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Home My WebLink About1998-03-10 Support Documentation Town Council Work Session VAIL TOWN COUNCIL WORK SESSION TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1998 2:00 P.M. AT TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS AGENDA NOTE: Times of items are approximate, subject to change, and cannot be retied upon to determine at what time Council will consider an item. 1. Design Review Board Interviews. (45 mins.) ITEM/TOPIC: Design Review Board (DRB) interviews/appointments. ACTION REQUESTED OF COUNCIL: Review the attached letters of interest and interview the applicants for the two open positions on the Design Review Board. BACKGROUND RATIONALE: There are two open positions on the five member DRB. Both openings are for two-year terms. The terms of Clark Brittan and Ted Hingst are due to expire on March 31, 1998. The newly appointed members will join Brent Alm, Bill Pierce and a-PE!C-representative on the Board. 01,~1; The following citizens have applied for appointment on the, - Michelle Blemel - Clark Brittan - Christopher Burner - C. Barrie Tyler - Hans Woldrich A list of proposed interview questions is included in the packet. 2. PEC/DRB Review. (15 mins.) 3. Discussion of Skate Board Park @ Lionshead Structure for 1998. Tom Moorhead 10 mins.) Diane Johnson Robin Litt BACKGROUND RATIONALE: In the summer of 1997 a skate board park was placed upon the top deck of the Lionshead parking structure. At this time the Town of Vail, the Vail Recreation District, and all other participating entities request the opportunity to utilize the top of the parking structure for the skate park in the summer of 1998. This is preliminary approval by Town Council prior to the application and consideration by the Planning & Environmental Commission of a Conditional Use Permit. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Allow the consideration of the use as a skate park by the Planning & Environmental Commission. 4. Bob McLaurin ITEM/TOPIC: Discussion of Community Survey Update. (15 mins.) Suzanne Silverthorne ACTION REQUESTED OF COUNCIL: Review and provide direction as needed. BACKGROUND RATIONALE: The 1998 TOV Community Survey has been drafted to: 1) establish service level ratings, which serve as department benchmarks; and 2) probe the "Common Ground" public process topics of identification of a dedicated funding source(s) for housing, as well as a siting plan for housing, parks, open space and public facilities. The schedule calls for review and sign-off by the Vail Town Council on March 10; delivery of the survey to the printer on March 12; clerical processing from March 23-24; and delivery of the surveys to the post office on March 25. Preliminary results will be available in mid-April. 5. Information Update. (10 mins.) 6. Council Reports. (10 mins.) 7. Other. (10 mins.) 8. Executive Session - Personnel Matters 9. Adjournment - 4:30 p.m. NOTE UPCOMING MEETING START TIMES BELOW: (ALL TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE) I I I I I I I THE NEXT VAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR WORK SESSION WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 3117198, BEGINNING AT 2:00 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE FOLLOWING VAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR WORK SESSION WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 3/24198, BEGINNING AT 2:00 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE NEXT VAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR EVENING MEETING WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 3/17/98, BEGINNING AT 7:00 P.M. !N TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. Illflll Sign language interpretation available upon request with 24 hour notification. Please call 479-2332 voice or 479-2356 TDD for information. C:\AGENDA.WS 2 , . . Y 6 PROPO ED UE TIONS TO BE UBMITTED TO PEC AND DRB CANDIDATES 1. How would you characterize yourself on development in the Town of Vail: pro-growth, anti-growth, everything in moderation? 2. Describe your previous experience and/or knowledge in dealing with architecture, site planning, urban design, and land development? _ 3. Would you have difficulty removing yourself from the commission on an item if your , - relationship interfered with considering an item free from any bias or prejudice? 4. What do you believe to be the three most important issues facing development in the Town of Vail? 5. In a perfect world, please describe how your relationship between the DRB/PEC and the Town Council would look? 6• Why are you interested in serving on this Board? „ . 3-04-1998 10:27AM FROM MORNINGSTAR STUDIO 9709d94738 P_1 t ~ i 312'" MORNINGSTAR I N T F_ q I 0 A D[ S 1 G N Micl~le Blemei . 2092 7.ermatt Lane I Init A ~ . Vail, Cp 91657 970-479-6342 ~ Town of Vail ~ Town Clerk i i Re: Design review board ~ I would 1le to express my interest iuu appl*g gor the pppt ppsition on the Design neview boatd for the i Town of Vail_ ~ I I have lived 'm the Vail Valley for six years aW am au active membcr in the ~ watChc:d ihe town ~ o~m~mitY. I have expand and develop and wish to be lble W use my expertise tp further pIanned I developmeat in ocur area i I I am and havc been arn Interior Designer for 8 yeazs. I am curneaily wmbng for Morningstar Studio Inc. I ~ $lso own a businesc ccrading ardutechual models for vanous Alchiteas fmm Sumutit to Eagie_ 1 fctl my ~ knowlodge of Arctiutecam aud cohesive des,ign oonoepts vvill bC Cf geat value to dic Wwn. T am adept at ~ nCBdmg plans and have a fait knowledge of code. Tbaolc you m adv~ ~~~denng mY aPplication ' I look- foxward to reoeiving your dacasion. I I Stn=dy, I ( MiCxIC11C BiCII1C1 . I I ~I I I ~ ~ i I I i ~ I ~ I I ~ I ~ I ~ t_J['S/Fcdcx- AnncA S}wppping Center 147 Reaver C:rce:k I'lacc • Mail: Pust Office IkTwcx 5470 • Avcm, 0a4xsdo 81624 - ~ Phime: 970 `)49-4128 • Fax: 970-949•4735 I ~ . . , ~ ~ 'o~ ~.y Y~ Clff ~ ~ ~ • , . . ZAeA~ t T d , 1/. a eelliG t , ~ . ~ a44J , , ~4i ~ ~ .i . , . MAR-04-98 WED 03:18 PM SLIFER DESIGN EDWRRDS FAX N0, 19709268220 P. Ol ~ S~ier C?c5igns, Ix. Mai9ins Addirsc P.0 Box 554o, Avar. Cob,do ar62o • 97o.yms2oo Fax 97U926.es'21s $treef fddress: tos Edwntds Ulkge Bjvd. Ldwar(I5, Coloratlo &632 March 4,1998 Lorelei Donaldson " Town Clerk - Town of Vail 75 S. Frontage Road - - ' Vail, CO 81657 Re: DRB opening Dear Lorelei, I would like to indicate my interest in becoming a member of the Town of Vail Design Review Board. I am an architect and am familiazwith the process of design review. I am interested in the future of Vail and would like to offer my experience to the DRB team. Vail is about to undergo a transformation and I am sensitive to maintaining its character while helping it to grow up as a ptace and as a resort. I am a resident of Vail, deeply committed to the future of the town as a place to live and raise a famity as we1) as a place to entertain the world. Sincerely, 4~- Christopher Bumer, AIA Director of Architecture Home Address: 5104A Grouse Lane Vai), CO 81657 Home Telephone: 479-U631 -MArNgMFj~'D erY PAY : 471-2(57 ~ ~ March 2, 199 • ut&wimiroxvA REAL ESTATE - Lorelei Donaldson , 75 S. Frontage Road , Vail, CO 81657 Tkc Rijii ,'cople Dear Lorelei: Telephone I am writing to express my interest in being considered for an open position on the 970 479 aozo Design Review Board. Currently, I am a full time real estate broker for Slifer, Facsimile Smith and Frampton/Vail Associates Real Estate, however, my true qualifications 970 479 2029 lie in the fact that I am one of small group of first generation Vail "kids." Sitzmark at I have lived here since I was ten years old, graduated from the Vail Mountain Vail Village Office School and after having gone off to experience the big city, returned as a 183 core creek Drive permanent resident concerned with the growing pains that our valley is currently Vail Colorado faced with. 81657 In my years spent as a school teacher, we required our students to perform 30 hours of community service per year. I feel it is my turn to perform my community service and serving on the Design Review Board is an excellent opportunity for me to do so. As a local real estate broker, I am extremely familiar with the architectural styles, landscaping designs and the goals both the builders, designers and regulatory bodies hold for the development or redevelopment of our area. I also feel this would be a superb learning experience for me as well as an opportunity for me to give back to a town that has been such a positive place to grow up in. Thank you for your consideration. S' erely, . v C. Barrie Tyler Associate Broker SOTHEBYS ~~l_ NEW IY7EANA710NALREALTY . C. BARRIE TYLER 3877 LUPINE DRIVE VAIL, COLORADO 81657 970476-0652 * 970-479-2020 EDUCATION John Carroll University, University Heights, Ohio Master of Education Degree, 1992 Teacher Certification: OH, OR, WA Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Bachelor of Arts Degree, 1990 Major: History BUSINESS Slifer, Smith and Frampton/Vail Associates Real Estate, Vail, Colorado ' EXPERIENCE Associate Broker; Working Partner with Branch Broker - Conduct real estate sales . Jul. `96 - Present for top Vail Va11ey brokerage firm. Work directly with leading office salesperson. May `90 - Apr. `91 Vail Athletic Club, Vail, Colorado Accounting Assistant/Front Desk - Managed accounts receivable on membership accounts, trained front desk associates, coordinated spa services. TEACHING EXPERIENCE VaiUBeaver Creek Ski School, Vail, Colorado Nov. `96 - Present Certified Ski School Instructor. Conducted ski lessons to adults and children of all Nov. `84 - Mar `88 ability levels in English and Spanish. Level II Certified. The Evergreen School, Seattle, Washington Aug. `94 - June `96 Fourth Grade Teacher * Social, Studies, English, Spanish and Advisor teacher in a progressive, independent school for gifted and talented students. St. Mary's School, Medford, Oregon Aug. `92 - June `94 Sixth Grade Teacher * Original teacher of two year old program and responsible for an integrated, whole lariguage, hands-on curriculum using a portfolio assessment. University School, Shaker Heights, Ohio June `91 - May `92 Teacher Apprentice * Created and taught curriculum in the third through eighth grades specializing in English, Social Studies and Spanish classes. Red Cliff Elementary School, Red Cliff, Colorado Sept `90 - June `91 Pre-School Teacher/Math and Reading Tutor * Teacher of pre-school program responsible for curriculum development, tutoring grades K4 and test administrator of school-wide reading assessment. SKILLS AND Computer: MS Word, Wordperfect, Lotus 1-2-3, Excel, Web Page Design with INTERESTS Netscape and HotMetal & Pagemaker Language: Bilingual education in Spanish Athletics: Mountain Bike Racing, Member of Professional Ski Demonstration Team, Coach/Player of Women's Rugby, Ski Racing • ? HANS WOLDRICH - Architectural Control and Design Consultant March 3, 1998 Town Council Town of Vail 75 S. Frontage Rd. Vail, CO 81657 Dear Town Council, Please accept this letter as the application for a position on the Design Review Board: Enclosed is a summary of my architectural background. I feel that my in depth _ experience of all phases of Architectural Control and unbiased professional opinion would be of considerable help to the council members and the Town of Vail azchitectural future development. incerely, , - - Hans Woldrich f;= . ~ , 1650 East Vail Valley Drive, Vail, Colorado 81657 Phone FqX ~ 303-479-9577 1-303-479-9349 x . ; . Hans Woldrich ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL AND DESIGN REVIEW BACKGROUND 1962-1991 Architectural Control Consultant to: Cousins Properities, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia - and Arvida of Georgia . . During these years the above companies were, respectively, the largest and most successful residential real estate developers in the greater Atlanta azea. I was responsible for the architectural integrity of their subdivisions, a total of about 30 communities over a period of 29 years. Position: Directors of Architect. Control and Design Review. " ResponsibiGties: Create the concept of architecturally controlled residential communities in Atlanta. Wrote the Restrictive Covenants and Design Standards to assure standards of ' quality and harmony of exterior design throughout the communities. Assemble a concept planning, architectural, landscape and graphic design team to implement the control concept to all communities. Concept and site planning, azchitectural detailing of recreational amenities for a11 - subdivisions and condominium projects. Consultations with contributing professionals regarding market analysis, product adaptation, graphic design and real estate sales strategies and marketing. Daily field trips . to a11 residential communities to work with the builders on house sitings, determine " clearing areas, design adjustments, material and exterior color selections, design ' landscape plans. a*; 1995-1996 ~ Vail, Colorado - Member of the Design Review Board for one full term. ~ ~ Personal Data: Born: August 19, 1932 in Innsbruck, Austria Education concluded with degree in Architecture and Engineering, Innsbruck, Austria x Retired in 1991 from a 30 year cazeer in Residential Architecture and Development in Atlanta, Georgia, and 10 yeazs of Ski Resort area ~ ~ development throughout the Southern United Sta.tes. ~ Full time resident in Vail since November, 1991. . ~ ~ ~ Updated 3/10 10 am PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION Monday, March 9, 1998 FINAL AGENDA Project Orientation /LUNCH - Community Development Department 12:00 pm MEMBERS PRESENT MEMBERS ABSENT Greg Moffet Greg Amsden Galen Aasland Gene Usetton Diane Golden (2:10 pm - 4:40 pm) John Schofield Ann Bishop (left at 4:40 pm) Site Visits : 12:45 pm 1. Skolasinski - 4214 Columbine Way 2. Cascade Village - 1325 Westhaven Drive Driver: George ~.~;h;~:: r~;• :i NOTE: If the PEC hearing extends until 6:00 p.m., the board will break for dinner from 6:00 - 6:30 p.m. Public Hearing - Town Council Chambers 2:00 p.m. 1. A request for a setback variance, a landscape variance, and a request for additional GRFA utilizing the 250 Ordinance, to allow for an addition to an existing residence, located at 4214 Columbine Way/Unit 5, Bighorn Terrace. Applicant: Joe and Lauraine Skolasinski, represented by Galen Aasland, Architect Planner: Reed Onate MOTION:John Schofield SECOND: Gene Uselton VOTE: 5-0-1 (Aasland recused) APPROVED 2. A request for a worksession to discuss a major amendment to SDD #4, to allow for a fractional fee club, located at 1325 Westhaven-0r., Westhaven Condominiums/ Cascade Village Area A. Applicant: Gerald L. Wurhmann, represented by Robby Robinson Planner: George Ruther WORKSESSION - NO VOTE 1 TOWNO *VML Updated 3110 10 am 3. A request for a worksession on Stage 3 of the Lionshead Redevelopment Master Pian. Stage 3 includes the rationale and desired outcomes, which establish the regulatory framework for height, mass and density of buildings in the study area. Planners: Mike Mollica/Dominic Mauriello Consultants: Ethan Moore & David Kenyon (Design Workshop, Inc.) WORKSESSION - NO VOTE 4. A request for additonal GRFA utilizing the 250 ordinance, to allow for a remodel, located at 1998 Sunburst Drive/Lot 19, Vail Valley 3rd Filing. Applicant: Nate Accardo, represented by Dale Smith, Fritzlen, Pierce Briner Architects Planner: Reed Onate TABLED UNITL MARCH 23, 1998 5. Information Update 6. Approval of February 23, 1998 minutes. The applications and information about the proposals are available for public inspection during regular office hours in the project planner's office located at the Town of Vail Community Development Department, 75 South Frontage Road. Sign language interpretation available upon request with 24 hour notification. Please call 479-2114 voice or 479-2356 TDD for information. Community Development Department 2 Updated 3/04 10 am PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION Monday, March 9, 1998 AGENDA Proiect Orientation /LUNCH - Community Development Department 12:00 pm MEMBERS PRESENT MEMBERS ABSENT Site Visits : 12:45 pm 1. Skolasinski - 4214 Columbine Way 2. Cascade Village - 1325 Westhaven Drive Driver: George ~p~i ~ l~ !Ii1Y~.' ~ ~ I'if~~~ NOTE: If the PEC hearing extends until 6:00 p.m., the board will break for dinner from 6:00 - 6:30 p.m. Public Hearina - Town Council Chambers 2:00 p.m. 1. A request for a setback variance, a landscape variance, and a request for additional GRFA utilizing the 250 Ordinance, to allow for an addition to an existing residence, located at 4214 Columbine Way/Unit 5, Bighorn Terrace. Applicant: Joe and Lauraine Skolasinski, represented by Galen Aasland, Architect Planner: Reed Onate 2. A request for a worksession to discuss a major amendment to SDD #4, to allow for a fractional fee club, located at 1325 Westhaven Dr., Westhaven Condominiums/ Cascade Village Area A. Applicant: Gerald L. Wurhmann, represented by Robby Robinson Planner: George Ruther 3. A request for a worksession on Stage 3 of the Lionshead Redevelopment Master Plan. Stage 3 includes the rationale and desired outcomes, which establish the regulatory framework for height, mass and density of buildings in the study area. Planners: Mike Mollica/Dominic Mauriello Consultants: Ethan Moore & David Kenyon (Design Workshop, Inc.) 1 *YAR mwn Updated 3/04 10 am 4. A request for additonal GRFA utilizing the 250 ordinance, to allow for a remodel, located at 1998 Sunburst Drive/Lot 19, Vail Valley 3rd Filing. Applicant: Nate Accardo, represented by Dale Smith, Fritzlen, Pierce Briner Architects Planner: Reed Onate TABLED UNITL MARCH 23, 1998 5. Information Update 6. Approval of February 23, 1998 minutes. The applications and information about the proposals are available for public inspection during regular office hours in the project planner's office located at the Town of Vail Community Development Department, 75 South Frontage Road. Sign language interpretation available upon request with 24 hour notification. Please call 479-2114 voice or 479-2356 TDD for information. Community Development Department Published March 6, 1998 in the Vail Trail. 2 Agenda last revised 3/5/98 9am DESIGN REVIEW BOARD AGENDA Wednesday, March 4, 1998 3:00 P.M. PROJECT ORIENTATION I APPRECIATION LUNCH - Community Development Department 12:30 pm MEMBERS PRESENT MEMBERS ABSENT Brent Alm Ted Hingst Clark Brittain Bill Pierce John Schofield (PEC) SITE VISITS 2:00 pm 1. Peterson - 45 Forest Road 2. Lane - 2705 Bald Mountain Road 3. Slifer - 193 Gore Creek Drive 4. Slifer Designs - 230 Bridge Street 5. Gore Creek Grille - 223 Gore Creek Drive Driver: George PUBLIC HEARING - TOWN COUNCIL CHAMBERS 3:00 pm 1. Gore Creek Grille - Review of exterior cooler. Christie 223 Gore Creek Drive/Vail Village 1 st. Applicant: T. Michael Ditch MOTION: Bill Pierce SECOND: John Schofield VOTE: 4-1 (Brent Alm opposed) APPROVED WITH 4 CONDITIONS: 1. That the existing roof over the entryway and the proposed roof interconnect. 2. That the north and south walls with existing decks that will intersect with the new roof need to be solid stucco to match the existing walls. 3. The cooler and duct that were added should be painted black. 4. That the entire east facade be repainted to a single color that matches the rest of the building. additional note: A new roof can be built over the existing roof to match the proposed roof (does not need to tear out the existing roof and rebuild). Staff to check the site coverage issue. 2. Lane Residence - Addition. Christie 2705 Bald Mountain Road /Lot 7, Block 2, Vail Village 13th Filing. Applicant: William Lane, represented by Snowdon and Hopkins Architects MOTION: Bill Pierce SECOND: Ted Hingst VOTE: 5-0 CONSENT APPROVED WITH 1 CONDITION: 1. That a snowfence be installed to protect the existing trees. *VAIL rowwI 3. Peterson - A separation request. Christie 45 Forest Road/Lot 33, Block 7, Vail Village 1 st. Applicant: Jay K. Peterson, represented by Ron Byrne MOTION: Bill Pierce SECOND: John Schofield VOTE: 5-0 DENIED - Doesn't meet significant site constraints as defined in Section 12-11-5 of the Town Code that existing structures create the potential for locating additional development on-site, which would require a separation. Grade or view are not site constraints. 4. Slifer Designs - Conceptual review of addition. George 230 Bridge Street (Slifer Building)/Lots B&C, Block 5, Vail Village 1 st Filing. Applicant: Slifer Designs, represented by Jim Buckner CONCEPTUAL - NO VOTE 5. Slifer residence - Conceptual review of a bay window addition. George 193 Gore Creek Drive (Gore Creek Plaza Building)/Lot A, Block 5B, Vail Village 1st Filing. Applicant: Rodney & Beth Slifer, represented by Jim Buckner of Slifer Designs CONCEPTUAL - NO VOTE 6. Aspenglow - Review of architectural projection. George 1799 Sierra Trail/Lot 17, Vail Village West Filing No. 1. Applicant: Julia Watkins TABLED UNTIL APRIL 23, 1998 Staff Approvals Clarks Market and Cafe/Vail Grocery LLC. - Temporary wall sign. Kathleen 141 E. Meadow Drive/Crossroads Applicant: Tom Clark Beals residence - Minor alteration/addition and driveway expansion. Reed 2800 Aspen Lane/Lot 11, Vail Village 11th Filing. Applicant: Jack Beals _ Chevron Products Company - New shed. Christie 934 South Frontage Road/Vail Amoco Service Building. Applicant: Chevron Products Company Peters residence - Extension of permit. Christie 4193 Spruce Lane/Block 9, Lot 12, Bighorn 3rd. Applicant: Steve Peters Beavertails Pastries - New sign. Kathleen Lionshead ticket office/ Applicant: Mark Samborski The applications and information about the proposals are available for public inspection during regular office hours in the project planner's office, located at the Town of Vail Community Development Department, 75 South Frontage Road. Sign language interpretation available upon request with 24 hour notification. Please call 479-2114 voice or 479-2356 TDD for information. 2 l To: Vail Town Council mber From: Suzanne Silvertho TOV Community I ati Office Subject: 1998 TOV Community Survey Date: 3-6-98 Attached is a working draft of the 1998 TOV Community survey as developed by Chris Cares of RRC Associates. Please come prepared to discuss the draft's content, as well as possible , questions to eliminate, as we work toward a four-page format. Chris Cares will be on hand at . Tuesday's work session to address your questions and comments. We're planning to use a computer scan format again this year for added efficiency. Our schedule is as follows: March 5-10 Draft survey March 10 Town Council review, direction and sign-off March 11 Order/print envelopes, other supplies March 11 Draft cover letter March 12-20 Deliver survey to the printer March 20 Deliver printed surveys to TOV March 23-25 Clerical processing of surveys for mail March 25 Deliver surveys to post office April 14 Preliminary results ~ MAR-06-98 12:36PM FROMFRRC ASSOCIATES 3034496587 T-968 P.02/06 P-097 ~ " . . i ¦ . .i~ ~ . . ',`I`• . 'f~ ~I' ' •"'r' :.ly.l . .•~s:tM. . . . , ~M.~~"~1R"- 6 . 'I ~ ~ . b . . ' ' ' lI r~l. 1 • ~ !"!i i r~:~~.' , .~,s,` . ~ ,~~~..t., , b . . . . , . . . . , ti'. „ , _ , r.'..I. , ...:!...~'I~~.1••~T~'.'1'f.":/'' j11W ;i'h 4J'' 111114ill"p~L~~ now ar~~~~.' . t•~ ~ , . . ~'.~.i .~..~..t~"tr ~~j~y~~'~1'/~~1}~ r .a.'v . . . N.' 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GOVERNMENT me past 72 ?nnnms'? o Yes O No [ L How saUSfi6d are you. u? gel1er81, wilh the oy@raR pe!lamanoB A `s r r ot ihe Town ot vail govemment? war.r aa Please rate your satrs/action with tbe ax r~? ~~r S~ ~ a z° COlINIwRilydev~le?1td~AL .~/A ~ ~ 2 1 Currens Tnwn Counc~l O O Q~ O O overall servicc;e and emaency ~ O 0 O O O[ F~~;~g ~ Courmsy and attaude O(D O O O O i- Enviranmemal Canmission O G) Q Q O O[)eveiopment review pracess--smtt O O O 0 0 O[ Dngn fleview Board O Q O O O 0 Development review process- l IVt in Puwic Places Soard O O O O O O pesign Review soaro ~ O O O O Or 7own of Vail staff O Q (D C) (D Q pevelopment review process- Plannmg 8 Environmental Coaumss~on Q (2) ~ O O O~ Sperit;cauy, over ihe Past year, how wouk~ you rate the Sui?oing permit plan revisw O Q O (D O 4[ responsiverless of the loNomng proups' Building permit wrna?ound ume O G) O O O O l 1138409 Sta,od Me GoMm su?~irig mpemons a o 0 0 0 0~ seaor Same Worse Restaurant inspecuon and l Currant Town Counal o 0 0 ~~~;on ~~ram o 0 0 0 0 0~ Plan?un~ and Ern?ironmencal panniny program O (D ca) o O O i Erniranmental Gammission 4 Q O , pesign Review 8oard O O O Comments(suggastions ta impwernem in t?re above mMpm' Art in Pubhc Pkes Bostd 4 O O Town af Vail staff O O O Comrrents/suggestior?s tor,mprovemern in UW above catesaies- PL.EnSr: DO NOT WftITf IN TnIS ARFA wooooooooaooooaooommon" [SERtAL] ' MAR-06-98 12:37PM FROMFRRC ASSOCIATES 3034496587 T-968 P.03/06 F-097 U . PUBLIC O. 611 tiave you uUlrzed (rre serv?ces mi ihe past 12 mwths? ~ Yes Q No Rate your sWWion wifh puWc wwks services a71 in the Town et vad? " g G ~ O O s$ RaieYOU?sat?Sfacnm wah frre NanAa Y g Snow removal O~Q O O~EOq. O 57 seirvices;n the Town of vad? s~ , ~ o z Frontap road mairnenance S6 (provida by " sw pr c.aorew) o 0 0 0 0 0 ss hre emergerxy respanse Ume O O Q O (D C) Road and sveet maicrteriance 3i] Emetgency medical secvices O O 4(Q O 0 (providad by the Tavvn of Vail) O 4 O G O O s3 Fira educa~on senrices O O O O b O Neighbortlood ~rk ava?latii~ry O O a O 0 O sz Counesy and amwde C} 0 4 O Q O Parklptayrground equrpmertt satery O O O 0 p Q "si Fire public educauon ssroices p Q p O O O overaiI park maiMm+ce O O O O O O so Fire depatrnent plan revow o a O d o o Appearance ana condition of - Tqj Fue prevenoonhnspertion program O CJ O O O O town owned twldmgs O O. a ~ O O - qL Fire code snforcement Q O (D C) a O Gonvn&VAugpestiom ta Xproremem in any a the above categor;es:- . 47 Oveal fire services proviNea O Q O O (D O ~ -4$ Hare yaw saristaction OM pdree J servees 1n ihe Town of Varl? nw?a~a ~ry " B . D PUBLIC PARKING 2 42 Oveca?l feeling of safery and sea,nty C) O O O 0 O ram you usen u,e b?s sysOm wmrru, ft pasr 12 manos? 4i v;s,a,i,ry of poiice toovvenide paua O O O O O 0 O Yes 4 tuo - wny noi? 4ol Friendlmess ana approachabdliry of 39 Vail pawe aepaRment employees O (D O O O 4 sa Overa?I quabty of sen?ice O O O 0 O a 37 Overall tairriess of po{,ca employees p O (D G) O O Fiequenq af btis aorvice: ~:9 36 in-lown shuttle O O (D Q O O 35 Samstorie ro,te o 0 0 0 0 0 ~ tOO im T„ "~East va?l route o 0 0 0 0 0 3i uM RO: *Cft d~ z West vail route O ~ Q O O Q 21 Fitforcemem ot uattic regulaUons Golt Course roure O O O Q O O '31 cspeedmg. reaaessdriving, ouI. eu 1 Q O O 0 Uonsndge t.oop route O Q O (D O O 3o CommentsisuWsr,wm for improvemenr in me abave caregories: Ford Park ra,re O U Q O (D O z9 ) Quality of hwwvice: s Bus anver courtesy O O O O O O 7 ~ndabirty of buS soMce o 0 o a o 0 ii clg~iness of buws o a o o a o iF ANIMAL • - • . - . froi-n Eagic- County) Cleanlmess of Vail Trarsportauon 24 sus Termmal O O O O O O -~2j] Rare yarr satisfactian wJ[h aumal mntroJ sarvces o9 ~ in ihe Town o1 Vai!? ~orar~a yp,j, ~Flave you usedperbhc parkqig wi~nrn ri~e Qasl 12 mcrnhs? 21 ~q • ~ o z Q Yes Q No To Response ume to vompa,rns Q O Q (D O O ~Tq-i overau qua1,ry of service O O O O O 4 Are you aware of ine •Parrc Free atrer 3- proqram rn me vaa vdkVe ,7Ig and Liortshead par?cirng svuctures bwwe€n 3 p.m ana? 74.m_7 I-7 Q Yes O No pDan't know 1 Na apicaon 16" I t.~ae ~ crt o z Raie your sansfac?xan with Pub~lrc Pa~in4 services 14Patrals 101' ieasn iaw vidarions O pr Q O rn me rown of Vai?? NamAP ;Eg Fi i_ Comrr?enrsl5uggestans iar mrprovemenr in rhe adave catewies- Discoum Pariun9 pro9ram i i (debit carftlue, gold pass) C) O O O O 0 13ooth attendam couResy O O Q O O U ~ Speeq of uaruactian at exa dooth O O (D O O O s Overati parwng tsesRpricingstrucu,re O O O O O O Tne Tarh Free nster 3- program O O O O O O ~ Are Illere any servxaes a faaJaies k5ted auove that curreMy reaeivt toa Cleanliness antl IighGng of ~ much or too titue alrendon (expendiu,res) trom me Town7 parang strucwres O O O CU O Q 5:1 Too qucn: 71 Tpo Little: Commer7Wsuqgesuons for i?ovemenr,n any of ine above categones: 0 FD MAR-06-98 12:38PN FROU-RRC ASSOCIATES 3034486587 T-968 P.04/06 F-097 LIBRARY 6 Do ya, had a urxw card ,n rna Tawn of va+P Do yau riave c,a„p,rsr po you ar w,u you use rN mrerner ro keeP [ O yas ONo acrass ro me rniemer? ulp-ro-we on rown or var"1 acwties? L O Yes O Yes - in wnat wray? ; 5 Fo you ano your tanwr members fee) wedcome ar me kbrary? O No O No ~ O Yes O No 4 Dont ~cnow / No aprnon L s Wou10 tree parkng validation wieese your use of the IiD?8ry? L O Yes O No O aon't know / No "n P L` Nave you visited tA9 Gbrary waMn lhe pag 12 monAhs? C Yes L` No: Are riiers am addiuonal senriees a areas iniaresls we . ~ caultl address tltlc woUld per5tra49 you to us9 dle Way LOCAL • • ' L` po you feel the Tawn ct Varl neeN to take arnon to inpove ihe . [ GO TO NEXT SECTION oommuniry's ecoriom,c vmft (reced quahry aM varrery, keepirg L bus+nesses in Vad) rn canmercW areas? ~Wou1d yau ce Gkely to uum a MmarAr y~, O lres Q No O Dait know 1 No oprnon C prrvately op9reled Coffee b3r in zkrjr c z rrre caac of rne cnmrtMU~ty raan? O O O (D G) O (rF rES) How srrwd uie Town nt vad rake action-7 r7 a L Hvw satied are ya wrm me touowtng r,DrBry ~ s O servxes and rac+iibes? imarm , rpry Q CHOICES TO aE MSCUSSER [ ~p~ S~p~q o z Q SY VAlE. TOWN CQIJNCII ~ Researcti infortnatian O Q CO O O ~ O L CircWauon semces O O O O O 4 O L Fictwn books o 0 0 0 0 0 ~ NonWuon booKs O O O O O O Commerus- ~ Magazines and newspapers o 0 0 0 0 0 lutemate media inriuding i videos and books on mpe o 0 0 0 o a ~ on-pne databases O O O O O O Do you muuc a s appropnate ta uae Town of varr ra spena money l Youtn materials (D O (D G) O 0 cawed trom bus+~~ feeS an summer "wr?cong? [ Youth prOgrdms O O O O O O O Yss O No O Don't lcnow i No opinion ~ Community roam O O O G O O New I?drafY PhYsical layaut O O (D O (5) O Do you have any addir;anal,ueas on rrow oLisiness l,cerw fee ~ P a Nngiaccess O O Q U O O m a ne y s h c u d b e s P e n t? ( i ~ ~ QI Ho t+rw J~ g 7o wnat eatenf ,S 1-70 nase 8 pwom Mpln 0°z prutem ro yourhousehw? Q O O O O O Comments&ggestions fa iquovemeni in the a6ore categOries. WIR-06-98 12:39PM FR014-RRC ASSOCIATES 3034496587 T-969 P.06/06 P-097 L , ~ 6 L- . The val1 Tawn Councd ra initiated a citan invdvemern process cWied Berow is a partiaf hsr o! criterra matis Woposed tnr srrrn4 aftordaW ~ E Common Ground: A Plan for vall's Community Nesqs. The pracess is hoasing on Town ot vari ownect lands. usin9 a scale han 110 5 wne?e L` "ne4 to ask fuA arxi part time val residents and Vail business I is *vot at Au impartartt" and 5 rs Exuomely lmpnrta?u ' L 9 ` L` owners w:11 help set critan8 ta siung atfobaple housin9 Prolwm within now imporranr a?e ft fawwiny cireria? r me 7awn ot vail; 2) petp set aftria for attorct~aple housing twxiing ~arAS ~r~y ~ z C opuons and 3) idenury me communiry's pudic use needs and chaose ~ -p O O L'- from among altemative pans for siting those uses. Once the Common I-ana?conswction c~ . Ground pudtic i?n?olvecr?eru Process is bnished, Me Vail c;ommuniry will CompanMbility xntn adjaceni uses (D O O O O 4L r-I tave a onmprehensive pan which idenGfies what tha cammuniry has Fmnomy ot scale (D (D G) G) G) 0 sa?tl it warnS when ?T comes T0-1) thA most ilripoRant pudic usdS tor Adapmaiury to targec matket O O (D O (D O G - 70V lana; 2) me most appropriaie sites for u? a s e u s e s: a n a 3) w n i c n P r n x i m i ry t o b us O O a0. Q O L [ools (f undmg or octler implememauon svategies) to use to make them PaenAat of rem,ced parkin9 (O (D a. O O O•~ h8pperi_ Ti1s ToMm o1 Vail Council ar1G sTafE will Uhen uSS Utial plan ro Proximiry to em p tflymen[ Q p O O(Q OC make bu09eT and Paey d~ons about how town property and omer Proxim?ry to par~cs?apen space resources mll De usea. I.org ierm community beneTR O CD O O O O~ uvapility for residents -O a O O 0 4~ F o rW~e ars, the Town of Var1 has contemp(ated arc u5es fhai coula be p„sued via pcrWpr,rm partnersn;ps. From the 1isr below W"se Are drere other aitena r Ut s h o a b b e o uri d e r e a r? l ;denply how imporranr eaair is ro the Vaii commun,ry: [ NPTN~AA o g L ::.'Ar. o z 1 Communiry venrer O Q O(O (D O Omer man aifordable housmq, what da you bebeve ro de ft best ~ 2 commuroty theaue O O O O O O use of 7own ot Var? awed wxts? I 3 ConterencerconVernion center O O (D O O Q ~ 4 Famity fun center (aWards. O O O O O Q , bowling, mdoor paygroun4, vu120 afc.ade) S Gymnastics Cacdity Q O O O 4 O 7he Town Counat nad inc*caW ir wdu creare a ded=ied tunam9 6lndnor swimmina pool Q O O(D C) O source(s) for ha,siM. From the ksr De1ow priaitue your rop uvee 7 Mu1u•pupose meeting rooms O Q O O O O dnces for fundrn9 sourcas 4th a 1, 2 arrd 3. 8 Outdaor swimmMg poa O O 0 0 O O O O (j) Property tax increase 9 PeAormmg arts center Q (D O O O0 O O O Uedicate a poroon of exisGng sales rax 14 SecDnd ice nnk 4 O O O O O O O O Reallacate a Qorcion of RETT (real estate traWer tax) 11 Skate pa?Ic a O O O O O a O 4 7ake on tnare dedt via bond issue 12 Yaum center Q Q O O O O O( O O t i e a a t a x ( 1 13 Omar. O O O (D (D O 000 Business improvement cistricx 0 0 0 0~,~~ ~~ce5. From me list aDOVe ranrc the ihree improvemenu you aonsider ro De of (~~1 greatest impmnce lo tAe Varl communrry ((NSERT # FROM ABOVE) . $nd indreale whwe you riunlc ir shouki ba lopled: Oo Ya+ A$ve any commenis ar ymrr response? Top Chorcas: 40e8pa+: . Any turMer cmmerUs wrJOem+ri4 Y~ ~spmws aW1e pa you thirnc the Town of Vari has an 4dequaie suppy ot th8 fnllowNlg taplrtAs? roo .tua? 70o Q urae R+gd AwcA Small neighbo?nood pocket parks 0 0 0 a txge cammuniry parhs O O a d Bafl fietds O O O O Bhe patWaaes O O O 0 walwrg urails 0 0 0 0 WlR-06-98 12:38PM FROM-RRC ASSOCIATES 303449658t T-968 P.05/06 F-097 63 . M. . . ~ . . ~ . 62 • . . - • ~ ~ ? . - • - ~ 611 k-I Where rs your residenae witn+n the Town of Vail located? W?arn oi Me categones desr descnbes yow marital status? s9 QEast Vail C7 Single, no chilc~sn • ss O Booth Falls and Bald Mountain Raad areas O Couple, no cniEdren 577 OBooth Creek?ASpen I.m O hbusehold witn ctutdren sb p Golt Course O Emptfr nester, children no longer at home ss O Vail ViUage sa' OLionshead ltw many children do yau n$ue in the fd?o+mg age groWs? s3 Q patato Pauh. Sattdstorie 0 W 5 years: Q(~ O O 52 O Buflehr Creek, Lionsridge, Ihe Valley 6 to 12 yeafs: O ~ O O ~ -11 0 Vad Commons'Safeway area 13 t018 ywrs: O (D O0 ; so 1 p Wesi vaa (north of I-70) 49 Q Mauemm, Glen Lyan lndualing yourself, tww many persons resoe rn your hasewld? p Intermowun Q O 00 0 0 - a~ Q Not a resident of ~e Town of va,l -41 Whidl of qlese Categomm as IJo ypu owlt o? rent your residenca? 20 45to54 ~ O Qwc~ Q Other fspeoiyl. 13 p Rent O 2o to 24 Q 55 ta 64 421 O 25m34 O 65 or aver a i How laM haMe you Gved wrm+n fhe Town of Vail O 35 to 44 O Do not vnsh ~(or owneC propenY il a nan-resrdeM)? wreplY . 3a Q LesS than 1 year 3s Q 110 5 y+: a?s Which of lliase Calegafres Dest cescnbes qr annual mciome 73i] o s to 15 years of yn„r nousetwra (befare taxes) 9 sb 0 More than t 5 years 0 $0-14,999 4$75,000 - 99,999 ss O $15,000 - 34.999 O $100,000 -149.999 L34_I vVnich of rhe tauowing caregares besr desa,aes your 0 ;35.000 - a9,999 0 $150,000 a more 33 resxlency slatus? O$W,000 - 74,999 O Ao not Nnsh to replY f 3; p Year-round Vad ras,tleni 3 71 O Seasonal vai1 residerttlowner of wacauon property 31 O Non-residem, owner of busoess a commemal 29 property in viuI OPTIONAL za Q Oqier: 27 YYould you ltke To be CWii7c[9d by 1he ToWA of VBit l8g7?dlAq a 26 speafic cancem ar wau?4 w io be placed on our marlrng Irst? 2s qre you a rvsrered voter of ft Town of V4r19 O Yes, conmct me to discuss my concems :?a O Yes O Yes, add me to the madmg bst 23 0 No O No ihardc you z2 , 2 i Ao ynu waic rn the Tawn of Vart? 1F YOU AAE 1AffEREST~D /N B~NG CONTACTEt~ PLFJISE PRllYT zo] Q Yes YOUA NME ANp AAORF.SS CLFJIRL Y BELON?. Fl9 O No is lVAME. , i~ Ao you own ar operate a busrness wittun irm Town of Va!? ,qDDRESS: 1a1 Q Yes ! i5 p No cIrYIsrarE: ia zIP COAE. L3 12 E-MAlL' f ?1 P1i0NE: tu ~ 91 ~ l7 ~ ~J Thank yau for your parricipaticm in our cantinuing evaluation pragram. U Please attarh sheet for RdditioriRl cOmmmt5 Or SKg$eShPnS. F~-, ETI MEMO AND M TO: Town Council Bob McLaurin, Town Manager Tom Moorhead, Town Attorncy FROM: Andy Knudtsen, Senior Housing Policy Planner DATE: March 5, 1998 SUBJECT: Follow-up from March 3rd Council meeting, regarding tax assessment on deed restricted employee housing Staff leamed from the County Assessor's office that tax assessment is based on sales price. Sales prices for deed restricted units are not subject to speculation. Assessed value is based on the initial sale. Ruth Bergland, a representative from the County Assessor, referred to the Vail Commons deed restriction as an example of the way the County sets valuation for deed restricted homes. Since the sales price is capped at 3% annual appreciation, the assessed value cannot increase more than 3°/a per year from the base price. 1- Fkveryone\andy\98_jnemos\tc.305 ~ MEMORANDUM TO: Town Council FROM: Andy Knudtsen Russell Forrest Suzanne Silverthorn Todd Oppenheimer DATE: March 5, 1998 SUBJECT: Common Ground...A Plan for Vail's Community Needs. Staff has incorporated the changes requested by Council during the presentation made on March 3, 1998. The attached Problem Statement, the Givens, and the Process reflect the Council's comments. 1 , i IO Outcome To identify a dedicated funding source for housing, as well as a siting package for Vail's housing, parks, public facilities and open space needs by June 30, 1998. 2 C] Problem Statement • Through various diatogues overthe pastfew years,the community has said that it is time.to make Yail a world-.class community.in addition to being a world-class resort. They've pointed to the lack of affordable housing and a void of community gathering places as major obstacles to community and family life in Vail. • However, the Town of Vall can't responsibly resolve our housing crisis without knowing what other land.use.priorities exist. To find out what our community.priorities are, #he Town is asking people's help in developing a comprehensive, coordinated plan which will identify all the public uses people want on Town of Vail lands. Over the years, discussions have centered on hous'rng as well as other public uses such as parks and open space, fire stations, a community / pertormin.g arts center and other community needs. • Recently, the lack of seasonal, long-term rental and owner-occupied housing units has become even more of a pressing communityneed. Vail business owners are increasingly having trouble filling jobs because both jobs and affordable housing can be found in close proximity to each other down valley. If this situation is allowed to continue. Vail's economy will suffer and the community will slowly deciine, becoming less able to serve its own citizens and visitors alike. The Vail Town Council has identified affordable housing as a critical part of our public infrastructure, and believes it would be irresponsible as a public body not to address our community's housing needs. • Vail is at a critical juncture, and we all need to work together to make some tough choices. We need to decide whicfi community uses in addition to housing are most im_portant, where they should be located, and how they can be funded. 30 Givens 1) All sites, both publicly.and.privately held, and funding sources will be considered in ihe context of the , overall community good. All participants will be encouraged to look at community-wide impacts rather than site-specific impacts. 2)Some currently undeveloped public lands will be developed for community purposes. 3) The 13 properties designated inthe most proteded open space classification (persection 13:11 of the Town Charter) will not be considered for any purpose other than those uses allowed by this section of the Town Charter. 4}The process will focus on projects that affect land use and will not address related issues such as maintenance or operations. 5) All projects that are already underway wAI proceed. 6) Funding sources for affordable housing will be identified and implemented. 7) Because failure to have a-time line has, in the past, resulted in failure to resolve the housing problem, the Town of Vail has set June 30 to have these funding and siting decisions made so a project(s) can be underwayin 1998. 8) So that the Town of Vail can be held accountable for responsibly addressing the critical affordable . . housing shortage, it has set a target of having 62 percent of our community's employees living within the Town of Vail. To achieve this goal, based 1908 residency figures;*theTown wili neetl to adtl 1,680 bed units to the existing affordable housing supply. The Town of Vail will facilitate the construction or acquisition of affordable housing units until that target is reached or the crisis is averted in other ways. 9)TOV will fill the role of faciGtator in providing housing; the Town of Vail will consider.using the following strategies as well as others to fulfill that role: land provisionlsite acquisition, including existing units facilitator/ incentivize site-specific subsidies regulator/approval of projects condemnation for public use service provider (police, fire and transit, etc.) 10) All ideas for pubiic uses are welcome. 11) In making these decisions, compranise wiil be neeessary• 12) Process is open to all who want to participate; however, Council must be most responsibie to Vail interests specifically residents,'employers, employees. 13)Final decision will be made by TOV Council for the community good. 4 CD Step 1 2/8 to 3/23 • TOV Determines... - Generai estimate of funding needed to accomplish housing goal (see given) - inventory of potential sites - Test process steps on focus group - Draft list of criteria to evaluate funding options - Draft list of criteria to evaluate siting afternatives (2/8 to 3/1) , 5 D STEP 2 3/1 to -4/16 • Community... - Identifies community uses and needs - Generates ideas for funding sources - Responds to criteria for funding and siting -"Anything that should be a criterion? Anything missing?" • Methods - Mailed survey 3/1 to 4/3 - Interviews - 2 Combined open house/f6rum/workshops 4/16 to 4l20 4 O STEP 3 4/20 to 5>22 • TOV... - Applies criteria and identifies funding options - Applies criteria for siting and develops multiple comprehensive packages of maps addressing each of the four categaries of need 7 0 STEP 4 611 fio 6/8 I + J • Community.Responds.to... - Funding options - Siting Alternatives -"What do you like about the options/alternatives and why?" • Methods - 2 Public Warkshops $ O Check point 6/1 D • f2EVIEW PUBtIC INPUT AND f2E-EXAMINE PROCESS - • GOMMUNICA7'E ALLiNFORMATION TO DATE 9 O STEP 5 6/8 to 6112 • TOV Develops... - 'Finai funding package - Final siting plan lq O STEP 6 6/12 to 6/25 • Community opportunity for input on recommendation • Final response -"Here's what you said. Here's what we did. Here's what we're about to do." • Methods - Newspaper ad - Informational mailing 11 CO STEP 7 6/30 • Vail Town Council... - Acts on funding and siting packages forvvarded for action lz [O NEXT STEPS: IMPLEMENTATION W5 3.3 • rd A Plan for , r . . , Common Gro-und Val* I's Community Needs Outcome To identify a dedicated funding source for housing, as well as a siting package for Vail's housing, parks, public facilities and open space needs by June 30, 19980 Problem Statement • Over the past few years, through Town of Vail planning processes and the Vail Tomorrow strategic planning proj ect, people have said they believe it's time to make Vail a world-class community in addition to being a world- class resort. They've pointed to the lack of affordable housing and a void of community gathering places as maj or obstacles to community and family life in Vail. Problem Statement • Recently, the lack of seasonal, long-term rental and owner-occupied housing units has become even more of a pressing community need. Vai1 business owners are having a lot of trouble finding emplayees because people are locating down-valley where they can find both jobs and housing they can afford. If this situation is allowed to continue, Vail's economy will suffer and the coinmunity will slowly decline, becoming less and less able to serve its own citizens and visitors alike. The Vail Town Council has identified affordable housing as a critical part of our public infrastructure, and believes it would be irresponsible as a public body not to address our community's housing needs. Problem Statement • However, the Town of Vail can't respons.ibly resolve our housing crisis without knowing what other land use priorities exist. To find out what our community priorities are, the Town is asking people's help in developing a comprehensive, coordinated plan which wiil identify ail the public uses people want on Town of Vail lands. Over the years, discussions have centered on housing as well as other public uses such as parks and open space, fire stations, a community / performing arts center and other community needs. Givens • 1) All sites, both publicly and privately held, and funding sources will be considered in the context of the overall community good. All participants will be encouraged to look at community-wide impacts rather than site-specific impact 2 Some currently undeveloped public lands will ' e developed for community purposes. • 3) Land designated as open space as per section 13.11 of the Town Charter will not be considered for any purpose other than those uses allowed in the above mentioned section of the Town Charter. • 4) The process will focus on proj ects that affect land use and will not address related issues such as maintenance or operations. . e Uivens Cont, • 5} All projects that are already underway will proceed. • 6) Funding sources for affordable housing will be identified and implemented. • 7) Because failure to have a time line has, in the past, resulted in failure to resolve the housing problem, the Town of Vail has set June 30 to have these funding and siting decisions made so a project(s) can be underway in 1998. 8) So that the Town of Vail can be held accountable for responsibly , • addressing the critical affordable houstng shortage, it has set a target of having 62 percent of our community's employees living within the Town of Vail; the Town of Vail will facilitate the construction or cquisition of affordable housing units until that target is reached or the crisis is averted in other ways. ~ ~ ! Givens Cont, • 9) TOV will fill the role of facilitator in providing housing; the Town of Vail will consider using the following strategies as well as others to fulfill that role: • land provision/site acquisition, including existing units • facilitator/incentivizing • site-specific subsidies • regulator/approval of proj ects l • condemnation for public use • service provider (police, fire and transit, etc.) • 10) All ideas for public uses are welcome. Givens Cont • 11) In making these decisions, compromise will be necessary. • 12) Process is open to a11 who want to participate; however, Council must be most responsible to Vail interests, residents, employers, employees. • 13) Final decision will be made by TOV Council for the community good. • 14) Since Town %rcess is r onsible f 9rpublic ~ h alth a sa ty, t ye op ill id ti citing ort ities r fn in We ail, bas resp nse time criteria established by the Vail Fire Department. STEP 1 2/8 to 3/23 • TOV Detennines... - General estimate of funding needed to accomplish housing goal (see given) - Inventory of potential sites - Test process steps on focus group - Draft list of criteria to evaluate funding options - Draft list of criteria to evaluate siting alternative s 2/8 to 3/1) ~ STEP 2 3/1 to 4/16 • Community... - Identifies community uses and needs - Generates ideas for funding sources - Responds to criteria for funding and siting -"Anything that should be a criterion? Anything missing?" • Methods - --Mailed survey 3/1 to 4/3 - --Interviews ---Combined open house/forum/workshops 4/ 10 to 4/ 16 • CHECK POINT- REVIEW PUBLIC INPUT AND VERIFY PROCESS • COMMUNICATE ALL INFORMATION TO DATE STEP 3 4/20 to • TOVO'o 0 - Applies criteria and identifies funding options - Applies criteria for siting and develops multiple comprehensive packages of maps addressing each of the four categories of need STEP 4 6/1 to • Community Responds to... - Funding options - Siting Alternative s -"What do you like about the options/alternative s and why?" • Methods - Public Workshops Check point • CHECK POINT- REVIEW PUBLIC INPUT AND RE-EXAMINE PROCESS • COMMUNICATE ALL INFORMATION TO DATE STEP 5 6/8 to • TOV Develops... - Final funding package - Final siting plan , STEP 6 6/12 to • Community opportunitY for input on recommendation • Final response -"Here's what you said. Here's what we did. Here's what we're about to do." • Methods - Newspaper ad - Informational mailing STEP 7 6/30 ' . • Vail Town Council... - Acts on funding and siting packages forwarded for action ~ , . NEXT STEPS-: IMPLEMENTATION PUBLIC NOTICE VAIL TOWN COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULE (as of 3/6/98) MARCH, 1998 In an attempt to respond to scheduled meeting demands, as well as adhere to mandated ordinance and charter requirements, Council meetings are scheduled at the foliowing times: EVENING MEETINGS Evening meetings will continue to be held on the first and third Tuesday evenings of each month, starting at 7:30 P.M. These meetings will provide a forum for citizen participation and public audience for conducting regular Council business. WORK SESSIONS Work sessions, which are primarily scheduled for Council debate and understanding of issues before the Council, will now be scheduled to begin at 2:00 P.M. (unless otherwise noted) on everv Tuesday afternoon. THE MARCH. 1998. VAIL TOWN COIINCIL MEETING SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS: Tuesday, March 3. 1998 Work session............ 2:00 P.M. (starting time determined by length of agenda) Evening meeting......... 07:30 P.M. Tuesdav, March ] 0, 1998 Work session............ 2:00 P.M. (starting time determined by length of agenda) Tuesdav, March 17, 1998 Work session............ 2:00 P.M. (starting time determined by length of agenda) Evening meeting......... 07:00 P.M. Tuesdav, March 24, 1998 Work session............ 2:00 P.M. (starting time determined by length of agenda) Tuesdav, March 31, 1998 No work session............ (5th Tuesday of the month) TOWN OF VAIL ry~ __~~'~C.~.l~~ ~~~lvtt~ ~ U Pamela A. Brandmeyer AssistantTown Manager Sign language interpretation available upon request with 24 hour notification. Please call 479-2332 voice or 479-2356 TDD for information. r COUNCIL FOLLOW-UP TOPIC QUESTIONS FOLLOW-UP SOLUTIONS ~ 1998 LARRYIGREG H.: With the increased speed from the Main Based on further discussion with Sybill, ine request centers more on 2117/98 CROSSWALK Vail roundabout pouring westbound on South Frontage possible signs to alert "drivers" exiting arid entering the main Vail Sybill Navas Road, should a crosswalk be painted to help draw drivers' roundabout of the potential for pedestrians crossing. Larry will investigate. attention to the fact pedestrians are crossing from the police department to the Holiday Inn side of the Frontage Road. 2/24197 VAIL PASS BIKE PATH LARRY: Since the west side of the path is in Region 1(John Kevin Foley Unbewouf???), perhaps a different strategy can be worked out to repair the numerous potholes, etc. Cooperating parties: Trails Committee from the ECRTA, TOV commitment of equipment/operators, and CDOT. 3f3198 FORMERLY: LAURA'S FUCGE SHOP The owner of the candy shop on the northwest level of the , Sitzmark Building is very concemed about drainage which ends up right at his front door. Is the water accumulation caused by drainage from Willow Bridge or from the Sitzmark? March 5, 1998, Pige l RECElVP!v;r~ Vantage Point - Vail Interval Owners' Association, Inc. Box 178 Avon, CO $1620 March 3, 1998 V'ail Town Council 75 S. Frontage Road Vail, CO 81657 Dear Members of the Vail Town Council: Subject: Building Height Restrictions Lionshead. Our organization represents 254 time share owners (deeded intervals) at Vantage Point - Vail Condominiums. We strongly oppose the increase in the 11or.shead building height restrictions. For more than 20 years we have enjoyed an unrestricted view of the mountains. The mountain experience is the motivation far our visits to V ail, not shopping. As a byproduct of our visits to Vait we do spend considerable money in the shops and restaurants thereby providing employment for the lacal population and profits for local businessmen. New constructian will block our views of the mountains and transfer them to the owners of the newly constructed properties. This is not the way to reward faithful visitors to Vail for over two decades. Vertical expansian of Lionshead will greatly increase the population density of the area and lower the quality of the mountain experience. Miami Beach is an example of this type of aver development. Driving down Collins Avenue for miles and miles, one cannot see the Atlantic Ocean, even though it is a few feet away. For those who wish the high rise environment, Beaver Creek is just a short distance away. In short, let us not trade the mountain experience for the "Times Square" experience. Do not compromise on building heights simply disapprove this ill fated proposal. Sincerely, 4AL'%/' kv4ft'-ftft Gerald A. Block, President RESORT K L tI N C O R P O R A T E D &OSOMANMEMENT 260 Linn Creek Road Lake Ozark, Missouri 65049 (314) 365-6628 Fax (314) 365-6186 March 2, 1998 Vail Town Council 75 S. Frontage Road Vail, CO 81657 RE: LIONSHEAD PROPOSED ZONING VARIANCE Dear Council Members, It is true that individual views often represent "personal agendas", but as a property owner in Lionshead, my opposition to Vail Associate's proposed change to height requirements in Lionshead is a plea from everyone (visitor and owner alike) for common sense, aesthetics and careful planning. Please do not allow the "Manhatten-izing" of Lionshead, as they did in Beaver Creek. As a 20 year guest and a 12 year owner, I am vehemently opposed to any change in the building height restriction. 7 Si cerely, Paul J. Kleiber President PJK/tsd RECElVEQ MAR 6 1998 March 2, 1998 Vail Town Council 75 S. Frontage Road Vail, CO 81657 TO al'1 i.ilE TTlcmbciS vi -Gii^c ~,'Oti.21Ci1: We have been informed that redevelopment plans for Lionshead propose to double the building height restrictions. We strongly oppose this. The erection of taller buildings could ruin the ambience of Lionshead. It would also be devastating to the value of our property at Vantage Point. P12ase consic;er the feeling of present property own2rs and do not amend the building code as proposed. Sincerely yours, Clarence F. Bartelsmeyer ~ ~ ~ , fX jj?~ .-;-rc~:c.• o %e__. Luella N. Bartelsmeyer~ 1301 Chardonniere Ct. St. Louis, MO 63135 RECEIVEQ MAR 6 1998 1530 S.W. 6th Avenue Boca Raton, Florida 33486-7002 (561) 368-9644 March 2, 1998 Vaii Town Council 75 S. Frontage Road Vaii +CU. 01657 Dear Council Members: As an owner in Vantaage Poitit I am dismayed to hear that you are cansidering amending the current height restrictions of 48 feet to a maximum of 93 feet in Lionshead. Before we purchased our home we researched the height restrictions to ensure us that our view of the mountain would not be impeded. Once satisfied that the heigh~ restriction was a maximum of 48 feet we purchased our home. Beaver Creek was an altemative consideration for the purchase of a home at that time. The "viitage of wails" where no sunlight can shine on the pedestrian walks was enough of a detriment to eliminate Beaver Creek as a viable altemative. If the 93 foot height variance is approved it wrould certainly create a walled city surrounding the entrance to the mountain that would eliminate or drastically reduce the views of the mountain. While I recognize that there is no !eqal nrokec;tion of private viet:s.- urd no legal basss for relying on zoning regulations remaining the same in the fight of changed conditions, you, as elected offcials have a MORAL responsibility to preserve the views and . openness of Lionshead tor those who have purchased under the existing zoning restrictions. Please keep the current height restriction of 48 feet in effect. DONT CHANGE ITI You tru , DF iates, c. Kar! E. Pre sse President Tke Law Office of RECElVE~ ~AR Rock G. So~-ensevA ,AtCORN EY ,AZ L,AW A nro fessiona) Corporation 315 West Oak Street, Stiite 501 Fo,-+ Gallihs, GO 8052-1 E-JVlad.Address: h++p;//www.RSorehLaw@aol.com Zelepkohe T=acsimile (970) 495-9741 (970) 493-8213 March 3, 1998 Vail Town Council 75 S. Frontage Road Vail, CO 81657 RE: Zoning / Height Restrictions Dear Members of the Vail Town Council: My parents and I are owners of a number of condominium units in the Vantage Point Condominium building. We wish to voice our extreme opposition to the proposed modification of the building code height and mass restrictions for Commercial Core II in the Lionshead Master Plan area. The proposed amendment would open the door for development which would restrict or potentially block completely the view from our units, and those of our neighbors, of the ski mountain and Lionshead Village, thus significantly reducing the commercial value of our units. Such would constitute an unlawful taking of property from those effected, and the Town of Vail and the developers responsible would most surely be held liable for monetary damages as a result of this action. We urge you to maintain the current height restrictions of 45 feet on flat roofs and 48 feet on pitched roofs, and thus maintain the ambiance which has made Vail and Lionshead famous and a showplace for resort communities throughout the world. ..n1 Yours very trulyy - ko"c"k Sorensen Robert Charles Mathieu ECTIVP M, PI, ~ 1QQ~ 10 Browning Drive Narragansett, R 102882 February 28, 1998 Vail Town Council 75 S. Frontage Road Vail, CO 81657 Gentlemen, As a Vantage Point tl Condo owner and Vail tax payer sinee 1980, my wife Nancy and t are definitely against Vail Associates redevelopment plans in the Lionshead area which would ailow an increase in building heights restrictions. Any variation in the code of this magnitude would cause an erosion of Vails mountain views and vistas from Lionshead. Many Lionshead windows would end up viewing the back side of buildings--another Beaver Creek!! Other proposals of sprucing up Lionshead in the MasterPlan might have some merit, but not this one. We love Lionshead. Qon`t let this Corporate move mess it up. Thank you. Yours truly, • ( ca~v..~.,~,.t.. c SGH Rdministration ID:1-517-771-4008 MAR 05'98 13:24 No.007 P.Ol RECEIVED MAR 5 1998 faCSlmile T R A N S M I T T A L C. BaaQh and Trydy Dsy ~ 2878 Wexford tar., Sa~,~inaw M] 48603 Home: 790-$ l 31 / Office; 7714037 to: vai) Town C:ouncil "e= Proposed Uuilding code chanbe' hei6ub and mass restrictions , d#te: March 5, 1998 . . Pa9e8: l, including this cover sheet_ - - Dear Councii Members: . As a property owner at Vantage Yoint in Lioashead, we must ohject to the proposecl change in the height and mass limits currently under consideratian b_y the Tawn of Vail and Vail Associates. You must aKrec that anc ol'the reasons to iive, relax, vacation and simply enjoy the Vail Valtey is the Ureathtaking view of'the mouniains. Specifically, thase of us in i.ionshead cherish our own spec:idl view of thc mountain and the images of skiers nn thc slope; it was the main reason to purchase properl,y at Vantage Point_ Any change to the building code that would allow buildings twice as tall and of more mass would not only dcstray that precious vicw, but would have a negative effect on the value of our property. Sincc we purchased our property in bood faith, I would cxpec;t no less from the Town of Vail and Vai! Associates. It appears, however, that thcy are determined not to foliow the rules that were previously established, bat io break the rules and creatc new ones simply to fulfill their own financial desires ai the expcnse of thc very people who conslitute thcir customcr ba.se. My only hape is that if ihcy won't play fair, thc Council must step in and see that the ribhts of others are protected_ I regrei that I will be unable ta attend any meetings. Howevcr, I trust you will takc our points under consideration. Sincereiy, ~ Trudy J. Day SBU-PERSONRL LINES TEL:517-799-4624 Mar 06'98 10:10 No.002 P.02 ~ ~ . . ~ SAGINAW BAY ~ UNQERWRITER3 r~~ ~a - ~ Fiibl'Npfy6, 7Y90 --r~'•~'° ~ Veil Tvwn C.ouncH - ' ~ ~ 76 S. Frontaps Raad - - - Vsil, 00.61"7 ~-.~-r - Deer Town QouncR & PEC: . - - . i have rnwmed proporty m vail for over 20 years, l fly vut at least 3 ta 4 " wooks par yoar bo 9Id and em a aharehotder in Vail A=oalatas. -~~i a.. . . I am thorouphly convirrcod that shauld rwmgnp be done ta albW fpr an ' increese In heiUM roslrictions vt at leaa189 Teei, this would undaubtedly ' reduce the valua afi my praper(y. It would aiso seriously inhibit the - f- d6oirablftot my propel'#y. The aipht outof my oondo window now is.ot ' the majeedo nrountain. It eickens rne to think thst one doy I may look out my window and ses not tle mountala, but a buNdtnp steNn9 back at me. , Tha currvnt vlovys arvund Vall are breathtaking and add to the aharm of ~ the area. Lers nai beCvme nsmell "matropalls" of concrete, steel and : highrises! The maJorily 4t us ovme up here to Qotaway fram thoae vory ~ MME . MWW things. - - ~ I afirongly urgf and suggeat to you to vote apNnst thasa propossd Thank you wry muah. ~ Si[iC6fAly. . r~ Itz. 4~00 ~ C8 ngbDn B"oh Day A//~ Sonlor Vlcs Presldent T.~ i Ms wn44,&,n Aw ~ P.O. Bui 1920 sgqlnpw, MI 106m1 mp -r!+---- - {61 n 1S!-Em0 . r~ A--~r FAR (SI7) 759-7754 • ~ ~ 61D AAnms SI. ~ 9.6 6OM Y1SC ~Bay CItY. MI 4670? 21E0 (fi1nR7!-M7 <Alt (517) 692-45pO ? ~ MAR-05-98 03:24 PM THE BELFORDS 540 788 3105 P.01 P.O.Box 45 Casanova, Va. 20139 4 March 1998 Vail Town Council 75 S. Frontage Road Vail, CO $1657 Dear Council Members: We at'e writing rcgarding the proposal of The Vail Associates to change the zoning ardnance in the Lianshead area. 'I'his proposal would allow the buitding height limitation in the I.ionshead Area to be increased from 45 feet to 90 feet. We are property owners st the Vantage Point -compiex. Our condo is an the second floar, facing the mountains and gondola lift area. Our view is spectacular and we love the beauty of the aroa. If this Vail Associates proposal is approved, our view of the mountains and trails would be greatly diminished and our property vatue would be significantly reduced. If the proposat ia approved, 411 of the citizens of Vail woutd be the losers,. 'The beauty and charm of Lionshead, as we see it today, would be lost forever. We urgently plead, that you reject this Vait Associates proposal to chattge the current building height limitation that exista today in Lionsheed. Sincerc obert E. Belford 1Q~a„s. ~ . Dienc M.Bclfard Vantage Point Unit 211 MAILED BY FAX RECEIVED MAR 6 1998 ~'O~' ~ v , ~-tiy-r-c-c. ' , ~ vC-- ~ . ,..'L ~ , ~ ,-~.y-? ` 1 -~L-~'•~-~~ . L~-~ y~-,~'" ~ . - ~ ~ ~ , . ~ ? ~'"'y~"2`-~G~"'~'~ / . ~'/LF.~ W y n? _,/,7~~',,r~„•? ~/?-r~.s~ `-~,L,~~~ 7z ~ n % ? 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Hue Rai ney PO 8ox 352 Helen, Ga. 30545 Fax: 706-878-1612 Subject: proposeci Lionshe$d Rezoning Today I received natice of the consideration for Lianhead rezuiiing scheduled for final vote on March 17,1998 and I have-great concern. I'm a owner since 1984 oi: week 46,47 azid 48, unit 604 Vantage F'oint, Vail Intervals. x baught my unit after skiing and visiting ski areas in both thc Europe and the USA. Tlae maiu reasons I choose Vantage Poi.nt at Lionshead was convenient to skiing and my view. Unit 604 faces ttle muuntain frorti ttie living room, dinni.ng room, kitchen, arid <3ne of the th7ree bedrooms. xhe view malces it special buth day anti night and witliUUt t}1at view I could be anywhers raith exceptiocs to the convertient. My wife and I along with ray qrown children and their families enjoy Vail. I enjoy my owziership, even though it only a small Rmount, in vRil. I briiig friends yearly and quite often I come for a second visit during tt?e yEar because I feel a part of Vail. I highly request that you ss Town Council not a11ow the increa5e Yieight standards tc? be appxoved ctiangiizg the reasori so many of us choose to locate at Lionshead. My busineSS is property management and real estate developroent. [ understand it and what you axe trying to do but don't gorget the one;s of us who will be effecteci, our investments, tiie money we 5pend yeai•ly in Vait and the part we've piayed in making Lionsheaci-in demand. Si1ZC rely 'yo rs, ~ • ~ . . Hue airxey ~ , ID: JAN 07'01 8:32 No.003 P.02 . , ' STAT.E .pF COLORADO ' • • ' ' REFER TO, . Roy Romer Qovernor • , DEPARYAAUNT OF NATtJRAL RESOURCES ' • _ . . : . • _ • ',G~~p~ ' ' DrVISION OF WlLDLIFE AN EOUAL OPPOpTUNITY HIIpLOYER b Pe+rY 0. Olaon, Dlreator 6080 8roodway V benvsr, Coiondo 80219 OIF ~ Yslephonw (303) 297-1192 FOr W1IdI#'L°- ForAe+ople September 18, 1993 Mr. Greg Hall Acting-pirectoz oi Public works/Transportation Town pf Vail 75 South Frontage Road . Vail, CO 81657 RE: Dowd Junct,ion Recreation Path Dear Mr. Hall: The Division o£ Wildlife has revzewed the plans. for the Dowd Junction Recreation Path_ The Division approves the plans in regards to wildlife concerns. The following meets the Divfsions' needs: 1) Providing a maximurn 10' wide grade separated bridge crossing at the deer box. 2) Once construction is campl.ete, placing the deer fence between Gore Greek and the recreaL•ion path. 3) Limit use of the path frpm the middle of June to the first snows whzch stay on Lhe ground for an extended pexi.od of time. 4} Limit construction between June 15 and Qctober 15 on the section of path f.xom the condominiums on the east end t0 100 yards west of the deer box. Yf ypu r•a-ie a:1y questions pleaae contact me. Sincerely, Bill Andree District WiJ.dlife Manager Colorado Division oF Wildlife DEPAR7MENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Kanneth Salazar, ExeCUtive Director WILDLIFE COMMISSlpN, Wlllfam R. Negberg, Member - Eldort W. Cooper, Member • Felix Chavez, MambQr_ Rebecca L. Frank, Member Louis F. Swift, Secretary - George VanDenBerp, Chairman • Arnold Salazar. Membar • Thomas M. Eve, -ViceChairman K c: Page O-The Da"j1 Wednesday, UwY7~ ~ 1998 1 ~ ~ J ever~ ~ca.n c~ic Fa-t . e s --.v~ ~ c,o m p e t e ~ ~ . _ . . _ ~ . . for- three Eagle-Vail board seats By Whitney Childers - - - - ' ~ Daily SmfF Writer . ~ - . fiAGLE-VAIL - Friday was the . last day for Eagle-Vail residents to It'S Qg'1"P.Qt tUl"Y10Ut. file for a position on the metro district - - board, and officiais were encourdged by the tumout lona Wifson Seven people, including one F.agl¢-Vail metro district incumbent, -are tunning for thrm - . ~r~ . . available seats on ihe me'tro board Tttey include.'John Nichols, Brian B. . . . ' O'Re'rlly, Watter Ailen, Bruce Miellce, C1ark Shivley, JoDean Coop- er, and James i.ay: - ,W> . . . ~ - . _ . _ . . , . . . . _ Nichols; the cucrent board chair- adding r~estrooms and shelters; cos member whose teim is up, is not man, is the nniy incu~bent seeking m~ic improvements a~ resurfacing seeking re-election. Staufer has : re-electioh: Board members Jacob _ riyo or-four tennis coarts. - served oa the board for the past eight Geiler and Roger L,aCroix are n~ The tagle=Vai7'Memo District is years including thrae years as chair- . seeking re-electioa: wotking on a $1.7 million budget for man. IY s a great turn-out," said Tona 1998. '"It is very exciting to see this Wilson, ezecative district administra- To qualify for the posidons, can- much interest in the Vail Recceatiai - tor#or Eagle-Vail. "It shows that peo- didates had to be regis~ voters in District election," said recreation dis- ple want to get involved and are Colorado and either live in the metro trict director, piet pieters, "pll of the interested in their communiry.,, district, own property within the dis- eandidates are vecy qualified individ-., There are five members of the trict, or be a spouse of a property uals. Staff is looking forward to . board each serving a four-year term. owner. working with whcever is elected." . The metro district board is respon- Ballot positions will be drawn . Board members set policy and sible for focusing on the communi- March 9, and the voter registration procedures to direct recreation dis- ty's issues, allecating tax funds aad deadllne is Apri1 6. Election day in tri ct staff. In additioa, the board directing~e tro ~istrict staff. Wilson Eagle County is May 5. There are no decides how to spend taxpayers' said the m~`mbers should expect to ballot questions this election year. money to provide for recreadou spend about 10 hours a week on opportunities in the district. board-related work. The metro boazd , meets every third Thursday of the Vail Recreation District Boazd members meet twice a month. Friday also was the last day to month for meetings, with the summer . Wilson said boazd members have petition for a seat on the Vail Recre- being more busy for members than _ many issues facing the community, atian District Board. Nine candidates the winter. - but they do not designate a main issue filed for thrce available seats on the Adrawing will take place Thurs- as the most importanG board, day, March 5 at 5 p.m. at the mcre- "°There are a number of important The recreation district board is aation district administrative offices to issues such as the Vail Valley Centre, separate entity from the Eagle-Vail determine each candidate's posidon growth, traffic problems, and capital metro district board. on the election ballot. projects," she said "On top of moni- Three seats are up for grab with The recrearion district will host a toring theoperating budget, the board incumbents Ross Davis Jr. and Kirk public forum to give voters aaoppor- also makes decisions to do capital Hansen running for re-election. Other tuniry to meet the candidates in mid- projects. We dropped.about $600,000 candidates seeking election are: April• Election day is May. 5. . in capital improvements this yeaz." Susan Bird, James Earle, Thomas Whirney Childers covers Vail, The projects include improve- Gargan, Chris Moffet, Robert Scott, Eagle-Vail, Minturn and 'Red Cliff. ments to the golf course, one of the Nancy Stevens and Bill Saurez. She can be reached at (970) 949- . district's main funding sources, Hermann Staufer, a current board 0555, ext. 607. - - - - - - - - - I . _ . , . r There will be a special workshop presented by Secretary of State, Wictoria . Buckley and members of her staff az the Hoiiday inn of Craig, 300 South Colorado Hwy 13, Craig, CO. Subject: Fair Campaign Practices Act Date: Tuesday, March 31, 1998 Time: 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. To: City and County Clerks, Special Districts, Elected Officials, Candidates, Candidate Treasurers, Issue Committees, Political Parties, etc. Because of the complexity of the F.C.P.A. filings, we wish to encourage you to attend this very important workshop. THERE iS iV0 CHARGc FaR THE WGRKSHC3P. i-iawever, in the event that you wish to spend the night, we have a special rate for rooms for this meeting. Call (970)824-4000 and be sure to mention that you will be attending the Secretary of State's meeting. If you are with a government entity, you will need government I.D. and a copy of your tax exemption certificate. The government rate is $45.75. For non- governmental attenders the rate is $54.00 plus tax. Please contact the Moffat County Clerk and Recorder's office (970)824-9104 by March 30 with the number of persons attending the workshop so the Holiday Inn witl know how many to set up for. Thank you! ~ SnNrdaySundaY, Februnry 28Mmrh l, 1998 • 7he Aspen Times 3A U%en emergencY strikes , ~ Y !~P4~ ,Cfv t ~ i t . ~ . . . . , . . . _ - . . . . M ~ q . . . , ; - ~ ~ . Will th re . ~ ~ be anyone to 4 ~ ~ „ E Y<~~', E respond • BY RWWm Schnift response to fires - largely because take place now, said Aspen City Coun L~~ AspenTimesStaliWritec most members of his depamnent live cilwoman Rachel Richards, has to di Qm S/{VQrgQn~1 Aspen's affordable-housiag short- well outside the ciry limiu. with giving priority to emergenc. age: Whose pmblem is it? And so, the question of who shwld workers for affotdable units that go u; workers get special p"' arg°ment can be made that iPs get first priority on homes as they forsale,ratherthar~rental. everybody's problem - even those become available is a tough issue facing Many people looking to make ~ ~ people who are wealthy enough to local officials when i[ seems nearty long-tecm commitmen[ to the oomtnim pnordy fi~r scarce ~O~ a hO°~ ~re. everyone is clamoring for mocc "afford- ity - the kind of people who provid No, this isn't about "messy vitaliry„ able" lwusing. the best emergexY iesPonse - want b ~~L or "community chazactec" IYs about It has long been the nile that long- own their own homes. ~rI~LN(J~ ~Q~f'(g~ what happens wben a house catches on time residents get priority over new Historically drose unitc aie doled ou fire. Or w6en a local resident is arrivats; bat them aze those who azgue rnn by a lottery. ReispaRive home buy involved in a sexious car ciash. Or when for additianal primides that would give ers with four yeats tenuce working ii someone is assaulted on a city sheet an edge ro"criacal peisonnel." Pitkin Counry we moved to the oop o _ The housing shonage is a problem Of coucse, t6at raises the yuestitin of the list of lottery entrants. then if the fue5ghters all live 20 miles exacNyw6o is ieally "criacal." Those people with four yeara o ' aN'aY• Or Uhe emerBencY-loom docror is Fairness is a tough issue," said more in dhe caanmunity tm take thei caught in a traffic jam in Snowmass Housing goard Cha'uman Frank peters. chances in the lottery for availabl: Canyon. Or thae azen't enough opera- units. tots to tandle the 911 eniergency calls. RwvFoaqr prshr~np Generally, people witA iess thar With only a limited number of As it now smnds the housing office four-yeaza residenCy don•t evrn make ii affordable homes available - and Aves top-priority in icMals units to any into the lottery - all the units nne those few homes patcekd out bY lotterY emerSoicS waker who wrcars a beePer antiPPed uP by the loinS-term residenb; - many vital omergenoy workers sna 24 nours pa aey. wnetha to eump eanergeocy wadc• themselves priced out of the Aspen Accrnding to gauing Ditecfur pave as up even higher on the , ~~~Pen'$ e~Se~Y-~P~~ Tolm d~at iocA~s police offions; sher- than tLose frnmyearmsiden ~g ~ bra agencies find rhemselves shorbhanded iff's depiGes, fne6gh[m membees of officiaLssaarchingtheirheads. " at aitical times. Mamhin Reacve a~ me employee of 1 find it's diffcult,^ Ric~ svd , 71iet issix was higtilighted recently the deImc cen0or m Glenwood Spaings. "What is Ure definition of an emergew when DanYl Grob, chief of the Aspen It also inciudes police Aispatchers, workea Is it INauntein Reswe? Or is: i Votunteer Fue Deparmnent, pointed out thougb they don't 'cveaz beepers 24 strialy a polic&ambulancx-mux typ _ that fiis deparwnent is failing to mcet 6rnus a day. . ofdftT MICi18lI 8M11d8 Photos national standards for emergency ButYhe debate that is begianft to -now6~wpnqM~r*i4F...-^~•= SaturdaySunday, Fe6ruary 28-Mnrch 1, 1998 • 7Tie Aspen Times 17-A - 'Emergency _ r ¦oontlmiedlmmpoCeSA cers in critical si[uations;' Finsler yyhgt'5 YOUrfavorite newspaper ~ Some emergency service nrga- said. `9t could be anything from nizations ge[ tax money [o pay for cnm¢ to (ha[ crash a[ the aitport to theircostsofdoingbusiness. anavalanche.° you've told us t e aspen times l Should housing their employecs Gaining prioriry for affordable be considered one of [hose costs? housing can only be a small part o( asked Richanis. the solution, Finster said. Whm xlaed "d you coula ony md one newspaper, which one www you rea4" ~Iww A wwN ~npM i~f~ "Some of these organizations But just the IhFee units fie has morepeoplechosell.eAspenTimes -A a nnv~s..ry.s.po~wwv7 have taning ability," Richards said. recen[ly obtained will make a huge "Particulady the fire district. difference,hesaid. Should they get priority fmm the Linda Karaus, director of nurs- _..general housing program or ask ing at Aspen Valley Hospital, said Uieir usets to pay for it? Strould the Ihat while there might not be a bt J ~1[ I e benefxtnr of the service be asked of sympathy for doctors, they serve ,/ounlarn 6p V.sLQ[ for a tax increase to provide for a critical need. And even anesthesi- ~ tlase walcers?' ologists and general surgeons have a tough time buying homes in ` - YNa's an amargency workarT Aspen. Wlth the limited supply of hous- Obstevicians, general surgeons ° ing, giving top priority to emergen- and anesthesiologists mus4 accord- cy workers could mean that there'd ing tb national standards, be able ro be nothing leftfor de bus drivers, gec to the hospital wi[hin 20 min- ' waiteas, clerks and lift operarors. utes, Karaus said. , "People may argue who are If there is a problem with a birth, these anecgency workeis saving if if someone suffers an aneurysm or you dodt have all the basic ser- a heart attack, their life depends on vices;" Richards said "I know pacr the ability of a physician ro be able ple will question the idea of emerv ro respond immediately. ` Sency cafe versus prevendve care. Operaung mom staff, respirato- Do school teachers count? Day- ry therapists, cale-blue personnel, care pmvideis? Kindergarten teach- Karaus said `These aze people crit- ers?Road-plowpaople?" ical to assist in lifesaving situa- ••If you went [o a totat priority tions." for eomgmcy wakets, you could cut eegular people out for a long, ged alqt at Hrst pidc long ume to come," Richattis said. Giving priority to emergency Elegant contemporary 4 bedroom, 31 /2 bath estate in the Crystal Springs/Missouri Pitkin County Commissioner workers, said Ireland, is a mixed Heights area Vast panoramic views of the Roaring Fork and Crystal River Valleys, and housing board BLM land on 2 sides, and quality worlmanship throughout combine to create a truly _ t- member Mick Ireland unique mounhain retreat. Features include 3[ireplaces, exercise room, dazk-room, said thaPs a discussion _ that could divide the r~ st~! te~m ~u~ 8~~~~' g°urmet kitchen' community, which he _ 463 County Road 112, Carbondale $1,475,000 - doesn't wan« do• - DW-ewg prpy jdag? For more information call Tony Scheer. ~ It becomes a per- ceived question of who VjIMIllfgarton ASPEN is mo~e and less impor- te~~? sai tain~`A'~d odrs more RO~Qbw ~9?" REAL ESTATE r' importan[ [han re- _ASpeR C/ty CounCiltvoman COMPANY porters?^ he asked. ~ "fhere arc firefighters, Rachel Richards 9rJSe 6xperls oa `ounlain G'iuin9 ER physiCi2I15 811d nulS- ~~«,y ppn 7 days a week 205 South Mill sheet es. Mountain Rescue nspen,coloraaosl5ii members. 970/920.2006 Fax 970/9253531 pf, ~ Ilmt'sexactlytheproblem;" blessing. _ TonyScheer hnp://www.zspenexperts.mm - • Iceland said.'Yietting a divisive "The pmblem for me is, most - , debate going in the communiry is emergency-service workers dodt " destrudive. Pitdng one against the have life careers. If a person other - that's not good for the accepts housing and theri decides tpusing pmgram." they don't want to be a cop any- Clitllb a hill, Si11K 1 'lliere are mental-health work- more, or they want a do something eas, social worke5 volunteers who else, they're out of trousing." work with domestic violence vio- They've. passed up lotteries in tirta. "You simply don't want to get the past, and now they don'[ have a intothatdebate." way to get back in, Ireland said. 't Utt, jump a ereek, L... - `qWS CI72M:Y. PCOQIC AGC I18VC 8 The sa" o~osaie very divease caroer path. I've been - fim Chief Gmb thinks tthe cur- a reporter, dishwasher, bus driver, ~ rent definition of an emergency lawyer and county commissionecIf ride a bike, walk worku is Pretty good. I had taken a,job with the sheriff's `-'Ihe guidelines they have now officx, I wouldn't have bougfit my - ane that an individual is required w Hunter Creek unit and I would potentially tespond to an anergen- have had to leave. cy or disaster 24 hour a day," Gmb •'Some pcop1e would consider own, poke around, said. "I tttink thu's fics die bilL IPs that a loss. Na everyone, but some lifa-safery issues and ptoperty_-con- people would," Ireland said. "I ~ serva[ion issues. Faow emergency workers who aie 'By the same token, I also feel afiaid to take city twusing because a trout, llve a Ilfe. s that dispatchers should be consid- they feel like they can never get ered in the same mannec They ouc What happens when you bum ~ have a genuine mle in the safety out on being a dispatcher? What ~ mosaic of this communiry," Gmb are you going to do7' - said. "And they have serious In order [o avoid wac, Ireland ^ rday fs alive tod'ar staffingissuesovectlueae." said an advantage in the lot[ery And for those people, Grob should be given to a fraction of • tliinks Um should be some priori- these emergency wa'kers. ry givan. Howevet the tules stauld For in.uance, Lelard said a per- ith s homeSite at _ be tkxible, he said son who has bcen here four years , "I don't drink i[ should be abso- could get five entries in the loaery. lute,° Gob seid "lbeie stmuld be Somebody wbo's been here ] 0 sane sat of prioriry given.,?1ds is yeaes rnuW get six. A seventh wlry just another manner in which the could be given the emergency Southsid@. kvel of involvement of the individ- waicer. ual in tlie towfi oould be tewaided "It's rat job attached:' Leland with an increased probability of said. "I don't like job-attached 05a„{Q,d;A,1e,a,{„.A~,~$on~uod,idaa~.L.tod,.2;tP- Wigi+9.diala- winning" housing. We don't intend that _~y~• Brent Finster, who heads the everyone that comes hem is gwng t_do.&1tonQ++-~8am&w~dLt~w~w~L~o~°°~ communications cen[er, where all to stay faever. But as a public poli- 9-AA,{,p, ri,d, f~ $99,500 911 calls are received, said his ey with poticy dollars, do you want ••,•t,"`°, opera[ors aro as crucial as the tocieatealo[oftha[?' polioeofliowstheydispatch. Ireland prefers a slight prCfer Dale Potvln - Short four dispatches now, Fin- ence be given in the lottery. He 970-920-2300 stu said he's got to do somdhing ca11s it tlre beg shot az fiM pick. 720 E. Durant~ Suite E7 ' - ~gettlnseposieanfilled. "I think we're goin6 a talk °Waoetdpeople to answer ahout it some more." Trelard seid. pspetl, CO 81611 tlww 9t1 calls and tiillc to the o}Ti- '7t's sort of a canpmmise." , 1 . MEMORANDUM TO: Planning and Environmental Commission FROM: Community Development Department DATE: March 9, 1998 SUBJECT: A request for a worksession to discuss a major amendment to Special Development District #4, Cascade Village, to allow for the construction of sleven fractional fee club units, four accommodation units and twenty employee housing units, to be located at 1325 Westhaven Drive, Westhaven ' Condominiums/Cascade Village Area A. , . Applicant: Gerald L. Wurhmann, represented by Robby Robinson Planner: George Ruther I. DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST The applicant, Jerry Wurhman, is requesting a major amendment to Special Development District #4 (Cascade Village) pursuant to Title 12, Chapter 9A of the Town of Vail Zoning Regulations. The major amendment is intended to modify a 1995 major amendment approval for the Westhaven Condominiums, located at 1325 Westhaven Drive (the "Ruins"). The applicant is proposing to amend the 1995 Westhaven Condominium approval to allow for the operation of a fractional fee club. The new fractional fee club is proposed to include: • eleven, two-bedroom, fractional fee club units with eleven lock-offs, • four, one-bedroom accommodation units, and • twenty, one-bedroom employee housing units. The 1995 approval allowed for the construction of fourteen free-market condominiums and seventeen employee housing units. At this time, only minor alterations are anticipated to the exterior of the building and all the other development standards are proposed to remain substantially unchanged. The purpose of this worksession is to discuss the following issues: • The proposal is in compliance with the Town's land use regulations. • The combination and integration of the three differing types of residential uses. • The completeness of the major amendment application. • The relationship of the proposed development with the existing improvements. • The Town Council's initial thoughts and comments as received on Tuesday, March 3 regarding the applicant's request. - *YK TOWR1 il. BACKGROUND On April 19, 1995, the Vail Town Councii approved a major amendment to Special Development District #4. The amended development standards approved by the Town Council are compared to the original SDD approval and the 1998 proposal, and are listed below: DEVELOPMENT STATISTICS Lot Area: 0.85 acres or 37,026 sq. ft. - , Zoning: SDD #4 (Cascade Village) - , Development Standard Original SDD Apnroval 1995 Approval 1998 Proposal Height: 55' 55' NYD GRFA: Free Market: 22,500 sq. ft. 25,644 sq. ft. 0 sq. ft Accommodation: 0 sq. ft. 0 sq. ft. 3,650 sq. ft. Fractional Fee: 0 sq. ft. 0 sq. ft. 21,672 sq. ft. EHUs: 6.400 sq. ft. ' 8.296 sq. ft. 9.252 sq. ft. ' Total: 28,900 sq, ft. (78%) 33,940 sq. ft. (92%) 34,574 sq. ft. (93%) Common Area: 10,115 sq. ft. (35%) 3,417 sq. ft. (11.8%) NYD Density: Free Market: 20 du's 14 du's 0 du's Accommodation: 0 au's 0 au's 4 au's Fractional Fee: 0 ffu's 0 ffu's 11 ffu's EHUs: 10 EHU's 17 EHU's 20 EHU's 30 total units 31 total units 35 total units (27.4 du's/ac) (23.2 du's/ac) (23.2 du's/ac) Setbacks: 20' 24' NYD Site Coverage: 35% (12,959 sq. ft.) 36.7% (13.598 sq, ft.) NYD Landscaping: 50% (18,513 sq. ft.) 47-.9% (17,767 sq. ft.) NYD Retaining Walls: 376' , none proposed NYD Parking: 75% shall be enclosed 82% shall be NYD 44 total spaces enclosed 45 total spaces Employee Housing: minimum of 8 units; 17 EHUs, similar to 20 EHUs, similar minimum of 648 sq. ft. each; Type IV restrictions to Type IV should not count towards restrictions density or GRFA. " for density calculation purposes, accommodation units are 0.5 du's, employee units are 0.333 du's and fractional fee club units and free market units account are 1 du. each. NYD - Not Yet Determined 2 1 A complete analysis comparing all the development standards wi!l be provided af a later date. On March 3, 1998, the staff met with the Vail Town Council to discuss the proposed development review process and to provide the Council with an opportunity to provide initial feedback and direction to the applicant, staff and Planning and Environmental Commission regarding the major amendment request: The Council provided the following direction and feedback: . 1. What is tMe anticipated construction timeline? If the site is not to be developed in . a reasonable time period, the existing improvements needs to be.removed. - 2. The parking requirement for the development shall be provided on-site. 3. A detailed plan outlining the proposed fractional fee club ownership pattern and operation shall be provide for review and consideration. 4. The proposed review process is acceptable. III. DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS Pursuant to Section 12-9A-2 of the Municipal Code, in part, a major amendment is defined as, "Any proposal to change uses; increase gross residential floor area; change the number of dwelling or accommodation units; modify, enlarge or expand any approved special development district." Since the applicant proposes to change the uses and change the number of dwelling and accommodation units, staff has identified the applicant's request as a major amendment. In accordance with Section 12-9A-4 A-C of the Municipal Code, an approved . development plan shall be required prior to construction. The approved development . plan shall establish requirements regulating development, uses and other activities in the -special development district. The Planning and Environmental Commission shall conduct the initial review of the amendment to the special development district. The review shall take place at a regularly scheduled meeting. Following the Planning and Environmental Commission's review, the Community Development Department shall forward a report to the Town Council stating the PEC's findings and recommendations on the amendment request. The Town Council shall then review the application based upon the information submitted. An approval of the application by the Town Council shall require two readings of an ordinance. IV. DISCUSSION ISSUES The Community Development Department has identified a number of issues which we believe the applicant, staff and Planning and Environmental Commission should discuss prior to a final review. The staff has identified the following issues: 3 1. According to Section 12-2-2 of the Municipal Code, a Fractional Fee Club is defined as, "A fractional fee project in which each condominium unit, pursuant to recorded project documentation as approved by the Town of Vail, has no fewer than six (6) and no more than twelve (12) owners per unit and whose use is established by a reservation system. Each of the fractional fee club units are made available for short-term rental in a managed _ program when not in use by the club members. The project is managed on-site with a front desk operating twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) . days a week providing reservation and registration capabilities. The . project shall include or be proximate to transportation, retail shops, eating _ and drinking establishments, and recreational facilities." = The staff believes it would be beneficial for the staff and the Planning and Environmental Commission to have the applicant discuss how the proposal is in compliance with the above-described definition of a fractional fee club. Where deviations may occur, the staff would suggest that the Planning and Environmental Commission provide direction to the applicant regarding the suitability of said deviations. 2. The applicant has proposed to accommodate three types of residential uses (interval ownership, short-term accommodation and employee housing) in a single structure. The staff believes it is important that the applicant and the Planning and Environmental Commission discuss how the project will be built and operated to mitigate potential conflicts between the differing uses. Staff would further suggest that the applicant address the reasons for providing only four accommodation units in the mix of uses and the rationale for the building layout. 3. At this time, the applicanYs submittal is incomplete. To complete the application, the applicant needs to submit the following information: a. A written statement fully describing the nature of the project to include information on uses, density, ownership patterns and phasing plans. The written statement shall also include a statement outlining how, where and why the development deviates from the development standards. b. A stamped topographic survey indicating existing conditions, location of improvements, existing contours, natural features and perimeter property lines. C. A proposed site pfan showing the approximate locations and dimensions of all buildings and structures. d. Proposed building elevations, sections and floor plans in sufficient detail to accurately determine floor area, circulation, location of uses, and the general scale and_appearance of the development. e. A vicinity map showing the proposed improvements in relation to all adjacent properties, at a scale not less than one inch equals fifty-feet. f. A massing model depicting the proposed development in relationship to development on adjacent properties. 4 y g. A landscape plan, at a scale not less than one inch equal twenty-feet, showing existing landscape features to be retained and removed, proposed landscaping and landscape site development such as sidewalks, patios, trails and other elements. h. A detailed statement outlining the proposed fractional fee club ownership pattern, management and operation. Is there any additional information that the Planning and Environmental Commission wishes to request of the applicant prior to acting upon this major amendment request? 4. Due to the location of the development site relative to the existing hotel, . recreational and residential improvements, staff would suggest that the applicant address how the proposed development will be integrated with the existing improvements. Staff is particularly interested in seeing how pedestrian circulation will be addressed. A possible means of providing the necessary pedestrian connections could be to construct an additional pedestrian overpass. The overpass could be similar in use and design as the existing overpass connecting the parking garage health club to the theaters and college. 5. The Town Council expressed their dissatisfaction regarding the appearance of the "Ruins". The Council's desire is to see the site either developed, or the existing improvements removed. The staff would suggest that the applicant and the Planning and Environmental Commission have a preliminary discussion regarding the anticipated construction timeline for the site. V. STAFF RECOMMENDATION As this is a worksession to begin discussion of the proposed request for a major amendment to Special Development District #4, staff will not be providing a recommendation at this time. Staff will provide a recommendation and complete evaluation of the proposal at the time of final review. . 5 ~ MAR 03 '98 08:55AM VA RISK MANAGEMENT ' P.i ' Yail Jisociates, Ike. . . • • • ~ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ~ ~ ~ , QP ' . To ;w~G ;x , . WIOM ~ M1QNE ~ a2 ~ . .r - a . aoNFIoFAnAurY Nonc~ ~TZ AW . ' • ~ . Meacmnwmy"fasboll ~ tit~a~dsd~eybra,eut.drhe ~u PAGEs ~ ~ ata w.Aav- - &mmonw M6l.ARD1N . ~h~n~h~con- dOto~buub+ear~~ MBuGE ~r ~~io~tena~d~r~ - . • mtlt~~~,~/ssOra~ /r . wkw**ad fl~adn~tl.g~ arier.,p~~? ;,.r~.~.r ~~re,?~ . ~ . . . . ~ ~ . • Owners and OpNnrors of VolL Beavn Cnek Reson and ArrowheQd Moun . ' . ~•...r•..... ~AR 03 '98 08:55AM VA RISK MANAGEMEtYT_i~ ~+~KC VAMW F"-Phl A~We"ya tl9:59 P.2: 716 ` ~3. . . . ~ . . . DmATm sHM DEGATITE/VAiL DELEGA'1'tON (MARCH 1998) . . MISSION STATEMENT Tho objective of the Delatite deiegatian to Yan is to demonstrate ascrong . commitmeat from Wic nwnicipality to support a rasiga of initietiives qow e,cnerging - ftm our aister city project, The delegation wilt cndeavour to eatablimh Wang _ rc1a'onchips with key respowe groups and individualg that.arill glay key roles in " ' nurturiag eamally beneflcial eoor?omia-development opporau;iHes betwecn ~ladte aod Vei1. Oace those opportunities havo been detlned, the delegation wi11 deveaop . apeeifia objeatives to be exewtcd by Couucil oMew in order to produce tangible zewlts &m the cxohnp. 7'ha three uew, which have emetgad, and that are to be • fooussed upon are as follaws:- . y ' I. 5tudent Ezchaoffe : rhe nudent mohuw hae bean in existaace for two yeaco. Tli6 erass to be eVlored hWude bow tv malae it aa maaningfiul ag possibio for t6e tttidenta, thofr litmlllos and the coeeunuaity at large. Sotne of the isauea may inolude, but aro not IimiteQ to: i) A prograru of commuaitr awaroaes: 5or the etudaft to exeoate ducing • . their day, including apeakiag tt mrrioo club:, sc6ools etc.; ii) Atoedbaak prooess &om both ft audatts, tiujr hmfuw and the hoat finiilies so tbat the exchange can nin im smo4thly as pvssible.and . . cmtribute to the davelopmast of bocb the studaus and the ooetmumity: !tl) The exchsage of education proftaienaI in-owWce and/ar prutbssioual Qevelopaneat semtnsn and coursee, t. El mpfoyee Bsokemge Although the Mount Bu11er LiR Compsny has been muooes:fully exchanging texlnical employee= with Yait for eeversl yam tWg is the flrst yeu that an ' . oxchmge of nan•speoidist ompioyeea froen the Dclatite Shire has been uadartakc+n. Oiven the low tuutnploymeat rate in the U$ and the rroW tbr teeronAl employeos in Vail et a time when :easanal omployttignt oppatuaities •re limltod among young SFure rosidtnts in Detatite. the oppoKunity eocista for . exponding thia segment ofthe sioter city rdatioaahip to ouc mutual boneElt. The pe:tineat issues ue:- , i) ldqtt*ing the gkilla and axpedence required by Vaii to filt ila p0ai=ioi~s; - ii) Timing ittW 'method of irtfonning midQns af the oppoRunity; - . iii) The !mplementaticn Of the proclei and the emovth imuanCe of the sPProPdate dooumauetfon. . /MAR 03 '98 08 56AM VA RISK MAN`~EMENT rp,3 :ii6 . ; • 2. 3. :Duiiaeas Ecchange Althaagh the alci indusuy is the no:t obvious uea of common lnterest, thece ue sevenl ac+eas of simffWlty in the business dtmues of bath areas. Just aa Mansflsid ls the commercial gatewsy for Motiet 8utler, there are gatewsy , commutities to the ski fielda ia Vail that can ba anatyaed for ucns of . opporiunity. Howem, there are othec areaS of commonality from whtoh the : • rost of pac tnunioipality cta beneflt. , The buaieesses that both support and bcnerit from their proximity co , the ski areta, such as retail, food and beverap utd ather suppller- , • - . oriented entrAprisas; ' ii) The attractioas snd mukotieg of the surrowiding uea in order to ' •attract s vuitoc baae in the summer wasoa; iil) Fmuing (ranchitW ia the un aurrounding Vai1 and their coaaterparts iu the Shire could bena8t from exchulgiag lefocmation and techniques iv) Eacpuragipg protbasional em,ployea exobanges on a local government and agenay leval; . 'V) Exchaagitfg ideas oa oawral rzsources management and deve[opment • aommon tio botlt aren. ,Z3/08/98 SUN 18:35 FAX 9709499227 SHAMROCK Town Council Mem R001 . I • i ~ Dmf''1'Ll~G~I tcatLo/'l ~ ~ o ~ VVMA MEETING ~ ~ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1998 ~ . ~ 8:30,AM ; y ~ V ~ COLORADO SKI MUSEUM ~ AGENDA ' ~ • HOUSING A Site by June 30th ; • VAIL VALLEY CENTER Regarding 3/4 meeting ~ ~ • THE GUIDE The deadline's almost here! ' ; • 99 CHAMPIONSHIPS Sue MacCormack • CATEGORY 3 Update of 3I10 meeting, Johnathan Stouffer • VII.AR CENTER Maureen Donovan • SUNIlVIER CONSTRUCTION The proposed projects for this summer I are: i ? Gasthof Gramshammer ~ ? Vail Athletic Club ~ i ? Mountain Haus ~ ? Austria Haus (on going) ' ? Hong Kong i ? VA pedestrian easement to the ; Vista Bahn ! ? Stairs to the Transportation Center ? Siebert Circle ? Slifer Plaza. ; • ? Gore Creek Drive from Check Po,int Charlie to Vail Valley Drive ? Check Point Charlie Bob McLaurin wi11 be available for discussion - do we want all ofthis? , , 63/08/98 SUN 18:36 FAX 9709499227 SHAMROCK Town Council Mem 002 UdlI ` v I lldge °da~c A Merchant ~ Association PO Box 2135, Vail. CO 81653 ~ ; ~ N(JTES FROM FEBRUARY 119 1998 ' ~ GREENSTAR ENVIRONIVENTAL PROGRAM: A locai chapter of the national progtam has been started in Eagle County. Their central goal is to have local merchants reduce their waste. If you have any quesrions or waat to join call Karen Kalabany, Green Star Program Coordinator at 949-6116. i CHANGES ON VVMA BOARD: John Cogswell will be stepping down and Ron Weinsteiniwiil be taking his place on the Marketing Board. Susan Harvey is leaving for California and Steve Rosenthal is taking over Special Events. Beth Goldie wilt be working with the Chamber of Cvmmerce ) The VVMA has two vacant board positions. Please call 476-5856 to be involved ~ ; THE GUIDE: The deadline is March 24`hand will be out by Memorial Day. Novus/Discover is donating $13,500.00 to The Guide. If you do not akeady take Discover please do so! : . ; i SPECIAL EVENTS F4R SUIVIlvIER: The Chili Cook Off will be the weekend before the 4~ of Ju1y. This year the VVMA will run the family fest portion and the Restaurant Association will be in charge of the Chili Cook Off_ Ideas are going around for an August event. If you have any suggestions or would I&e to help, get ia touch with Steve Rosenthal at 476-3130. ~ ~ HOUSING: The Vail Town Council has said, that by May ls`, it will find funding for housing in the Town of Vail. Please attend all Council meetings on housing, their schedule is in Mon.&Tues. papers. ~ 99 CHAMI'IONSHIl'S: The Championslups will take place from Jan. 315` to Feb. 14". There has been some concem about the stage, which wiil be located in tb.e Children's Fountain. The stage v~ill be put together faster and will not be as obstructing as the last stage. Sue MacCormack of the Vail iValley Foundation will be attending all VVMA meetings to answer any questions you may have. ~ SUNIlVMR HOURS: There has been concern that durmg the summer there is no consistency;wrth the hours that shops keep. The WMA has set a goal to keep the shops open until at least 9:00pm Mon.- Fri. and 10:00pm Fri. & Sat_ starting the last weekend of June through Labor Day, please participate. ; SUMIVER CONSTRUCTION: There is going to be a lot of it! Larry Grafel and Bob McLaurin from the TOV came to the meeting and told us what to expect. Construction on I-70 from 168-172 will take place in June and July. Private development includes Pepi's, Austria Haus, Mt. Haus, Vail Athieric Club, The Hong Kong, and maybe The Lodge. Holy Cross Electric has to redo two transfortners in the village starting in May, with a 45 day completion schedule. TOV construction ineiudes Slifer Plaza, Siebert Circle, Transportation Center-plaza around information center, stairs & walkways, Checkpoint Charlie, Gore Creek Drive from Checkpoint Charlie to Vail Valley Drive. ! Rirrrivrn wp q 1998 March 5, 1998 Mayor Ford and Members of the Vail Town Council, It was an honor to be recagnized last Tuesday night and be named the recipient of the Mayor's Cup Youth Recognition Award. I would like to extend my gratitude to my school for its nomination and Mayor Ford and members of the Vail Town Council for this honor. This award has special meaning to me because it recognizes not only my past accomplishments, but also gives me an opportunity to learn and grow from new experiences as Vail Youth Ambassador to Mt. Buller, Australia. My heartfelt thanks to Ms. Pam Brandmeyer and Ms. Karen Phillips for their understanding and help in planning my trip and itinerary. This is an opportunity that I shall always cherish. Sincerely, Tracey Ann Phelan MAR-09-98 02:03 PM QUICK SHOE SALES 7195645284 P.01 March 7, 1998 Vail Town Council 75 S. Fronta ge Raad Veil, Calorado 81657 To whom it may comcer•ri: DO NUT CHAiVGE 2ONIPdG IIV ANY WAY: We ere protesting to the Council for wanting to built RuildiciI55 hi(5her then .four floors in Lioiishead. Yram our view at Varltage point we can see the Ski slopes and people skiing-wsl.king-and driving. Also cara spot an.i.xnal5 on hi11 side. We ai-e Senior C1tizells end are unable to walk much but we can enjoy the viQw from our ditiiizg table or pdti0. We would sure hate to have tall buildings in our way to block view. If this plan passes we cou2d have blocked viow f rom every- thing, s l,erger and higher pafikiiig lot to the East, much higher buildings to South orid West. We don't wont this to happen, we enjoy the viaw as it is. SZnc e rly . -~G,,rz JtcYobert 8,~/ ~ C osEpt1inQ Smith V/P /f310- 22nd Week 85:58 PirLe Drive Beulat't, Co1 orado 81023 MAR-09-98 MON 14:39 REMAX VAIL INC. FAX N0, 9704766652 P.01 ~ q;4t / Deax Town Council Members and Town Staff, As I look through the agenda for the public process for the Liotishead Master Plan Z see a sentence that says "1'Iease plan to attezzd these discussions and make yourself heard between now and mid-1Vlarch." That is all well and good and then i notice that 6 of the 8 sessions are scheduled for Town Council work sessiona. I have been to two such sessians. Izx neither one of them was the public encouraged to speak. In fact, the public wag discouraged from apeaking_ rn neither ' zneeting was the public taken xnta oonsideratYOn xzi that I, for one, cauld not hear what was being said nor see the exhibits or clisplays. Now....is that really a public procese? Or is it a charade? The Town Council also issued an edict about twa or three weeks ago that the work sessions were only for the Town Council ta lParn information abaut what they thought they needed/wa.nted to know and no public imput would be entertained. So...where is the oppartunity for public input??? In the five minutes for Citi2ens Speak Up in the evening xneet,ings? In the evening meeting when the Council is scheduled to make a decision with little public input beforehand? Isn't this a subtle message to we citi..zens that the Council knowe all and they will make the correct decision irregarclless of what their constituency says? A.s a citizen of Vail, I have little desire to go to a rneeting that lasts for two or so hours where T cannot hear what is going on, where no one is orgaWzed to shaxe their information with the publie in addition to the five or six council members present, where it is labeled a . publi,c process and there is a taboo on public discussxvn. Hmmmm....this part of the public process on I,ionshead is v_ erv weak. in fact, i£ I were the Town of Vail, I'd be embarrassed to even count it as a public process. (:Iuy o14 el . CML ~ ~•i~ UAT . , Session at haffway point a poiiticai/policy assessment /nside by Sam Mamet, Associate Director elected office, they have to run for another seat. Some are likely candi- Statehouse 't's been interesring to watch the dates for seats in the other political dynamics of the session chamber. Still others have their eye in a major elecrion year, especially on local offices, especially at the Report one marked by the first imposition county level. of term limits. It's interesting to scan the papers ¦ A summary of Politics azound the state and read about the League priority issues Already one major candidate for number of municipal officials who page 2 govemor, House Speaker Chuck have e interest in running Berry, has withdrawn from the for the Legisla race. Several key lawmakers are Same old, same old? ¦ Surp/us- money for ninning against each other for other Various pundits have been pon- transportation bill statewide and other offices. This dering exactly what all of this will always makes for fancy footwork mean when 1999 rolls around. advances within the lobbying corps. While the personalities will be dif- page 3 Internal leadership races aze ferent, many of the issues will ¦ Property tax base heating up, with Rep. Russ George, remain the same. State revenue R-Rifle, capturing some advance growth is unlikely to abate, so this erosion OK? publicity in a recent The Denver will mean more debate on tax page 3 Post story for his House speaker policy and tax restructuring. aspirations. Ideological splits What will the possibility of more ¦ Committee OKs among House Republicans are local officials serving in the Legis- `i4// S%ZZ/@, no steak" becoming more evident. lature mean for the time-honored Internet tax bill An interesting bi-partisan team of philosophy of local control? Sens. Stan Matsunaka, D-Love- Ballot box govemment is a polit- page 5 land, and Mike Coffman, R- ical constant for Colorado. Will Aurora, will introduce a proposal there be statewide land use stan- ¦ Latest round in to reduce by one (from five to four) dards imposed by the voters this the number of bills that can be caz- fall? Will this be an issue future o firearms preemption ried by the 1001egislators. They legislatures will examine? page T also want to crack down on late bills. This has already caused a bit How about ongoing tax policy of a srir under the Gold Dome! issues decided at the polls? We will Term limits certainly see "de-Brucings" at the local level, but this November will Twenty-seven members are ineli- be the first rime voters will look at gible to serve in their current posi- such an issue at the state level: rion, so if they want to continue in ~ A s u m m ary of Leag ue regional planning standards, but has . not yet reached any consensus on a priority issues legislative solution. David Broadwell, At the start of the session, the League's Sam Mamet Executive Board prioritized eight key • Tax reform-There are several perma- Statehouse Report is policy areas. Here is a summary of nent tax-cut proposals yet to be acted published regu/arly by Wbere things stand at the session's mid- upon in the Senate Finance Com- point (with League lobbyists listed): mittee. The question of what to do the Co/orado Municipa/ with the TABOR surplus also con- _ • Electric/gas deregulation---There are tinues to be debated. Finally, whether . ' League during half-dozen or so bills in the hopper any major tax rest'ructuring should or the Co/orado General dealing with electric utility deregula- wi11 occur this session, especially tion, and all are stalled in committee. focusing upon the property tax, is Assemb/y session and No bills have yet surfaced addressing aiiother question awaiting an answer. mailed first c/ass natural gas unbundling. Interestingly, See the story on page 3 for more California s landmark deregularion details. Jan Gerstenberger, Sam to municipa/ officials. measure, scheduled for January Mamet Publication is from implementation, is having significant problems getting off the ground, • Lottery-The continuarion of the lot- the League offices af according to a recent New York Times tery appears to be a lock in the Legis- 1660 Lincoln St., article. And, consumer groups there lature. It will conrinue somewhere have formed a perition drive to repeal between 10 and 15 years as currently Suite 2100, the law. The League opposes imple- structured in SB 98-3. Sam Mamet Denver, CD 80264-2101. mentation legislarion until a compre- • Housing--Great news on this one. hensive study of retail wheeling, via The JBC has unanimously agreed to CML staff can be SB 98-152, can be conducted. Sam give an extra $2 million toward the reached at Mamet, Ken Bueche state's affordable housing loan and • Transportation-The story on page 3 grant program. Municipal govem- (303) 831-6411; has a run-down on the Legislature's ments and the state will have to file a FAX (303) 860-8175; response on funding state and local report with the JBC later this year on e-mail: cm/@cml.org transportarion needs. Municipal offi- reductions in regulatory barriers to cials have received a favorable reac- enhance affordable housing initiatives tion and we remain cautiously opti- locally. The additional funding will - copyright @ 1998 mistic on the passage of SB 98-170 also be limited to families with or HB 98-1256. Jan Gerstenberger incomes not higher than 33 percent Co/orado Municipa/ above the federal poverty level. Sam • Land use-There has been little land Mamet League use legislarion thus far, with the exception of the League-opposed HB • Telecommunications-CML opposes CM` 98-1163, which would have imposed SB 98-49, which will restrict some ff-MMOVIAM911rum severe restrictions on municipal home rule taxing powers relarive to annexation powers. It was killed ear- Intemet sales. As Congress conrinues lier in the session. SB 98-160 would to grapple with this problem, it seems have developed comprehensive premature for the Legislature to pass statewide land use standards for the legislation, especially one that pre- state, modeled in part after laws in empts local authority (Geoff Wilson). Oregon, Washington, and Vermont. CML supports SB 98-115, which cre- , That bill was also defeated in com- ates an electronic communicarions mittee some weeks back. The grant program for local govemment League's Growth Committee, chaired and nonprofit agencies (Steve , by Grand Junction Mayor Janet Terry, Smithers). continues to examine what can be • Youth-Two bills capture League sup- done to strengthen and enforce port. HB 98-1321 would establish a 2 CML Statehouse Report March 6, 1998 youth mentoring program. It awaits a to transportarion, higher educarion, and House floor vote. HB 98-1296 estab- K-12 education to 55 percend15 per- lishes an early education and school cend30 percent, respecrively. It failed readiness program. The bitl is after sponsor Sen. Dottie Wham, R- pending a hearing before the Senate Denver, stated that while that may be Education Committee. Both programs the way it turns out ultimately, she pre- Important Phone would rely upon assistance from the fened that the percentages weren't Numbers YCPI program in Local Affairs. Sam changed at that time. Mamet The bill was sent to the Senate Appro- . , " MEN - priations Committee, where it is Genera/ Bill.lnformation: expected to be considered in a compre- (303)'866-3055 or SUP lus mone f01' h~sive manner with other tax policy p y bills such as temporary tax reducrion House: (800) 811-7647 transportation bill bills, permanent talc-cut bills, and other Senate: (888) 473-8136 advances investmenbexpenditure bills. The prospect for a fall ballot proposal House Democrats and HB 1256: Retain Excess Revenue for for investment of a portion of the state Government NeedS Republicans: surplus, including a share to local trans- g onsors• Re Norma Anderson, R- portation needs, is srill looking good. P ' p• (303) 86&2904 Lakewood; Sen. Dottie Wham, R-Denver The Finance Committee adopted HB 98- position: Support Senate Democrats: 1256, $ I80 million per year for five Status: S. Appropriations years for transportation and educarion, (303) 866-4865 on a 6-to-1 vote without much debate. Staff: Jan Gerstenberger There was strong support for funding transportation needs, including local Emn Senate Republicans: governments', and general recognition (303) 866-4866 that many Coloradans support invest- PrOp@f'ty t1X b1S@ ment of at least a portion of the surplus rather than a tax reduction or refund. erosion OK? Legislative Council: Citizens and businesses tesrified to their As part of the tax policy revisions, the (303) 866-3521 interest in having the state invest some Senate will be considering significant of its growth-related revenues to address revisions to the property tax system. HB Department of Local some of the problems that growth has 98-1152 (and its companion HCR 98- brought us. There was a request to have 1002) would refer the measure to the Affairs: more specificity at some point as to how voters, revise Propem, tax assessment (303) 866-2771 the dollars would be spent, as well as rates, and provide a homestead exemp- questions about how the higher educa- rion to owner-occupied residenrial prop- tion portion fits with its existing funding em, Governor's Office: from the capital development com- 303) 866-2471 mittee, and concerns about expanding The proposal, sponsored by Rep. Russ ~ into capital construction the state's K-12 George, R-Rifle; and Sen. Tillie Bishop, financing responsibilities and how the R-Grand Juncrion is an effort to elimi- K-12 element fits with other proposed nate the "ratcheting down effect" of mill bills. levies and the impact on business of the Gallagher amendment, modify certain There was discussion about increasing assessment rates on non-residential the $180 million, in light of the recently property, most notably by freezing the released figures that now show surplus mi11 levy on residential property at 10 revenues at around $400 million next percent (up from current 9.74 percent), year. There was also an effort to change reducing the vacant land assessment rate the proportions from the one-third each from 29 percent to 20 percent, and to March 6, 1998 CML Statehouse Report 3 offer Colorado residents a homestead ering down effect of the Gallagher exemption. Local governments are amendment because of a drastically allowed to float the mill levy upward in dropping residential assessment rate, has the yeazs the tax adjustments are made looked at the fact that such drops are not in order to protect the property tax rev- predicated over the next eight years and Quotab/e enues to local governments, a critical are concemed about the tax shift from piece for protecting the basic properiy vacant land and residential properiy to "The tax revenue structure. commercial, industrial, producing The bill and concurrent measure have mines, and oil and gas-4hat would - transportation now been adopted by the House, with occur if entities float their mill levy. funds wou/d be the required two-thirds vote, made it Municipal officials are concerned about shared with through the first committee in the legislarion of this complexity and scope Senate on a 4-to-3 vote, and will next be moving forwazd without further county and considered by the Senate Appropriations analysis, but appreciate the effort to pro- municipal Committee. tect entities, with the authority to raise governments. While the elements of the bill can be mill levies, from potential revenue fairly succinctly summarized, the true losses from revising the property tax That's a we/come impacts are more elusive. Understanding structure. change to /ast the fiscal impacts of the changes in taxa- 's SB 1 tion aze complicated by the fact that year that statewide numbers don't reflect indi- Tax paCl(1g@, budget gave additional vidual taxing jurisdicrion impacts. For money to state instance, the total impact on the tax base surplus not yet /7l hwa s but once the measure is fully phased in by wrapped up g y yeax 2005 is estimated to be a 17.5 per- ignored /ocal cent decline in total value. While that Lawmakers have winnowed down some needs. " staristic is relevant, how valuable is it but not all of the taac and surplus pro- for each taxing jurisdiction in evaluaring posals. It appears that members of the the impact? The impacts will vary Senate Appropriarions Committee will -March 1, 1998, ~eatly as is shown in the county now be the key decision-makers on editorial in The Denver analysis. Valuation declines in all coun- what to do. And, they may wait to do it Post supporting Rep. ties but it ranges from anywhere from unril after the long bill is debated later Norma Anderson's 5.5 percent in Pitkin County to 27.5 per- this month. .HB 98-1256 cent in Fremont County. No such The state's expected FY 97-98 TABOR analysis elcists for each special district, excess revenue amount may be higher school. district, and municipality. than $400 million, with a five-year pro- The legal ability granted in the bill for jecrion of over $1.5 billion. entities to float their mill levy has been gg 98-1256, takes a major portion of viewed as the solution to the declining this surplus and proposes earmarking it assessed value. Which, if fully utilized, in part for state/local transportation certainly covers the revenue loss. But needs. Another approach, SB 98-170, how realistic is it that each taxing enrity earmarks it all for state/local transporta- would be able, polirically, to do so? We rion needs. In any event, such a proposal don't know, but we suspect the answer Would have to go before voters this fall is, "it will vary." How problematic is as a state "de-Brucing" measure. that? We don't know. But the answer probably depends on the degree to In the Senate, the bills are carried which an entity relies on the property respectively by Sens. Dottie Wham, R- tax for its operating budget. Denver, and Tom Norton, R-Greeley, the The business community which has his- Senate president. And both measures aze torically complained about the ratch- 4 CML Statehouse Report March 6, 1998 strongly supported by the League and increase for the School Finance Act, as municipal officials statewide. proposed in HB 98-1234. It contains On the tax-reducrion side of the fiscal $3.25 billion, averaging $4,858 for each ledger, things get a little more compli- of the state's neazly 670,000 students cated. There are two measures to pro- projected to be enrolled in 176 school vide temporary tax refunds, using districts this fall. This record total Get connected! slightly different methods. Their prime covers $1.84 billion from the state and . sponsors are Norton and House Speaker $1.41 billion from local property and Chuck Berry, R-Colorado Springs. specific ownership taxes. An attempt on For the latest information If the Le slature oes the tax-reducrion ~e House floor to raise this amount by on legis/ative mat#ers, _ ~ g 3.3 percent failed, but the numbers - • route, the League has been encouraging could go higher over in the Senate. check out the timely lawmakers to go the temporary way, and not the permanent tax-cut way that goes Looming in the wings is a lawsuit filed updates on right into the base. Here are some exam- by a dozen or more school districts on CML Connection. Get ples: the issue of statewide funding for cer- • SB 98-101: exempts clothing and tain school capital facility needs. Liriga- up-to-the-minute status footwear from state and local sales non in Texas, Wyoming, and Arizona foi important bills, and and use taxes (a committee amend- has led those legislatures to provide ment makes the exemption optional state support for such local initiatives. remember: CML Con- for loc~,1 governments)-$130 million Depending on the outcome, school nection is nowavailable loss to the state. finance could radically change in the state. through the Intemet. • HB 98-1065: repeals state sales taxes More than 30 cities and on telecom services (as amended by the House, the tax is retained for towns currently use the local govemments unless they affir- (iommittee approves system to get timely matively act to exempt}-$69 million "all sizzle, no steak" loss to the state. information. • HB 98-1100: permanently reduces the Internet tax bill state income tax rate from 5 percent The House Finance Committee, on a For info on how to get to 4.75 percent $172 million loss to party_line vote, has approved and sent to the state. connected, contact the House floor SB 98-49, which would • HB 98-1266: permanently exempts create a tax exemprion for Internet access Steve Smithers at CML, interest income, dividend income, and services. The League testified in opposi- (303) 831-6411. net capital gains up to a total of $2,300 tion to the bill, poinring out to the com- annually from the state income tax- mittee that the state does not presently $60 million loss to the state. tax Intemet access services and could not For more genera/ infor- At least 24 states, including Colorado, begin to do so without a statewide mation on the League, are considering tax cuts of some type TABOR elecrion; thus, SB 98-49 will during this session. The Center for the have no effect on tax pracrices with check out the CML Study of the States at the State Univer- respect to this service. Because the state homepage at sity of New York calculates that state sales and use tax base largely applies to tax revenue rose more than 6 percent statutory municipalities and counries, the www.capcon.com/cml between 1996 and 1997. It was 5 per- bill will also have no effect as to the tax cent the year before. Legislated tax cuts pracrices of these jurisdictions. enacted by states will likely depress this The bill purports to limit the authority growth rate next yeaz. of home rule municipalities to include Finally, highlighring the state's Intemet access services within their tax expected, and historic, $10 billion state bases. In the late 1980s, the League budget to be introduced in a few weeks Worked with representarives of the will be at least a 3 percent funding telecommunicarions industry to develop March 6, 1998 CML Staiehouse Report 5 a standardized definition of "telecom- won't do anything at all appears to be an muxucarion services," which is included incidental consideration at this point. in the tax base of several home rule municipalities. These municipaliries SB 98-49: Internet Access Services Tax- have concluded that Internet access ser- ation vices are within this definirion. The S onsors: Sen. Bill Schroeder, R-Lake- League explained to the committee that p the authority of home rule municipali- Wood; Rep. Ron May, R-Colorado . , Springs ries to determine what is subject to sales tax and what is exempted is a matter of Position: Oppose _ "local and municipal concem" Status: House Second Reading Cal- according to two Colorado Supreme endar , Court decisions, and thus the authority Staff: Geoff Wilson , of home rule municipalities supersedes that of the General Assembly in this MEM regard. Consequently, enactment of SB 98-49 will have no effect on the tax Munici alities su t practices of home rule municipalities. p ppOI' The League also argued that the bill was bill allowing minor premature, because a federal task force county boundary convened by the National Tax Associa- tion is presently reviewing the full range adjustments of issues associated with taxarion of The cities of Denver and Glendale have Intemet transactions. Federal legislation proposed a unique measure for allowing will likely be an outcome of this study. the boundaries between metro area It would be imprudent for Colorado to counties to be slightly realigned to pro- adopt legislation before knowing what is mote more efficient and rarional going to be proposed on a narional level with respect to tlus very difficult issue. delivery of municipal services. Munic- ipal interest in HB 98-1305 may tran- Prior to the vote, Reps. Moe Keller, D- scend those two ciries, however, as a Wheat Ridge, and Penfield Tate, D- dozen other cities and towns abut Denver, expressed serious reservations Denver County, and others straddle the about SB 98-49's intrusion into munic- boundaries of the other counties that are ipal home rule prerogatives. addressed in the bill (Jefferson, Adams, - Despite the fact that this bill is and Arapahoe). absolutely unnecessary at the state level 'I'he bill came about due to some rather and completely ineffectual as to home bizarre jurisdicrional lines between rule municipaliries, the bill has a lot of Denver and Glendale (which is in Ara- political "sizzle" in this elecrion year, pahoe County), particularly situarions because it is being loudly mzmpeted as a Where properties are literally split down "no new taxes on the Internet" bill. the middle, with the attendant problems Unforlunately, the fact that the bill of being answerable to both jurisdictions for purposes of zoning, utilities, tax col- lection, and so forth. The cities deter- mined that current law makes any , attempt to rationalize boundaries with the City and County of Denver practi- cally impossible because the law requires an election in the entire county from which any property is detached, 6 CML Statehouse Report March 6, 1998 even if only a minuscule amount of land is proposed to be exchanged. At least one other municipality, Bow League continues to Mar, has also expressed support for HB oppose latest round 1305. That town recently purchased open space land from Denver and would of firearms pre- like to bring the land into its own juris- empt1011 l@gISl1t1011 diction, but is stymied by the require- . ment that such a move would require a The Senate Judiciary Committee will cotintywide vote in Jefferson County. once again provide the forum for a Foriunately, the constitution allows the debate over preemption of municipal General Assembly to adopt statutes to authority to regulate firearms. Most of provide alternarive procedures for the controversy in this committee in county boundary adjustments. HB 1305 recent years has centered on concealed was designed to provide a method handguns and a pazade of bills designed whereby, if the governing bodies of the to limit how and where municipaliries affected counties and municipalities are may regulate the carrying of hidden in complete agreement over a minor weapons. The latest attempt was SB 98- (i.e., less than 50-acre) adjustment to 81, which was killed by this committee their respective boundaries, the adjust- in the opening weeks of the session. ment could occur without a countywide HB 98-1260, on the other hand, started vote. out in the House as a much more ambi- The scope and applicability of the bill nous effort to preempt municipal was tightened considerably in the House firearms regulation on a broader front. Local Government Committee, where As introduced, the bill would have the committee placed a five-year sunset appazently occupied the entire field of date on the bill and strictly limited coun- firearms regulation from "A" (air rifles) ties to adding no more than a total of to "Z" (zoning). As it passed the House, 250 acres over the entire life of the law. however, the bill had been significandy The bill then passed unanimously in the amended. It srill contains a broad decla- House. Look for the bill to be limited ration that the entire field of firearms even further in the Senate Local Gov- regulation is "a matter of statewide con- ernment Committee, howaver, as the cem" and then goes on to prohibit any sponsors work to ensure that no - municipality from adopring any law boundary adjustment will occur without "that would prevent a person from the consent of the landowners whose having or otherwise restrict a person's property would be directly affected by ability to have a legally owned firearm such a change. in the person's vehicle." Both state and local laws have tradition- HB 98-1305: Minor County Boundary ally allowed citizens to carry guns in Adjustments vehicles for various purposes, including Sponsors: Rep. Dan Grossman, D- self-defense. In particular, such laws Denver; Sen. Dottie Wham, R-Denver have permitted concealment of guns in vehicles "while traveling." Based upon Position: Support tesrimony to date, it appeazs that the Status: Senate Local Govemment Com- main motivarion behind HB 98-1260 mittee concems the manner in which such laws Staff: Sam Mamet, David Broadweil are administered and enforced in one city, Denver. Unfortunately the sweeping language in the bill's legislative declaration and its March 6, 1998 CML Statehouse Report 7 potential impact on municipal authority any problems when the bill is heard could extend well beyond Denver. The before the full House. bill will severely restrict the manner in which any municipality may act in the SB 98-37: Restrictions on Underage interest of public health, safety, and the Drinking Compliance Checks general welfare to determine how guns Sponsors: Sen. Elsie Lacy, R-Aurora; can be stored or deployed in vehicles Rep. Steve Tool, R-Fort Collins ` within ciries and towns. Therefore, the bill continues to merit the opposirion of Position: No Position . other municipalities and law enforce- Status: House Second Reading ment officials in addition to those in Staff: Steve Smithers Denver. HB 98-1260: Preemption of Firearms Regulations Bill targets alcohol- Sponsors: Rep. Mike Salaz, R-Trinidad; Sen. Ben Atexander, R-Montrose related exhibitions Status: Senate Judiciary Committee; gg 98-1292 is another bill that CML Hearing March 18, 1:30 p.m. has been following because of the broad Position: Oppose title of the bill and the potential for bad Staff: Sam Mamet, David Broadwell amendments being attached to the bill. The bill currently contains one provision EMN that CML wants to bring to the attention of any municipalities that own conven- League continues to tion facilities or other facilities where alcohol-related exhibirions are held. The watch beer and liquor bill makes it unlawful for a licensee to ISSU@S charge a manufacturer or wholesaler a fee for services rendered in connection The last issue of Statehouse Report with the exhibition of the manufac- reported that a compromise had been turer's or wholesaler's products if: the reached on SB 98-37, regarding exhibirion takes place on public prop- underage drinking compliance checks. erty and free samples of alcoholic bever- The compromise provides for the state ages are provided to persons over 21 liquor licensing division to develop reg- Years of age who are attending a trade ularions on penalty guidelines when show of a national or statewide trade underage drinking compliance checks associarion that derives its income from are conducted. The bill was heard the membership dues of licensees. recently by the House Business Affairs If this provision is of concem to your and Labor Committee, and the compro- municipality, please contact Steve mise remains intact. We don't anricipate ' Smithers at CML to discuss the poten- rial impacts. The bill has late-bill status 8 CML Staiehouse Report March 6, 1998 and is pending action in the House Busi- successful reforms that were passed in ness Affairs and Labor Committee. 1994. HB 98-1292: Concerning the Sale of HB 98-1142: Elimination of Community Alcohol Beverages Rating for Small Group Health Plans Sponsors: Rep. Paul Schauer, R-Lit- Sponsors: Rep. David Owen, R- tleton; Sen. Ben Alexander, R-Montrose Greeley; Sen. Don Ament, R-Iliff - Position: No Position Position: Oppose Status: House Business Affaifs and Status: House Business Affairs and - • Labor Committee Labor Committee Staff: Steve Smithers Staff: Steve Smithers ¦n¦ Health care bills raise Proposal sets bad serious concerns precedent on health HB 98-1142 and SB 98-107 continue to care contracts concem the League in terms of the SB 98-107 would require health care impact they would have on the avail- plans to open up their pharmaceurical ability of affordable health care. The contracts to all comers who are willing League is opposed to both bills. to match the "REASONABLE CON- HB 98-1142 would allow the premium TRACT TERMS AND PRICES" set by rate adjustment factor used by small- the insurance provider. The bill elimi- group (less than 50 employees) sickness nates the market advantage of winning a and accident insurers for health plans, bid, so firms will bid less aggressively, issued or renewed on or after July 1, if they bid at all. The bill sets a very bad 1998, to be based on claims experience precedent for state interference with and health status. These rating factors contracting practices, and it is our were eliminated in the health insurance opinion that this language will lead to reforms passed in 1994 to help stabilize significantly higher health-caze costs for rates for small employers. Evidence to municipalities. The bill has made it to date suggests that the reforms have been the House floor and could be heazd very successful. Any municipal soon. Contact your House members and employer with fewer than 50 employees urge them to vote "no" on the bill. should be very concemed with the impact this bill could have on access to stable health insurance rates. If you have SB 9&107: Prohibition on Exclusive not done so already, contact your House Prescription Drug Providers members and urge them not to undo the Sponsors: Sen. Stan Matsunaka, D- Loveland; Rep. Lewis Entr, R-Hooper Position: Oppose Status: House Second Reading Staff: Steve Smithers March 6, 1998 CML Staiehouse Report 9 s CML Legislative Box Score Sub)ect Status as of 3/6/98 means "with amsndments") SUPPORT SB 3 Lottery - extends sunset on state lottery from 1999 to 2009 H. 2nd Reading* . SB 20 POST - cortains miscelianeous revisions to peace officer standards and S. Approp. Com.* training law, including facilitative procedures for qual'rfying experienced out-of-state applicants SB 28 Aviation - establishes state program funding airport improvements to S. Approp. Com. facilitate intrastate commercial service SB 32 Audits - mod'rfies local govemment audit law to provide more flexibility H. 2nd Reading regarding requirements for invertory of property SB 71 Appropriations to charities - repeals the $5,000 per year limit applicable H. Local Gov't. Com. to statutory municipalities SB 83 Taxes - establishes a study of state and local govemment fiscal policies S. Approp. Com.* SB 115 Communications - establishes and funds an electronic communications S. Approp. Com.* grant program for local govemment and nonprofit facilities SB 116 Taxes - authorizes the DepartmeM of Revenue to collect state and local Postponed indef. sales and use tax revenue from certain out-of-state vendors, upon passage of federal enabling legislation SB 146 Highways - transfers, subject to referendum, one-third of state surplus Postponed indef. over TABOR limit to highway users tax fund for distribution to state, municipalities, and counties SB 152 Electric power retail competition - provides for a study of inerits and S. Approp. Com. impacts SB 170 Transportation - allocates surplus state revenues for state, municipal, S. Approp. Com.* and county transportation needs HB 1006 Endangered species - creates state program with financing to promote H. Approp. Com.* conservation of and avoid federal act complications HB 1020 Audits - relaxes requirements for local govemments having small S. Local Gov't. Com. budgets March 6,1998 CML Statehouse Report A-1 e HB 1029 Mayor terms of office - provides local option for four-year terms for S. Local Gov't. Com. mayors in statutory council-manager cities (already available for other statutory cities and towns) HB 1040 Driver's license revocations - provides for revocation of driver's licenses Postponed indef. of minors upon conviction of marihuana violations (HB 1160 coMains a similar provision.) HB 1069 Revenue sharing - enacts state program to assist growth impacted local H. Approp. Com* govemments . HB 1105 Elections - CML sponsored bill simpl'rfying reporting requirements for S. 2n0 Reading* local govemment candidates under the Fair Campaign Practices Act HB 1125 Statute oflimitations - tolls the two-year statute of limitations until Postponed indef. substantial compietion of an improvement to real property where the damage claim arises prior to substantial completion of the improvement HB 1160 Crimes - strengthens certain criminal law provisions (CML supports S. Jud. Com.* provision, similar to HB 1160, which provides for revocation of driver's licenses of individuals convicted of drug and alcohol offenses.) HB 1169 Alternate fuel - provides tax incentives and rebates for aftemative fuel H. Approp. Com.* vehicle purchases and conversions HB 1200 Marketing - authorizes creation of local marketing disficts by S. Local Gov't. Com.* municipalities & counties HB 1220 Plumbing regulations - mod'rfies state regulation to increase local H. Approp. Com.* govemment plumbing code enforcement HB 1256 Taxes - authorizes retertion of state revenues exceeding TABOR limits for S. Approp. Com.* state and local transportation needs, K-12 education capital facilities and higher education capital facilities HB 1283 Spurious liens - clarifies that sanctions don't apply to liens imposed by S. 2' Reading home rule municipalities HB 1305 County boundaries - facilitates minor adjustments in county boundaries S. Local Gov't. Com.* for counties in the Denver metro region HB 1315 Tourism - finances state tourism promotion by earmarlcing portion of Postponed indef. state sales and use tax increases HB 1324 Solid waste - provides additional fee monies to the solid waste Division H. Approp. Com.* of the Department of Heafth, which in part are used to provide technical assistance to local govemments , HB 1375 Transportation planning - conforms the law with the current H. 2nd Reading transportation planning regions (TPR) boundaries and accommodates any future metropolitan planning organizations as a TPR A-2 CML Statehouse Repat March 6,1998 ~ OPPOSE SCR 2 Taxes - exempts all personal property from taxation without providing Postponed indef. replacement revenue for local govemments SB 49 Taxes - prohibits state and local taxes, fees and charges related to H. 21 Reading* Intemet access services SB 69 Limited gaming - provides for state approval of certain local land use Postponed indef. decisions in gaming communities SB 81 Weapons - authorizes carrying of concealed weapons and preempts Postponed indef. local regulation . SB 92 Taxes - completely exempts personal property from taxation without Postponed indef. replacing local revenue loss SB 96 Crimes - contains miscellaneous revisions, including some reductions in Postponed indef. crimes & preemption of local authority SB 107 Health care - Requires health plans to open up prescription drug plans to H. 2nd Reading* any willing provider, thereby leading to increased health care costs SB 178 Electric power retail competition - requires implemertation S. Local Gov't. Com. HB 1100 Taxes - permanently reduces state income tax rate from 5 to 4 3/4% S. Fin. Com.* HB 1129 Eminent domain - prohibits generally for purpose of reselling to private Postponed indef. persons or entities for commercial use HB 1142 Hea/th insurance - eliminates community rating of small group heafth S. Bus. Affairs & Labor plans, potentially leading to sign'rficant cost increases for smaller plans Com.* HB .1145 Local government employment - subjects local govemment employers Postponed indef. to state investigation and litigation proceedings when employees allege local govemment "retaliation° actions against their employees HB 1148 Open records - requires law enforcement agencies to prepare and make Postponed indef. available to the public spec'rfied arrest and incident reports HB 1163 Annexation - severely restricts municipal annexations Postponed indef. HB 1170 Shooting ranges - restricts enforcement of local govemment noise S. Local Gov't. Com.* regulations regarding operations (oppose unless amended) a HB 1232 Taxes - exempts all newly acquired business personal property from Postponed indef. taxation with no replacement revenue of local govemments HB 1260 Weapons - preempts local govemment restrictions re transportation of S. Jud. Com.* weapons (oppose unless amended) March 6,1998 CML Statehouse ReW A-3 ? r HB 1262 Audits - requires local govemments to develop extensive data on costs Postponed indef. of local govemment services which private enterprises can provide HB 1266 Taxes - permanently exempts interest income, dividend income, and net S. Fin. Com.* capital gains up to a total of $2,300 annually from state income tax HB 1284 E/ectric power retail competition - requires implementation H. Bus. Affairs & Labor Com. HB 1302 E/ections - restricts expenditure of govemment funds relating to S. Bus. Affairs & Labor - campaigns for public office or public issues Com.* HB 1381 Electric power retail competition - requires implemertation H. Bus. Affairs & Labor Com. FORMERLY OPPOSED SB 37 Beer & liquor - restricts disciplinary action when "sting" operations H. 2nd Reading* uncover illegal sales to minors (Senate amendments require Division of Liquor Enforcement to adopt guidelines for penafties which may be imposed by local govemments.) SB 84 Motor vehic% dea/ers - allows dealers to register and title motor vehicles S. Transp. Com.* (As amended only applies to titles for salvaged vehicles.) SB 94 Taxes - provides a property tax credit for the elderly which reduces local S. Approp. Com.* tax revenues (As amended provides for funding without local revenue loss.) SB 101 Taxes - exempts clothing and footwear from state and local sales and S. Approp. Com.* use taxes (Committee amendment makes exemption optional for local govemments.) HB 1005 Taxes - increases amount of business personal property tax exemption S. Approp. Com.* (As amended, exemption only applies to school levies and does not affect - municipal revenues.) HB 1085 Taxes - repeals state sales tax on telecommunication services (As S. Fin. Com.* amended, retains tax for local govemments unless they affirmatively act • to exempt.) A-4 CML Statehouse Report March 6,1998 ~ . • Offis &I STATE " Colorado Municipal League 1660 Lincoln St., suite 2100 RECEIVEd MA Denver, CO 80264-2101 R 9 1998 FIRST CLASS MAIL R~~~ ~~~~Jr:.~ MWIER , T~ ~ r i:a1Tf?i;E Rl: 4J ; C ~ VAIL i:0 ciiC:7 ~~W RECEIVED i iA2 J 1998 + TRUDY J. DAY 2878 Wexford Drive, Saginaw, Michigan 48603 (517) 790-8131 March 5, 1998 Vail Town Council 75 S. Frontage St. Vail, CO 81657 Dear Council Members: As a property owner at Vantage Point in Lionshead, we must object to the proposed change in the height and mass limits currently under -consideration by the Town of Vail and Vail Associates. You must agree that one of the reasons to live, relax, vacation and simply enjoy the Vail Valley is the breathtaking view of the mountains. Specifically, those of us in Lionshead cherish our own special view of the mountain and the images of skiers on the slope; it was the main reason to purchase property at Vantage Point. Any change to the building code that would allow buildings twice as tall and of more mass would not only destroy that precious view, but would have a negative effect on the value of our property. Since we purchased our property in good faith, I would expect no less from the Town of Vail and Vail Associates. It appears, however, that they are determined not to follow the rules that were previously established, but to break the rules and create new ones simply to fulfill their own financial desires at the expense of the very people who constitute their customer base. My only hope is that if they won't play fair, the Council must step in and see that the rights of others are protected. - I regret that I will be unable to attend any meetings. However, I trust you will take our points under consideration. Sincerely, , Trudy J. Day Y e RFCEIVFn M4R Q ~ ` ~ 1448 - . - - ~ - ~ ~1--d_' - o?z~ ~r1,;,,t G~i~,..-~ ~ a~ - a~~~n'„Z' ' ~ ~ - - di'' - r 41 ~ i . . - - _ - ' - , IRECEIVED MAR 9 1999 , 1buqlas C. Porter " 5303 S. Jellison St. , - Littleton, CO 80123 - - 4 March 1998 Vail Zbwn Council 75 S. Frantage Road Vail, Colorado 81657 I am the owner of Time Shares at Vantage Point Condatti.nitiuns in Vail Village. T wish to notify you that I strongly oppose any increase in building heights. I am pleased vith the present arrangenent, and I do not want my views of the mountains jeopardized. DOUGLAS C. PORTER ~ s RECEIVED MAr; ~CZ c . 1?e9A. PZ, ) 99 r S~a ~ J`.1 Y .7 ocdiv !c. Tir>£ -S/~.9 1,9 1~ ~EItS /k) - - YAATt}Gg PaATI~ _ -5'T,R°'u GL,J' ¢3~ECa~'~lt(.~~t~ T7~?~1"T' /~If~X//7!'1y Ag )-sEPT ~~?~x~x ro~ ~R yo~~ ~o~s~~~r~7i~~. Mr Bill N Yates P O Box 8149 Ruidoso,lVM 88355-8149 ~ g2RECEtV~4,44. ~9EJ998 Albuquerque, NM 87109 Vail Town Council 75 S. Frontage Road, Vail, CO 81657 Gentlemen: It has come to my attention that Vail Associates is proposing to double building height restrictions in their Lionshead redevelopment plans. It is obvious that this will ruin the mountain view for hundreds of owners, especially those of us at Vantage Point. Vantage Point owners are there primarily for the view the location offers. To make an across the board change to the current building code height and mass restrictions would have a drastic effect on property values. We are totally opposed to this proposed change. Very truly yours, / Richard P. Tyd~ Alice K. Tyler RPT/a MAR-09-98 02:48 PM QUICK SHOE SALES 7195645284 P.01 T L March 701998 Vail Town Couneil 75 S. Frontage Road Ve7.1 , C0107'3do 81657 Gontlemen: .ll0 NUT CtIAN(7h: Z0141YIG IN AiVY WNY ! We are protesting to the Council f4r wanting to bu3.1t Buildings higher then four f 14ors in Zionshead. From our view at Vant?jee Point we can see thQ Ski. Slopes and people skiing-walking-and dariving. Also Cdr1 8pot aniFnals on hill side. We aro Senior Citizens dnd di'e unable to wa].k muCh but can enjoy the view ,from our dining table or petio. We would sure hgte to have ta11 buildiy in our way ta blvck view. If this plan pa ,sca we cauld have blocked view from every- thing, a lar•ger=and higher parking lot to the East, muCh higher buildin~,;s to South and West. We dort't want this to happen, we enjoy tlle view as i.t i8. very txuly yours,~ Vertioti & Stclle T'at 'aQrson V/f' #510- 21st Week 1508 Rita nrive N.E. AlbuquerquQ, New Mexico 67106 . PhorLe-1-505-2b8 -1127 03i10i1998 16:59 FROM Ro9ers pbstract & Title TO 19704792157 P.01 - iC~ T C ROGERS AND RQGERS ATTORNEYS AT LAW 716 EAST HARVEY, BOX 487 F. M. hbers (1899-1980) V1?Ei,LINGTON, KANSAS 67152-0487 GPrald Rogers teleplionc 316 326-1468 fax 316-326-2357 March 10, 1998 aENiT BY FAX 1-979-479-2157 Vail Town Councif 75 S_ Frontage Road Vail, CO 81657 Re: Proposed Lionshead Rezoning Gentlemen: I am writing this letter as a cvndo owner of Vantage Point since 1974. In connection with the prapdsed L.ionshead Rezoning Pfan, 1 am strongly apposed to the proposal tv double the building height restrictions. The increased heights may weli result in construction that would b(ack vur views of the ski mountain and therefore decrease the value of our propetty and our enjoyment of it. 1 strongly oppose the proposed Plan and request that The Councif veto the request_ Very truly yours, Rogers and Rogers GR:vd By~.~i41& bc: Mr. Gary Lebp Mr_ Michael D'Anci i ~ SaMday-Sunday, Mmch 7A 1998 • 7he Aspen Times 23-A ~ ~ r. I ~ somElimEs CONFI.ICnNG IHTERESTS . { : -i , ~ ~ { SOLIIIN6 THE NOUSIN6 SNORTA6E REQIflRES , ADVOCACY, ACTIOH AND AHHOl1ANCE ~ By Peter A. Martin when we need to go. T here seems to be an insGtutional approach in govern- Several decades ago, our country faced up to the need ment, when confronted with difficult and even press- for fair housing laws to end segregation. It was a divisive ing issues, not to Vy to reach a conclusion about time and responsible leaders had to take a lot of heat push- them, but rather to move in and settle down, and then to ing past prejudices and fears. We did it because it was right lose all sense of urgency or resolve. This often is the prod- and we are a better nation for it. It seems that there am sim- uct of noble-sounding discussion about the need to balance ilar fears about the effect of affordable housing on property conflicting community interests. nis balancing act tends to values. How about people values? 7'he reality is that our paralyze the decision-making process. sense of togetherness is moce affected by the housing , Conflicting goals, by their very nazures, cannot be held demands of the super rich than it is by the people who actu- in perpetual equilibrium. A com- ally work in our community. ! munity needs to choose and At the Febmary 26th planning ~ decide which goal is thc more round table for Burlingame Ranch, important. Certainly, we should Ha$ n come to a time John Lifton opined that a higher not anticipate balancing every density of affordable housing on the goal within a single development. In America when it is ciryowned parcel would cause " As a member of the Pitkin "market forees" to react adversely ' County Planning and Zoning uncomfortable to share as to the adjacent canch, requiring ; Commission, I have too often the owners to have more develop- heard the lament that any solution our community with the ment rights in order to attain the to the affordable-housing crisis same profit potential. ~t must be carefully balanced couple who run the Maybe he is righh but the propo- j throughout the community with sition is still wrong, and I suspect i everyone "sharing the pain:" Why +loral shop, the barber, that thece will still be millions to be ~ do we call this pain? Has it come made from the Zoline holdings. The to a time in America when it is the mailman, the nurse, draft "Mission StatemenP' for the uncomfortable to share our com- round table nobly asserts tha[ al1 munity with the couple who run the teacher? community goals can be balanced. the floral shop, the barber, the I'm sorry, but I dissent. This prop- mailman, the nurse, the teacher? erty represents the best chance to I submit that the pain associat- alleviate the housing crisis only if it ed with affordable housing is kind is developed to its optimum density. of like the pain associated with I intend no offense to those who going to the dentist It is mostly anticipatory. 'Ihe filling have been striving roreconcile the conflicts and to achieve , and drilling should make us feel good, look better, and consensus. Mr. Likon was especially eloquent and fair in - function longec The same can be said fora neighborhood presenting his clients' interests. There is no satisfaction in with diversity. There are cavities in our tesort towns. IYs having to offend any individual, group, or cause. The para- much like a hole in a tooth. We may lose the tooth (our dox is that the community seems to share common goals ~ whole working community) if we dodt dritl and fill the but disagrees on each step or project that takes us closer to cavity. The political will to do something about it is the . [hem. Some straightforward advocacy is needed and some same type of virtue that makes us go to the dentist annoyance is inevitable. ~l~Y~ ~ • ~ i~"'.~ 1~ ' v~r~ r ~ Muespfrtl~~tYut~~••„Y`^~~ ~ '~~~if~ 8~opte~~ion~swana~w~sthe tac~nment~th~' ~ a~ls~„,w~anatl~aot~p~naunt~e~t~~`stwutd,~clud~~m~ ~ ' puM~ac~1~c~[i~1~?~•~;~+~p,n~'~a! ~~~~5 ~~''~n~~~~'~ ~ Affd .SiAarylny,Sunday, Marci~ 7h, l:l'IJt .%}i,. Ac~k~n 7imvr: 9.{ or able housin ~ on o i n s ace,,,, v i ~ , i~ F iiet oi abo ~ Local officials consider Y y open land `sacrosanct' By i81CIIly ~R18I1 . 4 , . Aspen Times SIa1f Wiiter F ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ' • Aspeds affordable-housing shortage is beginning to seem like one oi those problems that just caonot be solved A concerted, serious effort to "nibble away" at the shortage with a series of small projects ha.s not appazendy made much of a dent 4 The shuggle to fmd housing still dominates much government time, ~ much newspaper space and much of the lives of local workers, The shorta8e of devel le landstrict •i opab , growth conaols, nei borhood conce rns and sky-high mal estate prices seem to cmate nearly 'msumiount- able bazriecs to the housing effoR The problem is further complicated by a desne to build housing close tc - the city limits.:so that housing msidents wili not ixcome paR of the upper valley's han»ponation pmblems. . Cleariy, innovafive solutions aze nceded, but local officials aze hesitant tc ' sacdfice sacrel cows such as the municipal golf course or_designaud open ' space to get the,job done. "Someone floatad the idea of moving the piesent city golf coucse to the f W/J Ranch and building affordable housing on the golf course site in a letter ~ to the editor last yea5" said Aspen City Councilwoman Rachel Richards ? icferring to a letter to The Aspen Tunes by local architect Michael Lipkin. f "I dodt mally favor that," Richards said She noted that the ciry may ger j a few mote uruts around Tnucott Place on the golf course, but she feels thai ; , inevitable legal batt(es wlth neighboring homeo~mers would make the id- ~ we of a major development theie unworkable. She added that moving the golf course to W/J would have its own seriou tiaffic unpacts, not to mention the problem of obtaining e Courty Housing Authority Boazd member Jackie K~ h ~agrees. W~ "I could easily see a discussion of expansion of Tcuzcott place at the goll coutse," Kasabach said. But moving the golf coucse would be moie of a pmblem than a soludon, she said. Pidcin County Housing Director Dave Tolen also said he has a/so heard the suggestion that the Aspen Crolf Course be moved to a new location tc make room for affordable housing. But he said he doesdt think it woule make financial sense. Owners of luxury homes on the golf course would fcertainly object to redevelopment of the'u surroundings, he suggested. "9t would be a lot fewer homes than the golf course would physicall} hold, becaose of the poliUcal issues," he said The cost of developing anew golf couase waild be high as well, Tolen said "Would you really come out aheadT he asked, a question reinfotced by housing board member Frank Peteis. `"Chat would have been a good idea several yeacs befoie the golf cowse was buil[," Petets iemarked. "I agiiee with the basic principle t}iat housing . at we build should be as close to town as possible, but I just don't think the golf course is feasible." Aspen City CouncIl member Jim Markalunas likes the W/J pmject whece ' it is. "Is it too far out? No. Not with transit We'ic not going to solve all 01 , .r-. ~ Aspen's housing problems within the city limiu,,, Markalunas said. "I think ~ W/J is a good pcusibility." ~ * It has also been suggested that poctions of lazge open-space parcels suct • as the Marolt Ranch or the Mooie ptoperty near Mazoon Creek could be saa ' rificed for housing. y, "Using designated open space for affordable housing has alteady beer ~ done," Tolen said. The two instances am adevelopment on the Meroit proper , ty and Williams Woods, which is direcdy north of the Hunter Cmek complex , '~y~,,~„, . , Building employee housing on the Mamlt land required appmval by cifi zens in an election. The Marolt eleceon approved only the development a piesendy buflt Building additional units thete would requim another elec tion, Tolen said. . Building housing on the Williams Woods plot was not subject to a voG a" 'k ¦ aee /lau4V on p~ge 18.p . _ : W b.. _ ~ , y .l&.s~~ "We can't build our way out of the probiem.° ~ ~ - Frank Peters, ` Aspen-Pitkin Caunty Housing Boarr ' . . . ZaR tM Mraft houft compbx occuoes a oomer of the Marolt GPm SPace, but the tlMgrt of exPmKB Vot hoLaft campbX to tdce over more open sPaae horlilles local polidciam. Above, the ° ' Aqm 8W camil! ts.Dopular wRh sdws h the winEer and goMm (of couBe) in the summer - and . fsw PsoPls ssan noerosbed 1n'11pInB3he faMways wNh hous6r, Mkhael Brands photos. , . : .~,..„v.. , , 1F*# 7heAWere Tmm • SaftndaY+S±inday, Mmr1? 78 1998 Th HOUSj~ e New Erbium:YAG Laser "Ihe last Uilng I want to see is pmject housing.'ltiat is available in Aspen now. because it was ipt tequieed at th3t time. But Tolen antounts to `g?iettp.jying,' " Maricalunas said "ff we • Lines on the face, around ' MMIW dmt CODbovcnY over dw decision triBgeml the had it all to do over again, I would reduce the size of the mouch and eves adopbon of the Aapen Alee ComrOarlity Plan (AACP) Centennial." • Pigrnent change., which, amoog other things, ceyuircs a vote of cioDens Markalunas is concerned thaz any employee housing " • Acne scarring to take open Wam for houSinS• built in any open area be environmentally conscious. • Ben ign sk;n mmor, lbmo he is immn ffi~~~ve advocate for "You can get bad housing because the environment are all targets for this affordable housiag, Peters wouldn't sacri£ce the isn't considered, like Casde Crcek," Matkalunas said. new laser wh;ch Marok ProPertY to the hmsinS Sods- W}len that development was built, in the eady 'SOs, the 1 feamres less healing time "Betae Italk hypotherically about using dtC Mamlt slope cut was too steep, he said. He said he's not 'tn and less redness than or Moae pcopertias for opbn space, I should say I favor of developing the Mamlt property because of the C02 Laser. vatue t6ose lands mae as open space,° Peters said. visual considerations. . 'Maroh is saaosanct m the oommun?ry•" "We wanted to preserve the entrance to Aspen," Finally the right Kasabach said she feels the same waY• Markalunas said. He might consider a small develop- . ' instrument for solving "I wouldn't want to see anyt6ing moce on the ment placed inconspicuously away from-Highway 82, many of the sun Maidt pmpaty,° she said "Y'm ielucrant to impose on though, he said. "Maybe below the bluff line, so it " pmblems we see in open spwe for housin& because we need both." doesn't stick out on the skylme." He said it is also an Aspen is here! Tokn said the cay mw estimatcs the 6ousing shat- issue of setang a prececlent fall at about 500 units. That figure could go up or `°Ihat pmpeety is a geenbelt If you sacrifice that, ` down, depending on odwr uendc, he said. wheie do you draw the line?' Marlcalunas said build- THE ASPEN INSTI7'ITI'E OF PI.AST[C Moire dm 400 affordabkAxRisin8 units are now in ing on the Marolt Ranch would also contribute to ? RECONSTRUGTIVE SURGERY the wodm, in variaus sages of Planning and negotia- urban sprawl. "It's important to define the edge of t10O, On lOplOperfies, TO1En seid. UOILS p13I111Cd fOf the tpwn,° }1C Seid. DENNIS P. CIRILLO, Budmgame Prtilect+7ust Past the MazoOn Cieek Road M3[1calunaS said hC Ulinks the[e mlght be some eco- M.D., F.A.C.S. unersecbm and norih of HighwaY 82. W'OUW number nomic solutions to Aspen's housing pmblem, such as 400 Wesc Main St. / Sce. 100 bCtWOCa 150 aW 200. OO dlC $DydCf p[OpCIty, 0n Mid- chanriehng mpllCy jn(p the p[jyNC SCC[a fpr deyejpp. Aspen, Colorado 81611 land Aveoue iu Aspeu's Fast Fnd,15 a mae units aze eis who want build affordable hoasing. sooisaa-ossz • 970i544-0500 envisioced. 1be city of Aspen is renovating the Aspen CountrY 1nn, just past the Mamon Cteek Btidge, ro ioclude 40 empbyce units. Houben said aboucs3 una syew wtxe acumuy being nuaL `o1fo last tfiing 1 want to see ~ - ~~a~~w;am ~c;cy~ . . abo possibk uffgcts fbr remcmmatim as emploree is project housitw, That ~ ~ ~ ~~~y ~O~b~ ~ ~ Bella Casa Live the great "I hate to see the loss of mom-and-pop ski country club life...at half the lodges. ~•S what ma~1e Aspen in the •SOs and _Jlm MQ7~ZQlIUlOS , price. Unobstrucced views '60s'" Ma1a1°°~ ~d' "But some °f those ~uld f~S~R C(ty COUACIl of Mt. Sopris. Finishing this be made ova rob seasooal6ousing." 3-bedroom, 3 and one half Pdbn CamtY owas pmpert.s t6at have po0ential bath home includes hand fbr affp'~~~sin&rncountYupresendYnego- picked granite's, marbles, ua6°g the sale °f the Atan U°° prope[ty near and stone, outstanding floor Woody CYeeY 6o a devrkpez Toln said he dunks the plans, and top notch detail countY wffl pmbablY use the moneY fim dw sale to "Maybe there should be a way for private devekrp- throughout. Aspen Glen, Lot D16, Unit B$975,000. o6tain additionallmd for housing• Btrt he said affoidable ecs to provide housing for the employces generated, ~~~~f~~~~A~ ~~~~~~1C i~b~ tt~ Also available, Aspen Glen, Lot D16; Unit A$1,195,000. bxatse the mne mooeY buys bw qmr- housing," he said. "Ibae's a vety dramadc inaease in ptopgty yalues plbps thmk dhe damarid for }pusmg slnub be man- Easy ski-in/ski-out arcess! This closer in; ' Tolen said. He said the city bought the aged imse cmeCiilly to conhol the umdasWy. Kasa6wfi lovely three bedroom, three and one Beliogm p[upaty, w6ich is aboat 200 acns wifh - said ft gmwlh of labor-inteiuive busioesses was rot pmt half bath townhome provides great aboot 30 devdopable aaes. far Icss man $2.7 milliou. of the equarion wt~en the Acpeo Aiea Cocnmuiity Plan livin d Run V, Unit 3 0 Tlmt oo~ ~ favorablY with the Snyda propa w~ caeated five yeazs ago, wt~elha tlnse bu~sses be 8~ces. Woo ry, which aLso oost $17 m90iao, aod is only thrce aaes, serviceonented hotels or luxiuy bouUqucs. $1,650,000. Also available, Wood ~ half of whic6 is developable. "Until we stop that we'ie oot going to stop the naed Bun Y, Unit 29 $1,750,000_ "A lot of peaple, say `wouWn't it be better to devel- for housing," Kasabach said . op closer b oowm?' Yeah, it would, if you oould obtain PCtC[S 1dekCS 8 Slmilaz point in a diffeiErtt way. 970•923•2006 ~ the ProPertY•"Toien said- "We can't build our way out of the probkm. We 800.898•4535' Just as closa may not be frasble, bigger may not havai t done enough to pievent the proble?n fran beang be heter when rt oomes to housin8 ProJects• exacabeted by develapment," Petecs said. "Ihe platmmg e-mail: rgriffinesrec.com "Ifie Aspen Area Conununity Plan ezpressed con- ooiomissiomm ae inteiesYed m tltis. We wll talk moee wwwsrec.com cern that we not creare mae Cenwnmials,,, said Cindy about limitmg demand. ThaPs the big story," 6e said. Houben, head planner fa the county, referting to the Kasabach projects that Aspenites won't be able to lazge blue-roofed project at the base of Smuggler justify trading open space for housing in the near Maumin. "We waot to integate }ausing beuer with fudue. "I think the community as a wtale would object the community." 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