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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-12-08 Support Documentation Town Council Work Session PUBLIC NOTICE VAIL TOWN COUNCIL MEETINGS Tuesdav, December 8, 1998 Work session HAS BEEN CANCELED Sign language interpretation available upon request with 24 hour notification. Please call 479-2332 voice or 479-2356 TDD for information. 12/04/98 FRI 00:05 FAX 9709499227 SHAMROCK Town Council Mem Zd01 1 . ~ or.eatto," ~ VVMA MEETING ~ ~ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1998 8:30AM coLORADo sKI MvsEUM ~ AGENDA • 99 CHAMPIONSHIPS UPDATE WITH SUE MacCORMICK, THE VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION, AND SUE McCARTHY VVITH TBE INTERNATI4NAL MANAGEMENT GR4UP • SPECIAL EVENTS REPORT • MERCHANT ASS4CIATION DUES • FREE SKI LESSONS ~ THE GUIDE WE NEED INPUT FOR NEXT YEAR •OUTDOOR SIGNAGE AND DISPLAYS THERE HAVE BEEN rTLT1V.EROUS COMPLAINTS ABDUT THIS ISSUE. WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? YOUR INPUT IS VERY IlViP4RTANT BEFORE THE TOWN OF VAIL TAKES ACTION 12/04/98 FRI 00:05 FAX 9709499227 SHAMROCK Town Council Mem Q002 . ~ . i r , NOTES FROM NOVEMBER 11~ MEETING x s TIPS TRAINING: Sessions are now taking place. The cost is $18.00 for a six-hour ~ session. For more information contact the Vail Police at 479-2200. MERCHANT PASSES: Merchant passes are available with membership to the VVMA. ; The costs of the passes are $875.00 until December 18~ after that they will go up to $945.(?0 so get them now. Let us know if you need membership information. There are also complimentary lessons available with a Merchant pass until December 11`~', if you are interested in a free lesson get in touch with VA , . `m D UPDATE ON MEETING WITH ANDY DALY: The fires won't have a huge effect. Only chair 5 will not be working and they are hoping to have it functional by Christmas. At Two Elk they will construct a restaurant tent with two trailers. They will also be moving the ski school seating at Mid Vail fio make more seating available to the public. V/A seems to be very positive and willing to work with the Merchants_ They are genuinely concerned about the Merchants feelings toward V/A. CONSTRUCTION TN THE VILLAGE: The Town of Vail had assured the Merchants that their construction will be done this year for many years to come. Parking problems ~ continue to be an issue. Some merchants feel tha.t parking in the viilage is improving wlule other feel that they aze nat. If you do have parking problems call the town at 479- 2100 or Greg Morrison, the chief of police, at 479-2209. VAIL 1s`: What to do with the business license fees has been resolved The WMA, WTCB & The Restaurant Association will put on the Chili cook-off and the F Intemational Fest every year and will not have to go through speciai funding to do so. Also, extra money for six more events will be available. There is a referendum for a - 1.5% lodging tax in the works right naw. It is important we all support this. The negative aspects of increasing the lodging tax by 1.5% will be far surpassed by the ; positive marketing that it will create. Y. f ~ - u ~y TOWN OF VAIL 75 South Frontage Road Vail, Colorado 81657 970-479-2100 FAX 970-479-2157 MEDIA AnuISORY ' December 2, 1998 ` Contact: Suzanne Silverthorn, 479-2115 ' Community Information Office VAIL TOWN COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS FOR DECEMBER 1 Work Session Briefs Council members present: Armour, Arnett, Foley, Ford, Kurz, Navas --Information Update Councilmembers were briefed on the following: the upcoming Town of Vail Christmas party will take place Dec. 11 at the Kaltenberg Castle Brewery in Lionshead; a half-day Town Council retreat has been scheduled for Jan. 4 to be facilitated by Barbara Chaffee; and the Dec. 8 Council work session has been cancelled due to lack of agenda items. --Council Reports Kevin Foley, who represents the town as chairman of the Eagle County Regional Transportation Authority, said the Eagle County Commissioners would be reviewing a list of items included in a prioritization of Eagle County transportation projects on Dec. 14. Foley asked fellow councilmembers to review the list and to provide input to him for the upcoming discussion. --Other Michael Arnett inquired about the status of development of a town policy on employee generation. Arnett wondered if it shouldn't become part of the Lionshead master plan. Sybill Navas complimented the town staff for the appearance of the Christmas lights throughout town, especially in the main roundabout and in front of the Village parking structure. Kevin Foley asked whether two organizations, the United Firefighters Association of America and the American Veterans Network, were legitimate nonprofits since they have been heavily soliciting Vail businesses for donations. The solicitations will be referred to the Vail Police Department. Jim Lamont, on behalf of the East Village Homeowners, asked for consideration of an open editing process to prepare the Lionshead Redevelopment Master Plan document for final consideration. --Executive Session on Personnel Matters and Land Acquisition The Council then moved to executive session to discuss personnel matters and land acquisition. Evening Session Briefs Council members present: Armour, Arnett, Foley, Ford, Kurz, Navas (more) RECYCLEDPAPER ~ , Add 1/TOV Council Highlights/12-1-98 --Citizen Participation The Council heard from Tom and Flo Steinberg, longtime residents of the Golf Course neighborhood, who expressed concerns about the degree of construction activity in Ford Park. Although acknowledging their awareness that a temporary stadium was being installed at Ford park to be used for the opening ceremonies during the World Alpine Ski Championships, the two expressed concerns about the magnitude of ihe project (installation of pylons, concrete, etc.) and the lack of efforts to keep the Ford Park recreational path free of mud and dirt. In response, Town Manager Bob McLaurin expressed the imRortance of having the opening ceremonies in Vail and that the area would be completely restored following the Championships. ` ---Supplemental Appropriation The Council voted 6-0 to approve first reading of a$70,200 supplemental appropriation to the 1998 budget. The measure added $200 to the Boath Creek bond fund and $70,000 to the town's health insurance fund. For more information, contact Finance Director Steve Thompson at 479-2116. --Building Code Updates The Council voted 6-0 to approve first reading of an ordinance that would bring the Town of Vail's building codes into compliance with the most recent editions of the national standards for model building, fire, electrical, mechanical and plumbing codes. For more information, contact Gary Goodell, the town's chief building official, at 479-2321. --Sale of TOV Land on Rockledge Rd. to Adjacent Property Owner The Council voted 5-1 (Foley against) to approve first reading of an ordinance that would authorize the sale of a 24-hundred sq. ft. town-owned parcel of land on Rockledge Rd. to adjoining property owners, Paul and Wendy Raether, for $94,774. The action represents what is intended to be the first of several land transfers on Rockledge Rd. with a potential return to the town of $1.4 million--all aimed at addressing private encroachment issues on what used to be Forest Service land. In 1995, the Town of Vail took ownership of those properties, along with 10 other parcels totaling 62.2 acres from the Forest Service in exchange for three like-valued Town of Vail properties, including the 40-acres Trapper's Run parcel in West Vail. The intent of the exchange was to remove Forest Service lands from the town's boundaries, to create a buffer between Rockledge and the forest, and to reduce the likelihood of private exchanges of Forest Service lands in and around the Town of Vail. tn voting to approve the ordinance, the five councilmembers agreed to modify the legislation by striking a provision that allocated proceeds from the sale of the property to the Town of Vail housing fund, as outlined in a Council-approved resolution accepting the recommendations from the Common Ground community planning process. This, after several citizens expressed concerns about the involvement of Real Estate Transfer Tax funds in the acquisition of Trappers Run. in voting against the measure, Councilman Kevin Foley said he thought the town wasn't getting "top dollar" for the land. During discussion, the Council heard from Tom Steinberg, a former councilman who served as a catalyst in initiating land exchange discussions with the Forest Service in the early 1990s. Steinberg provided a historical perspective regarding the need for the boundary adjustments, calling Vail's originat lot lines a"rats nest." He also urged the Council to remain firm on its original agreement with the Forest Service as to how the properties were represented. He said it would be wrong for the town to fall back on its word due to new complaints or concerns raised by the community. Also yesterday, the Council heard from Diana Donovan who said because the sale would allow the buyer to add more square footage to the adjoining property, the sale , represents a iransfer of development rights which weren't intended under the framework of the land exchange. In response, Town Attorney Tom Moorhead said the transaction would not represent a transfer of development rights, but rather would create a larger lot size which therefore has additional development rights attributed to the increased size of the lot. Donovan (more) r , Add 2/T0V Council Highlights/12-1-98 also raised the issue of the role of the Real Estate Transfer Tax fund within the land exchange. For more information, contact Russell Forrest, Community Development director, at 479-2146. --Water Tank Easement The Council voted 6-0 on first reading of an ordinance that would grant an easement on a parcel of town-owned land acquired through the Land Ownership Adjustment Agreement (outlined previously) to the Eagle River Water and Sanitation District for $30,000. The easement is for a new water tank that helps provide increased fire orotection within the town. In voting to approve the ordinance on first reading, the Council agreed to modify the legislation by striking a provision that allocated proceeds from the easement to the Town of Vail housing fiund, as autlined in a Council-approved resolution accepting the recommendations from the Common Ground community planning process. This, after several citizens expressed concerns about the involvement of Real Estate Transfer Tax funds in the larger land exchange process. For more information, contact Russell Forrest, Community Development director, at 479-2146. --Underage Drinking Modification The Council voted 4-2 (Arnett, Foley against) to approve an ordinance on first reading (changed from an emergency ordinance) to modify the town's code making it unlawful for any person under 21 years of age to have "in his possession any fermented malt beverage." As presently written, the town code limits possession by minors to those circumstances in which such beverages are "in any container of any kind, whether opened or unopened." This has presented difficulties in prosecuting underage persons who are in an intoxicated condition, but do not possess an open or unopened container. The modification would enable prosecution of an underage person who is found to be intoxicated. The ordinance was requested by the town's prosecuting attorney, municipal judge and Police Department. However, during public comment, Carol Hymers and Diana Donovan encouraged the Council to discard the modification and instead look for ways to provide other activities for Vail's underage population. Councilman Kevin Foley agreed. In recommending first reading approval of the measure, Councilman Bob Armour asked that the judge or prosecutor attend the Dec. 15 meeting to discuss the necessity of the ordinance. For more information, contact Town Attorney Tom Moorhead at 479-2107. --1999-2000 Biennial Budget The Council voted 5-1 (Foley against) to approve second reading of an ordinance adopting the 1999-2000 Town of Vail biennial budget. For.1999, the $30.7 million net budget includes site planning for a new fire station , continuation of the town's affordable housing initiatives, free ski season parking after 3, as well as retention of existing services. The budget also applies a mill levy credit of .295 mills, bringing the property tax mill levy to 4.406 mills in accordance with the Tabor Amendment. In voting against the budget ordinance, Councilman Foley said he didn't think the town had been aggressive enough in addressing the long-range problems caused by expenses out-pacing revenues. In the past, Town Manager Bob McLaurin has said he'll seek significant adjustments through a combination of cuts, new revenue sources and/or reallocation of existing revenues. Those discussions will be undertaken following completion of the World Alpine Ski Championships, according to McLaurin, when there's more time to focus attention on the matter. For more information, contact McLaurin at 479-2105. --Resolution Amending Deferred Compensation Plan and Establishing a Trust The Council voted 6-0 to approve a resolution that will create adjustments to the deferred compensation plan as required by the Internal Revenue Code. The change involves creation of a separate trust fund to hold assets of employee 457 plans (rather than subject to creditors of ' the Town of Vail). For more information, contact Steve Thompson, finance director, at 479- 2116. (more) ~ ~ Add 3/TOV Councii Highlights/12-1-98 --Lionshead Redevelopment Master Plan After hearing an update on responses and revisions to the Lionshead master plan, Councilmembers asked that the following be added: • strengthen language linking development or redevelopment approvals to an employee generation ordinance • provide additional clarity on the public view corridors , - • present at the Dec. 15 meeting a recommendation on a GRFA (gross residential floor area standards) ratio that will provide flexibility for design with more emphasis given to other design standards such as height limitations, build-to lines, etc., to control tMe mass . and bulk of a building • explore language that would leave the door open for adding an additional floor to buildings along the Frontage Road and west end of Lionshead, but not as a development right or as a conditional use During discussion last night, the Council heard from Jim Lamont of the East Village Homeowners Association in which a list of "unresolved issues" was presented, including a request to give GRFA a larger role in controlling development parameters. However, David Corbin of Vail Associates and Bob Lazier, a Lionshead property owner, asked that GRFA be simplified, noting that a previous presentation showed that GRFA isn't effective in controlling bulk and mass of buildings in a commercial setting. Both Lazier and Corbin said it was time to move forward in adoption of the plan and on to the larger challenges of implementation. The master plan, which has been underway for the past two years, is scheduled for approval by the Council at its Dec. 15 evening meeting. For more information, contact Dominic Mauriello, project manager, at 479-2148. UPCOMING DISCUSSION TOPICS December 8 Work Session Cancelled due to lack of agenda items December 15 Work Session PEC Review Mark Benson, 20 Year Anniversary J.R. Mondragon,_10 Year Anniversary Vail Plaza Hotel Discussion False Alarm Discussion December 15 Evening Meeting Second Reading, Ordinance 21, re: Rockledge Rd. Property Second Reading, Ordinance 22, Authoring Conveyance of Easement between TOV and Eagle River Water & Sanitation District Second Reading, Ordinance 18, Supplemental Appropriation Second Reading, Ordinance 19, re: Building Codes Resolution No. 14, re: Lionshead Master Plan/Final Review Ford Park Managed Parking Plan for Summer 1999 December 22 & 29 Work Session Meetings Cancelled # # # y +J EAST VILLACTE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. Officers: President - Bob Cralvin Secretary - Gretta Parks Treasurer - Patrick Gramm Directois - Juciith Berkowitz - Dolph Bridgewater - Ellie Caulkins - Ron Langley - Bill Morton - Connie Ridder Post Office Box 238 Vail, Colorado 81658 Telephone: (970) 827-5680 Message/FAX: (970) 827-5856 FACSIMILE COVER PAGE To: Town of Vail/Town Council From: Time: 17:17:05 Date: 12/3/9, Pages (including cover): 1 Subject: Lionshead Master Plan - Issues of Concern (revised 12/3/1998) Special Instructions: Please review. Ann: Please for the attached memo to the Town Council. The memo contains grammatical, sequence and phrasing clarifications. Also, items have been added that reflect testimony given to the Town Council at ther evening session on 12/1/1998. Thank you. ~ _ EAST VILLAGE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. Officers: President - Bob Cralvin Secretary - Gretta Parks Treasurer - Pah-ick Gramm Directors - Judith Berkowitz - Dolph Bridgewater - Ellie Caulldns - Ron Langley - Bill Morton - Connie Ridder Post Off'ice Box 238 Vail, Colorado 81658 Telephone: (970) 827-5680 MessagelFAX: (970) 827-5856 FACSIMILE COVER PAGE To: Town of Vail/Town Councll From: Time: 17:30:01 Date: 12/3/9- Pages (including cover): 5 Subject: Lionshead Master Plan - Issues of Concem (revised 12/3/1998) Special Instructions: Please review Anne: Please forward to the Town Council. Grammatical and Clarification edits have been made. As well addftion were made that reflect the Association's testimony given at the Council's evening session on 12/1/1998. Thank you. ~ EAST VILLAGT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. Officers: President - Bob Galvin Secretary - Gretta Parks Treasurer - Pahick Gramin Directors - Judith Berkowitz - Dolph Bridgewater - Ellie Caulldns - Ron Langley - Bill Morton - Connie Ridder To: Mayor Rob Ford and Town Council Members From: Jim Lamont, Executive Director Date: December 1, 1998 RE: Lionshead Master Plan: Issues of Concern (Revised 12/3/1998) The following are comments concerning unresolved issues with respect to various aspect of the Lionshead Master Plan. The Homeowners Association has consistently raised these issues during the master planning process. It is requested that the following items be included in the Lionshead Master Plan. 1. GRFA: The Crross Residential Floor Area (GRFA) development standard should be considered a fail-safe backup to the proposed design standards. GRFA should function in close harmony with the design standards and master plan concepts. In Lionshead, as design standards and master plan concepts are attained, allowable GRFA should increase. Similarly, the GRFA percentage may be increased through the attainment, beyond uniform requirements, of affordable housing and environmental preservation goals provided that design and development standards are in compliance. The plan should contain an inventory of existing building square footage and uses. The inventory should be used as a baseline upon which all density increases proposals are compared. The following points should be included in the Master Plan with the specific formulas to be worked out as part of a comprehensive zoning amendment for Lionshead. Prior to the adop- tion of zoning amendments computer imaging of critical views of Lionshead illustrating the im- pact of proposed development and design standards should be provided through the public hearing and review process to the Town Council. a. To allow different increases in GRFA percentages based upon whether the proposal is new development, infill or expansion within the conteart of eausting development patterns and es- tablished zone districts on adjacent and surrounding properties. b. Subject to not-to-exceed-limitations to increase the allowable GRFA percentage based upon compliance with specific design, master plan concepts and attainment standards. c. Increases in GRFA percentages should be dependent upon a demonstration ofthe proj- ect's ability to comply to the design standards and master plan concepts. In cases of infill or ex- pansion, the demonstration of ability to conform would apply to the eausting structure(s) on the site. d. Simplify the calculation of GRFA by removing the common area penalty from the GRFA calculation. T'he delineation of allowable or conditional common area uses and percent- ages may need to be modified. Post Office Box 238 Vail, Colorado 81658 Telephone: (970) 827-5680 Message/FAX: (970) 827-5856 EVHA/TOV/TClLHMP - 12/1/1998 (revised 12/3/1998) e. GRFA percentages should be increased based upon the attainment, beyond sta.ndard re- quirements, of social equity and environmental goals e.g., providing affordable housing and the preservation of wetlands or open space. f. The Town Council, through the public hearing and comment process, shall remain as the final arbitrator of whether the proposed project can attain its allotted GRFA development stan- dard based upon conformance with the design and other applicable standards. 2. Building Height: A limited portion of a building may exceed the height standard under two conditions. a. The building's site coverage is reduced in direct proportion to the square footage of tlte floor area that is allowed to exceed the height standard. b. The site coverage can be maintained unchanged only if more restrictive facade step- backs, in direct proportion to the square footage of the floor area that is allowed to exceed the height limitation, are required. In each circumstance steeper roof slopes may be required. These conditions should be in- cluded in the Master Plan with the specific formulas to be work out as part of a comprehensive zoning amendment for Lionshead. 3. View Preservation: Language should be included that imposes height limitations on the Lionshead Parking Structure so the marketing value of the scenic view of Vail Village and Lionshead can be preserved. Additionally, the plan should recognize and commit to preserving views from the Vail International building in the design of the Phase III building on the Civic Cen- ter Site. 4. Desigrt Guide Lines: The design guide lines need to require both stepbacks and off- sets on building elevations that front on non-commercial pedestrian walkways, streets and the In- terstate 70 corridor. Without these stepback and offset standards, the increase in height being proposed in the guide lines, will further aggravate the unbroken vertical walls of structures in these circumstances. Even with requirements to modulate roof plains and building offset, which in most situations presently eausts, they are insufficient to cause the collective bulk and mass of large structures to be visually articulated into less obtrusive and confrontive forms. All of Lion- shead is experienced by pedestrian, property owners, and vehicle passenger from within ar beyond the perimeter of Lionshead. The concern for the articulation of structural form should apply to all elevations, not just the commercial pedestrian mall. 5. Protection of Parking, Loading and Deliver_y, Mass Transportation and Recre- ation Uses on the North and West Day Skier Parking Lots: The present zoning on these two parking lot zone provides for parking and recreational uses on these sites. The plan should recog- nize the long standing precedent of these uses giving them priority over any other uses that may seek to preempt or preclude these uses, including affordable housing. Any change in status of these uses, such as the proposal to relocated the West Day Skier Parking Lot should continue the priority use of the site for parking, recreation and other directly related activities. 6. West End Development Plan: On the assembled West End parcel, the plan should give priority over all other development proposals that creates a high density mixed use pedestrian center that includes short term accommodations, affordable housing for seasonal and permanent 2 I EVHA/TOV/TGLHMP - 12/1/1998 (revised 12/3/1998) residents, as well as eartensive commercial space for retail and services. Underground parking re- quirements and road right-of-ways should be significantly reduced provided that sufficient access is provided for loading/delivery and that parking is provided in a centralized parking structure to be located on the West Day Skier Parking Lot ar on a nearby alternative location. 7. Deliverv and auto accessibility on West Meadow Drive and East Lionshead Circle to the Civic Center Site should be equally distributed: Language should be deleted from the plan that designates West Meadow Drive and the south entrance to Dobson area as the sole access route and delivery terminal for the Dobson Arena. West Meadow Drive is the prime pedestrian and mass transit route between Vail Village and Lionshead. Furthermore, the South entrance of the Dobson Arena opens onto the central pedestrian plaza that is shared by all users on the Civic Center Site. Language should be included that equally distributes Ioading and delivery vehicular access belween West Meadow Drive and East Lionshead Circle. The plan should speci- fy that a central loading, delivery and service needs for the entire civic center complear, including uses appended to the Lionshead Parking Structure should be staged from the Phase III portion of the Civic Center Site. The plan should assure that safe and convenient access will be maintained to the buildings now being accessed from East Lionshead Circle. Additionally, language in the Master Plan should provide for the recognition of the existing central pedestrian plaza at the Civic Center Site as a shared portal to both Vail Village and Lionshead and provide for its enhancement as well as expansion. 8. Restoration of the South bank of the Gore Creek Stream Tract east of the Gon- dola Line: The plan should distinguish between East and West parcels. In order to insure com- pliance with covenant restrictions of which the Town of Vail is a party, the east parcel should be designated as a wildlife preserve with no developed, marked or maintained trails. The plan should provide for the removal of the existing pedestrian bridge over Gore Creek located east of the Gon- dola Terminal, a$er a separate pedestrian passage is completed as part of the reconstruction of the Lionshead skier bridge. On the West parcel, disturbed wetlands should be restored by reducing the width of access roads to that of a maintained looped footpath that interconnects with a pedes- trian and bike path that connects the residential neighborhoods on Forest Road with Lionshead. The plan should include language that recognize the importance of maintaining the natural condition of Gore Creek wetland, riparian habitats and recognizes the limitations imposed by the stream tract cavenants. No language should be included in the plan that sanctions the ability for the stream tract covenants to be violated, abandoned or vacated. The plans open space map should show wetlands areas. 9. Public Finance: The plan should contain language that defines the conditions under which public capital improvement prograrns are implemented. These conditions should be as follows: a. Does not obligate funding for public improvements to a sole reliance upon voter ap- proved initiatives. b. Times or ties related public expenditures to the construction of major private development. 3 w ~ EVHA/TOV/TC/LHMP - 12/1/1998 (revised 12/3/1998) c. Does not preclude the capability of providing on a timely basis desirable public im- provements in other areas of the community. d. The Town Council shall be the final arbitrators of the scheduling and amount of public expenditures, funded from tax revenues or other sources, undertaken under auspices of the Lion- shead Master Plan. The public finance plan for Lionshead must be considered within the broader context of the public finance requirements for Vail Village and the larger community, to insure that fhere is a balanced public investrnent program. The plan should contain a provision that requires the adoption of a new or amended ver- sion of the Town of Vail/ Vail Associates Management Plan, prior to the development of the Vail Associates Core Site and/or development or reconfiguration of its west end properties. The Man- agement Plan should address the obligation and phasing for the financing and construction of spe- cified public infrastructural capital improvements and the underwriting of specified services and activities. The defining of costs, phasing as well as assigning institutional responsibility (i.e. Town of Vail, Vail Associates, Special Tax District) and source of funding (i.e., impact fees, tax increases) should be included. 10. Precedent Settini! Zoning Standards: Language should be included in the plan that eliminates any presumption that design and development standards of zone districts for subdivi- sions located with Lionshead platted filings are applicable to the platted subdivisions within the Vail Village subdivision filings. 11. Affordable Housing: Incorporated in the plan should be the basis for a regulatory system to require developers to provide employee housing. The plan should specify that public land cannot be used to satisfy the employee housing requirements for new development. The loca- tion, amount, and type of housing that is to occur in Lionshead for both permanent and seasonal workers generated by new development should be set forth prior to the adoption of a development plan for the sites on which the new development is to occur. The plan should contain a provision to require an evaluation of a proposed employee housing project, prior to designating the, location, type and amount of housing for a particular site. The purpose of the evaluation is to detennine the compatibility of location, type and amount of proposed housing and associated uses with the characteristics of the existing neighborhood. The evaluation must include a required response from neighborhood property owners 12. Vail Mountain Service Access Mana ement Plan: The plan should include lan- guage that provi es for the Weshn-Ho (Cascade Village) snow cat mountain access route to pro- vide for service vehicle access during the non-ski season. Furtheimore, reference should be made to the need to adopt a management plan that fairly distributes Vail Mountain service vehicle ac- cess between the proposed Westin-Ho route and the two existing mountain access route. One ac- cess route begins south of the Lodge at Vail and the other is reached via Forest and Rockledge Roads. cc: Bob Galvin Board of Directors Interested Parties 4 From: Robert LeVne To: Bob McLaurin Date: 1213/98 Time: 2:1728 PM Page 1 of 1 L10NSHEAD MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION c/o Montauk 549 W. Lionshead Circle Vail, CO 81657 476-2601 To: All Lionshead Merchants From: Rob LeVine Date: 12/3/98 One Page MERCHANTS MEETING Wednesday, December 9 10:00 AM at Montauk John Garnsey will be there to give us an update on the '99 championships. We will discuss many other exciting things that you don't want to miss, plus Packy will be giving away a round-the-world cruise on the QE2. Don't miss it! Don't forget to also fax back your prioritized list of construction mitigation measures. You can fax that to 479-6967. Call Rob at 476-2471 if you need the original list again. See you next Wednesday, 7aYy C \ iy TOWN OF VAIL 75 South Frontage Road Vail, Colorado 81657 970-479-2100 FAX 970-479-2157 , MEDIA ADVlSORY . December 2, 1998 . . Contact: Suzanne Silverthorn, 479-2115 Community Information Office VAIL TOWN COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS FOR DECEMBER 1 Work Session Briefs Council members present: Armour, Arnett, Foley, Ford, Kurz, Navas --Information Update Councitmembers were briefed on the following: the upcoming Town of Vail Christmas party will take place Dec. 11 at the Kaltenberg Castle Brewery in Lionshead; a half-day Town Council retreat has been scheduled for Jan. 4 to be facilitated by Barbara Chaffee; and the Dec. 8 Council work session has been cancelled due to lack of agenda items. --Council Reports Kevin Foley, who represents the town as chairman of the Eagle County Regional Transportation Authority, said the Eagle County Commissioners would be reviewing a list of items included in a prioritization of Eagle County transportation projects on Dec. 14. Foley asked fellow councilmembers to review the list and to provide input to him for the upcoming discussion. --Other Michael Arnett inquired about the status of development of a town policy on employee generation. Arnett wondered if it shouldn't become part of the Lionshead master plan. Sybill Navas complimented the town staff for the appearance of the Christmas lights throughout town, especially in the main roundabout and in front of the Village parking structure. Kevin Foley asked whether two organizations, the United Firefighters Association of America and the American Veterans Network, were legitimate nonprofits since they have been heavily soliciting Vail businesses for donations. The solicitations will be referred to the Vail Police Department. Jim Lamont, on behalf of the East Village Homeowners, asked for consideration of an open editing process to prepare the Lionshead Redevelopment Master Plan document for final consideration. --Executive Session on Personnel Matters and Land Acquisition The Council then moved to executive session to discuss personnel matters and land acquisition. , Evening Session Briefs Council members present: Armour, Arnett, Foley, Ford, Kurz, Navas , (more) RECYCLED PAPER I ~ Add 1/TOV Council Highlights/12-1-98 --Citizen Participation , The Council heard from Tom and Flo Steinberg, longtime residents of the Golf Course neighborhood, who expressed concerns about the degree of construction activity in Ford Park. Although acknowledging their awareness that a temporary stadium was being installed at Ford park to be used for the opening ceremonies during the World Alpine Ski Championships, the two expressed concerns about the magnitude of the project (installation of pylons, concrete, etc.) and the lack of efforts to keep the Ford Park recreational path free of mud and dirt. In response, Town Manager Bob McLaurin expressed the importance of having the opening ceremonies in Vail and that the area would be completely restored following the Championships. --Supplemental Appropriation - The Council voted 6-0 to approve first reading of a$70,200 supplemental appropriation to the 1998 budget. The measure added $200 to the Booth Creek bond fund and $70,000 to the town's health insurance fund. For more information, contact Finance Director Steve Thompson at 479-2116. --Building Code Updates The Council voted 6-0 to approve first reading of an ord'mance that would bring the Town of Vail's building codes into compliance with the most recent editions of the national standards for model building, fire, electrical, mechanical and pfumbing codes. For more information, contact Gary Goodell, the town's chief building official, at 479-2321. --Sale of TOV Land on Rockledge Rd. to Adjacent Property Owner The Council voted 5-1 (Foley against) to approve first reading of an ordinance that would authorize the sale of a 24-hundred sq. ft. town-owned parcel of land on Rockledge Rd. to adjoining property owners, Paul and Wendy Raether, for $94,774. The action represents what is intended to be the first of several land transfers on Rockledge Rd. with a potential return to ihe town of $1.4 million--all aimed at addressing private encroachment issues on what used to be Forest Service land. In 1995, the Town of Vail took ownership of those properties, along with 10 other parcels totaling 62.2 acres from the Forest Service in exchange for three like-valued Town of Vail properties, including the 40-acres Trapper's Run parcel in West Vail. The intent of the exchange was to remove Forest Service lands from the town's boundaries, to create a buffer between Rockledge and the forest, and to reduce the likelihood of private exchanges of Forest Service lands in and around the Town of Vail. In voting to approve the ordinance, the five councilmembers agreed to modify the legislation by striking a provision ihat allocated proceeds from the sale of the property to the Town of Vail hausing fund, as outlined in a Council-approved resolution accepting the recommendations from the Common Ground community planning process. This, after several citizens expressed concerns about the involvement of Real Estate Transfer Tax funds in the acquisition of Trappers Run. In voting against the measure, Councilman Kevin Foley said he thought the town wasn't getting "top dollar" for the land. During discussion, the Council heard from Tom Steinberg, a former councilman who served as a catalyst in initiating land exchange discussions with the Forest Service in the early 1990s. Steinberg provided a historical perspective regarding the need for the boundary adjustments, calling Vail's original lot lines a"rats nest." He also urged the Council to remain firm on its original agreement wifh the Forest Service as to how the properties were represented. He said it would be wrong for the town to fall back on its word due to new complaints or concerns raised by the community. Also yesterday, the Council heard from Diana Donovan who said because the sale would allow the buyer to add more square footage to the adjoining property, the sale represents a transfer of development rights which weren't intended under the framework of the land exchange. In response, Town Attorney Tom Moorhead said the transaction would not represent a transfer of development rights, but rather would create a larger lot size which therefore has additional development rights attributed to the increased size of the lot. Donovan (more) i 4 Add 2/TOV Councii Highlights/12-1-98 also raised the issue of the role of the Real Estate Transfer Tax fund within the land exchange. For more information, contact Russell Forrest, Community Development director, at 479-2146. --Water Tank Easement The Council voted 6-0 on first reading of an ordinance that would grant an easement on a parcel of town-owned land acquired through the Land Ownership Adjustment Agreement (outlined previously) to the Eagle River Water and Sanitation District for $30,000. The easement is for a new water tank that helps provide increased fire orotection within the town. In voting to approve the ordinance on first reading, the Council agreed to modify the legislation by striking a provision that allocated proceeds from the easement to the Town of Vail housing fund, as outlined in a Council-approved resolution accepting the recommendations from the Common Ground ° community planning process. This, after several citizens expressed concerns about the involvement of Real Estate Transfer Tax funds in the larger land exchange process. For more information, contact Russell Forrest, Community Development director, at 479-2146. --Underage Drinking Modification The Council voted 4-2 (Arnett, Foley against) to approve an ordinance on first reading (changed from an emergency ordinance) to modify the town's code making it unlawful for any person under 21 years of age to have "in his possession any fermented malt beverage." As presently written, the town code limits possession by minors to those circumstances in which such beverages are "in any container of any kind, whether opened or unopened." This has presented difficulties in prosecuting underage persons who are in an intoxicated condition, but do not possess an open or unopened container. The modification would enable prosecution of an underage person who is found to be intoxicated. The ordinance was requested by the town's prosecuting attorney, municipal judge and Police Department. However, during public comment, Carol Hymers and Diana Donovan encouraged the Council to discard ihe modification and instead look for ways to provide other activities for Vail's underage population. Councilman Kevin Foley agreed. In recommending first reading approval of the measure, Councilman Bob Armour asked that the judge or prosecutor attend the Dec. 15 meeting to discuss the necessity of the ordinance. For more information, contact Town Attorney Tom Moorhead at 479-2107. --1999-2000 Biennial Budget The Council voted 5-1 (Foley against) to approve second reading of an ordinance adopting the 1999-2000 Town of Vail biennial budget. For 1999, the $30.7 million net 6udget includes site planning for a new fire station , continuation of the town's affordable housing initiatives, free ski season parking after 3, as well as retention of existing services. The budget also applies a rriill levy credit of .295 mills, bringing the property tax mill levy to 4.406 mills in accordance with the Tabor Amendment. In voting against the budget ordinance, Councilman Foley said he didn't think the town had been aggressive enough in addressing the long-range problems caused by expenses out-pacing revenues. In the past, Town Manager Bob McLaurin has said he'll seek significant adjustments through a combination of cuts, new revenue sources and/or reallocation of existing revenues. Those discussions will be undertaken following completion of the World Alpine Ski Championships, according to McLaurin, when there's more time to focus attention on the matter. For more information, contact McLaurin at 479-2105. --Resolution Amending Deferred Compensation Plan and Establishing a Trust The Council voted 6-0 to approve a resolution that will create adjustments to the deferred compensation plan as required by the Internal Revenue Code. The change involves creation of a separate trust fund to hold assets of employee 457 plans (rather than subject to creditors of the Town of Vail). For more information, contact Steve Thompson, finance director, at 479- 2116. (more) I r . Add 3/TOV Council Highlights/12-1-98 --Lionshead Redevelopment Master Plan After hearing an update on responses and revisions to the Lionshead master plan, Councilmembers asked that the following be added: • strengthen language linking development or redevelopment approvals to an employee generation ordinance • provide additional clarity on the public view corridors • present at the Dec. 15 meeting a recommendation on a GRFA (gross residential floor _ area standards) ratio that will provide flexibility for design with more emphasis given to , other design standards such as height limitations, build-to lines, etc., to controt tMe mass and bulk of a building • explore language that would leave the door open for adding an additional floor to buildings along the Frontage Road and west end of Lionshead, but not as a development right or as a conditional use During discussion last night, the Council heard from Jim Lamont of the East Village Homeowners Association in which a list of "unresolved issues" was presented, including a request to give GRFA a larger role in controlling development parameters. However, David Corbin of Vail Associates and Bob Lazier, a Lionshead property owner, asked that GRFA be simplified, noting that a previous presentation showed that GRFA isn't effective in controlling bulk and mass of buildings in a commercial setting. Both Lazier and Corbin said it was time to move forward in adoption of the plan and on to the larger challenges of implementation. The master plan, which has been underway for the past two years, is scheduled for approval by the Council at its Dec. 15 evening meeting. For more information, contact Dominic Mauriello, project manager, at 479-2148. UPCOMING DISCUSSION TOPICS December 8 Work Session Cancelled due to lack of agenda items December 15 Work Session PEC Review Mark Benson, 20 Year Anniversary J.R. MondragQn, 10 Year Anniversary Vail Plaza Hotel Discussion False.Alarm Discussion December 15 Evening Meeting Second Reading, Ordinance 21, re: Rockledge Rd. Property Second Reading, Ordinance 22, Authoring Conveyance of Easement between TOV and Eagle River Water & Sanitation District Second Reading, Ordinance 18, Supplemental Appropriation Second Reading, Ordinance 19, re: Building Codes . Resolution No. 14, re: Lionshead Master Plan/Final Review Ford Park Managed Parking Plan for Summer 1999 December 22 & 29 Work Session Meetings Cancelled # # # Printed by Annette McCorkle 12/04/98 7:55am From: Annette McCorkle To: EVERYONE GROUP Subject: OPEN ENROLLMENT This is a reminder that tomorrow Jim Sjerven will be here to help answer any questions that you might have for our open enrollment period. This is the only time in the year to make any changes to the following insurance plans: InterCare (medical), VSP (vision), AFLAC (cancer), AFLAC (intensive care), and the Flexible Spending Account. If you are currently a participant in the Flexible Spending Account and wish to continue in 1999, you must sign the form again. I have pre-printed forms for those that are current participants. THE DEADLINE FOR ENROLLMENTS/RE-ENROLLMENTS, and/or changes is Friday, December 11, 1998. Please plan to attend ANY of the meetings listed below to make any changes or sign any forms. I have tried to make meetings convenient at various locations. If you are not able to make any of the meetings please contact me and I will arrange a time to meet with you. Thursday, December 3, 1998 7:15 a.m. - 8;00 a.m. Fire Department 8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Human Resources 9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Community Development 11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Library 1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. TRC 2:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Public Works 3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Human Resources Page: 1 - - Printed by Annette McCorkle 12/04/98 7:56am From: Annette McCorkle To: EVERYONE GROUP Subject: OPEN ENROLLMENT ===NOTE====------=====11 24 98==6:19pm=====_______________________------------- TO: All Full-Time Employees SUBJECT: FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNT MEETING, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1998. At the beginning of each year, employees are given the opportunity to participate in the Flexible Spending Account program. The Flexible Spending Account allows you to pay for certain eligible expenses with tax-free dollars. Last year, our employees who participated in the plan had considerable tax savings. Jim Sjerven, our broker, will be holding an informational meeting on Thursday, December 3rd, to go over and explain the advantages of participating in the Flexible Spending Account. The following insurances can be deducted with pre-tax dollars: Intercare Medical/Dental Insurance, Standard Supplemental Life Insurance, AFLAC Cancer/ Intensive Care Insurance, and Vision Insurance. Group Health Insurance Premiums - This is the amount you are paying for coverage under our Group Health Insurance Plan. Unreimbursed Health Expenses - These are health related expenses you pay which are not covered, or partially covered, by our Group Health Insurance Plan. Examples of some of these expenses are deductibles, co-insurance, dental (including orthodontia), prescriptions, vision, and elective surgery. This is only a partial list of eligible expenses. Dependent Care Expenses - For most of our employees, this is day care expense for children. In many cases, deducting your child care pre-tax will be more of an advantage than the tax credit offered when you file your tax return. Other Health related Premiums - These include individual medical/dental, vision, supplemental life, and cancer insurances if they are now being paid with after tax income. The deadline for enrolling/re-enrolling into the Flexible Spending Account is Friday, December 11, 1998. Please note that you must re-enroll each year to continue the Flex benefits. NEW: This is also our first year for open enrollment to our medical plan. Additions, changes, and deletions to the plan now must be done during this time period. There is no other time of the year to make a change unless a major status change occurs. HIPPA Certifications are needed to prove past insurance coverage if signing up a new dependent to your plan for the pre-existing clause in our plan. Here are the times and locations of ineetings. Feel free to attend any one that fits into your schedule. Thursday, December 3, 1998 7:15 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Fire Department 8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Human Resources 9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Community Development 11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Library 1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. TRC 2:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Public Works 3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Human Resources Page: 1 - ` : Outta here! The joys of a roacd trip..See Stepping Out. i . ` !I k Iq . ~ • , . . . - _ ! P' • ' ~ " ' ~ ~ , ~t ~ ~ ~ a e` • ';4 , . : w fackson, Wyoming Wednesday, November 25, 1998 50 cents F . . 6le' "impose a rege , : _ rvation F . ` fee of $15 per trip on anyone ~ reserving permits for a back- al , arsons send echo'es to'resorts, thant24 ho rsnin adv nce That figure is up from the ¦ Ski resorts grapple you're in the same tat for the Canada lynx, a rare species proposed $10 cost. , with the s t business, but more proposed for listing under the Endan- All backcountry users will pectre of importantly, I think gered Species Act. still be required to get a free environmental sabotage. we're all naore natu- In an email message sent to the permit. rally in alert mode, media, Earth Liberation Front threat- With the advanced reser- not just from a busi- ened more attacks and warned skiers vation fee, Neckels expecta By Jim Stanford ~ , R k ness perapective but and snowboarders to stay away from to raise about $15,000 per = An &raon attack that cauaed $12 mil- also as individuals." Vail for their own safety. year. Under the advanced lion in damages at Colorado's Vail Moun- . On Oct. 19 arson- Barnett-$ushong likened the arson reservation program, one- tain last month has sent shock waves ists aet aeven fires atrike to the bombing of the Federal third of the backcountry rumbling through the ski induatry. George Gillett that destroyed a large Building in Uklahoma City, attacks on campsites will be set aside Tremors created by the ecavandalism restaurant and two abortion clinics and recent incidents of for advanced reservationa. strike have been felt at northweat ski patrol buildings and damaged four school violence. "As we were looking at Wyoming'e ski areas; eapecia y Grand . lifta atop the nation's largest ski resort. "Who's immune?" ahe asked. "These the issue of the fee, we ~Gvere Targhee. The Alta reaort is ~wned by The Earth Liberation Front, a ahadowy acts are not unique to the. aki industry. looking at the long-term idea Booth Creek Ski Holdings, whose chair- group of radical environmentaliats, We're all sadly victims in some shape or of uaer pays," Neckels said. man, George Gillett Jr., once owned Vail. claimed responsibility for the blazes. form of this type of terrorism." . "And while we could always ''.'.".;.":':0"~Nhen this thing happened at Vail Z'he firea were set juat four days after The Vail conflagration also struck a use income generated by the ~:,,r,•:-'.everyone at Targhee felt incredible ead-. Vail received the go-ahead for a bitterly chord at Targhee because the Alta reaort fee, [we decided] the suggea- `,-y ' pese attd emp8thy for what the people iricontroversial expanaion of ite back-bowl has been embroiled in a number of tion of working with adja- Vail,;and epecifically at Vail Reaorta, area. Opponenta axgued the expansion heated expansion debates in recent cent public lands to get a were going through," Targhee marketing - cutting new runs and service roada yeara, the lateat of which involves. a broad'er, more ecosystem- - ; director Suaie Barnett-Bushong said. into old-growth forest in the 1~vo Elk proposal to swap public land" at the wide look has a lot of inerit," "You can relate, obviously, when Roadlesa Area - imperiled crucial habi- Continued on page 19A Continued on page 18A _ oa*_rounding publia;lamdLA~~`~~o'inyolve a,rovide ra~ df;yu~ata,in "I :thank [the•-pttr µ :_".week. N'eckele contatcted° ~`ores~t" e.procese." ' , ; • etllq for coming"to ~chargWioup*. df1 ta, 8 peopl~~i eupervisors and park superinten-: Valley resident Armando Menocal teiung to the people, and chang~ing ° per night. , Larger°,gxoupe, 7 to 12 _ denta ta iscuss t e eaei xlit o 'recognized the effectiveneas of public their mind," Camenzind said. people, *aUZd have paid $10 per, crestang a backcountry campin fee; unfluence. NeckAs maintained that fbee # ; ~ ~ ecologically friendly; she said. ractipe of mankey-wr~a4chiang" in the ~aArl '?Os Vail arson~ w~ w'as a unique -situation becauae ski areas in `Acdording to Theresi ~KYntz,"editor' of tlie" Ox~e= goeneral are environmentally sound, 41son said. , gon-based Eccrth. First! Jourruzl,, tourism~~is begin- Ski resorta areeasy targets for environmental- ning to infringe too much qn ecosystetns it once Continued from page lA ista' wrath becauas activities such as cutting treea helped protect. The Vail incident "speaks to the base of the resort for a parcel of private land. for a run, building a new structure or making depth of people's despair about the state of the nat- Barnett-Bushong said. Targhee always has been -snow on Forest Service land are highly visible, 'ural vt?orld," Kintz told the Christian Science Moni= willing. to caoperate with regulatory and citizens' , ahe added.' As a; reault Jackson Hole has taken itor earlier this month. groupa, however, in hopes, of.peaeefully working proactive steps to curb criticiam by cleaning.up ` out differences of opinion. the mountain dur%ng the off-seaaon, replanting Re$identS den0U11C@ att1Ck ,"It'e of.utmoat importance to ua that,we're good andrecycling. , . ;,Here iri'-Jackaon, where an undercurrent of ' neighbora," she said. "Basically tiie environmerit is Jackson Hole developed its master plan without hostility toward development permeates the our livelihood, and we're going to work fiercely to much of an` uproarr, and Olaon doean't foreaee community, most residents have denounced the ~z orotect i » We're committed to responaible resort ~P~ '~ve2n 540 acres ehe safd.e"We have ple= attaelc: .3 At the same tirne, though, mahy~ ekiers ~ P~ ' nty arid sndwboaxdere have eacpressed little sympa~ , _ ~ ~ . . . _ of space." . ~ thy for Y~il_ Resnirte'. which th'ey perceive as a t0omb pioj~ reprehensible. : Jackson Hole also embraces the abundance af greedy corpa.t'ataari, bent an exploitixig natural The,,Targhee National Foregt dealt with ita ovvn wildlife living within its boundaries . and the sur- reeojwrt;es for profit. terrorist act laet month when a crude bomb was rounding area, she aaid. Besideg deer, elk snd "I wasn't bummed:ab~ni~t~i~," 28-year=61d akier Cs r d au tsi d e x he agen c y's eriggs;, I d a ho, o ff i ce. moose, t h a t aref requen t ly spo t t e d on t he s lopes,. a St~p Ygt Tarol;i said og t~h6~irici c lEnE. figure if v~tigatore beliaVe the bomwhich was never lit black bear sow and two cuba inhabited the woods the?ve got $12 million to opend on a building, = and cauaed .no rlamage, was devised by someone below the Thunder chair last summer. they've probably got $12 tnillion more." pMtestiag road closures in the forvat: "That's a testament in itself that we are very ;Taroli xefused to praise the eco-terrorista and DM Hooper, a member of Citizens for Teton Val- aware of animal patterns and do not disturb them," gaici he was disappointed they didn't vent their ~ ley, an Tdahabaeed group that has opposed mach of ~ Olson said. "The excitement when people see ani- angst in a more productive manner. "They could've Grand Targheee expansion plans,'cpndemned the male is almost unmeasurable. It makes their holi- done more to help lynx habitat-tather #hah burning bomb play and the VaiT attack as "reprehensible, days, both in auinmer and winter." down buildings,° he said. . - ; totalty euiwarrsnted" 40s. : Jim Sullivan, geueral manager of Snow King Ski Snowboarders Rceshsn Shadravan 21, and Evan ~ "j-.,think it's ve . ' . :ry damaging to all enviror4nental : Ar,eg,, said h$_thought twice before overturning MaGk, 17, agreed ..;prn ; ' causes;' he seud of the Vail mcident "It destroys all rocks' while rebuilding th~d new 1iny Iiagage~en nordic "it didn't prove a 'nt,'° Sbacltravan said. „ . ; ioredibility., `"You ran't fight fire with fir'e;Niack added. : . , Hooper 'saic~ Iue~ group~is up~_:~~it~~~i;;fl that' , y;~osopAu~lY, we try to d~ ~'riil~ich~~ we can ~~k$o$rder !Chris Bl~~ak, 29,, e~p~ressed. a more radi= app~raisels far the propq~ed,T ndt ~ap have , v~t~;as Iitt1kimpact as pos~ile~,',.' Sullivan aaid.., cal,apinion. , l~ paid for by the resort' an'the Forest Ser- "E~very v~? tame e taok out a tree, ~ roclc or turned aoil , "Let it burn," Blank said. "I'm down with that. v'ice. He aceused the Foreat Service 'of not being it waa a consideration. Vail is definitely built up. I have no pmblem seeing "forthright" in its dealings with the citizens. Olsan pointed out that demand is growing something get un-built there." Upponente of the Vail expanaion harbored simi- slowly in •the ski industry, and that existing. Vail, meanwhile, has bounced back while riding ~ 1a~' ~'eeentment. Vail Resorts paid for an Environ- resarts are mqre likely to expand rather than a wave of public sympatliy. The resort opened Nov. mental Impact Statement to be drafted despite new resorte be.created. She said resorts claim a 10, just four daya late, and most of its damaged owning ~part of a 6,000-acre parcel of grivate Tand minimal pisce of public landa but allow people to buildings and lifts have been repaired. The ~ adjacent to the soon-to-be-developed Two Elk reap a huge sum of enjoyment there. Ski areas destroyed 1~vo Elks Lodge - one of 18 restaurants area. The value of that land will soar once ski ` occupy one-tenth of 1 percent of the 191 inillion on the mountain - will be replaced by a fabric-and- runs access the terrain, opponents .argued, and acres of national forest while hoating approxi- ateel atructure by Christmas. ` Va.il will make milliona from further sloAe-side matelY 30 million $kier visits Per Year. Vail also has ti htened its securi , g ty in the wake of development: The -Vail arson attack marked the first time the attack, as have many of the industry's other ' Anna Oison, communicationg director for Jack- radical environmentalists have targeted the major players. In.contrast, Jackson Hole and : ison Hole Mountain R,eaort, said the ski industry tourism industry instead of their usual villains - Targhee aren't about to hit the panic button just yet. ` ig "acutely aware" of the eca-terroriat threat. miners, drillere, loggers and developers aince "We're not on any red alert,." Barnett- 1VIost resorte, including Jackson ilole, try to be naturalist writer Edward Abbey.immortalized the Bushong said.