism industry's crucial impact on the narions economy, the potential for tourism as a catalyst far economic growth, aad the challenges facing this important sector of the U.S. economy as it moves into the 21st ceatury. Recognizing the importance of these issues to Colorado and the importance of Colorado's participation in the White House Conference TIAC will feature many of these topics at Colorado Tourism: The Next Generation. Delegates to the White House Conference will be selected during the conference. IEnvuIl'onmentafl IfS3ues In this session tourism business people who have seen the future in ecotourism and have become involved share their experience and present thought provoking information about three key topics: The "Green" Tourism movement, Ecotourism aad Conservation - Sustaining the Resource. 'lI'eChIIllolOgy Update How will technology affect the way we do business? Experts tallc about whaYs available now and how we can expect the information highway to change the way we get infotmarion to consumers and book business. lLnffraStu'uCtire g9evel~pmtEIl$ Before you open the door for business, listen to this discussion with planners about community development and the impact of tourism growth. This session also addresses air transportation issues. Pa'oduet DevelOpment How do you take your destinarion, attraction, mode of transportation, property, etc. and combine it with other elements to entice the consumer with vacation packages? Leam how to recogtuze the travel patterns that can dictate how some products should be developed, form cooperative endeavors, be creative, - even work with your competitors. 1E8e3eaII'Ch Aimd PH'oHffi0gi0n Understand the role research can play in creating effective marketing promotion and the importance of those promotions in increasing your bottom line. Comifference Agemmda October 11 3:00pm - 6:00pm Registra[ion Grand Foyc 6:00pm - 9:00pm W elcome Raceptim and $eynote Dicna Grand Ballroam Oceober 12 7:00am - Noon Registratiou Grand Foya 7:45am - 9:00am Brealfa4 ('rmd gaUroom 9:1 5am - 10:30am Geaaal Sessicn Iuperial Ballronm 10:45am - Noan Breakart Sessians Locatian T$q Envrronmental Iasues Technology Updm¢ Infrartructure Development Product Developmenl Research andPromotion iZ:ispm - z:ispm Lunah/speakQ ImpaialBaurocm 2:30pm - 3:45pm Brrrkoirt SesQans Repeat above schedule 4:00pm - S:OOpm Wrapup Sessicias Far East Roam, Mwilm Raige 5:30pm - 9:00pm Reoeption/Rrynate Diana Grand Ballroaiw REGdSBRA'I'ION FORM - Please comp9e4e a0d mmi9 40: ?Deborah Corne6us 1226 S. Vine Stree4, d9enver, CO 80210 Name Company Name Address Telephone - BPeakOaa4 Session Sngnup -Choose flst and 2nd choice for moPneng and af4ePnoon sesseons fViorning Afternoon Wrapup Sessions _Fnvironmental Issues _Fnvirmmcntal lssues V''Aa WraPuP _Technology Updace _Tedmology Upda2e _Moulia Rouge Wrapup Infrastrudure Developmcnt lnfrasttudtve Devdcpmeat Produa Development _Produa Developmtnt _Research and Romotion_ Researoh and Promotiau _$190 up to September 15th _$230 after September 15th _Check Enclosed (sorry, no credit cards) Cancellations are subject to a 15% processing fee. Make Youp HoPel Reservataons 1Vow By Calldreg fhe HyatP direct: 303 295-1234 Deborah Comelius = 1226 S. Vine Street Denver, CO 80210 r RECEIV~~ 2 1994 Robert McLaurin Town Manager 75 South Frontage Road REGISTRATION INFORMATION Vai 1 CO 81657 GOLORADO TOURISM: THE NEXT GENERATION Update On New Statewide Tourism Marketing Authority A General Session will give participants a look at the new form statewide tourism marketing in Colorado will take with the creation of a privately funded "marketing authority". Based on the concept that agricultural organizarions like the Beef Board use Colorado tourism industry segments, like dude ranchers, river outfitters, lodgi.ng properfies and ski resorts will pay a fee based on gross revenue that the marketing authonty will use for national advertising and other marketing campaigns. A Board of Directors made up of representatives from each contributing industry will oversee the Authority and direct the use of the funds. To date an organizing committee has been appointed to select the Board of D'uectors and begin the process of communicating to industry sectors. . Byatt Rolls Out Red Carpet For Tourisan Industry Conference participants will enjoy the luxury and convenience of the Hyatt Downtown Denver. Located in the heart of the city, this deluxe property provides first ciass meeting facilities, dining and guest rooms, plus the lure of Denver's shopping, attracrions and entertainment at their front door. The Hyatt is offering an unprecedented 60% discount on nightty room rates -$75.00 for a single or a double. With only 150 rooms in our block, they won't last tong. Call before September 15th for your reservations, 303 295-1234. October lfl & 12 Tourism lof Colorado a v ` 4VAIL TOW1V 75 South Frnntage Road vail, Colorado 81657 303-479-2100 FAX 303-479-2157 MEDIA ADVBSORV . August 24, 1994 Contact: Suzanne Silverthorn Community Information Office 479-2115 VAOL TOWN COUNCSL HlGliLOGF9TS F0R AUCUST 23 Work Sess6on Bruefs Council members present: Lapin, Navas, Osterfoss, Shearer, Steinberg, Strauch (Johnston absent). --Presentation of Fire Funds Assisted by representatives from the Vail, Minturn and Eagle fire departments, Mayor Pro Tem Merv Lapin presented a check for $23,726 to officials from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Forest Service during a brief ceremony yesterday. The money was raised to assist families of the 14 firefighters killed in the July 6 fire storm near Glenwood Springs. With more than 300 deposits from locals and others from across the country, Lapin said he was gratified by the overwhelming support of the "BLPVI Firefighters Family Fund." Lapin said the outreach included many examples of kindness and compassion, including a five-year-old child who donated 30 pennies to the fund and a newly-married Ft. Collins couple who asked guests to donate to the fire fund in lieu of a wedding gift (for a copy of the letter, call 479-2115). The effort also ' included sponsorship of a fund-raiser by the Lord Gore Restaurant at Manor Vail which raised $2,405. Kim Murdock, Manor Vail sales manager, was on hand for the ceremony. Accepting the check yesterday were Diana Anderson, natural resource clerk/volunteer coordinator for the BLM's Glenwood Springs office and Ben delVillar, deputy forest supervisor of the U.S. Forest Service, also from Glenwood Springs. Numerous cards and letters of support were included in the preseritation. The BLM Firefighters Family Fund, administered by FirstBank of Vail, will continue to accept contributions until Sept. 1. For more information, contact Lapin at 476-5531. --Vail Valley Foundation--Mountain Bike Races John Garnsey, president of the Vail Valley Foundation, appeared before the Council to (more) a ~ d Council Highlights/Add 1 gauge the town's interest in attracting future mountain bike races beyond the upcoming World Championships, Sept. 15-18. Because Vail has an opportunity to host a World Cup cross country event next June 10-11, Garnsey said he wanted to make sure the foundation's funding partners were supportive of future events. The town would be asked to contribute approximately $10,000 cash, plus in-kind services, to assist with the June 1995 event, Garnsey said. Two-hundred thousand dollars,has already been pledged by the town for the September 1994 championships. Although Garnsey acknowledged some inconveniences associated with the races, Council -members expressed support for continuation of the mountain bike races as a means to promote summer tourism in the Vail Valley. . --Eagle County Cycling Coalition Bill Kerig and Kent Rose, members af the newly-formed Eagle County Cycling Coalition, appealed to the Council for assistance in leveraging local, state and federal funds for new and improved bike paths throughout the county. Kerig began the presentation by thanking the Council for initiating the-Dowd Junction bike path project. He then asked for the town's help in seven areas: completion of the Dowd Junction path; creation of a full time county bicycle and recreational planner; assistance in .seeking grant money; encouraging Eagle County to provide general fund money for construction of recreational trails and highway shoulders; completion of a safe cycling route through the Vail Village and Lionshead areas; increased maintenance of established trails, paths and road shoulders; and continued observance of the Eagle County Trails plan which recognizes three types of cyclists (tourists, commuters and training cyclists). The Council reacted favorably to the coalition's presentation. Several strategies were suggested, including: creation of a public-private campaign to raise the $200,000 in local contributions needed to complete the $1.7 million Dowd Junction link in 1996; deployment of volunteers to create a single track through Dowd . Junction during the funding interim; continued coordination of a, Highway 6 widening project in 1996; completion of the West Vail to Dowd Junction bike path link in 1996; leveraging of additional state lottery funds for local bike path projects; widening of Vail's frontage roads; improved signage on Vail's bike paths; increased bicycle safety education; and the widening and other improvements to Vail Valley Drive. Although no specific funding decisions were reached yesterday, Mayor Peggy Osterfoss described the coalition as an invaluable asset in keeping the bike path issues on the front burner. Followup tasks were assigned to Larry Grafel in the Public Works Department. For more information about the coalition's activities, contact Bill Kerig at 476-6416. --Mortgage Pool Financing for Employee Housing Town Manager Bob McLaurin gave a brief status report on the town's possible involvement in loan guarantees for affordable housing. He said he would present a detailed report at the Sept. 6 work session. His report will include provisions for property deed-restrictions, conditions of eligibility and associated risks. For more information, contact McLaurin at 479-2105. (more) A 6 ~ Council Highlights/Add 2 --Vail's Dirty Dozen (Most iVotorious Road Cuts) Jan Strauch initiated the discussion by displaying photographs of 13 ugly road cuts throughout town. Strauch said the cuts were destructive to the town's environmentally- sensitive image and stressed an urgency in getting them revegetated as soon as possible, perhaps with some volunteer help from the Rotary Club and/or other organizations. Town iVianager Bob McLaurin agreed to direct staff to prioritize the cuts and investigate various solutions and associated costs. The town's current capital improvements schedule identifies the need to spend $120,000 between 1996 and 1999 on slope revegetation, although a funding source has not been identified. For more information, contact Larry Grafel in the-Public Vl/orks Department at 479-2173. --PEC Report During an update on the Planning & Environmental Commission (PEC) meeting of Aug. 22, the Council voted to call up a PEC decision on a major exterior alteration at the Lifthouse Lodge in Lionshead. The PEC decision currently would not require the lodge to remove T-111 siding from the building as part of the project due to what the PEC described as an extreme hardship. T-111 has been banned as an acceptable building material in Vail since the 1983. For more information, contact Jim Curnutte or Mike iVlollica in the Community Development Department at 479-2138. --Capital Projects Review The Council began the 1995 budget process in earnest yesterday, with a review of a five year capital improvements schedule. As presented, the 1995 capital plan incfudes an expenditure of $6.5 million on 27 projects, including construction of the Main Vail roundabouts; design of the West Vail roundabouts; and $2.3 million in neighborhood street reconstruction projects. The plan also assumes approval of a$2 million federal bus grant to be matched locally by $250,000. In addition, Council members identified two projects within the capital projects list in which users could possibly be asked to help pay for the improvements--a $75,000 computer upgrade in the dispatch center (which serves police and fire agencies from Wolcott to Vail) and a project to upgrade newspaper dispensers on Town of Vail property. The Council also expressed interest in adding several other projects to the list, including streetscape improvements and design of the Vail cemetery. Discussions on how to fund the additional projects will continue through the month of September. The 1995 budget schedule includes 14 public meetings with the Council. For a copy of the meetings schedule, or a working draft of the capital improvements list, contact the Community Information Office at -479-2115. # # # .I ~ TOY-IRT OF VAIL C4tv'~•cl-~- Input/Inquiry Response Record The attached comments were recently received by the Town of Vaii. We encourage Vail residents and guests to give us such input and we strive for timely responses. PLEASE ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS WITHIN FIVE WORIQNG DAYS AND RETURN THIS COMPLETID FORIvI TO PAM BRAIVDMEYER DEPARTNIENT TO HANDLE IlVQUIIZY . INDIVIDUAL TO HANDLE IlVQUIlZY . DATE TOV RECEIVED INPUT/INQUIRY dd3• 4~ . TYPE OF INPUT / INOUIRY: PHONE CALL (indicate date) LETTER (attached) RESPONSE CARD (attached) TYPE OF RESPONSE (check one): LETTER (attach copy) PHONE CALL (indicate date) , BRIEF SUMMARY OF RESPONSE OR ANS4VEIZ TO IIVOUIRY: . . DATE OF RESl'ONSE FORM RETURNED BY DEPARTMENT TO PANY BRANDMEYER; A copy of this inquiry and form will remain on file at the TOV Community Relations office. As soon as this form is retumed to Pam Brandmeyer, this inquiry will be mnsidered closed. ' 'II-IANK YOU FOR YOUR TIMELY HANDLING OF Tf-IIS LSSUE EF YOU HAVE ANY QUFSTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACI PAM BRAiVDMEYER AT 479-2113. p, J U L r - {~w~,~~`J~D AIIG 2 3 9994 llugus# 189 19 5 19 S. A1kire sto R.alcewood, E0 88228 'To1Dn of Uai9 lowncounego gail9 ED 81658 Bear SiB and Madamo lUU1ti1e uositing UaiN ore August 1@ 0 11 th, I seas slandmed froen btfeirad by agoung ~ountain bilce rider in Uail Uillagea O9m suffering trvm a badIy bruised leg9 abrasaonss and many sere muscaesa This inEident iert me badig snakenm 0thought the danger a'rould be from the many bicycle reders of uarying abileties comang from the fron# of ine at breakneck speedo hlot only did I haue to worry about bi1ces but th~re were enlane skaies, dDgs being unleased for a romp on the grass9 cars9 and construction #ruclcsm Thc flour uras uery erra#ac so there ,uas no pattern or° prediction as to aahat dir°ection ale this iuoutd come at youo It is'ny opinion that there ursll be a serious anjury or a death if the Town of Ilail does not assess and addres this problen,. ,r- 0 am e°eeouce~ing fran~ this sncsdent, bu I',~ost one snay whom ,oiil have complaints aanless some Iiiing is done soon. 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