HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-01-17 Support Documentation Town Council Evening Session
VAIL TOlA/N COUNCIL
EVENING MEETING
TMESDAY, JAFBUARY 17, 9995
7:30 P.M. ~N TO!! COUNCIL CHAMBERS
AGENDA
1. CITIZEiV PARTICIPATION.
2. Consent Agenda.
A. Appoint Election Judges.
3. Ordinance No. 1, Series of 1995, first reading of an ordinance amending Chapter 17.26 Condo
Conversion.
4. Ordinance No. 2, Series of 1995, first reading of an ordinance amending Section 18.69.050 of the
Town of Vail Municipal Code regarding the maximum allovuable height for garages in. Yhe front
setback of lots exceeding a thirty percent average slope.
5. Ordinance No. 3, Series of 1995, first reading of an ordinance vacating a pedestrian easemen4
located at 890 and 891 Red Sandstone Circle.
6. Ordinance No. 4, Series oJ 1995, first reading of an ordinance authorizing a first supplemental trust
indenture to 4he trust indenture executed in connection uvith 4he Town of Vail, Colorado single
family mortgage revenue refunding bonds, series of 1992; ratifying certain action heretofore taken;
authorizing the execution and delivery by the Town of said first supplemental trust indenture;
repealing action heretofore taken in conflict herewith.
7. Resolution No. 3, Series of 1995, a resolution declaring February 6r12, 1995 MS Awareness
1iVeek. .
8. Town Council appeal of a PEC decision to approve a conditional use permit, that allows a helipad
to be located in Ford Park. Applicant: Vail Valley Niedical Center.
9. Towrn Manager's Report.
10. Adjournment.
RIOYE UPCOMIPdG wAEET1NG STAR'f TIAAES BELOW:
(ALL TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
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g~~ NEXg dAAL gOWN COUNCIL REGl1LAR VNORK SESSION
!AlVLL BE Ofd T'd9ESDAY, 9/24/95, BEGINNIPIG AT 2:00 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
THE FOLL.OlfVYNC !/AIL T'OWN COUNCIL REGULAR UVOFibC SESSION
lMILL BE OBd TUESDAY, 2/7/95, BEGINWING AT 2;00 P.M. lN TpV COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
YOiE R1EXT NA1L T'OFA/R1 COUNCIL FiEGULAR EVENING MEETlIVG
lMILL BE ON TUESDAY, 217/95, BEGIWMIfVG AT 7:30 P.M. !Bd 7'Oy COUNCIL C9iAMBERS.
VAIL TOUVN COUNCIL
EVENI~~
TUES~AY, JANt9A?Rlf 17, 9995
7:30 P.M. IN TON COIJNCBL CFIAAABERS
EXPAPIDED ACENDA
7:30 P.M. 1. Citizen Participation.
7:35 P.M. 2. Consent Agenda.
A. Appoint Election Judges.
7:45 P.M. 3. Ordinance Rto. 1, Series of 1995, first reading of an ordinance amending Chapter
Tom Moorhead 17.26, Condo Conversion.
8:15 P.M. 4. Ordinance No. 2, Series of 1995, first reading of an ordinance amending Section
Tom Moorhead 18.69.050 of the Tovun of Vail Municipal Code regarding the maximum allowable
Lauren VUaterton height for garages in the front setback of lots exceeding a thirty percent average
slope.
ACTION REQUESTED OF COUNCIL: Approve/DenyiModify Ordinance No. 2,
Series of 1995, on first reading.
BACKGROUND RATIOfVALE: Please see the Community Development
Department's memo to the Planning and Environmerrtal Commission (PEC) dated
December 19, 1994, included in the Council packet. On December 19, 1994, the
PEC voted unanimously (6-0) to recommend approval of the amendment to the
Hazard Regulations section.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: The staff recommendation is for approval of
Ordinance No. 2, Series of 1995, on first reading.
8:30 P.M. 5. Ordinance No. 3, Series of 1995, first reading of an ordinance vacating a
Tom Moorhead pedestrian easemerrt located at 890 and 891 Red Sandstone Circle.
Lauren UVaterton Applicant: Christie Hochtl.
ACTIOfV REQUESTED OF COUNCIL: Approve/ Deny/Modify Ordinance fVo. 3,
Series of 1995, on first reading.
BACKGROUND RATIONALE: Please see the Community Development
Department's memo to the Planning and Environmental Commission (PEC) dated
January 9, 1995, included in the Council packet. On January 9, 1995, the PEC
voted 4-2 to recommend approval of the request to vacate the pedestrian
easement.
STAFF RECOMMENDATIOIV: The staff recommendation is for approval of
Ordinance No. 3, Series of 1995, on first reading.
8:40 P.M. 6. Ordinance iVo. 4, Series of 1995, first reading of an ordinance authorizing a first
Steve Thompson supplemental trust indenture to the trust inderrture executed in connection vuith the
Town of Vail, Colorado single family mortgage revenue refunding bonds, series of
1992; ratifying certain action heretofore taken; authorizing the execution and
delivery by the Towrn of said first supplemental trust indenture; repealing action
heretofore taken in conflict herewith.
8:50 P.M. 7. Resolution No. 3, Series of 1995, a resolution declaring February 6-12, 1995 AhS
Lisa Niutz-Nelson Auvareness UVeek.
9:05 P.M. 8. Town Council appeal of a PEC decision to approve a conditional use permit, that
Andy Knudtsen allows a helipad to be located in Ford ParM;. Applicant: Vail Valley Medical
Dan Feeny Center.
ACTION REQUESTED OF COUNCIL: Uphold/OverturNModify the PEC decision.
BACKGROUND RATIONALE: On January 9, 1995, the PEC voted 7-0 approving
a conditional use that allows a helipad to be located in Ford Park. Please see the
attached staff memo and letters for additional background and for the conditions
of approval.
10:05 P.M. 9. Town Manager's Report.
10:15 P.M. 10. Adjournment.
NOTE UPCOMING MEETING START TIMES BELOW:
(ALL TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
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THE NEXT VAIL TOWN COUtdCIL REGULAR WORK SESSION
WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 1/24/95, BEGINNING AT 2:00 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
THE FOLLOWING VAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR WORK SESSION
WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 2/7/95, BEGINNING AT 2:00 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
THE NEXT VAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR E'VENING MEETING
WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 2R/95, BEGINPIING AT 7:30 P.M. IIN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
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C:WGENDA.TCE
MEPqORANDUM
TOs Town Council
FROM: Holly McCutcheon
DATE: January 11, 1995
RE: Appointment of Special Election Judges
It is my pleasure to suggest the following four prospective appointees as judges for the Special Election to be held Tuesday,
February 7, 1995:
Karen Morter
2985 Booth Creek Drive
Vail, CO 81657
Mary Jo Al1en
P.O. Box 861
Vail, CO 81658
Liz Pickett
P.O. Box 789
Vail, CO 81658
Jeanne Tilkemeier
5016 Main Gore Drive
vail, CO 81657
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ORDINQ?NCIE NO. 1
SERIES OF 1995
AN ORD9NA?INCE AMENDIM(a CfiAPTER 17.26, CONDOMINIl91Vl CONVERS901dS
OF T9iE M1?N9CIPAL CODE OF TFIE TOWN OF VAAL
WHEREAS, local governments have broad authority to plan for and regulate the use of
land within their respec4ive jurisdictions pursuant to Section 29-20-102, C.R.S.; and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan recognizes a need for more lodging facilities to
accommodate additional destination visitors; and
WHEREAS, this goal can only be achieved by maintaining and increasing the number of
residential units available for short term over-night accommodations; and
WHEREAS, the development of short term accommodation units is strongly encouraged;
and
WHEREAS, the conversion of lodges, accommodation units, and dwelling units to
condominiums reduces the number of units available for short term over-night accommodations;
and
WHEREAS, the restrictions provided in Section 17.26.075, Condominium Conversions to
assure that converted condominium units remained in the short term rental market has proved
incapable of effective enforcement; and
WHEREAS, converted condominium units, while technically remaining in the rental market,
are not in fact being rented and used effectively as accommodation units; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council believes that in addition to the use restrictions that will
continue to apply to those previously converted condominium units that it is necessary to preclude
the conversion of any present lodges, accommodation units or dwelling units to condominiums.
fV0W, THEREFORE, Chapter 17.26, Condominium Conversions shall be amended as
follows:
1) 17.26.010 Purpose.
F. To ensure the rental pool of accommodation units is not depleted by the
conversion of lodges, accommodation units and dwelling units to condominiums.
2) 17.26.020 Definitions.
C. "Condominium Conversion" means the development or use of the land and
existing structures as a condominium project regardless of the present or prior use of such lands
and structures, and regardless of whether substantial improvements have been made to such
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structures. Vf shall not be perrvaitted to convert existirag Bodges, accomrvaodation un6ts or
rental un64s to a condorninium projec4.
3) 17.26.050 Review Procedure.
The review procedure for condominium conversions shall be in accordance with
the procedures for subdivisions as defined in this title. TGtere shall not be perm6tted any
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4) 17.26.075 Condominium Conversions.
.There shall not be perrraiitted any conversion of
a lodge, accommodatAOn tan6t op dwe9ling unit vvithin the Town to a condominiurn. Any
accommodation unit wathin $he Town whach has been converfed to a condominium or has
received approva9 for coraversion prior to the effectBve date of this ordinance shall comply
wifh the requiremen4s of thos section. The requirements contained in this section shall not
apply to structures or buildings which contain two units or less.
A. The requirements and restrictions herein contained shall be included in the
condominium declaration fior the project, and filed of record with the Eagle County Clerk and
Recorder. The condominium units created shall remain in the short term rental market to be used
as temporary accommodations available to the general public.
1. An owner's personal use of his unit shall be restricted to fourteen days during the
seasonal periods of December 15th through April 15th and fourteen days during
June 15th through September 15th. This seasonal period is hereinafter referred
to as "high season." "Owner's personal use" shall be defined as owner occupancy
of a unit or nonpaying guest of the owner or taking the unit off the rental market
during the seasonal periods referred to herein for any reason other than necessary
repairs which cannot be postponed or which make the unit unrentable. Occupancy
of a unit by a lodge manager or staff employed by the lodge, however, shall not
be restricted by this section.
2. A violation of the owner's use restriction by a unit owner shall subject the owner
to a daily assessment rate by the condominium association of three times a rate
considered to be a reasonable daily rental rate for the unit at the time of the
violation, which assessment when paid shall be deposited in the general funds of
the condominium association for use in upgrading and repairing the common
elements of the condominiums. All sums assessed against the owner for violation
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of the owrner's personal use restriction and unpaid shaN constitute a lien for the
benefit of the condominium association on that owner's unit, which lien shall be
evidenced by written notice placed of record in the office of the Clerk and
Recorder of Eagle County, Colorado, and which may be collected by foreclosure,
on an owner's condominium unit by the association in like manner as a mortgage
or deed of trust on real property. The condominium association's failure to enforce
the owner's personal use restriction shall give the Town the right to enforce the
restriction by the assessment and the lien provided for hereunder. If the Town
enforces the restriction, the Town shall receive the funds collected as a result of
such enforcement. In the event litigation results from the enforcement of the
restriction, as part of its reward to the prevailing party, the court shall award such
party its court costs together with reasonable attorney's fee incurred.
3. The Town shall have the right to require from the condominium association an
annual report of owner's personal use during the high seasons for all converted
condominium units.
B. Any lodge located within the Town which has converted accommodation units to
condominiums shall continue to provide customary lodge facilities and services including a
customary marketing program.
C. The converted condominium units shall remain available to the general tourist
market. This condition may be met by inclusion of the units of the condominium project, at
comparable rates, in any local reservation system for the rental of lodge or condominium units
in the Town.
D. The common areas of any lodge with converted units shall remain common areas
and be maintained in a manner consistent with its previous character. Any changes, alterations
or renovations made to common areas shall not diminish the size or quality of the common areas.
E. Any accommodation units that were utilized to provide housing for employees at
any time during the three years previous to the date of the application shall remain as employee
units for such duration as may be required by the Planning and Environmental Commission or
the Town Council.
F. Applicability: All conditions set forth within this section shall be made binding on
the applicant, the applicant's successors, heirs, personal representatives and assigns and shall
govern the property which is the subject of the application for the life of the survivor of the present
Town Council plus tvventy-one years. Canversion of accommodation units located within a lodge
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pursuant to this section, shall be modified only by the written agreement of the Town Council and
the owner or owners of the units which have been converted into condominiums. The documents
creating and governing any accommodation unit which has been converted into a condominium
shall be modified by the owners of such units only with the prior written approval of the Town
Council.
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5) If any part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for
any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
of this ordinance; and the Towrn Council hereby declares it would have passed this ordinance, and
each part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, regardless of the fact that any
one or more parts, sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid.
6) The Town Council hereby finds, determines, and declares that this ordinance is
necessary and proper for the health, safety, and welfare of the Town of Vail and the inhabitants
thereof.
7) The repeal or the repeal and reenactment of any provision of the Municipal Code
of the Town of Vail as provided in this ordinance shall not affect any right which has accrued, any
duty imposed, any violation that occurred prior to the effective date hereof, any prosecution
commenced, nor any other action or proceedings as commenced under or by virtue of the
provision repealed or repealed and reenacted. The repeal of any provision hereby shall not
revive any provision or any ordinance previously repealed or superseded unless expressly stated
herein.
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8) All bylaws, orders, resolutions, and ordinances, or parts thereof, inconsistent
herewith are repealed to the extent only of such inconsistency. This repealer shall not be
construed to revise any bylaw, order, resolution, or ordinance, or part thereof, theretofore
repealed.
INTRODUCED, READ, APPROVED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED ONCE IIV FULL OiV
FIRST READING this day of January, 1995, and a public hearing shall be held on this
Ordinance on the day of , 1995, at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of
the Vail Municipal Building, Vail, Colorado.
Margaret A. Osterfoss, Mayor
ATTEST:
Holly L. McCutcheon, Towm Clerk
READ AND APPROVED OIV SECOIVD READIIVG AfVD ORDERED PUBLISHED
this day of , 1994.
Margaret A. Osterfoss, Mayor
ATTEST:
Holly L. fVicCutcheon, Town Clerk
C:\ORD95.1
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oRDiNANcE No. a
SERlES OF 1995
AP9 ORDIR9ANCE ANIENDItVC SIECT60fV 18.69.050
OF THE TOWN OF VAIL MUNICIPAL CODE
REGARDCNC THE MAX0MU{1fl ALLOWABLE IiEiGFiT FOR 4aARAGES 9N TFBE FRONT
SETBACK ON LOT5 EXCEEDS9VG A TF91FtTY PERCENT AVERAtaE SLOPE
VVHEREAS, Section 18.69.050 of 4he Town of Vail Municipal Code aliows garages to be
located in the front setback when the average slope of the site, beneath the proposed structure
and parking area exceeds thirty percent; and
VUHEREAS, it is necessary to reduce the impact of these structures in the front setback
by limiting their height to a single story with a pitched or flat roof with the design of the garage
subject to review and approval by the Design Review Board.
N01N, THEREFORE, the Town Council OE3DA9NS AS F'OLLOWS:
1) Sec4ion 18.69.050.K. shall be amended as follows:
K. Setbacks, as they apply to this chapter, as required by Sections
18.09.060, 18.10.060, 18.12.060, and 18.13.060, are amended as
follows: There shall be no required front setback for garages,
except as may be required by the Design Review Board. Garages
~ocated en $he $ront setback, as provided for an this Secfion
18.69.050, shall be IIIY19$ed tO OtP'yg S$OPy 0ea heighf (with the
addBtion of a patched or flat roof) and subject to revAeuv artd
approval by the Design Rediew Board.
2) If any part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for
any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
of this ordinance; and the Town Council hereby declares it would have passed this ordinance, and
each part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, regardless of the fact that any
one or more parts, sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid.
3) The Town Council hereby finds, determines, and declares that this ordinance is
necessary and proper for the health, safety, and welfare of the Town of Vail and the inhabitants
thereof.
4) The repeal or the repeal and reenactment of any provision of the Municipal Code
of the Town of Vait as provided in this ordinance shall not affect any right wrhich has accrued, any
duty imposed, any violation that occurred prior to the effective date hereof, any prosecution
commenced, nor any other action or proceedings as commenced under or by virtue of the
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provision repealed or repealed and reenacted. The repeal of any provision hereby shall not
revive any provision or any ordinance previovsly repealed or sijperseded unless expressly stated
herein.
5) All bylaws, orders, resolutions, and ordinances, or parts thereof, inconsistent
herewith are repealed to the extent only of such inconsistE;ncy. This repealer shall not be
construed to revise any bylaw, order, resolution, or ordinance, or part thereof, theretofore
repealed.
INTRODUCED, READ, APPROVED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED ONCE IN FULL ON
FIRST READING this day of January, 1995, and a public hearing shall be held on this
Ordinance on the day of , 1995, at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of
the Vail Municipal Building, Vail, Colorado.
Margaret A. Osterfoss, Mayor
ATTEST:
Holly L. McCutcheon, Town Clerk
READ AND APPROVED ON SECOND READING AND ORDERED PUBLISHED
this day of , 1994.
Margaret A. Osterfoss, Mayor
ATTEST:
Holly L. McCutcheon, Town Clerk
C:\ORD952
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MEMORANDUM
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TO: Planning and Environmental Commission
FROM: Community Deve(opment Department
DATE: December 19, 1994
SUBJECT: A request for an amendment to Section 18.69.050 (Hazard Regulations) of the
Town of Vail Municipal Code regarding the maximum allowable height for
garages in the front setback, on lots exceeding 30% average slope.
Applicant: Town of Vail
Plannec: Lauren Waterton
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Section 18.69.050 of the Town of Vail Municipal Code allows garages to be located in the
front setback when the average slope of the site, beneath the proposed structure and parking
area exceeds 30%. This section applies to four zone districts: Single Family Residential, Two
`Family Residential, Primary/Secondary Residential and Hillside Residential. In order to limit
._.the impact of these garages, the Planning and Environmental Commission (PEC) has directed
_.;staff to amend Section 18.69.050 to reflect that garages shall be limited in height to a single
'story, with a pitched or flat roof. The design of the garage shall be subject to review and
approval by the Design Review Board (DRB). '
111. PROPOSED CHANGES
The following is Section 18.69.50, with the proposed additions shown in bold text.
18.69.050 Special restrictions for developments on lots where the average slope of
the site beneath all existing or proposed structures and parking areas
. are in excess of thirty percent in the Hillside Residential, Single-Family
. Residential, Two-Family Residential, and Primary/Secondary Residential
zones.
The following additional special restrictions or requirements shall apply to development
on any lot in a Hillside Residential, Single-Family Residential, Two-Family Residential
or Primary/Secondary Residential zone district where the average slope of the site
beneath the proposed structure and parking area is in excess of thirty percent:
A. A soil and foundation investigation, prepared by and bearing the seal of a
registered professional engineer shall be required.
B. Foundations must be designated and bear the seal of a registered, professional engineer.
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_ C. A topographic survey prepared by a registered surveyor, with contour intervals
of not more than two feet, shail be required. D. Structures must be designed by a. licensed architect.
E. Site coverage as it pertains to this chapter, as permitted by Sections 18.09.090,
18.10.110, 18.12.110 and 18.13.090, is amended as follows: Not more than
fifteen percent of the site area may be covered by buildings; and not more than
ten percent of the total site area may be coverE;d by driveways anci surface
parking.
F. A site grading and drainage plan shall be required.
G. A detailed plan of retaining walls or cuts and fills in excess of five feet.shall be
required.
H. A detailed revegetation plan must be submitted.
1. The zoning administrator may require an environmental impact report as
provided in Section 18.56.020.
J. A minimum of one eovered parking space shall be provided for each dwelling
unit.
K. Setbacks, as they apply to this chapter, as required by Sections 18.09.060,
18.10.060, 18.12.060, and 18.13.060, are amended as follows: There shall be
no required front setback for garages, except as may be required by the Design
Review Board. Garages focated in the front .setback, as provided for in
this Section 18.69.050, shall be limited to onie story in height (with the
addition of a pitched or flat roof) and subjec:t to review and approval by .
the Design Review Board.
L. Retaining walls up to six feet in height may be permitted in the setback by the
Design Review Board when associated with a permitted garage as referenced
in Section 19.69.050 (k).
III. STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff believes that limiting the height of garages in the front sE;tback, to a maximum building
height of one story, can reduce the overall visual impact of th(:se buildings. Therefore we
recommend approval of the proposed amendment to Section 18.69.050 as described above.
c:\pecUnemos\garag e 12.19
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ORDBNAPICE NO. 3
SER@ES OF 1995
AN ORD9NANCE VACATBNCa A PEDESTRIAN E64SEIVIENlt
LOCATED AT 890 AND 891 RED SA?NDSTONE C9RCLE
VIIHEREAS, the Vail Vi{{age 9th Filing was platted in 1970 with a 10 ft. wide utility and
pedestrian easement located betvveen Lots 4 and 5, also known as 890 and 891 Red Sandstone
Circle and each lot contains a 5 ft. wide utilify and pedestrian easement running the length of the lots vuhich connected Red Sandstone Circle through undeveloped Town owned iand to the
Sandstone Tot Lot.; and
UVHEREAS, in 1971, the Hoch41's built a duplex on Lot 5 and when the Hochtl's applied
for a builciing permit to add a garage to 4heir existing house, a condition of fhe building permi4
required the addition of eight to 4en trees along the north side of the building which are planted
and growing in the utility and pedestrian easement; and
UVHEREAS, this easement is no longer a viable path for pedestrians.
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IVOVV, THEREFORE, the Town of Vail and the owners of Lots 4 and 5, Vail Village 9th
Filing covenant and agree and Town Council ORDABNS AS F0LL0WS:
1) The Town of Vail, on behalf of itself, its successors and assigns, by this instrument
hereby forever abandons, vacates, releases and terminates the pedestrian easement as more
fully described on Exhibit "A".
2) The utility easemen4 located betwreen Lots 4 and 5 continues in existence and is
unaffected by the vacation of 4he pedestrian easement.
3) The vacation of the pedestrian easement shall be binding upon and enure to the
benefit of the owners of Lots 4 and 5 and their respective successors, heirs and assigns.
4) If any part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for
any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
of this ordinance; and the Town Council hereby declares it would have passed this ordinance, and
each part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, regardless of the fact that any
one or more parts, sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid.
5) The Town Council hereby finds, determines, and declares that this ordinance is
necessary and proper for the health, safety, and welfare of the Town of Vail and the inhabitanfs
thereof.
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6) The repeal or the repeal and reenactment of any provision of the NVunicipal Code
of the Town of Vail as provided in this ordinance shall not affec-t any right which has accrued, any
duty imposed, any violation that occurred prior to the effective date hereof, any prosecution
commenced, nor any other action or proceedings as commienced under or by virtue of the
provision repealed or repealed and reenacted. The repeal of any provision hereby shall not
revive any provision or any ordinance previously repealed or superseded unless expressly stated
herein.
7) All bylaws, orders, resolutions, and ordinancf;s, or parts thereof, inconsistent
herewith are repealed to the extent only of such inconsistency. This repealer shall not be
construed to revise any bylaw, order, resolution, or ordinance, or part thereof, theretofore
repealed.
INTRODUCED, READ, APPROVED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED ONCE IN FULL ON
FIRST READING this day of January, 1995, and a public hearing shall be held on this
Ordinance on the day of , 1995, at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of
the Vail Municipal Building, Vail, Colorado.
Margaret fk. Osterfoss, Mayor
ATTEST:
HoVly L. McCutcheon, Town Clerk
READ AND APPROVED ON SECOND READING AND ORDERED PUBLISHED
this day of , 1994.
Margaret A. Osterfoss, Mayor
ATTEST:
Holly L. McCutcheon, Town Clerk
C:lORD95.3
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TO: Planning and Environmental Commission
FROM: Community Development Department .
DATE: January 9, 1995
SUBJECT: A request for a vacation of a pedestrian easement.located at 890 and 891 Red
Sandstone Circle/Lot 4 and Lot 5, Vail Valley 9th Filing:
Applicant: Christie Hochtl
Planner: Lauren Waterton
1. B,4CKGROUND
The Vail Village 9th Filing was platted in 1970 wifh a 10-foot wide utility and pedestrian
easement located between Lots 4 and 5. Each lot contains a 5-foot wide easement running
the length of the lots. The easement connected Red Sandstone Circle through undeveloped
Town-owned land to the Sandstone Tot Lot. In 1971, the Hochtls built a duplex on Lot 5.
. According to the applicant, a verbal agreement was made between the Hochtls and some
members of the Town Council in 1977 about removing the word "pedestrian" from the
easement as shown on the plat. However, this was not done at the time.
. When the Hochtls applied for a building permit to add a garage to their existing house, a
condition of the building permit required the addition of eight to ten trees along the north side
of the building. In 1981, these trees were planted in the utility and pedestrian easement. As
these trees have grown over the last fourteen.years, it has been increasingly difficult to use
the easement as a viable path. An electrical transformer also blocks the access to the
easement from Red Sandstone Circle. The Hochtls have now requested that the pedestrian
easement be vacated.
11. PROCESS FOR VAC,4710M
In order to vacate the pedestrian easement, a hearing before the Planning and Environmental
Commission (PEC) is necessary, with a PEC recommendation then forwarded to Town
Council. An ordinance which vacates the easement must be read at two meetings of the
Town CounciL
IIB. ST'AFF RECOV1AMENDA710N
Staff recommends approval of the request to vacate this easement. Although pedestr.ian
easements connecting cul-de-sacs with parks are good planning practice, this easement is not
serving that purpose. There is a need for a connection from the residential neighborhood to
the park, however, staff believes this is not the appropriate place for the connection. The
easement does not offer direct access from the Sandstone Tot Lot to the neighborhood and is
not frequently used. The location of the trees and the transformer within this easement create
an impractical connection.
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OOODIOV6'9Y!!Yb YdOs V
SEROES OF 1995
AN ORDB~ANCE AUTH0R9ZINC9 A FIRST Sl1PPLEMEhBTAL
`~RUST O8~~~~TURE TO THE TRUST 9NDENTURE EXECUTED
IN CONNECTION VV9TH TEiE TOWN OF VAII., COLORAD0
SeNGLE FAMILY MORTGAGE EiEVENUE REFUNDIIVC
BOIIC9DSy ~~~~ES 1996y RA6IF II'A7G 6sG!"1 9AI1! MiO 1 IOtlYl
HEREII OFORE TA!!ENy PlidT67OR1Z'ItlG 0 flE EAG6rlJTIOBG
AND DEL8!/ERY BY THE TOWIV OF SAID FIFtST
SUPPLEMET6TAL TRl3ST IBVDEIVTl1RE; REPEALIIVC ACTBOIV
HERETOFORE TAKEN IN CONFLBCT FIEFiEUVITH
VUHEREAS, the Town of Vail, Colorado (the "Touvn") is authorized by the County and
Municipality Development Revenue Bond Act, constituting Sections 29-3-101 fhrough 29-3-123,
inclusive, Colorado Revised Statutes (the "Act"), to finance and refinance one or more projects,
including any land, building or other improvement, and all real and personal properties, whether
or not in existence, which shall be sui4able for residential facili4ies for low-and middle-income
families or persons and intended for use as the sole place of residence by the owners or intended
occupants 4o the end that more adequa4e residential housing facilities for low-and middle-income
families and persons may be provided, which promote 4he public health, welfare, safety,
convenience and prosperity; and
UVHEREAS, pursuant to the Act, the Town has heretofore issued its Town of Vail,
Colorado, Single Family Mortgage Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series of 1992 (the "Bonds")
pursuant to the terms of a Trust Indenture dated as of July 1, 1992 (the "Indenture"), betvveen the
Town and First Interstate Bank of Denver, fV.A., as trustee (the "Trustee"), the proceeds of which
Bonds were used to refund prior bonds of the Town the proceeds of which were used to acquire
mortgage loans secured by mortgages on residential single family housing facilities owned by louv-
and middle-income families and persons within the boundaries of fhe Town; and
V1/HEREAS, pursuant to Section 1001 of the Indenture, the parties thereto desire to amend
the Indenture as set forth in the First Supplemental Trust Indenture dated as of January 1, 1995
(the "First Supplemental Trust Indenture") betvveen the Tovvn and the Trustee presented 4o the
Towrn council at this meeting, for 4he purpose of making changes wrhich do not have an adverse
effect upon the interest of the owrners of the Bonds and wrhich cure or correct defective or
inconsistent provisions in the Indenture.
fVOUV, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAIIVED BY THE TOlNRI COUIVCIL OF THE T01IVN OF
VAIL, COLORADO AS FOLLOlIVS:
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1) All action (not inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance) heretofore taken
by the Town Council and the officers of the Town directed towatrd the amendment of the Indenture
as provided herein is hereby ratified, approved and confirme(i.
2) The form, terms and provisions of the First 3upplemental Trust Indenture are
hereby approved and the Town shall enter into the Fir;;t Supplemental Trust Indenture
substantially in the form of such document presented to the Town Council at this meeting with
such changes therein which are approved by the Town Attorney; and the IVlayor of the Town is
hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver the First Supplemental Trust Indenture and
the Town Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to affix the l'own seal to and to attest the First
Supplemental Trust Indenture.
3) The officers of the Town shall take all action in conformity with the Act necessary
or reasonably for carrying out, giving effect to and consummating the transactions contemplated
by this ordinance and the First Supplemental Trust Indenture.
4) Nothing contained in this ordinance or in the Bonds, the Indenture, the First
Supplemental Trust Indenture or any other instrument given rise to a pecuniary liability of the
Town or a charge upon the general credit or taxing powers of the Town, nor shall the breach of
any agreement contained in this ordinance, the Bonds, the Inolenture, or the First Supplemental
Trust Indenture impose any pecuniary liability on the Town or a charge upon the general credit
or taxing powers of the Town. Nothing contained in this ordiriance or in the Bonds, Indenture,
or the First Supplemental Trust Indenture shall give rise to any personal or pecuniary liability of
any officer, employee or agent of the Town.
5) If any section, paragraph, clause or provision of tlhis ordinance shall for any reason
be held to be invalid or unenforceable, the invalidity or unenforceability of such section,
paragraph, clause or provision shall not effect any of the remaining provisions of this ordinance.
6) All bylaws, orders, resolutions and ordinances, or parts thereof, inconsistent
herewith and with documents hereby approved, are hereby repealed to the extent only of such
inconsistency. This repealer shall not be construed to revivin(I any bylaw, order, resolution or
ordinance, or part thereof.
7) This ordinance, as adopted by the Town Council, shall be numbered and recorded
by the Town Clerk in the official records of the Town. The aidoption and publication shall be
authenticated by the signatures of the Mayor, or Mayor Pro TEm, and Town Clerk, and by the
certificate of publication.
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8) This ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon five days after its publication
upon final passage as provided in Section 4.9 of the Towrn Charter.
INTRODUCED, READ, APPROVED, ,41VD ORDERED PUBLISHED OiVCE IN FULL ON
FIRST READING this day of January, 1995, and a public hearing shall be held on this
Ordinance on the day of , 1995, at 7:30 p.m. in fhe Council Chambers of
the Vail Municipal Building, Vail, Colorado.
Margaret A. Osterfoss, Mayor
ATTEST:
Holly L. McCutcheon, Touvn Clerk
READ AND APPROVED ON SECOND READING AiVD ORDERED PUBLISHED
this day of , 1994.
Margaret A. Osterfoss, Mayor
ATTEST:
Holly L. McCutcheon, Towrn Clerk
C:\ORD95.4
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Ordinance No. 4, Series ot 1995
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE OF TRUST
Dated as of January 1, 1995
By and Between
TOWN OF VAIL, COLORADO
and
FIRST INTERSTATE BANK OF DENVER, N.A.
as Trustee
Relating To:
Town of Vail. Colorado
Single-Family Mortgage Revenue Refunding Bonds
Series 1992
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL TRUST INDENTURE
THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL TRUST INDENTURE is made and entered into as
of the first day of January, 1995, by and between the TOWN OF 'VAIL, COLORADO (the "Town"),
a political subdivision of the State of Colorado, and FIRST IN7'ERSTATE BANK OF DENVER,
N.A., a national banking association duly organized, existing and authorized to accept and execute
trusts under and by virtue of the laws of the United States of Arnerica, as trustee. (the "Trustee").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Town is authorized by the County and Municipality Development
Revenue Bond Act, constituting Sections 29-3-101 through 29-3-123, inclusive, Colorado Revised
Statutes (the "Act"), to finance and refinance one or more projects, including any land, building or
other improvement, and all real and personal properties, whether or not in existence, which shall be
suitable for residential facilities for low- and middle-income families or persons and intended for use
as the sole place of residence by the owners or intended occupants to the end that more adequate
residential housing facilities for low- and middle-income families and persons may be provided,
which promote the public health, welfare, safety, convenience and prosperity; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Act, the Town has heretofore issued its Town of Vail,
Colorado, Single Family Mortgage Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 1992 (the "Bonds") pursuant
to the terms of an Trust Indenture dated of as of July 1, 1992 (the "Indenture"), between the Town
and the Trustee, the proceeds of which Bonds were used to rei:und prior bonds of the Town the
proceeds of which were used to acquire mortgage loans secured by mortgages on residential single
family housing facilities owned by low- and middle-income families and persons within the
boundaries of the Town; and
WHEREAS, Section 507A of the Indenture provides that any amounts in the Debt
Service Reserve Fund established thereunder in excess of the Debt Service Reserve Requirement
shall be transferred to the Extraordinary Redemption Account, but the cash flow projections prepared
in connection with the issuance of the Bonds assumed that any such excesses would be transferred
to the Revenue Fund; and
WHEREAS, Section 509 of the Indenture provides that deficiencies in the Debt
Service Fund established thereunder shall be satisfied first, from the Mortgage Reserve Fund
established thereunder and second, from the Debt Service Reserve; Fund established thereunder, but
the cash flow projections prepared in connection with the issuance of the Bonds assumed that any
such deficiencies would be satisfied first, from the Debt Service R.eserve Fund and second, from the
Mortgage Reserve Fund; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 1001 of the Inde;nture, the parties hereto desire to
amend the Indenture as set forth in this First Supplemental Trust Indenture, for the purpose of
tnaking changes which do not have an adverse effect upon the in.terest of the owners of tlie Bonds
and which cure or correct defective or inconsistent provisions in the Indenture, as described above.
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WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this First Supplemental Trust Indenture
have, in all respects, been duly authorized.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL TRUST INDENTURE
WITNESSETH:
Section 1. Section 507A of the Indenture is hereby amended to read as follows:
A. No more than five Business Days prior to each interest
payment date on the Bonds, the Trustee shall calculate the amount, if
any, then in the Debt Service Reserve Fund which is in excess of the
Debt Service Reserve Requirement. The amount of such excess shall
be transferred to the Revenue Fund.
Section 2. Section 509 of the Indenture is hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION 509. Deficiencies in the Debt Service Fund.
Deficiencies in the Debt Service Fund shall be satisfied in the
following manner and in the following order:
(1) In the event, on the fifth Business Day prior to
an interest payment date, the amount in the Interest Account in the
Debt Service Fund (after giving effect to all transfers pursuant to
Section 504) is insufficient to pay the interest to become due on the
Bonds on such interest payment date, the Trustee shall withdraw and
deposit in the Interest Account from the following Funds and in the
following priority, to the extent that there remains a deficiency:
(a) From the Debt Service Reserve Fund;
(b) From the Mortgage Reserve Fund;
(c) From the Redemption Fund, first from
the Optional Redemption Account and then the Extraordinary
Redemption Account (but only to the extent, in either account, there •
are amounts therein not needed to redeem Bonds (i) for which notice
has been given in accordance with Article IV or (ii) the redemption
of which is necessary to preserve the tax exempt status of the interest
on the Bonds);
(d) From the Principal Account; and
(e) From the Expense Fund.
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(2) In the event, on the fifth Business Day prior to
a principal payment date, the amount in the Principal Account in the
Debt Service Fund (after giving effect to all transfers pursuant to
Section 504) is insufficient to pay the Principal lnstallments due on
the Bonds on such principal payment date, the Tn:istee shall withdraw
and deposit in the Principal Account from the fallowing Funds and
in the following priority, to the extent that there remains a deficiency:
(a) From the Debt Service Reserve Fund;
(b) From the Mortgage Reserve Fund;
(c) From the Redempt:ion Fund, first from
the Optional Redemption Account and then from the Extraordinary
Redemption AccounC (but only to the extent, in e:ither account, there
are amounts therein not needed to redeem Bonds (i) for which notice
has been given in accordance with Article IV or (ii) the redemption
of which is necessary to preserve the tax exempt status of the interest
on the Bonds); and
(d) From the Expense Fund.
Section 3. The transfer of moneys from the Debt Service Reserve Fund to the
Debt Service Fund by the Trustee in connection with the December 1, 1994 interest payinent date
for the Bonds consistent with the amendments made by this First Supplemental Trust Indenture is
hereby ratified and approved.
Section 4. This First Supplemental Trust I:ndenture may be simultaneously
executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute
but one and the same instrument.
Section 5. The provisions of this First Supplennental Trust Indenture shall become
effective immediately upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto. Except as
otherwise provided in this First Supplemental Trust Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture are
hereby ratified, approved and confirmed. No reference to this First Supplemental Trust Indenture
need be made in any instrument or document at any time referring to the Indenture, a reference to
the Indenture in any of such to be deemed to be reference to the Indenture as amended hereby.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Town of Vail, Colorado, has cause this First
Supplemental Indenture of Trust to be executed on its behalf by its Mayor and its official seal to be
hereunto affixed and attested by its Town Clerk, and the Trustee, to evidence its acceptance of the
trusts hereby created, has caused this First Supplemental Indenture of Trust to be executed in its
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name and behalf by its duly authorized officer and its official seal to be hereunto affixed and attested,
all as of the date first above written.
TOWN OF VAIL, COLORADO
By
(SEAL) Mayor
Attest:
Town Clerk
FIRST INTERSTATE BANK OF DENVER,
N.A., as Trustee
By
Title:
Attest: Title:
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STATE OF COLORADO )
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COUNTY OF EAGLE ) SS.
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CITY OF VAIL )
The Town Council of the Town of Vail, Colorado, met in regular session, in full
conformity with the Town Charter and the applicable laws, rules and regulations of the Town, at the
Vail Municipal Building, Vail, Colorado, the regular meeting pla.ce thereof, on Tuesday, January 17,
1995, at the hour of 7:30 p.m.
The following were found to be present, constituting a quorum:
Mavor:
Mavor Pro Tem:
Councilmembers: Absent:
There were also present:
r Town Manager:
Town Clerk:
Town Attornev: Thereupon the followinQ proceedings, among others, were had and taken:
Councilmember introduced and moved the approval on first: reading of the
following Ordinance, which was then read by title. sufficient copies of the full Ordinance having
previously been made available to the Town Council and to the: public:
RESOLU7'IOIV NO. 3
SEE3IES OF 1995
A RES~LUTs0N DECLAFiIIVC FEBFiUAFiY 6 - 12, 1995
MS A1lVAFiENESS WEEK
WHEREAS, THE RACE TO EFiASE MS will be held on February 10, 11, and 12, 1995 on
Vail Mountain; and
VI/HEREAS, it is the goal of the organizing committee of this event to educate the
residents of this valley about multiple sclerosis through an organized public awareness
campaign; and
V1/HEREAS, the Town of Vail supports this worthy cause wholeheartedly and wishes to
contribute to the level of awareness of its citizens; and
VUHEREAS, the incidence of multiple sclerosis in the State of Colorado is ten times the
national average, lending a regional urgency to the cause as well;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Vail,
Colorado, that the people of Vail do hereby declare the week of February 6th through 12th, 1995,
to be MS AINARENESS WEEK.
INTRODUCED, READ AND APPROVED AIVD ADOPTED THIS day of
,
1995.
Margaret A. Osterfoss, Mayor
ATTEST:
Holly L. McCutcheon, Town Clerk
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TOWN OF VAIL
75 South Frontage Road Depart»tent of Communiry Development
Vail, Colorado 81657
303-479-21381479-2139 .
FAX 303-479-2452
January 91, 1995
Mr. Dan Feeney
Vail Valiey Medical Center
181 West Meadow Drive
. Vail, CO 81657 -
RE: Helipad conditional use approval
Dear Dan: '
At today's worksession, the Town Council called up the Plannirg and Environmental
Commission. (PEC) approval of the helipad. Would you please come to the Council evening
meeting on January 17, 1995 for the review of this decision? The PEC approval was made
on January 9, 1995 with five conditions. These include:
1. Prior to IVlay 1, 1995, the Vail Valley PVfedical Center shall remove all
improvements of the helipad. Specificaily, ihe jersey barrier and the red lights
on the utility poles shall be removed. If any cinders or debris are left on the
creek bank, as a result of the snow plowing, the Vail Valley Medical Center shall clean the bank. -
2. The Vail Valley Medical Center shall provide a letter from the Colorado
Department of Transportation (CDOT) approving of the helipad Iocation for the
lengih of time between now and May 1, 1995.
3. The Vail Valley Medical Center shall request that the Town, when p(owing the
helipad area, create a snow berm separating the helipad area from the rest of
the parking lot. The purpose of the snow berm is to protect parked cars from
any gravel spray that may be created during landings and take offs.
4. The Vail Valley Medical Center shall install a remote control device so that
helicopter pilots can turn on and aff the four red lights, located at the top of tlie
utility poles in the vicinity. Except when the hetipad is being used, the lights
shall remain off. 5. The PEC advised the Vail Valley Medical Center that they will be responsible for removing the existing helipad west of the Municipal Building Annex and
revegetating the site as part of a permanent helipad location to be proposed on
the roof of the hospitat. •
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Mr. Feeney
January 11, 1995
Page Two
The PEC emphasized that their decision refiects an assumption that summer weather
provides other opportunities for helicopter fandings and that heaith/safety services will
not be compromised.
I look forward to receiving your application for locating the helipad on the roof of the hospital,.
I believe that that review will go smoother if there is more documentation up-front about many
of the questions that were raised in today's hearing. Will you please include statements from
Flight for Life and Air Life evaluating the safety issues of lanciing helicopters adjacent to the
Evergreen Lodge on the roof of the hospital. I believe it would also be beneficial to include a
statement from Diana Hern describing the medical needs of the patients as she articulated
them at the PEC hearing. Please include a statement from the Eagle Valley Ambulance
District stating the number of times a helicopter vras called into the valley, the size of the
helicopter, and where it landed. I think. all of this information will help the PEC and ultimately
the Town Council.in their decision. I laok forward to discussing the issues with you in greater
detail later on. The suggestion to provide these points of view from other parties involved in
medical services are recommendations on my part, not requirements. I am interested in any
suggestions you might have.
, Please give me a call if you would like to c+iscuss any of these issues in greater detail. I
appreciate your cooperation in ihis effort--especially given the fact that there are so many
different groups of people involved in the helipad issue.
Sincerely,
Andy Knudtsen -
Senior Planner
xc: Bob McLaurin
DI:ck Duran
Larry GraSe{
Pam Brandmeyer
R]ce N'olfirat
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TOWIV OF VAIL ~
75 South Frontage Road Department of Communiry Development
Vai4 Colorado 81657
303-479-21381479-2139
FAX :303-479-2452
February 16, 1994
Mr. Dan Feeney
Vaii Valley Medical Center
181 West Meadow Drive
Val, CO 81657
RE: Helipad relocation site
Dear Dan: .
I understand that the lead person representing the Town of Vail in the effort to relocate the
helipad is now Dick Duran, Chief of the Vail Fire Department. I think this makes the most
sense as the Fire Department understands the needs and requirements for emergency
services within the community. .
Once you have worked with him on exploring the pros and cons of the various sites that have
been suggested so far, please let me know, and I will schedule you for another worksession
with the Planning and Environmental Commission. Please call me if I can be of any further
assistance, but until I hear from you, I will assume you are working with Dick Duran on this
issue. . .
In addition, Bob Armour has asked that he be notified of ineetings. He is involved with the V
ambulance/emergency services unit. His phone number is 476-2837.
Thank you for your cooperation throughout this project.
Sincerely, .
Andy Kn dtsen . ~
Senior Planner
xc: Dick Duran
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TO: Planning and Environmental Commission
FROM: Community Development Department
DATE: January 9, 1995
SUBJECT: A request for a conditional use permit to allow for a helipad to be
located at the east end of the Ford Park parking lot.
Applicant: Vail Valley Medical Center
Planner: Andy Knudtsen
I: DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED USE -
The Vait Valley Medical Center is requesting to temporarily relocate the existing helipad to the
eastern portion of the Ford Park parking lot. The helipad is used for emergency medical
evacuations of patients whose conditions require specialized care not presently available at
~ the hospital. It is used between twelve and twenty times a year. The existing helipad, located
west of the Town of Vail Annex Building, would remain at this time but would not be used.
The Vail Valley Medical Center is requesting to use the Ford Park helipad site through
November 1, 1995. They are anticipating obtaining Town approval and constructing a helipad -
on the roof of the third floor of the hospital during the summer months of 1995. It is planned
to be operational for the 1995/1996 ski season. In theory, the Ford Park location could serve
as the helipad site until the roof of the hospital is available. However, staff believes that summer weather provides more options for landing the large helicopters. We believe that the
demand for Ford Park parking is important and requiring the larger helicopters to land in other
locations within the community is a reasonable requirement.
The Town staff believes that the Vail Valley Medical Center should remove all of the
improvements by May 1, 1995. After May 1, 1995, helicopter service could be provided from
the Municipal Annex helipad for small helicopters or other sites within the community for larger
helicopters. During winter months, using areas such as the softball fields is difficult as they
are not plowed. However, during summer months, there are other alternatives for providing
landing areas for the larger helicopters. Staff believes that is also important to keep in mind
that the Ford Park parking lots receive most of their use during the summer months. Staff
believes that it will be imperative for the helipad improvements to be removed as the demand
for parking in Ford Park increases during the summer. This is based on the assumption
that summer weather provides other opportunities for helicopter landing and that
health/safety services will not be compromised.
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II. BACKGROUND AND HISTORY
The primary reason this request is before the Planning and Environmental Commission (PEC) .
at this time is because of the emergencies that occurred in December of 1994. Several
members of the community met in late December of 1994 after helicopter transports did not
run as efficiently as possible. The primary concern was providing a helipad that could
accommodate the large helicopters from Grand Junction. The existing site, virest of the Town
of Vail Annex Building, is not large enough to accommodate 1:he larger helicopters. With a
sense of urgency, this group addressed Town Council in late December, and received
permission to build a temporary helipad at Ford Park, which fias been constructed. At this
time, the conditional use process must be completed, as the Ford Park parking lot is zoned
Public Use, which requires a conditional use permit to allow a helipad.
Other reasons for relocating the helipad include the Town Council's request that the hospital
move it. When construction for the Police addition began, additional parking spaces were
needed on the municipal site. The Council decided that the parking area west of the
Municipal Annex Building should be used. This decision resulted in an increase of sixteen.
parking spaces. Since there was potential for damaging.cars, given that the helipad is
approximately 12 feet from the closest parking spaces, it was decided to move the helipad.
A third reason cited for relocating the helipad was that the Frontage Road would no longer
have to be shut down when helicopters are using the Ford Park landing pad, and that the
existing location was too congested and too small to safely accommodate the newer, larger
helicopters.
A majority of the land to be used for the new helipad is IocatE;d in the I-70 right-of-way. The
Colorado Department of Transportation has approved the usE; of the right-of-way for this
purpose, and their letter of approval is attached at the end of the memo. No turn lanes are
being required for the new access point and the location and number of curb cuts will not
change. CDOT has stipulated in their letter that they see this as a temporary measure. This
is consistent with the Town's point of view that this location i:; temporary.
The helipad area is separated from the rest of the parking area of Ford Park by jersey barrier.
The jersey barrier is needed to delineate the parking area from the helipad area to ensure that
the helipad is available for use at all times. The landing pad cannot be blocked by any parked
cars. In previous discussions, the staff and the hospital had agreed that the delineation
between the two areas would be a landscaped berm. Not orily would the landscape berm
look more attractive, but it would also protect parked cars adjacent to the helipad from gravel
spray created during landings and takeoffs. Since this is a tE:mporary measure, staff believes
that the landscaping is not needed for aesthetic purposes. As far as the purpose of shielding
the cars from gravel spray, staff believes that this should not occur as the landing area will be
covered in snow and will not be sanded. Therefore, there should be little gravel spray.
There will be approximately forty to fifty parking spaces that inrill be removed as a result of this
use. The lot in this area is narrow, and does not allow_ mariy parking spaces. During the
winter months, the demand for these spaces is less than other parking facilities. Greg Hall,
the Town Engineer, has said that during the 1992-1993 ski season, the Ford Park parking lot
was full twice. For the 1993/1994 ski season, the Iot was full five times. Winter parking demands differ from summer parking demands and the Towri believes that it is imperative that
the full parking lot be available for use for the 1995 summer season. The proposed use will
not impact summer parking, assuming the improvements are removed by May 1, 1995.
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The flight pattern associated with the new helipad w'ill be different from the one used with the
current helipad. Presently, the Fire Department must close the Frontage Road to provide a
runway. With the proposed location, the Frontage Road will. not need to be closed. The area
immediately south of the Frontage Road will serve as the runway. To improve safety, the
utility line immediately east of helipad site has four red lights attached to the top of utility
poles..
Another site which was considered for ttie helipad use is the Town's snow dump area.
Additional cutting in the hillside would have been required to create a level area large enough
for the helipad. The helicopter pilot was concerned because the varying topography in the
area would not provide adequate "lift" for the helicopter during takeoff. In addition, there was
some concern about.combining Public Works traffic with the emergency vehicles accessing
the pad. As a result, staff is not recommending that the hospital pursue this option.
61V. COBVDBTIOBVAL USE CRIT'ERIA AIVD FIIVDINGS
Upon review of Section 18.60, the Community Development Department recommends
approeal of the conditionat use permit based upon the following factors:
A. Critecia:
1. Relationship and impact of the use on development objectives of
the Tovvn.
Section 18.02.020, Purpose of the Zoning Code, states that "the regulations are
enacted for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals, and general
welfare of the Town..." Staff believes that the provision of a helipad is in
accordance with the purpose section. of the Zoning Code as it promotes the
health and safety of the community.
2. The effect of the use on ligh4 and -air, distribution ofi population,
4ransportation facili4ies, utilities, schools, parks and recreation facilities, and other public facilities needs.
The public facility most affected by the proposal is the Town's parking supply.
Staff believes that the approximately forty spaces that will be lost during the
winter is an acceptable situation. Given that the lot was full only twice during
the 1992/1993 winter and five times during the 1993/1994 winter, staff believes
that it will not impact the overall parking supply in ttie Town significantly.
During the summer months, the parking lot is full more frequently. Staff
believes it will be imperative for the Vail Valley Medical Center #o remove the
helipad by May 1, 1995 in order to ensure that as much parking as possible is
available for summer use.
3. Effiect upon 4raffic with particular reference to congestion,
auforno4ive and pedestrian safety and convenience, traffic flow and
control, access, maneuverability, and removal of snow from the
s4reet and parking areas.
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There will be a positive impact on traffic patterns as a result of the relocation.
Since the_ Frontage Road will no longer need to be shut down to accommodate the landings and takeoffs, staff believes that traffic safety will improve. One of
the perceived negative aspects of the change is that the helipad will be located
east of the four-way stop. However, all vehicles leaving the fire station, the
hospital, and the ambulance headquarters must pass through the four-way to
reach either the existing or proposed helipad. Staff believes there will be no
additional negative impacts to the traffic patterns.
If it is acceptable to the PEC, the snow will be plowed to the south, over #he
_ creek bank. Staff understands that there was a priority on constructing the
snow dump in order to reduce environmental impacts to Gore Creek. This
situation, however, is different in that there is less snow and the quality of the
snow is much cleaner. There will be no oil or other environmentally damaging
materials typically found in parking lots. Russ Forrest, the Town's
Environmental Health Officer, has said that if the area is closed off from public
use, if there is no parking in the area and if no cinders or salt are used, then
the snow will be clean enough to not negatively impact the creek: Given the
- unique circumstances surrounding the helipad, staff believes that plowing the
snow over the creek bank may be reasonable. However, the plowed snow will
be visible on the stream bank which may be aiesthetically negative. Staff is
. also concerned that if snow is plowed over the stream bank, the Town is not
setting a good example for the community.
4. Effect upon the character of the areai in which the proposed use is
to be located, including the scate and bulk of the proposed use in
relation to surrounding uses.
Staff believes that the two potential impacts to the character of the area are
appearance and noise. The four red lights that have been located on the top of
the utility poles east of the helipad affect the character of the area for residents
. living around the site, as well as individuals traveling along I-70 or the Frontage
Road. The lighting ordinance adopted by Town Council exempts municipal
lighting installed for the benefit of public health, safety and welfare. However,
the goal of the code change was to limit the arnount of illumination in an effort
to preserve the mountain character of the community. The additional lights
conflict with that goal, but are necessary for the use of the helipad.
, Staff believes that the noise generated by the helicopter, approximately twelve
to twenty times a year, is not an unreasonable impact for the neighbors to this
site. Staff bases this on the infrequent use of the site, as well as the distance
from the helipad to neighboring uses. The closest residence is approximately
400 feet from the helipad, across Gore Creek. There will also be some impact
on park users. The Wren is 2,100 feet from the pad. Staff discussed the helipad with some neighbors in the vicinity, who live
between Ford Park and the golf course. They expressed concerns about the
noise as well as the review process. They suggested that an Environmental
. Impact Report be required prior to the construc:tion of the helipad. After
discussions with Russell Forrest, the Environmental Policy Planner for the
Town, it is apparent that a full Environmental Impact Report is not needed as •
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the impacts from this use are noise and potentialiy, snowmelt into Gore Creek.
Staff believes that evaluation of these two impacts can be done via the
conditional use hearing process, and that additional studies are not necessary.
In general, staff believes that the limited impacts to the neighborhood are
reasonable, given the fact they will occur for the next four m,onths, but will then
be removed.
B. Findinqs:
The Planninp and Environmental Commission shall make the fol{owinq findinqs before
' qrantinq a conditional use permit:
1. That the proposed location of the use in accord with the purposes of the
conditional use per.mit section of the zoning code and the purposes of
the district in which the site is located.
. 2. That the proposed location of the use and the conditions under which it
would be operated or maintained would not be detrimental to the public
health, safety, or welfare or materially injurious to properties or
improvements in the vicinity.
3. That the proposed use would comply with each of the applicable
provisions of the conditional use permit section of the zoning code.
9!/. STAFF RECOMMEYVDATION
Staff recommends approval of the proposal to relocate the helipad on a temporary basis. We.
-believe that the use of the Ford Park parking Vot during the months of January, February,
March and April is acceptable. The staff recommendation is based on the analysis of.the
criteria above as well as the findings. Specifically, staff believes that Finding 61 is met as the
proposed location is in accordance with the purpose of the conditional use criteria. Finding B2
is met, in staff's opinion, as the proposed location and the impacts from its operation will not
be detrimental to public health, safety and welfare. Finally, staff believes that Finding B3 is
met as the applicable provisions of the conditionai use permit have been met, with the
inclusion of the condition listed below.
Theretore, staff recommends approval of the temporary use with the following condition:
_ 1. Prior to May 1, 1995, the Vail Valley Medical Center shall remove all
improvements of the helipad. Specifically, the jersey barrier and the red lights
on the utility poles shall be removed. If any cinders or debris are left on the
creek bank, as a r.esult of the snow plowing, the Vail Valley Medical Center
sha11 clean the bank.
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January 5, 1995
Andy Knudtsen Community Development Department
Town og Vail
75 South FrontageRoad
Vail, Colorado 81657
, Dear Andy,
Reference our current application for a conditional use permit to
. site a helipad at the east end of the Ford Park parking loto
. We are hereby requesting that this application be approved through
ATovember 30, 1995, and that permanent improvements previously
discussed (eoge, a new curb cut, landscaped berm, etc.) not be
required, in view of our proposed short-term use of this sitea
The hospital's Governing Board has recently authorized us to seek
a conditional use permit to construct a permanent helipad on the
roof of the hospitale When design work is sufficiently advanced,
we will submit a formal application. Pending Town approvals, our
goal is to have the new helipad ready for use by this November
3O.tho
Attached you will find a revised plan showing the configuration of
the temporary Ford Park site we propose to use until our permanent
helipad is ready for flight operationso
S'/ere
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Dan
Faci iti Project Manager
cce Paul Johnston
Ray McMahan
Enclosure
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' DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
• • . Region3 O7'
222 South Sixth Street, Room 317
• Grand Jundion, Colorado 81501-2769 • ~~o~~
(303)248-7208 FAX ~Y (303)248-7254
October 27, 1993
Mr. Dan Feeney . -
Facilities Manager Vail Valley Medical Center . " ' 181 West Meadow Drive, Suite 100 . ~
Vail, Colorado 81657 ;
Dear Mr. Feeney: . '
The Colorado Department of Transportatioiz (CDOT) has received
your request to relocate the medical evaruation helipad
approximately one mile east of the Medicail Center '
adjacent to the South Frontage Road of I--70. It is our ~
understanding that this is a temporary measure with the helipad eventually being located on the hospital roof when the facility is enlarged in the next 5 tc) S years. Your request is approved with the following conditions
The existing helipad is to be removed, the -
area landscaped and restored to nzitural .
countours, and no further uses for parking,
etc., will be allowed.
Construction of the new helipad will be approved by a
maintenance agreement which will address construction
signing, control of access, provide insurance for CDOT, and
require relocation should CDOT need this right of way for ~
other trar.sportation uses. Please contac:t Mr. Jonn Smith,
Maintenance Superintendent, at (303) 248--7360 regarding this
agreement.
Very truly yours, '
R. P. Moston Director, Transpoi:tation Region 3
cc: Smith
file
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TObVN OF VAIL ~
75 South Frontage Road Office of the Town Mariager
Vail, Colorado 81657
303-479-21051FAX 479-2157
MEMORANDUM
TO: Vail Town Council
FROM: Robert W. McLaurin
Town Manager
DATE: January 13, 1995
SUBJECT: Town Manager's Report
1995 Communitv Survev
UUe are currently preparing for the 1995 Community Survey. The format and questions will be
similar to previous years in order to maintain the consistency cf tracking performance. A tentative
timeline for this effort is as follows: January 9-13 gather comments, solicit survey suggestions
from departments; January 16-February 17 prepare survey questions; March 27-31 surveys
mailed; April 17-May 8 surveys tabulated; May 18-29 survey analysis complete.
For your information I have attached a copy of the 1994 survey. If there are specific que,tions
or suggestions, ptease let me know.
CAST Meetinq
As we have discussed previously the Colorado Association of Ski Towns vuill be holdinr a growrth
symposium February 9 and 10 in Grand Junction. If you have not registered, I would encourage
you to do so. This should be an interesting discussion, and it will also provide you the opportunity
to interact with elected officials from other ski towrns around the state. If you need us to make
reservations or travel arrangements. Please let Anne or me know, as the registration cut off date
is January 19th and we may not be able to accommodate late registrations.
Employee Survev
As vue discussed several months ago, wre intend to conduct another survey of our employees.
At this point we anticipate conducting this survey in February and will have the results for you in
late March or early April. As was done previously, Mountain States Employers Council will
conduct the sunrey, prepare the analysis, and present the findings to the Town Council when this
work is complete.
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• ~OWN OlF' VAIIL. COMMJN]['d'Y SNRVEY 1994 _ *IL
TOWN UThe following questions probe certain issues related to the adequacy and performance of the Town of Vail government.
We would appreciate your response to the extent which you are able. If you have no opinion, or no knowledge of a
particular subject, please leave blank or indicate in the appropriate space. Included in the survey are two "insert pages"
pertaining to specific Town services. Please comnlete the main survev rtrst, then comnlete the inserts.
1. How do you rate the overall performance and responsiveness of the Town of Vail government? POOR AVERAGE EXCELLENT
1 2 3 4 5 - . _
2. What are the most common means you utilize to keep informed about local issues? (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)
01) [ ] The Vail Trail . .
02) [ ] Vail Daily . . . .
03) [ J Vail Valley Times . .
04) [ ] Local cable television _ . : . . -
OS) I I Local radio r.,
06) Attendance at public Town meetings and hearings ` 07) Mailings directly from the Town of Vail
08) [ ] Word of mouth/friends .
09) Individual contact with local officials and/or staff _10) [ ] None
11) [ ] Other (specify) " ' .
3. Which of the above is the MOST effective source?
(INSERT # FROM LIST)
4. To what extent, if any, are the following conditions a problem in your neighborhood? Use a scale of 1 to 5 with 1
being "No Problem" and 5 being a"Major Problem."
NO PROBLEM MODERATE MAJOR PROBLEM
Snow removal from roads 1 2 3 4 5
Snow removal from walkways 1 2 3 4 5
Street disrepair (potholes, cracks, etc.) 1 2 3 4 5
Unsafe walking routes 1 2 3 4 5 '
Inadequate street lighting 1 2 3 4 5 Crime, sense of security 1 2 3 4 5
5peeding or reckless automobiles 1 2 3 4 5
Inadequate off-site parking 1 2 3 4 5•
Inadequate enforcement of parking regulations • 1 2 3. ' 4 5' Trash/litter, abandoned vehicles 1 . 2 3 4- . 5 Neighborhood noise ..1 2 3 4 ; . 5 . , .
Animals (running at large, barking) - 1 ' 2 3- 4 5
Signs (street names, traffic controls) 1 2 3 4 5
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Pollution from woodsmoke " - " - - - 1 --2 - - 3 4 ' S
Pollution from road dust 1 2. 3 4 5
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Lack of recreational facilities (bike paths,
Parks, playgrounds) ~.~`,T,,.c .^;r•_ , ;a ~1 2- . 3 ~•i;; i:4 ~5
Other: - 1. _ ~ _.._,.:t . . - 1 ;2_ . -3 ::4 . . , 'S ' .
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5. Using a 1 to 5 scale, with 1 being "Poor," 5 being "Excellent," and 0 being "Don't Know" or "Haven't Used," how
would you rate the overall performance of the following services provided by the Town of Vail?
General Services and M[aintenance of Public Areas xnvEtv"r
USED/
, DON'T
POOR AVG. EXC. KNOW .
Snow removal/sanding of residential streets 1 2 3 4 -.5 0
Snow removal/sanding of frontage roads 1 2 3 4 5. 0
Snow removal/sanding of sidewalks/ stairways 1 23 4 5 0Street repair & maintenance on
residential streets 1 2 3 4 5 0
Street repair & maintenance on ,
frontage roads 1 2 3 4 5 0
Street sweeping 1 2 3 4 5 0
Street lighting 1 2 3 4 5 0
Maintenance of park areas 1 2 3 4 5 . 0
Maintenance and Condition of Public Buildings/&'acilities
Municipal buildings/facilities 1 2 3 4 5 0
Bus shelters 1 2 3 4 5 - 0.
Public restrooms - 1 2 3 4 5 0
Ice arena 1 2 3 4 5 0
Library 1 2 3 4 5 0
Visitor Information Centers 1 2 3 4 5 0
lFrequency and Quality of Bus System
Frequency of:
In-town shuttle 1 2 3 4 5 0
Sandstone route 1 2 3 45 0
East Vail route 1 2_ 3 4 5 0
West Vail route ' 1 2 3 4 5 0
Quality: .
Bus driver courtesy _ 1 2 3 4 5 0.
Bus cleanliness 1 2 3 4 ' S 0
lParking - ' _ ' . ' ' : . .
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Amount of available parking in
Village/Lionshead - ' -1 2 3 4 5 01 ~ .
"Reasonableness" of parking fee 1 2 3 4 5 '0 Pazking structure cleanliness 1 2 3 4 50' - Booth attendant courtesy - -1 2 3 4 5 0
Coupon/permit program . 1 2 3 4 5 0
Speed of transaction at exit booth 1 2 3 4
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COMMENTS ON TOWN SERVICES:
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6. As a general policy, with which of the following statements do you most agree? . ,0,
1) The Town of Vail should concentrate resources primarily on maintaining the present infrastructure (roads,
public facilities; etc.) and should not take on new projects or expansion.
2) It is important to upgrade and expand the Town's infrastructure in order to maintain Vail's ability to serve its
citizens and visitors in a first-class manner
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, 7. ' Have you directly interacted with the Community Development Department over the past 12 months?
1) [ ] Yes
2) ( ] No
8. Based on your experience or what you have heard, please evaluate the following aspects of the Community
Development Department. DoN,T
POOR AVG. EXC. KNOW
Hours of operation 1 2 3 4 5 0
Responsiveness to telephone inquiries 1 2 3 4 5 0
Development review assistance 1 2 3 4 5 0 -
Zoning enforcement 1 2 3 4 5 0 Building permit plan review 1 2 3 4 ~ 5 . 0 Building inspections & code enforcement 1 2 3 4 5 0
Sign code enforcement 1 2 3 4 5 0 •
Restaurant inspection program 1 2 3 4 5 0
Art in Public Places program 1 2 3 4 5 0
Environmental planning programs 1 2 3 4 5 0 Environmental code enforcement 1 2 3 4 5 0 . Planning & Environmental Commission .
review process 1 2 3 4 5 0
Design Review Boazd process 1 2 3 4 5 0
COMMENTS: 9. Rank the following priorities in order of their importance to you, with 1 being the project which;is "most important"
and 5 being "the least important. " All projects would be funded out of the Real" Estate Transfer Tax fund. Due to
limited dollars, however, it is important for the Town to know which of these projects are most important to you.
1) Acquisition of open space to protect environmentaily sensitive areas '
2) Acquisition of open space for future parks and recreation facilities
3) Pocket/neighborhood park development .
4) Large park with community facilities designed to serve needs beyond the immediate neighborhood (i.e., Ford
, Park, etc.)
_ 5) . Bikelpedestrian path development; expansion of stream walk east of Vail Village -
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10. Local government faces lunited funds and must establish which goals are most unportant in the community's view.
Thinking about the significant issues facing the Town of Vail over the next few years, please review the following
list and rate each item in terms of importance.
NOT VERY NO
IMPORTANT IMPORTANT OPINION
01) Preservation of open space 1 2 3 4 5 • 0
02) Provision of affordable housing opportunities
within the Town of Vail limits : 1 2 3 4 5 0
03) Provision of affordable housing opportunities outside Town of Vail limits
(Berry Creek Sth Filing, for example) 1 2 3 4 5 0
04) Regulations to control extent of new development
and the number of dwelling units 1 2 3 4 5 0
' OS) Air quality protection 1 2 3 4 5 0
" 06) Water quality protection 1 2 3 4 5 0
07) Protection of stream flow yeaz-round
in Gore Creek 1 2 3 4 5 0
08) Water capacity to serve future
population needs 1 2 3 4 5 0
09) Improved handicapped access •
to all public facilities 1 2 3 4 5 0
10) Solid/hazardous waste management 1 2 3 4 5 0
11) Preservation of view corridors . 1 2 3 4 5 0
12) Maintain the unique alpine character
of the community 1 2 3 4 5 0
13) Enforcement of zoning, sign, building,
and environmental regulations 1 2 3 4 5 0
11. What other issues do you believe are very important for the Community Development Department to address?
12. The first responsibility of the Town of Vail is to provide for the health, safety and welfare of its citizens; the Town,
whenever possible, is also interested in allocating discretionary funds with respect to quality of life issues.
NOT VERY NO
; IMPORTANT . . IMPORTANT OPINION
1) Expansion of tourism opportunities/
facilities in summer/fall 1 2 3, . 4 .r- - 5 0 , _
2) Expansion of tourism opportunities/ f
. facilities in winter _ , . . .;i . o;:-~ .f3:~.... „ ..:1 . ~-~F:2 ..33 '4 5 0
3) Expansion of variety/frequency of special
events for tourists and local residents l=:zv, •~1--; :.2 . 13 . , .,4...,. _ 5
4) Expanded "regional" governmental authority to
address problems of the entire Vail Valley,
including azeas down-valley 1 2 3 4 5 0
5) Provision of affordable daycare
within Town of Vail limits 1 2 3 4 5 0
6) Construction of a performing arts center 1 2 3 4 5 0
13. What other community issues are very important for the 'g'own of Vail to address?
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` 14. Based on your experience or what you have heard, please evaluate the library in terms of the following:
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POOR AVG. EXC. KNOW
Range of services provided 1 2 3 4 5 0 '
Size of facility 1 2 3 4 5 0
Access to library (i.e., bus system, '
parkiIIg StruCture) 1 2 3 4 5 0
Hours of operation 1 2 3 4 5 0
COMMENTS: •
15. How would you evaluate the police and fire protection services in the Town of Vail? Fire POOR AVG. EXC. DK
Fire protection and response time 1 2 3 4 5 0
Fire code enforcement 1 2 3 4 5 0
Emergency medical services 1 2 3 4 5 0
Police
Neighborhood police service 1 2 3 4 5 0
Business area police service 1 2 3 4 5 0
Traffic control (4-way stop traffic direction) 1 2 3 4 5 0
Traffic enforcement (speeding vehicles, - ,
parking violations) 1 2 3 4 5 0 .
Attitude and demeanor of Vail Police ' -
employees with whom I have had contact 1 2 3 4 5 0
Overall performance of Vail Police Dept. 1 2 3 4 5 0 .
COMMENTS: . .
16. How would you rate the overall performance of the following administrative/management functions of the Town
government? DON°T
POOR AVG. EXC. KNOW -
General administration (manager's office,
finance department, clerk's office,
personnel) 1 2 3 4 5 0
Responsiveness to public input/concerns 1 2 3 4 5 0
Information dissemination (newsletters, meetings, announcements) 1 2 3 4 5 0 ,
Efficient use of tax revenues 1. 2 3 ,4 5 0
,Overall employee attitudes/friendliness 1 2 3 4 5 0
Municipal court , .„.1 . 2 3 4 5 0-
Hours of operation of finance/cashier window .~2 3 4 5 0
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Sales tax and business license services 1 +2 . ~ 3 4~ ~ ~ 5 0
COMMENTS: .
17. Do you support the concept of Park & Ride facilities being constructed in the Eagle Vail/Avon area, and/or Eagle and
. _ . . . .
Edwards, with transit to the Town of Vail?
1) Yes, strongly support it 2) [ l Yes, moderately support it . _ _ - - . ,
3) [ l Na
18. If such facilities were constructed, who should be responsible for funding and administration?
1) [ ] Town of Vail
2) [ ] Eagle County
3) Separate regional transit authority funded through a special district
4) [ ] Other:
• 19. Do you believe a regional transit authority should be created to operate the "Eagle-Gore Valley" bus system as part
of a single coordinated program, or do you support the current system of multiple local entities running their own
systems? •
1) [ ] Prefer current system
2) Would prefer regional transit authority ,
COMMEIVTS:
20. Do you utilize the Avon/Beaver Creek transit system serving that area and Leadville?
1) [ ] Yes
2) No (GO TO Q. 22) .
21. (IF YES) Please rate that system in terms of the following. .
POOR AVG. EXC. DK
Frequency. 1 2 3 4 5 , 0
Cleanliness 1 2 _3 4 5 0
Cost 1 2 3 4 5 0
Driver courtesy 1 2 3 4 5 0
22. How would you rate the importance of each of the following possible transit, circulation and parking improvements?
NOT VERY DON'T
IMPORTANT IMPORTANT KNOW
1) Construct a new parking structure at the site .
of the West day lot (west of Radisson). 1 2 3 4 5 0
2) Construct a new parking structure at Ford Park 1 2 3 ~ 4 5 0
3) Provide capacity improvements at
I-70 interchanges 1 2 3 4 5 0
4) Construct new vehicular underpass connecting
frontage roads at Simba Run area 1 2 3 4 5 0
5) Develop a car pool program with incentives
to participate 1 2 3 4 5 0
6) Expand routes and coverage of local transit system
within Town boundaries - ' 1 2 3 4 5 0
7) Expand transit system linking Town of Vail with
areas outside Town limits 1 2 3 4 5 0
8) Establish a.Regional Transit Authority 1 2 3 4 5 0:
9) Improve loading, delivery & trash removal ' ' • -
facilities in the village core _ 1 2 3' 4 50
23. Which of the above do you feel ,is NiOST important?
. _ a" ~ . ' . _ _ .u)~:,., _ ~i
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24. Should a Town of Vail cemetery be constructed for $660,000 in Donovan Park (adjacent-to the Matterhorn area), with _
future development and maintenance costs funded through the sale of plots?
1) [ l Yes ' - . , x: • : .
2) [ l No (GO TO Q. 26) i;•:. .
25. (IF YES) How should construction of the cemetery be funded?
1) Out of existing Town of Vail revenues
. ,I 2) [ J A one-time mill lery of 1.87 mills (the estimateii cost~for'a home with'a mazket value of $100,000Would be
$24.00) , . ' ".b ! 741 '?'I'(i: ~i~ j;r:i?~:~~ V
3) ~ l Other: ...'f ;
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• ' . . : - " - . -
Please provide the fo[lowing demographic information. Feel free to Zeave blank any questions you are not comfortable
answering. Again, surveys will remain anonymous. Please do not write your name or address on this survey.
26. Where is your residence within the town of Vail located?
01) [ ] East Vail 02) Booth Falls and Bald Mountain Road areas
03) [ J Golf Course
04) [ ] Vail Village ' - _
OS) [ ] Lionshead '
06) [ ] Potato Patch, Sandstone 07) Buffehr Creek, Lions Ridge, the Valley
08) West Vail (north of I-70) 09) [ ] Matterhorn, Glen Lyon 10) [ ] Intermountain -
11) Not a resident of the town of Vail
27: Which of the following categories best describes your residency status?
1) [ ] Year-around Vail resident .
2) [ j Seasonal Vail resident
3) Owner of vacation property in Vail
4) Non-resident, owner of business or commercial property in Vail .
5) [ ] Other: '
28. Do you own or operate a business within the Town of Vail?
1) [ ] Yes . .
2) [ l Na
29. How long have you lived at your cunent address (or owned your property, if a non-resident)? .
1) Less than 1 year - •
2) [ ] 1-5 years .
3) [ ] 6-15 years '
4) More than 15 years 30. How long have you lived within the town of Vail (or owned property if a non-resident)?
1) Less than 1 year
2) [ ] 1-5 years 3) [ ] 6-15 years ~
4) More than 15 yeazs , . ,
31. Do you own or rent your property? . 1) [ ] Own 2) I ) Rent . • , . . • '
3) [ ] Other (specify)
32. Which of these categories best describes your marital status?
1) Single 4) [ J Couple, no children
2) [ ] Single with children 5) Couple with children at home
3) Single, children no longer at home 6) Couple, children no longer at home
33~. (IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN) How many are in the following age groups? 1) 0-5 years
2) 6-12 years ' . . .
3) 13-18 years _
34. Including yourself, how many persons reside in your household? 35. How many cars are owned and kept at your home or place of business in Vail?
36. What is your primary method of transportation in the Vail azea?
1) Private car/vehicle 5) Hitchhike
2) Outlying bus service 6) Walk 3) In-town shuttle 7) Carpool
4) [ ] Bicycle 8) [ ] Other:
37. Your gender
1) [ l Male .
2) [ ] Female
38. Your race 1) [ ] African American
2) [ ] Native American
3) [ ] Caucasian
-
4) [ ) Hispanic
5) [ ] Oriental 39. Which of these categories best describes your age?
01) 15-17 06) 35-39 11) 60-64 -
02) 18-19 07) 40-44 12) 65-69
03) 20-24 08) 45-49 13) 70 or over
04) 25-29 09) 50-54 14) Do not wish to reply
OS) [ ] 30-34 10) [ ] 55-59 . 40. Which of these categories best describes the annual . .
income of your household (before taxes)?
01) [ ) $0-6,999 08) [ ] $50,000-74,999 '
02) [ ] $7,000-9,999 09) [ ] $75,000-99,999
03) [ ] $10,000-14,999 10) [ J $100,600-124,999 . .
04) [ $15,000-19,999, 11) [ ] $125,000-149,999. , OS) [ ] $20,000-24,999 12) [ ] $150,000-199,999`06) . [ ) $25,000-34,999__. ..13) I ~ . $200,000-249,999..,t,: `u~.a~..;:~ -.,t~..:=}:.~r, z.: .
07) [ l $35,000-49,999 14) [ ] $250,000+ . . " n =r.. . _ • #
15) [ ] Do not wish to'reply , _ . • .
r .
41. What is your occupation? : - _ _ .
Please complete any of the inserl pages which apply to you.Thank you for your participation in,our research program.
• . . ' ~ , ,s~. ' n~!`,ii;:_: . s: , ,
- The following questions pertain to specific Town of Vail services which you may have utilized during the past year. Please
respond to questions regarding those which you personally have used in the last year. Skip over those with which you
do not have personal experience at this time.
d.,YBRARY
1. Do you use the public library in the Town of Vail?
1) [ ] Yes
2) No (GO TO NEXT SECTION--POLICE DEPARTMENT)
2. Do you personally hold a library cazd in.the Town of Vail?
1) [ l Yes
2) [ l No
3. In a typical month, how frequently do you visit the library? , .
1) [ ] Less than once
2) Once in a month
3) Two to four visits
4) Five to nine visits
5) [ ] 10 or more
4. On a typical trip to the library, how long do you stay?
1) ( ] Less than 15 minutes ` ' .
2) 15 to 30 minutes '
3) j J 30 minutes to 2 hours 4) [ ] More than 2 hours - • -
5. How do you typically get to the library? 1) [ l Car
2) [ ] Eus
3) [ ] Bike. .
4) [ ) Walk .
6. For what purpose(s) do you typically come to the library? (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)
1) Read magazines, listen to cassettes, or use other library materials/equipment in the facility
2) Do research for personal, business or school projects
3) Check out books or other materials for use at home ,
4) Work, study, write letters, etc. in a quiet library setting .
5) Use computer equipment available at library
6) [ ] Attend children's functions/events
. 7) Attend seminars or meetings scheduled at the library or in meeting rooms across the hall
8) [ ] Other:
' . . . . .
7. Would you like to see increased hours of operation at the library?
1) [ ] Yes (what days/hours?) 2) [ l No
8. What suggestions or comments do you have about improvements for the library (services, facilities, programs, staff)? .
9. From the list below, please answer the following.
A. Check the box if you have used the service in the last year.
B. For those you have used, please rate the overall quality of the service on a scale of 1 to 5 where 1 mdans
"Poor" and 5 means "Excellent."
C. Choose five of the services which you would like to see expanded or improved.
A. B. C.
PROGRAIII CHECK IF IF USED, EXPAND/
USED IN PLEASE IMPROVE
PAST RATE (1-5) (CHECK
YEAR UP TO 5)
INFORMATION SERVICES
Business Information (for example, Morningstar Mutual Funds)
Reference Materials on CD-Rom
Consumer Information
Personal Computers for the Public
Public Access Catalog
Online Database (Marmot, Uncover, CARL, ERIC, etc.)
Consumer Information
Ready Reference/Research Telephone Service
CHILDREN'S AND YOUTH SERVICES.
Story Times and Summer Reading Program
Children's Materials--Books, Videos, etc.
Electronic Children's Books
Information for School Assignments •
ADULT RECREATIONAL SERVICES
Books, Videos, CDs, Checkout
Aduit programs--Adventure Speakers Series, Author Appearances
_ Magazines and Newspapers • • .
Books on Tape, Other Audiotapes Tape Decks, CD Players, VCRs (in-house) . . Other (please identify):
GENERAL SERVICES °
Copy Machine - -
FAX Machine, Modems, AV Equipment Checkout, Income Tax Forms,
Typewriters (circle relevant items)
' Quiet Reading Space
Meeting Room '
Community Display Space
Book Drops at Additional Sites
Interlibrary Loan
Other (Please identify):
_ POL,ICE DEPAR'II'1VIENT •
10. Have you had any direct contact with the Vail Police Department in the past year?
1) [ ] Yes
2) No (GO TO NEXT SECTION--COMMUNICATIONS)
11. (IF YES) What was the nature of your most recent contact?
1) I called to report an accident not involving me
' 2) I was involved in a motor vehicle accident
_ 3) I was the victim of a crime
4) I was a witness to a crime or incident •
5) I requested information from the police department
. 6) I was interested in crime prevention seminars
7) [ ] I was arrested
8) Iwas issued a citation
9) I was involved with the police department in another matter (specify):
12. In that most recent contact with the Vail Police Department, with which section(s) did you PRIMARILY.interact?
(CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)
1) [ ] Dispatch 2) [ ] Records/Clerical
3) [ ] Patrol
4) [ ] Detectives .
5) [ ] Code enforcement/safety
6) [ ] Crime prevention
7) [ ] Administration
13. Based on your most recent contact with the Vail Police Department, please rate how the department employee
performed in the following areas.
POOR AVG. EXCELLENT n!a
Concern 1 2 3 4 5 0
Helpfulness 1 2. 3 4 5 0
Knowledge 1 2 3 4 5 0
Fairness 1 2 3 4 5 0 .
Problem solving 1 2 3 4 5 0
Putting you at ease 1 2 3 4 5 0
Professionalism 1 2 3 4 5 0
Response time 1 2 3 4 5 0 Quality of service 1 2 3 4 5 0
/ 14. What suggestions do you have as to how the Vail Police Department can improve the quality of its service and
operations?
~ COMMUNYCA1`gO1+IS/E\TOgtM[ATIOIV
15. Did you phone or visit the Town of Vail offices during the past year to request information, offer an opinion, make
a complaint, etc?
1) . [ ] Yes `
2) [ ] No (END SURVEY HERE)
16. (IF YES) Which department(s) did you contact?
01) [ ] Town Manager
02) [ J Town Clerk
03) [ ] Finance
04) [ ] Community Development
OS) [ ] Public Works
06) [ ] Transportation
07) [ ] Police
08) [ ] Municipal Court
,
09) [ ] Town Attomey
10) [ ] Fire
11) [ ] Community relations
12) [ ] Mayor's office
13) [ ] Town Council
14) [ ] Library
17. Were you satisfied with the manner in ~which your contact was handled? .
1) [ ] Yes 2) [ ] No (please explain)
18. Did you request a follow-up action by the Town or department in relation to your inquiry? _
1) [ ] Yes
2) [ ] No (END SURVEY HERE) .
19. '(IF YES) Was that action completed to your satisfaction?
1) [ ] Yes '
2) [ ] No (please explain)
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ACTION: Approval of Flnal Settletnerit s
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FINAL SETTLEhAENT VV6TFi J. SCFIOUTEN !
CONSTRLJCTIOR IIdCd -
Robert Loeffler, County Atfomey -
~CTi° PpAmTEUM pr'ova9 af Final Sedlerriecat -9p10 - 9o40 NG EOR MERKER EAMLY TRLIST
NUNISER 77)
Allen Black, Assessor
ACTION: CArbsider approvval. a1AO ° -62 29y Q'9UNG 4
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- Ellie Caryi, F'larene,r, Cyomrmnity DeveBoprrord
ACYIM Nlo action requested ait this tirre
11.30 r 11o46 FqAT & SWFZESOUMON S1GMIVG
Kathy Eastley, Plarming, Comrnunity Dwelopmln4 .
11: - 12:00, 21~ ~ ~ Lot 21
Kathy Eastley, Planning, Corimunity Developn-ent
- A o Applitant Is MhdraWng file.
. 12:00 -12m15 1. EASEMENT IVT F S ESTA13LIZATIOPI
ALPINE DRIVE
Don Fessler, Road ard Bridge . ACTION: Corasider approval.
2. INIERGOVERNYEWA.. AGREEMENT BETWVEEN T0YM
Or V6E AND Gr1GLE 40VV/a CYq o7 B ATE iAS- COLORADO
F MAV bE SEFMCES OF EAGLE P{dYCE
DEPARTNEW YGNCLES
Jim Fftze, Courty Atfomey
ACTION: Consider ap'proval.
3. A1NER ~
SERVICES AND
SSIOIdERS FOR ENTATlt7R1 OF THE
DEPARTWW OF SOCLAL SERVICES BY T'HE EAGLE
COUNTY ATrORNEYS OFRCE
Kathleera Fofinash, Health and Fiurrans Services
ACYIOH: Corasider approual.
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SERIiI(ES AND PfMN COUNTY BDARD OF
SOCLAI-SERMCES FORTHE tSSUlNG OF FOOD STANPS
Kafihleen Forinash, HeaIth and Hurnan Servioes
ACTION: Consider approvall.
S. CHLD SLJPPORT ENF ENT AGREEMENT FOR
SE NTY ATTORNEYS
OFFlCE AND DEPARI1V1EN'T OF SOCIAL SE71/1CE5
6Cathleen Forinash,Health and Hurran Serviaes
ACTION: Carisider appmvaf.
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.lack Lewis, County Manager 3.00 - 3e95 BREAK - .
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, Jem Fri4ze, County Aftorney
TF9E PoDL7 kAEE4lPtfs Qf YHE EAGLE GOUNTY CQh1AAI5510NER3 UNLL BE HEL9 QW JAMUARY 23, 905
Od Ta1E RECORD 17fA95 MLL BE HELD IM THE EAG6E COUNTY ttOOA9.
WORK SESSIONS NUILL BE MELD IPo THE MOIJNT Or THE HOLV CROSS R0O19 - OR OTHERWISE NoTED.
Tp9G! AC3E6VDA IS PRCVIDE9 F012 INFORM14TiONAI_ PURPOSES bNLY - ALL TgMES RRE APPROXIAAA4E.
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TOWN OF VAIL
75 South Frontage Road
Vail, Colorado 81657
303-479-2100
FAX 303-479-2157
FOR 9flflMEDlATE RELEASE
January 13, 1995
Contact: Suzanne Silverthorn, 479-2115
Community Information Office
B9J9LDING PERnAITS 9 SUED BV TFIE TOVVN OF VA9L
The following building permits have been issued through the
Town of Vail Community Department for the period January 6 to
January 13:
Meier, 548 South Frontage Road #209, window alteration, $750, Rusty Spike.
Riverhouse, 631/Villow Place, elevator alteration, $4,000, O'Halloran Construction.
Breitenbach, 1895 Sunburst Drive #250, addition, $53,000, RA iVelson.
Vail Associates - Golden Peak, 458 Vail Valley Drive, sign, $2,000, American Sign.
Clement, 385 Mill Creek Circle, fire repair, $25,000, Pinyon Builders.
Vail Associates - Gondola, 610 Lionshead, remodel, $9,000, Hyder Construction.
Vail Bank, 106 South Frontage Road, remodel, $8,000, George Shaeffer Construction.
Vail Valley Tourism & Convention Bureau, 100 East Meadow Drive, alteration, $4,000,
O'Hattoran Construction.
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Forg0lng Fur T`~
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moving from the streets to
the nightclubs. Style police at ; - - -
New York's trendiest clubs are -
ringing in the New Year by
turning away patrons who ar- - ,
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rive in fur coats. "The message
is fur isn't cool anymore," says Snowboard stud Regts Philbin.
Tunnel owner Peter Gatien.
People for the Ethical TYeat- ^
ment of Animals, masterminds
of the ban, hope it will spread to
other high-profile clubs across
the United States-and eventu-
ally include leather. What next:
Club Vegan?
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F I'1"S NEW YEAR•s, THE restaurant the night she arrived. Wagner, Jill St. John and Regis
1 ~celebs are in the Bocldes. But Meanwhile, in Aspen, with Philbin. Was that Kate Moss or
• where? This season, Princess 50-degree weather, little new a look-alike? Either way, she
Diana led a major glitz shift snow and no Di, things were so looked out of place among the
Out of bounds: The National from flashy Aspen to normally slow you could get a room at the wilting perennials.
Enquirer for running a comput- low-key Vail. Leaving Princes Ritz-Cazlton the week after The year wouldn't be com-
erenhanced cover photo of a William and Harry behind with Christmas. Marvin Davis, host plete, however, without mur
badly bruised Nicole Simpson. Charles, she made no attempt to of the town's No. l celeb-packed murs of Donald Tl-ump seeldng
According to the tabloid, the hat-and-goggle herself from pa- New Year's Eve party, stayed to buy something utterly unaf-
graphic "computer recreation" parazzi on the slopes and no home in L.A., maldng oil billion- fordable: this time, it happened
is based on a snapshot taken in secret of staying with friends at . aire David Koch's do-usually to be Telluride. While the ldds
1989 after Nicole was allegedly printing mogul Mike Flannery's option No. 3 for those who can't were on the slopes, The Donald ,
beaten by her husband, O.J. En- $4.1 million home. Flannery get past security at Davis's or the was reportedly negotiating to
quirer president Iain Calder hired his own golf pro to be Di- Caribou Club-the bash to purchase the towri s sld opera-
says the paper's artists worked ana's ski pro, and dined with her crash. The celeb vacuum was tion. Is Telluride really ieady
from a verbal description of the and six other &iends at Pepi's filled by standbys like Robert for the Taj?
photograph, calling the re-
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TOWN OF VAIL
75 South Frontage Road
Vail, Colorado 81657
303-479-2100
FAX 303-479-2157
FOR BMN1ED9ATE RELEASE
January 12, 1995
Contact: Niike iViollica, 479-2138
Acting Director, Community Development Department
VQa9L BU9LD@NG PERMIT VALUATIONS TOTAlL $42 nAiLL90N oN 1994
(Vail)--The Town of Vail issued 615 building permits totaling $42.4 million in 1994.
The numbers include such sizable projects as the Covered Bridge Building, Savoy
Villas, the Cornice Building and 44 Willowr Place, as well as numerous other projects,
including the Spraddle Creek residential development.
Acting Community Development Director Niike iViollica said the building activity in
1994 was very strong, although not enough to surpass 1993's record year of 664
permits totaling $62.3 million. The 1993 valuation included the $14 million Liftside
project in Cascade Village. "Single family and primary/secondary residential
development was a particularly strong component during the 1994 building season,"
said Mollica.
He said the department is preparing for another busy year in 1995, with potential
projects such as redevelopment. of the Golden Peak' House and Serrano's in Vail
Viiiage.
Other year-end figures from the Community Development Department include 143
actions by the Planning and Environmental Commission, down 27 percent from 198
(more)
Building Permit Activity/Add 1 actions in 1993; and 612 actions by the Design Review E3oard, down 11 percent from
691 actions in 1993.
Mollica said the department will again sponsor its annual construction kick-off
meeting for the 1995 construction season. The meeting will be scheduled in the early
spring, and additional information will be forthcoming.
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Vail Building Permit Activiity
so
C 70--------------------------- $62.3m_-- - - - - - - - - - - - _
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75 South Frontage Road
Vail, Colorado 81657
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FAX 303-479-2157
FOF2 IMMEDlATE E2ELEASE
January 10, 1995
Contacf: Mike Rose, 479-2178
Transit IVlanager GYPSUM-VAIL EXPRESS AS6(S PUBLIC TO CONSIDER
ELINIIIVATIOIV OF EDWARDS STOP
(Vail)--Riders and potential users of the new Gypsum-Vail Express are being asked to consider
elimination of one of six bus stops on the route due to low ridership. Vail Transit Manager Mike
Rose said the number of riders boarding at the Edwards rest area has been consistently low
since the service began Nov. 19. "We'd like to keep the route, but we feel we need some
additional participation to justify its continuation," Rose said.
From Nov. 19 to Dec. 31, only 38 riders had used the Edwards stop, Rose said. That
compares with 502 riders at Eagle Valley High School in Gypsum; 370 at the Eagle County
Building stop; and 133 at the Eagle Loaf 'fV Jug. The service, with two runs in the morning and
two return trips, connects downvalley residents to jobs and other activities in Avon and Vail.
Rose said he'd like to hear from the public regarding the possibility of dropping the Edwards
site. "Although we'll survey our current riders, we also want to be sure other taxpayers are
heard," he said. The commuter bus service is being funded this season by Eagle County with
operational assistance provided by the Town of Vail.
Those wishing to comment on the Edwards stop or any other service improvement, should
contact Rose at 479-2178. Rose said he would like to make a decision on the future of the
Edwards route in the next twro vveeks.
Overall, ridership on the Express has been strong with more than 2,000 riders for the first six
weeks of operation. The senrice will run through April 16. Fares are as low as $2 round trip.
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75 South Frontage Road
Vail, Colorado 81657
303-479-2100
FAX 303-479-2157
F0R WMEDBATE RELEASE
January 10, 1995
Contact: Mike Rose, 479-2178
Transit iVianager
FBaEE BEANERV BUCF( BREAKFa4ST PI20(aRAnA EIVDS ,De4fii11 15
(Vail)--The Town of Vail's free breakfast promotion for riders on Vail's outlying bus
routes is coming to a successful close. The promotion, which ends Jan. 15, has
generated more than 6,000 redemptions since it began on Nov. 19.
The offer for free continental breakfast at D'Coffee Beanery in Vail was created to
reward those who use public transit. Transit Nranager Mike Rose said the town may
repeat the incentive program next season.
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sound permits from the town.
Last May, after hearing complain4s about excessive noise in the Village, the Vail
Town Council directed the Police Department to increase enforcement of the
ordinance. Four establishments received summonses during the 1994 summer
season. However, due to continuing complaints, the Town Council has suggested
banning all amplified sound with the exception of special events and the Ford
Amphitheater, as a possible solution.
~l The Vail Town Council has extended 1994 permits until March 15 to allow time for
additional discussion.
~l The Jan. 25 meeting is intended to explore additional alternatives in achieving an
appealing ambiance for Vail.
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TONN OF VAIL
75 South Frontage Road
Vai1, Colorado 81657 MEDIA ADVISORY
303-479-2100
FAX 303-479-2157
January 11, 1995
Contact: Suzanne Silverthorn
Community Information Office
479-2115
VAIL TOWN C0UNC9L HIGFILIGHTS FOFt JANUARV 10
Work Sessaon Bruefs
Council members present: Johnston, Lapin, Navas, Osterfoss, Shearer, Steinberg,
Strauch
--PEC Report
During a staff update on the Jan. 9 Planning and Environmental Commission (PEC)
meeting, the Council voted unanimously to cafl up a PEC decision on a conditional use
permit to allow for a helipad to be located at the east end of the Ford Park parking lot.
The PEC voted 7-0 to approve the location with the following conditions: permit is good
until May 1, 1995 (the applicant, Vail Valley Medical Center, had asked for use until
November 1995); follow up letter is needed from the Colorado Department of
Transportation; snow berm is to be added to the site to protect cars from flying debris;
red directional lights on utility poles need to be activated by remote control; and once a
permanent site for the helipad is erected on the roof of the hospital (by next ski
season), the helipad site west of the Municipal Complex is to be removed and
revegetated. In voting to reconsider the PEC action, several Council members
expressed concern about the fViay 1 deadline, recognizing probfems associated with
finding other landing options for the hospital between May 1 and November. The
conditional use permit will be considered by the Council at the Jan. 17 evening
meeting. The need to relocate the helipad from the Municipal Complex area has been
caused by the use of larger helicopters, which are unable to land at the smaller site.
For more information, contact Andy Knudtsen in the Community Development
Department at 479-2138.
--Roundabout Update
The Council reviewed plans for the Main Vail Roundabout in preparation for finalizing
bid specifications for the project. Bids are to be opened March 6. During the
discussion, the Council directed staff to: include an alternate bid for a right-hand turn
lane to access eastbound I-70; research the cost, safety and time savings involved in
closing the intersection during certain construction phases (as opposed to leaving the
intersection open during all phases of cons4ructian); research various staging locations;
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explore ways to incorporate world championship signs into the design; and to separate
labor costs versus materials for the landscaping component. Several Couricil members
expressed concern over the estimated cost of the project. In response, Public Works
Director Larry Grafel said the town had researched 23 ali:ernatives, including relocation
of the east and west off-ramps ($4 to $6 million); purchasing additional land to increase
the size of the interchange; and closing the Main Vail ramps. Of the 23 alternatives,
the roundabout is the most cost-effective, Grafel said. He also reminded the Council
that a stop light scenario, budgeted at $1.9 million in 1988, does not produce the
capacity of a roundabout. Given the assumption that doing nothing is unacceptable, Grafel calied the roundabout the best approach to solvinca the traffic congestion problem. The town currently spends $100,000 per year c>n traffic control operations,
which will be eliminated once the roundabout is on line. The Council will meet to award
the bid on March 7 with construction to begin in April and the project substantially
complete by July 4. For more information, contact Grafel at 4792173, or Greg Hall,
town engineer, at 479-2160.
--Capital Projects
In evaluating a list of capital projects planned from 1996 to 1999, the Council
expressed interest in placing a high priority on establishrrient of a West Vail fire station,
although a final decision won't be reached until Council rriembers review a 1990 fire
study to determine if additional research is needed, incluciing the possibility of moving
the main fire station on West Meadow Dr. to the o{d town shop site west of Lionshead.
The estimate for land and construction of a West Vail fire station is $1.2 million.
Council members said they wanted to bring the issue back for discussion in one week.
The West Vail Fire Station is not currently funded under the five year capital projects
plan. Also yesterday, the Council gave support for completing some streetscape
improvements in time for the 99 World Alpine Ski Championships. The project "wish
list" (also not currently funded) includes improvements such as sidewalks, landscaping,
street pavers, lighting, outdoor furniture and public art space. Council members asked
staff to prioritize the projects and to come back with some funding recommendations
within two weeks. Also during the discussion, the Council authorized a feasibility study
to determine space and function needs within the Vail Transportation_ Center and
Lionshead parking structure in preparation for an interior remodel of the third and fourth
levels of the Transportation Center.
For more information on capital projects, contact Finance! Director Steve Thompson at
479-2116 or Public Works Director Larry Grafel at 479-2173.
--Dowd Junction Bike Path
The Council directed Town Manager Bob McLaurin to meiat with potential funding
partners to discuss the possible completion of the Dowd Junction bike path project
during the 1995 construction season. An additional $200,000 is needed to finish the
project. For more information, contact McLaurin at 479-2105.
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--Information Upda4e
The Council heard an update from Russell Forres4, the 4own's environmental planner,
on a4tempts 4o assisf in resolving problems associated with a new chain-up area on the
eastbound lane of I-70 adjacenfi fo Booth Creek Drive and Aspen Lane in Easf Vail.
Residents have complained of possible health affects from truck exhaust, increased
noise and an in4rusion ofi privacy. Forrest said the Colorado Departmen4 of
Environmental Health has offered to assist in an air quality analysis wii4h equipment
from the Environmental Protec4ion Agency. Forrest said the cost 4o the town would be
. about $3,000 to cover equipment leases and analysis. Although the Council stopped
short of authorizing the. $3,000 study, Forrest was directed to begin collection of other
data to include noise level readings, a video and continued communication wrifih 4he
Colorado Department of Transportation to request the site be reloca4ed west of 4he
neighborhood along 4he golf course. For more information, contact Forrest at 479- •
2138. --Pro/Con Statements for February 7 Elecfiion
Council members were updated on 4he pro/con statement process for the Feb. 7
special election. Public submissions are due Jan. 20. The statemen4s will be mailed 40
registered voters Jan. 27. For more information, contact Assistant Town Nlanager Pam
Brandmeyer at 479-2113.
--Fireworks
The Council agreed to hold Vail's 1995 Fourth of July fireworks display on Nlonday,
July 3. iViinturn's vvill be on July 2; Avon's on July 4.
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TOWN OF VAIL
Input/Inquiry Response Record
: The attached comments were recently received by the T'own of Vail. VUe encourage Vail
residents and guests to give us such input and we striwe for timely responses. PLEASE
ADDRESS THESE CQNCERNS VVITHIV FIVE WORICNG DAYS AND RETURN THIS
COMPLETID FORM TO PAM BRAIVDMEYm.
DEPARTNLNT TO HANDLE INQUIIZY ' -
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TYPE OF INT'UT/LNOUIlZY: PHONE CALL (indicate date)
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RESPONSE CARD (attached)
TYI'E OF RESPONSE (check onel:
LETTER (attach copy)
PHONE CALL (indicate date)
BRIEF SLTNIIAARY OF RESP4NSE OR ANSWM TO Mi TTRV;
DATE OF RFSPOIVSE FORM R,ETURNEp By DEPARTMENT Tp p~ BRANDNM'yM-
A copy of this inquicy and Eorm wi1l cemain on 61e at the TOV Community Relaliorts ofSce. Ae wort as th;s form is ietnmed to Pam
Brandmeyer, this inquiry will be considered dosed.
'INANlK YOU FOR YOUR'II11IELY HA.W LIIVG OFTf-E LqS[JE IFYOU HAVE AhJY QUFSnONS, PLFASE FEII. FREE TO COM'ACT
PANI BtZA1VDMEYER AT 479-2113.
~ LARSEN & KOVACEVICH, P.C.
Counselors at Law
953 S. Frontage Road West, Suite 105
Vail, Colorado 81657
Diane R. Larsen Tel: (303) 476-8711
Jill E. Kovacevich Fax: (303) 476-8672
January 10, 1995
Via Certifieci Mail anci Hand Delivery
Town Council
Town of Vail, Colorado
75 South Frontage Road West
Vail, Colorado 81657
Re: Potential Water Drainage Damage to 1255 Westhaven Circle
Dear Council Members: -
This firm represents Gene and Terri Yerant, the owners of the
property located at 1255 Westhaven Circle in the Glen Lyon
Subdivision of Vaile I have consulted with Mre Yerant regarding
his concerns about potential water damage to his home as a result
of a change in the natural drainage flow of runoff waters which
occurred in connection with the construction of a residence at 1241
Westhaven Circle, located to the east of Mre Yerant's propertya
Mre Yerant first contacted the Town of Vail in late July, 1994 when
he became concerned that a landscaping berm that was built in
connection with the construction of the residence at 1241 Westhaven
Drive re-routed the historical, natural flow of drainage waters
toward his home e Pqr. Yerant spoke with several persons at the Town
of Vail, ultimately speaking to Mro Russell Forrest. Mre Forrest
•told Mre Yerant that the berm had been required by the Town of
Vail, and that the owner of 1241 Westhaven Circle built the berm
just as the town had specified. Mro Forrest said that the Town
would assume responsibility for fixing any drainage problems and
Town crews were sent out to the site. The Town dug a larger ditch
on the south side of the road, attempting to direct the flow of
water toward the VdestinjHo trailo The work was completed by the
Town in August or September, 1994.
Mra Yerant has not had water damage to his home to date, but
until a heavy spring runoff occurs, he will not be able to
ascertain whether the problem has been remedieda I advised him to
pravide this written notice to the Town pursuant to Colorado
Revised Statutes Section 24-10-109, in order to preserve his rights
in the event additional remedial work needs to be done by the Towno
The following information is provided as required by C.R.S. Section
24-10-109(2)a
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LARSEN & KOVACEVICH, P.C.
Town Council
Town of Vail, Colorado
January 10, 1995
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1. The name and address of the Claimant is Gene and Terri
Yerant, 6515 Waggoner Dr., Dallas, Texas 75230 and 1255 Westhaven
Circle, Vail, Colorado. The name and address of the Claimant's
attorney is Diane R. Larsen,. 953 S. Frontaige Road West, Suite 105,
Vail, Colorado 81657.
2. The factual basis of the claim is that the Town of Vail
required an adjacent property owner tc) construct a berm in
connection with the construction of a residence, and the berm
redirects the historical drainage of waters. Priar to the
construction of the residence and berm, drainage waters naturally
flowed away from Clai,mant's property arid across the adjacent
property. After construction of the resiclence and berm, drainage
waters flow towards the Claimant's home.
3. Mr. Yerant does not know which employee of the Town was
involved in the design and approval of the berm, but he was told by
Mr. Forrest that the Town had required the berm. Russell Forrest,
an employee of the Town, has been invalved in remedying the
potential drainage problems.
4. This notice is given despite tlle fact that no actual
damage has occurred, as a preventative m.easure to preserve the
Yerants' rights under the Colorado Governme:ntal Immunity Act, which
requires that a written notice be given within one hundred eighty
days after the discovery of an injury. Altllough this notice may be
premature because no injury has occurred, since Mr. Yerant
previously verbally notified the Town of his concerns regarding the
•change in drainage, I advised him to formalize his notice in
compliance with Colorado law.
5. At this time, no monetary damages is being requested.
Mr. Yerant requests that the Town monitor the drainage flow as
spring runoff occurs and take such other aci:ions and precautions as
may be necessary to remedy any drainage problems which may be
caused by the change of the natural drain.age flow. The Yerants
reserve the right to request monetary damacfes in the future if the
change in drainage causes damage.
My clients were happy with the respon;siveness of Mr.. Forrest
and the Town last summer, and are hopeful the Town's remedial work
has averted any future drainage problems. We hope the Town will
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Todan Council
Town of Vail, Colorado .
January 10, 1995
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continue to monitor the drainage flow and take whatever additional
measures may be necessary to avoid future damageo
Very truly yours,
LARSEN & KOVACEVICH P.C.
Diane R. Larsen
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enclosure
cco Gene Yerant
Tom Moorhead, Touan Attorney
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on this io±~day of ,
1995, I have hand delivered and mailed, Certifi d Mail, R urn
Receipt Requested, suf€icient postage prepaid in t e United States
Mail, a true and correct copy of the foregoing letter to the Town
Council of Vail, Colorado to the following:
Town Council
Town of Vail, Colorado
75 S. Frontage Rd. W.
Vail, Colorado 81657
Tom Moorhead, Attorney
Town of Vail, Colorado
75 S. Frontage Rd. W.
Vail, Colorado 81657
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James E. 1Darr, Jr. ~
Senior Vice President, Secretary,
and General Counsel
Telephone SOl 376-5365
Telecopier ~501~ 376-5031
January 9, 1995
Mayor Peggy Osterfoss
Town of Vail
75 S. Frontage Road
Vail, Colorado 81657
Dear Mayor Osterfoss:
Last week my family and I experienced some potentially serious automobile trouble while travelling
on I-70 near Vail. Under what we thought were emergency conditions, we exited at Vail and
abandoned the vehicle. T'he treatment we received &om your fire and police personnel is what
motivates this letter.
Both your fire and police personnel were on the scene in what seemed like two or three minutes.
They expeditiously handled removal of the vehicle from traffic and determined that fire was not
imminent. T'hereafter, the police officers walked us to the police station, made us comfortable, and
provided us with telephone and other services. We can't tell you how much their efforts were both
needed and appreciated in our time of distress.
In these days in which fire, and especially police, personnel are too often criticized, I thought you might want to be aware of our very pleasant experience in your town and our sincere appreciation
' for the kind assistance from your fire, and especially police, officials. Unfortunately, we lost the
names of the individuals involved; but one of the police officers who is originally from Oklahoma and
the lady behind your main window were especially helpful.
Again, thanks for the help.
Yours very truly,
mes E. Darr, Jr. • . ' . . . . ` . '
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cc: Town Manager Bob McLaurin
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Interstate 70 is obsolete, overloaded, underfunded, and is failing to
perform the job of transportation locally, statewide, and nationally!
This is an open letter to all county commissioners and town board
members along 2-70 that are served by this Interestate Highway.
Planned 40 years ago, the I-70 system in Colorado never envisioned the
volume of traffic that would run up and down its topside trying to
serve as part of a national transportation system, as a main artery .
through the Rockies, and as a local connector between communities along
its routee
Various groups are studying how to get more traffic through ite From
Aspen, at the back end of the problem, to segments near ldaho
Springs that resemble the stop and go of Colfax Avenue, to just
crowded stretches of roadway, the system is near or at capacitya
This route can be fine-tuned, buses would help some, extended travel
hours would help, midnight deliveries to local businesses would help,
and cutting back on visitors would helpe None are the real-long term
solutions to getting more traffic through the tunnele
The mountain resort communities latched onto the I-70 system as though
it were built especially for theme They have built "pockets of
urbanization1° all over the central Rockies that are dependent upon I-70
as their lifeline of goods, services and peoplee We have just
outgrown that lifeline!
Alternatives are not simple or cleare The obvious choice to the
resorts is to make a 6 lane roado That is environmentally not
acceptable to many peopZe and certainly not to Clear Creek County,
Locally it might be funded by the counties that especially impact
certain sections in Summit, Eagle, and Garfield counties. Ironically
Aspen and Pitkin County do not have a section of I-70 in their
jurisdiction, but they are dependent upon it.
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The Colorado Department of Transportation .(CDOT) has no funds to
really plan and finance multiple choices nor do they want to give up
control because they would then have less administrative overhead that
that limits salaries.
So what is the solution for.this vital link thLat spans Colorado and may
be the most important single link in the state:? Do not be deceived,
ask the newcomers to the front range why they come to Colorado instead
of Omaha, Kansas City, or Fort Worth. They come because the
mountains are here!!! Without the easy access to the high Rockies,
metro Denver has little to offer that is different from any other
mid-American city.
If you look around the country at successful public/private/community
projects, you will find a common pattern. There is a managing group
generally called an "authority." They have their own funding and own
directors to operate free from local politics and with the ability to
do long term projects. Many coastal cities have "port authorities"
to operate the facilities in these areas. ;Many places have "renewal
authorities" for sections of town that need rebuilding from the
streets up. The Colorado Capitol was built by a special group separate
from the state government. Sanitation Dis-tricts bridge local
governmental entities to provide coordinatoad and compr.ehensive
services. Tunnel and bridge authorities a:re another cammon way to
plan, fund and build projects to serve people. The Denver Water Board
and the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District are examples of '
fine organizations, politically independent, that are highl.y efficient
and responsible right here at home.
DIA should have been built in this manner and it would have received
far better management than it got! Unfortuizately it was a political
potato and it got baked by cronyism, mismanagement, and a government
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that had no leadership ability to take on a project of this size and
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give it the attention it needede .
So what do we do with the I-70 corridor across the Centennial state?
The state legislature should create an I-70 Authority to do the intense
planning and work that needs to be done to make it serve the future.
Groups can complain all they want, but the truth is that there is NO
extra funding to do anything for this road other than maintain it.
That old political fact of life is simple--there ain't no free lunch!
If additional lanes are needed, then an additional tunnel is needede
Monorail is a distinct possibility, esspecially with the technology
of electricty changing radpidly. Bypasses or expanded sections for
short sections of road may make sensee Elevated or split sections of
roadway may be an answere Vail has discussed covering the roade
On one section of Interstate back east, the voters voted to retain the
toll because it was the only section of highway that was kept in good
condition compared to the rest of the system! Is I-70 much
different?
An I-70 authority needs the ability to turn this lifeline into a toll
road to collect the funds to plan for the future and to build the
projects that will be needed to get people, goods, and services into,
across and out of the booming Rockieso This will take millions and
millions of dollars above and beyond what is now availablea
The only logical people to pay for it are those who use ito And
yes, it will raise the cost of coming to the mountainse The authority
will have to figure out what to charge, where to charge it and how
often to charge ite Those funds must start to collect to build for the
futureo Any other debate is a mere blowing in the wind of timeo Where
is any plan going to find millions of dollars overnight if we wait
till gridlock sets in?
Each town, county, each citizen and business, each ski area and skier,
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need to get together to request the legislature to organize an 11I-70 ,
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authority" to solve the problem of this road. There is precious little
time for debate before action needs to take placeo The key element
is the funding. Putting money in the bank i;s important. It is much
cheaper than paying interest on bonds over timia. Let's get started.
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-Private ambulance companies Fire departments responded to 2.5
By Mark Fritz have gone to court in at least eight million fires in 1982; only 1.9 million
Associated Press Wdter California communities in the past last year. - ~ Sure, firefighters still want to get two years seeking to stop ttie local 'Fire Departments are waking up. i
your cat out of the tree. But they'd fire departmen( from taking over the They're saying `Our future's in EMS,
much rather check your blood sugar, Paramedic business. or else we're going to get phased out,'
vaccinate your kids, take you to the -Last month, Boca Raton, Fla., " said Dc Paul Pepe, head of Hous-
hospital and - best of all - send fired its private ambulance company ton's Emergency Medical Services.
you the bill. so the fire department could get the Perhaps the most bitter case is in
In the past two years, dozens of insurance reimbursements..,, Sacramento, where firefighters won a
fire departments nationwide have -Firefighters, are., livid in lawsuit last year allowing them to
tried to grab a piece of the ambulance Louisiana, where a regional ambu- compete. with private ambulance
and paramedic business before it is lance company is advertising a companies. Now, the city is consid-
'`311 " emergency service ro com- ering taking over the entire market.
devoured by a merger-crazed health pete with the publidy staffed 911. Its main compe6tor, Boston-based
care industry. -In Fresno, Calif., last July, the American Medical Res onse, has
For the firefighters, it's a matter of P
necessity. Thanks to more than 'two city decided its public paramedics filed a federal antitrust suit.
decades of wildly successful fire pre- ~'ere superfluous to the private sector AMR chief executive officer Paul
vention programs, firefghters spend and eliminated their budget. Verrochi, who previously helped •
less time fighting fires and much -'°`mbulance giant American consolidate national sanitation and
more trying to keep city councils Medical Response Inc. earlier Ihis environmental services companies
from slashing their budgets. year tried to buy the ambulance com- before moving into ambulances two
Since (992, four.monolithic cor- Pany serving Rochester, Minn., home years ago, said he isn't trying to put
porations have emerged from the of the Mayo Clinic. Mortified Mayo, firefighters out of work.
ether of investment capital, swal- ~9orried about losing its local ambu- He said it's clear, however, that
Iowed 75 of the nation's biggest local lance provider to a giant national ~•firefighters are trying to expand
ambulance companies in 33 states firm, stepped in and matched the bid. their scope of business in order to
and positioned themsclves as cheap- -in March, PorUand, Ore., nar- protect theirjobs."
er alternatives to ublic aramedics. rowly rejected this year a measure to "The posrtion we take is we can
p p 1'F FroFghiar` `""`uo'"Jaid'°c° o-exist with a fire
At least once a
department
week, one of these he
behemoths buys a Fre departments nationwide said. "Where we
are having battles
local ambulance
company. In tWO have made it clear the only way they're is where the fire-
years, they have fighters say,
taken control of one going to remain in operation is if they go `Look, We want
quarter of what ana- all the ambulance
lysts conservatively into the ambulanee business" service.' ^ •
estimate to be a$4 With $350 mil-
billion business. - Dan Smiley ~ion in annual rev-
The private sector, enues and
. once dominated by California EmergenCy Medical ServiCes Authority dominant stakes=.?
moonlighting morti- 'n~-17'Sfates, AMR1~
cians who slapped vice in life-threatening cases. is the biggest of -
(lashing red lights on their hearses, -In Albany, N.Y., the common the four national ambulance compa-
now uses satellites to position its council last month setded a feud by nrys that have transformed the indus-
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ambulances, Wall Street to bankroll giving tirefighters a cut of ambulance
its acquisitions and courts and local company insurance reimbursements. Two others formed within the past
governments to fight bruising turf Experts say it's unclear, yet doubt- two years: Careline of Irvine, Calif.,
battles with a fire(ighting lobby trying ful, whether the tumult has caused and MedTrans, a division of Laidlaw,
desperately ro preserve its place in any sharp rise in deaths. If anything, a$2 billion Ontario transportation
Arnerican culture - not to mention company.
thc competition has Icd to vast
city budgcts. RounJing out the big four is
improvemenls in response timcs.
"Fire departments nationwide Still, EMS in general is a muddled Rural-Metro of Scottsdale, Ariz., a_
have made it clear the only way mix of public, private, volunteer, hos- regional ambulance company that
they're going to remain in operation went national last year. I[ already runs
is if they go into the ambulance busi- P'tal-based and hybrid systems that the fire department in Scottsdale =ness," said Dan Smiley, chief deputy veer crazily in quality nationwide the traditional ficefighter's worsl
director of Califomia's Emer enc from the good to the bad ro the ni htmare.
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Medical Services Authority. The merger mania in the ambu= 1 `
"There is no uniformity in this
"This is survival for both sides, country. In some places, you can dial lance business has coincided with the
, public and private," Smiley said. 911 in New York state and get an trend toward managed care in the ;
"Only one can get the call, and both ambulance. that was illegal in health industry. The theory is that
want it." Arkansas in 1973," said Jack Stout, being big and regional is more cost- '
• What they want most is the Med- w,ho has designed private systems for effective than being small and local.,
, icaid, Medicare and private health Kansas City, Fort Worth, Texas, The tielief that President Clinton
insurance reimbursements for a trip Tulsa, Okla., and the former Israeli- Would get universal health coverage
to the hospital. Both also want to ;occupied West Bank. - a concept tabled by Congress =
expand into EMS' logical extension: It's still far from decided whether also fueled the acquisition fever. •
using those well-equipped vehicles to; EMS will be dominated by the.health Many EMS providers - normally •
deliver non-emergency care for prof- - care industry or lhe public safety seo- stiffed'on 25 percent of their bills -
it' tor, but it's clear that the private side nelieved that meant the federal gov- "Yodre going to see a lot of is creeping up on the guys in the red ernment would pick up ambulance
change in EMS. You're going ro see hats and galoshes. bills. `
them provide more diabetes screen- Among the nation's 100 most- ~e whole tcend toward regional- '
ing, medication delivery for the elder- populous cities, the portion relying on • ~ized health'care has ttveatened ro take _ •
ly, vaccinations," said Dr. Scott • ihe fire department for EMS has EMS out of the hands of local com-
, ZieNow, medical transponation chief dropped from 48 percent in 1981 to munities. '
for the Mayo Clinic. 40 percent last year, according to the "Once ~the managed care
A new nationwide effort by the industry's Journal of Emergency providers get control of a region, they firefighters ro seize EMS from priva[e Medical Services. are going to force everyone to work
ambulance companies is being Cities relying solely on the private togetherefficiendy," said Tom Scott,
encouraged by national lobby groups sector rose from 17 percent to 19 per- director of the Emergency Care Infor-
who fear the private ambulance
cent, and those using a combination mation Center, a consultant group in
industry is getting too big, too pow- of both went from 6 percent ro 15 per- Carlsbad, Calif. "They don't want to
erful and, most of all, too efficienG ro cent. The rest used volunteer ser- deal with several fire departments and
' withstand. vices, hospital paramedics or a public ambulance companies."
"What rang our bell is there agency unaffiliated with the fire The ambulance-
companies are
seemed to be a concerted effort by department. devouring each other so quickly that
several large EMS companies in this Firefighters now typically spend the American Ambulance Associa-
country to dominate the industry," only about 20 percent of their time tion, the industry's private trade,
. said Doug Brown, top lobbyist for the fighting fires, mainly because of bet- group, has lost count of the transac-
International Association of Fire ter building conswction, tougher tions.
Chiefs. codes and mandaro smoke detec-
"If they can knock away EMS "T7ie modus operandi of these
from the fire service, they will knock tors. companies is to acquine and consoli-
away the fire department." Civilian fire deaths fell from 6,015 date," said L.ehman Bmthcrs analyst .
A brief tour of the batUefield:' in 1977 to 3,7201ast year, the Nation- Jeffrey Kessler in New York. "None
al Fire Protection Association says. of them is done doing deals."
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MEMOfltAIJDiTM .
TOo Town Coaaaacil
FROPq o Hol ly McCutcheon t L~)1
DATEe January 17, 1995
REo Appoingmeant of Special Electfon Juciges
It is my pleasure to suggest the following five prospective
appointees as judges for the Special Election to be held Tuesday,
February 7, 1995:
Karen Morter
2985 Booth Creek Drive
Vail, CO 81657
Mary Jo Al1en
. P.O. Box 861
Vail, CO 81658
Liz Pickett
P.O. Box 789
Vail, CO 81658
Jeanne Tilkemeier
5016 Main Gore Drive
Vail, CO 81657
Pam Story (Alternate)
3230 Katsos Ranch Road
Vail, CO 81657
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TObV~I O75 South Frontage Road
Vail, Colorado 81657
303-479-2100
FAX 303-479-2157
FOR [IMMED[IAT~ ~~~EA5E
January 17, 1994
Contact: Mike Mollica, 479-2138
Acting Community Development Director
APPUCANTS SOIJCHT FOFt TOV PLa4iVIVIfVC AfVD
DES9(9N REVlEUV COIIAMISSIOIVS
(Vail)--The Town of Vail is taking applications for citizen positions on the Planning
and Environmental Commission (PEC) and Design Review Board (DRB). Applications
for the two-year terms are due Feb. 1, with final selection by the Town Council Feb. 7.
Three positions are available on the PEC; the DRB has two openings. Alt are
voluntary positions and require members to be registered voters within. the Town of
Vail.
The PCC reviewed 143 applications in 1994. Duties of the seven-member board
include review of variances and conditional use permits, subdivisions and rezonings.
The PEC meets the second and fourth Mondays of each month. Nleetings normally
begin at 2 p.m. in fhe Vail fViunicipal Building, preceded by site visits which begin
around noon.
The five-member DRB reviews new structure designs, remodels, sign requests and
landscaping. Meetings are the first and third Wednesdays of each month. Meetings
usually begin at 3 p.m., preceded by site visits which begin around noon. Last year,
the DRB reviewed 331 applications.
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PEC & DRB Applications/Add 1
The terms of Bill Anderson, Kathy Langenwalter and P?Ilison Lassoe on the PEC, and
Mike Arnett and Sally Brainerd on the DRB are due to e;Kpire next month. Newly-
appointed members will join Greg Amsden, Bob Armour, Jeff Bowen and Dalton
Williams on the PEC, and Bob Borne and Hans Woldrich on the DRB.
Persons interested in serving on either board should submit letters of interest to the
Town of Vail Community Development Department at 75 S. Frontage Rd., Vail, Colo.,
81657.
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