HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-01-21 Support Documentation Town Council Work Session
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WORK SESSION
TUESDAY, JANllARY 21, 1997
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deterrnine at vvhat $ame Council wiE9 consider an Btern. 1 . Overview of the Pine Beetle problem in the Vail Valley. (45 mins.)
Russell Forrest
Roy Mask, USFS ACTION REQUESTED OF COUIVCIL: Review input from U.S. Forest
Tom Eager, USFS Service personnel on the Pine Beetle problem in the Vail Valley.
Dave VaniVorman, USFS
BACKGROUND RATIONALE: For the last several years the Town has
experienced an increasing problem with the mountain pine beetle. This is
an insect that bores into lodgepole pines and carries with it a blue
staining fungi that can cut off the water supply of a tree and eventually kill
it. In the summer of 1996, staff received many phones calls from
concerning residents about infested areas around the golf course and in
other areas of Town. Staff began working with experts at the U.S. Forest
Service last year to develop a plan for addressing this issue. In the fall of
1996, the Town of Vail and the USFS agreed to jointly fund a study to
determine the magnitude of the problem in the Vail Valley. To date, the
USFS has taken infrared aerial photographs of the Vail Valley to
determine the extent of Pine Beetle Infestation. The purpose of this work
session is to give the Town Council an overview of the problem and an
update on progress to potentially reduce the impact of the infestation.
2. Public comments on the Town of Vail/U.S. Forest Service Land Exchange
Russell Forrest from the January 9, 1997 open house. (30 mins.)
ACTION REQUESTED OF COUNCIL: Review public input from the January
9th Open House.
BACKGROUiVD RATIONALE: Two properties located in West Vail are
proposed to be added to the original list of parcels for the Town of Vail/U.S.
Forest Service land exchange. An open house was held on January 9, 1997
to review the proposed additions and to receive public comment. The
purpose of this work session is to review the public comments from this
open house.
3• Review plans for a new water tank in East Vail. (30 mins.)
Mark Van iVostrand, ERWSD
Russell Forrest ACTION REQUESTED OF COUNCIL: Review plans for a new 1 million
gallon water tank in East Vail and determine whether the land needed for
the water tank should be included in the TOV/USFS land exchange.
BACKGROUND RATIONALE: The Eagle River Water and Sanitation
District (the District) is requesting that the Town of Vail review its
proposed plans to create a new 1 million gallon water tank directly south
of the existing water tank in East Vail. The Town of Vail Fire Department
and the District have identified a significant need for additional storage in
the East Vail neighborhood to adequately fight a fire and to simply
provide adequate pressure for day to day use. The property that the new
Tank would be located on is owned by the U.S. Forest Service and is
located outside of the Town of Vail. This property is among those
proposed in the Town of Vail/USFS land exchange and is expected to
come into Town of Vail ownership in the Spring of 1997. The only reason
this land would be included in the exchange is to provide land for the
water tank. If the exchange is completed and the land came into Town
ownership, but is not immediately annexed to the Town, the tank would
be constructed under County jurisdiction. The Town Council needs to
determine if they would like to include this property in the exchange and
agree to provide a utility easement to the District. This project was
reviewed by the Planning and Environmental Commission on December
16, 1996 to provide comments for the County permit process and to
provide a recommendation to the Town Council to help determine
whether this land should be included in the exchange.
' STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: Approve including the property, referred -
to as S2, in the exchange for the purpose of providing a utility easement
for the proposed .1 million gallon tank. If the property wouid be annexed
into the Town prior to the District building the Tank, then a PEC
conditional use permit would have to be obtained and DRB would have to
approve of the project.
4. Ordinance No. 1, Series of 1997, an ordinance requesting to amend
Dominic Mauriello Sections 18.27.030, 18.29.030, and 18.30.030 of the Zoning Code to
allow van storage/transportation related businesses in the Commercial
Core 3, Arterial Business, and Heavy Service Zone Districts as a
conditional use and add Sections 18.04.415 and 18.04.385 providing
definitions for vehicle storage yard and transportation business. (20
mins.)
ACTION REQUESTED OF COUNCIL: Review Ordinance No. 1, Series
of 1997.
BACKGROUND RATIONALE: The proposal would define and allow
transportation businesses, such as Colorado Mountain Express and
similar shuttle services, and car rental establishments, to locate in the
Commercial Core 3(West Vail), Heavy Service (West Vail gas stations),
and Arterial Business (Cascade Crossing and Amoco) zone districts
subject to a conditional use permit with specific review criteria (see
- proposed ordinance). Currently the code does not specifically address
these types of uses. The amendment also propases, to establish a
"definition and review criteria for a vehicle storage yard which is currently
allowed in the Heavy Service zone district subject to a conditional use
permit.
The PEC, at its December 16, 1996 meeting, recommended approval
(unanimously) of the proposed amendments with minor modifications.
Please refer to the PEC memo for a complete explanation of the
proposal.
5. Discussion of Austria Haus Proposal (Ordinance No. 22, Series of 1996).
George Ruther (1 hr.)
6. Information Update. (10 mins.)
7. Council Reports. (10 mins.)
8. Other. (10 mins.)
9. Adjournment - 5:35 p.m.
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