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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-02-16 Support Documentation Town Council Evening Session VAIL TOWN COUNCIL EVENING MEETING TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1999 7:00 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS AGENDA NOTE: Times of items are approximate, subject to change, and cannot be relied upon to determine at what time Council will consider an item. 1. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION. (5 mins.) 2. Resolution No. 3, Series of 1999, a resolution authorizing the Town Bob McLaurin Manager to enter into an agreement extending the present Franchise Tom Moorhead Agreement with Holy Cross Energy. (30 mins.) ACTION REQUESTED OF COUNCIL: Adopt Resolution No. 3, Series of 1999, extending the term of the Franchise Agreement. BACKGROUND RATIONALE: The Town Manger, the Town Attorney and Acting Public Works Director continue to negotiate with Holy Cross Energy as to the terms and conditions for a renewal of the Franchise Agreement. The items which are presently being negotiated are the allocation of the costs of undergrounding power lines presently above ground within the Town of Vail and the franchise fee. It is anticipated that these negotiations will be concluded within thirty days and that the Town Council will be presented with a franchise agreement for its consideration. 3. Review draft instructions for Community Facilities program. (1 hr.) Russell Forrest Jeff Hunt ACTION REQUESTED OF COUNCIL: Provide direction to staff on draft Suzanne Silverthorn instructions. This direction could include approval of the instructions or Piet Pieters direction to modify the instructions and reviewing them again at a future Council meeting. BACKGROUND RATIONALE: On January 5, 1999, the Town Council gave direction to staff to move forward in partnership with the Vail Recreation District to implement a Community Facilities plan. Community facility needs have been identified through several public processes. Several uses have been clearly identified by the community as needs, i.e. meeting rooms, gymnastics facility, 2nd ice rink, and youth center. After a critical self-evaluation of the Town of Vail's economy and existing amenities, it was decided that the Town and the Vail Recreation District must go beyond a traditional approach to developing recreational and cultural facilities. Therefore, it is recommended that this project focus on developing a creative, world-class recreational/entertainment/cultural facility on the charter bus lot site and be complimented by other uses identified as community needs. RECOMMENDATION: ,Staff recommends approval of the draft instructions. 1 4. Berry Creek 5th Housing. (1 hr.) Tom Moorhead Andy Knudtsen ACTION REQUESTED OF COUNCIL,: Consider affordable housing development parameters and policies and provide direction to Council's representatives to the Eagle County Recreation Authority. BACKGROUND RATIONALE: In the course of negotiating the intergovernmental agreement with the Eagle County School District for joint planning of the Miller Ranch and Berry Creek 5th property, the Eagle County Recreation Authority has moved forward in a significant.manner to develop a plan for the housing component located on the Berry Creek " 5th property. In it's present configuration the housing component will be 16 acres. Attached is memorandum prepared by Knudtsen & Company Consulting, LLC and considered by the Eagle County Recreation Authority at its meeting on February 12, 1999. At this time it is appropriate for Town Council to review the housing proposal and advise its representatives to the Eagle County Recreation Authority of its position in regard to the present proposal. 5. Town Manager's Report. (10 mins.) 6. Adjournment - 9:45 p.m. NOTE UPCOMING MEETING START TIMES BELOW: (ALL TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE) THE NEXT VAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR WORK SESSION WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 2/23/99, BEGINNING AT 2:00 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE FOLLOWING VAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR WORK SESSION WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 312/99, BEGINNING AT 2:00 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE NEXT VAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR EVENING MEETING WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 3/2/99, BEGINNING AT 7:00 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. Sign language interpretation available upon request with 24 hour notification. Please call 479-2332 voice or 479-2356 TDD for information. C\AGENDA.TC COUNCIL FOLLOW-UP TOPIC QUESTIONS FOLLOW-UP SOLUTIONS 1998 1/5/99 MARKETING DISTRICT ELECTION BOB/PAM: Schedule discussion time re: the ramifications of Mike Arnett both a successful and Unsuccessful fall '99 election re: the marketing district, including discussion about a VAIL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE being instituted should the election prove successful (as well as what to do w/the business license fee). 1/5/99 RED SANDSTONE PED/BIKE PATH GREG HALL: Another serious accident at night recently Estimates are $300,000 to $600,000 depending on type of light and LIGHTING occurred. Should we re-examine stubbing in electricity and spacing and length of project. Kevin Foley lights along this path? I February 10, 1999, Page 1 605 -,,J- (b I I WtAL it 1 CW1 Lagle Observatory ~'f~•, A two-level structure housing a research grade, permanently mounted telescope, funded by I FT grant and private donation, operated and administered. by staff of the Eagle County School District RE-50J •M Contents Building Design----------------------1 Proposal Overview--------------- 2-3 Itemized Expenses----------------- 4 Equipment Rationale--------------- 5 Projected Yearly Costs-------------6 Educational Activities---------------7 Curricula Correlations----------8-9 Grade Level Foci-------------10-11 Commitments to Project----------12 Project Originator: John McMain Eagle Valley Elementary School P.O. Box 780 Eagle, CO 81631 Ph: 970-328-6981 Revised Proposal Fax: 970-328-5665 New Price List 1/27/99 EAC L E: OS SEPWA-TOP T The Building Design will resemble closely the drawing on the cover sheet (reproduced above). The building will be a 15' diameter cinder block structure with a ground floor and an upper observation deck under the dome. The cinder block will be of a color and surface texture complimentary to neighboring ECSD buildings. An open-beam wooden structure will comprise the observation deck. The ground floor will be a concrete slab. Both floors will be carpeted. The telescope will be mounted on top of a 2' diameter concrete pillar poured separately from either the foundation for the building or the concrete slab for the ground floor. It will extend from several feet below ground, up through the ground floor, and into the observation deck. The . dome shutter is 4' across. The building will be accessed only through one metal front door set in a steel jam. There will be no windows other than the dome shutter when open. Page Eagle Observatory Proposal Overview John McMain Eagle Valley Elementary School P.O. Box 780 Eagle, CO 81631 Ph: 970-328-6981 Fax: 970-328-5665 Objective: • To build and operate an astronomical observatory housing a large, research grade telescope in a permanent 15' domed structure. The dome and telescope will have the capability of being operated both on-site and remotely through the internet. The observatory will be operated and maintained within the administrative scope of the Eagle County School District RE-50J (ECSD) Purpose: (science curriculum support - non/science curricula enhancement - address needs of special student populations - community development) • To provide hands-on training and practical experience with state-of-the- art optical, computer, and imaging technology to ECSD students and staff in support of specific ECSD science curricula objectives and Colorado State Standards. • To provide high interest curricula integration activities to teachers and students of educational objectives not specifically science related. • To provide individually tailored high-interest, hands-on training, observing, and curricula support activities to special populations of ECSD (e.g. Gifted and Talented, SLA, At Risk, Advanced Placement) • To provide informal astronomy related training and observing opportunities to Eagle County community members and organizations. Rationale: • Geography: Eagle County is an ideal place in which to build and operate a high quality astronomical observatory. The high altitude, clear air, distance from large metropolitan areas, and nearly 300 days of sunshine each year make it an excellent geographic choice. Page • Educational Climate: "High tech" is here to stay. Students of all aces must be provided with opportunities to work and learn in technologically complex environments if they are to be expected to have both the knowledge and the emotional confidence to function successfully in the work places of their individual futures. As the originator of this grant proposal. I personally feel that the issue of emotional confidence is of prime importance. Simply put. high technology can be intimidating. Whether it is in the form of an office computer, a medical scanner, or the control panel of a ski lift, the words and feelings children experience too often are, "don't touch!" We are rapidly approaching a condition in our society where virtually every job opportunity will require competence and confidence with technologically complex systems. The Eagle Observatory will allow students to work with a research grade telescope, extremely sophisticated computer and software technology, and cutting edge digital imaging hardware within an area of science where amateurs can still make professional level contributions to their discipline. Not only will the students and staff of Eagle County have the opportunity and capability to peer into the farthest reaches of their universe, they will have the technology at their fingertips to track and take pictures of the space shuttle in orbit and to watch the assembly of the international space station! I, for one, cannot imagine a more exciting way to build a young person's confidence. • Outer Space is Getting Closer: Ask nearly any person with a television what -Pathfinder" is and they will tell you about NASA's latest . Mars mission. Most will also know something about John Glenn, water on the moon, and the space station being built. Outer space is getting closer. If in no other way than financially, it influences all of our lives. If current schedules and time lines come even close, then our children will be the ones building and flying the manned rockets to Mars! Socially, in terms of being culturally literate, the level of "basic" knowledge of astronomy and space science is rising. The Eagle Observatory will not only allow all of our students and staff to stay close to the frontier boundary of this exciting science, but to participate in it as well. Page ?J Ea le Observatory: Itemized g. - -Projected _ Expenses.. Building Costs Architectural Fees Donated - - . . Engineering...fees Donated ! . - - - - - - i Building permit and other town fees 500.00 i . - - - 'Excavation Donated Provide electrical and phone service ECSD Foundation - Donated Masonry Donated I - Carpentry: build upper floor: Observation deck Donated Electrical fixtures and installation Donated . Door purchase and installation ECSD* Donated Carpeting..... - - Tables and shelves construction Donated . - - - Security system ($500.00 estimated - . - - 2,000.001 ;Subtotal ____...._.....?5 0.j ;Dome Expenses 1.5....Dome..._.. ,900.00 Dome Wizard operating system 8,000.00 and handling 1,497.00; Pre-assembly fees and Dome Wizard Installation 3,128.00 - Crane expenses to lift dome Donated - - - - Dome assembly Donated Subtotal - - - - ......0 - 23,525.•.0...... !Telescope and Accessories - 20" reflector - q6,690.001 Mounting .Pier......... - - 2 780.00 Mount ,820.00 21 CCD camera 7,00000 - Computer 5 000.00 Computer software 3,000.00 Spectroscope 3 - ,00.0.00 3,000.00 Printer Filters and eyepieces 250000 _ _ 7" Meade Refractor 5,995.001 . - . Computer drive for field use 79.5.00 ' Shipping. and Handling..- - - - 215.00 I Subtotal -91 ,795.00.1 Operational Costs Electric bill ECSD* i - - - - - - > . ::Phone bill ECSD* ..._.__....:.Security system monitoring .._(Per year) 375.00 Office supplies & Misc. (cleaning materials, tools) 2,400.00 Intradistrict transportation (use of district vehicle) ECSD* Salary. Benefits Package ($7263.00) ECSD - . ' Yearly salary for full-time district astronomy teacher (approximate) 40 000.00 Subtotal contingent upon board approval) 4.29775_ .00 Total Estimated Expenses 160,595.00 i - - - Equipment Rationale In the world of telescopes, aperture size is fundamental to the overall quality of any observatory's imaging system of telescope, CCD camera, and image processing software. The larger the "light bucket" the more can be done with the instrument and the more potential an observatory has to take advantage of future improvements in imaging hardware and software. A great deal of thought and research has gone into the selection of the equipment itemized in this proposal. The rationale for the equipment boils down to this: • Purchase the largest, proven, prefab dome available with remote control capabilities (15' Pro-Dome). To build a larger custom designed dome would involve unrealistic expense. • Purchase a large, high quality reflector to serve for deep space observation and photography. Purchase a large refractor to mount "piggy back" on the large reflector. The longer focal length and higher contrast imaging of the refractor .will allow it to serve ideally for planetary and lunar observations, to serve visually when the large reflector is involved in photography, and to function as a field scope for field trips. - The 20" Ritchey/Cretien Cassegrain from Optical Guidance Systems combines a parabolic optical system with a compact folded light path design which allows for a scope with such a large aperture to fit inside a 15' dome. This scope can be effectively maintained without the need to contract outside professional maintenance support. Current mount and pier designs, coupled with the latest equipment available in CCD camera and computer/ software control systems allow this research grade telescope to be operated effectively by any computer literate person. - As CCD cameras improve in resolution capabilities, and as image processing software becomes more sophisticated, the 20" R/C design will allow for operational growth well into the future. - For the purposes of satellite tracking and asteroid/comet spotting, the extreme accuracy of the OGS mount and drive system is a vital necessity. - The 7" refractor from Meade Corporation is the largest production refractor available. Allow it does not have the light gathering capacity of the 20" R/C, its longer focal length and ability to image objects with high contrast allow it to serve ideally as a instrument for close object (planets and moon) observation. It will also be able to be unmounted and used as a field scope on field trips. In summary, the equipment itemized in this proposal will allow the students, staff, and community of Eagle County to work with state-of-the-art astronomical observing and imaging technology well into the future. The observatory will by no means simply be an expensive toy. It will be an observatory with the capability to give its operators professional level experience and results. The applications to any student's future career are real both in terms of direct experience with sophisticated technology, and in terms of gathering confidence and practical experience at professional levels of technological application. Page 5 Projected Yearly Operational Costs Equipment and Facilities: Maintenance costs of the optical equipment and electronics are essentially unpredictable, but are expected to be minimal. The telescope and mount are both designed to be maintained as integrated sets of modular components, no one piece of which in disproportionally expensive. Gears need to lubricated, and electronics need to be kept clean. Computers crash and software is cheap to replace and upgrade. Although district tech-support staff are expected to be utilized to perform the types of maintenance and repairs they currently perform on all district equipment, yearly fund raising activities will be conducted to maintain a more substantial equipment repair and maintenance fund. * It is also hoped that each school's Parent/Teacher Organization will contribute to the upkeep and operation of the observatory. They have been supportive in the past, and their continued support is anticipated. Damage due to potential vandalism is a consideration given to any piece of equipment in any school. The Eagle Observatory will be equipped with a silent alarm security system. It will have one entry (through a steel door) and will not have any windows. Should substantial damage occur to either the structure or the equipment, ECSD insurance policies will cover the loss.* Full Time Astronomy Teacher It is hoped that funding for a full time astronomy teacher will continue to be found throughout the years. The first year position included in this proposal is necessary in order to train enough personnel to operate the observatory to its potential. Subsequent years of funding for a full time time teacher will be necessary if the observatory is to reach as many students as possible and to serve as a benefit to the community at large. The cost for me, as the proposed full time teacher, will be determined by salary negotiations each year and by my yearly rise on the steps of the salary schedule. An approximate figure of $40,000.00 can be used at this point in time.** Facilities Maintenance and Cleaning: Routine cleaning will be written into the observatory operational requirements. Cleaning will, in essence, be performed by those who use the observatory. District janitorial staff should not be impacted. The building itself will be constructed of cinder block. It will require no painting or other yearly maintenance. The dome is constructed of fiberglass and aluminum. It too requires no standard maintenance other than the lubrication of bearings and rollers. Utilities and Phone: The observatory will draw, on average, approximately 10 amps when in operation in warm weather and approximately 30 amps when operated with heaters on in the lower floor. Monthly electricity and phone bills will be incorporated into existing ECSD billing structures.* * Contingent upon final ECSD board approval Contingent upon the ECSD's agreement to fund the benefits portion of my teacher salary packet. Summary: Utilities and Phone < $100.00 per month < $1200.00 per year Teacher salary $40,000.00 per year Repair and Maintenance financed by yearly and Office Supplies fund raising Page Proposed Astronomy Lesson Activities Full-Time Astronomy Teacher K-12 and Staff As a full-time astronomy instructor, I will conduct lessons for students and staff at all schools within the ECSD by accessing the observatory remotely. I will also conduct small group observation and operation activities at the observatory both during school hours and on selected nights. It is my goal to offer activities which will reach every student in the ECSD either, by me personally or by people whom I have trained to operate the observatory. The training of other observatory operators cannot be emphasized enough. Ideally, this observatory should be used every night the sky is clear! The training of other observatory operators is vital if this wonderful set of equipment is to be used according to its potential. K-5 Lesson Activities Instruction and Classroom Support • reasons for the seasons • phases of the moon • moon features and structure (daytime observations during first quarter) • sun features and structure (daytime observations with sun filter) • why the sun appears to move across the sky • shadow clocks • planets of the solar system • galaxies: structure, types, and distribution • deep space objects: structure, types, and distribution 6-8 Lesson Activities Instruction and Classroom Support • astral photography • basic physics of orbit • planetary structure: intermediate level • star types and structure: intermediate level • solar features and dynamics; intermediate level • evolution of the moon: surface features analysis • size, age and structure of the known universe 9-12 Lesson Activities Instruction and Classroom Support • star structure: advanced • stellar spectrography and analysis • orbital mechanics and satellite tracking • astral photography: advanced: satellite imaging • asteroid tracking and spotting techniques • comet tracking and spotting techniques • training for operation of observatory • technical writing: submission of education related articles • current events in astronomy ECSD Staff • training for operation of observatory • classroom support activities • specific training activities upon request Eagle County Community • regularly scheduled public observing activities (e.g. monthly "what's your sign?" star gazing; a detailed look at the components of the constellations of the zodiac.) • individually tailored observing events for special interest groups (e.g. Boy and Girl Scouts, seniors groups, foreign language groups) Page `7 Correlations Correlations between proposed Eagle Observatory educational activities and ECSD Curricula and Colorado State Standards Preface: The various curricula of the ECSD are structured in such a way that each is interactive with the other. Rarely in an Eagle County classroom will you find an objective in any one content area being taught in isolation. Studies of the solar system will commonly contain lesson activities which also address many objectives of the language arts curriculum. As students work to acquire basic knowledge about the structure and dynamics of our marvelous sun and planets, they will also report orally on their studies. They will write creatively and expositorally, they will engage in artistic activities, and they will work in problem solving situations to develop their abilities to think critically, creatively, and confidently. Whether the topic is space science, U.S. history, or myths and legends, a complex system of interdisciplinary lesson planning is structured by each individual teacher in order to lend true meaning to what is taught. Therefore, as you peruse the following list of Colorado State Standards of Education (upon which the ECSD curricula are structured) keep in mind the invisible web of interaction and interdependence that a teacher weaves in order to create an effective learning environment for his or her students. Direct Correlations To ECSD Science Curricula and Colorado State Standards: Science: Standard 4: Earth and Soace Svstems The learner will understand the processes and interactions of Earth's systems and the 'structure and dynamics of Earth and other objects in space The learner will know the structure of the solar system, dynamics of the universe, and how space is explored. • Describe what can be observed by unaided eye in the daytime and nighttime sky such as sun, moon, and constellations • Explain the motion of the Earth in relation to the sun, including the concepts of night, day, seasons, and year • Recognize the characteristics of the seasons • Identify basic components of the solar system • Describe a space exploration event such as a manned or unmanned space mission • Understand that while telescopes magnify distant objects in the sky, and dramatically increase the number of stars we can see, some objects are so distant, small, or dim that they do not appear in a telescope • Know that the sun is a medium sized star, located at the edge of a disk shaped galaxy, part of which can be seen on a clear night as a glowing band of light • Know that the universe contains innumerable galaxies, each containing innumerable stars (continued) Page g Indirect Correlations to ECSD Science Curricula and Colorado State Standards: Note: This section includes only the major objective headings. It does not include the bulleted specific behavioral objectives. Science: Standard l: Investigations and Methods The learner will be able to understand the process of scientific investigation and be able to design, conduct, communicate about, and evaluate scientific investigations. Science: Standard 2: Interaction of Energv and Matter The learner will know about and understand common properties, forms, and interactions of matter and energy. The learner will know that matter has characteristic properties which are related to its composition and structure. The learner will know that energy appears in different forms and can be transferred and transformed. The learner will make observations gather data, compare quantities associated with energy movement and change by gathering observations and data and then constructing diagrams. The learner will know that interactions can produce changes in a system, although the total quantities of matter and energy do not change. Science: Standard 5: Science. Technologv. and Societv The learner will know the ways that science, technology, and human activity have impact on the world and its resources. Science: Standard 6: The nature of Science and Humanitv The learner will know about and understand connections among the science disciplines and the relationships of science to other areas of human activity. Page Grade Level Foci Astronomy Related Objectives ECSD The ECSD has structured the science curriculum in such a way that the various objectives of space science are emphasized at different grade levels. Currently, the breakdown looks as follows: Kindergarten: • recognize that the sun is the source of Earth's light and heat • recognize the characteristics of the seasons 1st Grade: • (review and strengthen the concepts introduced in Kindergarten) 2nd Grade: • describe what can be observed by the unaided eye in the daytime and nighttime • explain the motion of the Earth in relation to the sun, including the concepts of day, night, year • recognize the characteristics of the seasons • identify the major components of the solar system 3rd Grade: • (all of the above plus...) • describe a space exploration event such as a manned or unmanned space mission 4th Grade: • (4th grade focuses primarily on Earth science. It, does not include objectives specifically related to astronomy) 5th Grade: • (all of the above plus...) • physics of gravity • Understand that while telescopes magnify distant objects in the sky, and dramatically increase the number of stars we can see, some objects are so distant, small, or dim that they do not appear in a telescope • understand that astronomical objects in space are unimaginably distant from Earth and each other, stars are like our sun but are so distant they look like pinpoints of light, and galaxies, although very large, are so distant that they look like a single star. • know that the sun is a medium sized star located at the edge of Page ? O A a spiral shaped galaxy, part of which can be be seen on a clear night as a glowing band of light. • know that the universe contains innumerable galaxies, each containing innumerable stars. Middle School: The following objectives are written into the scope and sequence of the science curriculum for grades 6-8: • Describe the basic components of the solar system (i.e. sun, asteroids, comets, planets, and their natural satellites) • Describe the effects of the motions of the Earth and Moon in space (rotation, revolution, Moon phases, and eclipses) • Identify the technology and conditions needed for space travel (i.e. rockets and life support systems). Note: The wording of these objectives is exactly the same wording as they are written for other grade levels. At the middle school level no new objectives are introduced. It is the goal of the middle school science program to address these objectives at levels of application and mastery appropriate to the ages of the students, in esssence to build upon, review, and reinforce concepts and skills which have been introduced in previous grades. High School: The following behavioral objectives are written into the ECSD science curriculum scope and sequence as application, mastery, . and review items for grades 9-12. They are addressed within the body of science classes not specifically focused on astronomy, and they are addressed in the context of extracurricular astronomy club activities. • The learner will know the structure of the solar system, dynamics of the universe, and how space is explored. • The learner will explain why we have varied lengths of day, night and seasons. • The learner will describe gravity and centrifugal force • The learner will recognize patterns in the universe • The learner will recognize the technological benefits of space exploration Page 1 e Funding Commitments to Eagle Observatory Community and Business Pledges Towards the Building, Equipment and Maintenance of the Eagle Observatory as of 2/15/99 1. Architectural plans: Arris West Architects. Eagle, CO: Glenn Harakal, owner 2. Excavation and backfill required for construction: Adams Excavatine, Eagle, CO: Dale Adams, owner 3. Construction of building foundation: Hedrick Construction, Eagle, CO: Ron and Don Hedrick, owners 4. Masonry for building main structure: Miller Tile, Eagle, CO: Jim Miller, owner 5. Interior electrical fixtures and installation: Brush Creek Electric, Eagle, CO: George Henry, owner 6. Carpeting and padding: Black Sheen Pronerties, Eagle, CO: Tom and Marcia Hymes, owners 8. Cinder block needed for construction of tower: Gallegos Masonrv, Edwards, CO: Gerald Gallegos, owner 9. $1000.00 towards construction Eagle Valley Elementary School PTO 10. Security System and 3 Years Monitoring Thul Electronics, Mike Thul, Avon, CO, owner Commitments Pending: • All concrete needed for construction: waiting for final commitment from business contacted • Lumber for framing observation deck: waiting for final commitment from business contacted • Construction of observation deck: waiting for final commitment from business contacted Architectural Elevations Page Memorandum To: Town Council From: Nina Timm Russ Forrest Date: February 16, 1999 Subject: Buy Down Unit at Vail East Lodging 1. Buy Down Criteria As part of the Common Ground process the Buy Down program was created to purchase units available in the free market, add a subsidy to the resale price and sell them as deed restricted Employee Housing Units. As part of the program the following criteria was developed the help evaluate the unit as a potential Buy Down. 1. The location of the unit within the Town of Vail. 2. The number of deed restricted units in the immediate neighborhood. To-insure distribution throughout the Town of Vail. 3. The unit's proximity to the bus stops. 4. The age of the units and the quality of the construction. 5. The resources of the Home Owners Association. 6. The number of bedrooms in the unit. 7. The cost of the unit. As part of the Buy Down Program each unit that meets the criteria for the program would be brought to Council for their review. There is a unit in East Vail, behind Pitkin Creek Park Condominiums that meets the criteria of the Program. II. Description of proposed unit Address Vail East Lodging # 36 4093 Spruce Way Vail, CO 81657 Asking Price $159,500 Bedroom two Bathroom one Square Feet 793 Cost/Sq. Ft. $201.64 Monthly Association Dues $295.11 CI A.W4, w hat) Breakdown Operating Assessment $210.39 Capital Reserves $84.72 III. Home Owners Association Dues Dues include: Heat, Water, Outside Maintenance, Insurance on Buildings, Snow and Trash Removal. The unit has recently been remodeled and the appliances have been replaced. -1- There is an outstanding loan to the condominium association for a retaining wall that was replaced. The remaining balance is $3,496.50. The realtor has expressed that the sellers would be willing to pay the balance in full at the time of closing. The windows at all of the units need to be replaced within the next five summers. The condominium association has arranged for this and the estimated cost for window replacement in this unit is $2,800. > The roofs will also need to be replaced in the near future, but the Association anticipates selling a lot that they own to help facilitate paying for the new roofs. There is the possibility of needing to replace boilers in a couple of buildings. The other boilers have already been replaced. The cost of replacing the remaining boilers is anticipated, but will not be replaced until the boilers actually die. > In the past couple of years the road to the condominium complex was replaced. Also, the sewer and plumbing to the buildings was updated. Gary Goodell, the chief building inspector for the Town, inspected the unit and found that it complies with all uniform building code standards, with the exception of the bedroom windows. When the windows are replaced, using windows that slide horizontally instead of vertically that will bring the windows into compliance. Other elements of the unit, such as the electrical, the plumbing, use of materials, etc. were found to be in compliance. Gary also recommends adding a battery operated smoke detector in each bedroom. IV. Financing for the Unit An offer of $150,000 has been made on this unit. This makes the cost / square foot $189.16. The offer is contingent on Council Approval, an appraisal and re-inspection of the unit. Upon Council approval and acceptance of the contract by the seller, staff would schedule a lottery. The proposed resale price is $140,000. This is between the cost of a Red Sandstone two bedroom, two bath ($143,500) and a two bedroom, one bath ($138,500). First Bank Vail said that they would be able to finance a mortgage on this unit with as little as 5% down. First Bank Vail would do a five year ARM at 6.5% and a seven year ARM at 6.625%. They charge a 1% mortgage fee for people making over $51,400 and a flat $1,000 fee for people making under $51,400. First City Financial can do finance this unit as well. They would require a minimum of 10% down and then do a thirty-year fixed at 7%. The mortgage for this unit would not be sellable on the secondary mortgage market, as it does not meet Fannie Mae requirements for a minimum of 60% of the units being owner occupied. There are other mortgage companies in Vail that provide mortgages for non-conforming homes. In short, it appears that a perspective home buyer would be able to find financing for this unit. A five-percent down payment would be $7,000. Leaving the buyer with a mortgage of $133,000. This would create an approximate monthly mortgage expenses of $973.00. This breaks down as $851.60 for principal and interest, $75.00 for Private Mortgage Insurance and $45.40 for property taxes. The total monthly cost of owning this unit would be approximately $1268.00 for mortgage, taxes and home owners dues. A couple each making $12.00 per hour would be able to "afford" this monthly expense using 30% of their total income. 2 V. Other Two Bedroom Units on the Market in Vail Unit Cost Cost/Sa. Ft. Red Sandstone $138,500 $133.17 (This is a deed restricted unit, developed by the Town and the Water & Sanitation District) Altair Vail Inn $199,000 $167.84 Brooktree Townhomes $195,000 $179.23 Interlochen Condos $176,900 $182.75 Vail East Lodging $159,500 $201.64 Snow Lion (2 units) $195,00 $222.60 In December of 1998 there was a one bedroom, 582 square foot unit that sold for $125,000 at Vail East Lodging. This is a sale price of $214.78 per square foot. VI. Next Steps - If the Council chooses to move ahead with this unit and we are able to reach an agreement with the sellers, staff is prepared to take the following steps, 1. The Town will use $5,000 from the Buy Down account for earnest money to accompany the offer. The Town would pay the balance of $145,000 cash at closing to purchase the unit. A supplemental appropriation would be made to cover the cash at closing. 2. The Town will conduct a lottery for the unit, making applications available three days after the seller's acceptance of the contract. 3. The Town will set the deadline for the lottery applications two weeks after they are first made available. 4. The Town will review the applications, verifying conformance of all of the documentation. 5. The Town will conduct a lottery to select the purchaser. 6. The purchaser will secure financing. 7. The Town will close on the unit and, as the owner, deed restrict it. 8. The purchaser will close on the unit. -3- Gds - .nom t I~~•Tr •l .y.•y it ..,•y:A Urban Land Institute Honors Local Film The Urban Land Institute (ULI) named Beaver Creek's Village Center project recipient of its 1998 award of excellence at its recent conference in Dallas. The award was presented to East West Partners (EWP), the Beaver Creek-based devel- opment company which conceived and directed the "Village Ce;iter at Beaver Creek is greater project. EWP Senior Partner than the sum of its parts. " Harry Frampton explained . that the Village Center effort was the result of a remarkable coalition of pri- vate and public entities committed to making Beaver Creek Village a viable community center. To be a winner, a project must prove to be exemplary in a number of areas. For example, it must be truly unique in solving a problem, must feature a design that . is not only exceptional, but also financially viable, and must include outreach pro- - grams that enrich its community. ULI's Award for Excellence in the "recreational,: Dt_ :>1 sus small scale" category. In awarding the Village Center Pro ect the to prize in its In J p category, the jury declared that the "Village Center at Beaver Creek is greater thank the sum of its parts." The community's retail establishments, parking and people` movement were enhanced through a cooperative effort of the community, pro- l~tiG3fs ject designers and local retailers, resulting in a lively year-round destination. The creation of a hub of activity has drawn people, improved retail performance provided a solid anchor in the community and enabled new movement through- out the village." In the end the cost for the entire project was approximately $30 million' a sum to ' ~f- fs= which all entities contributed. For example, Vail Associates provided the land andi a significant dollar contribution; Beaver Creek Metro District paid S5 million for the transportation center.- the Beaver Creek Resort Company paid for the escala- tors and ice rink and donated S5 million toward the erforming arts center. In addition, the Beaver Creek Arts Foundation, created as the owners and operator of Vilar Center for the Arts, raised more than S21 million for the facility.` F } 9 RESOLUTION NO.3 SERIES OF 1999 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT EXTENDING THE PRESENT FRANCHISE WITH HOLY CROSS ENERGY. WHEREAS, the Town of Vail, by Ordinance No. 49, Series of 1978, as amended by an agreement entered into with the Holy Cross Electric Association, Inc. dated March 2, 1981, entered into a Franchise Agreement which expires on February 28, 1999; and WHEREAS, the Town of Vail through its Town Manager has been negotiating with Holy Cross Energy as to the terms and conditions appropriate for granting a franchise to Holy Cross Energy upon the expiration of the present Franchise Agreement. NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Town Council of the Town of Vail, Colorado: 1. The Town Manager is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with Holy Cross Energy extending the present Franchise Agreement which expires on February 28, 1999 for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days. 2. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage. INTRODUCED, READ, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this day of February, 1999. Robert E. Ford, Mayor ATTEST: Lorelei Donaldson, Town Clerk C:\RESOLU99.3 MEMORANDUM TO:- Town Council FROM: Community Facilities Team DATE: February 16, 1999 SUBJECT: COMMUNITY FACILITIES SCOPE OF WORK Staff: Russ Forrest, Jeff Hunt, Diane Johnson, Piet Peters, Suzanne Silverthorn 1. INTRODUCTION Staff is requesting review and approval by the Vail Town Council of the attached Scope of Work that will be provided to the selected design teams regarding the development of a Community Facilities program (See Attachment 1). I1. BACKGROUND On January 5, 1999, Town Council gave direction to proceed in developing a Community Facilities program for the Town of Vail in partnership with the Vail Recreation District. Since then, staff has met with various community member organizations including the Vail Recreation District, Vail Associates, Vail Valley Foundation, and the Vail Valley Tourist and Convention Bureau. The products of these meetings, include: Timeline for the project tasks Request for proposals (RFP) that has been sent to about 100 consultants (designers) Draft instructions to be reviewed and approved by Council (this agenda item) General scoping of the process III. PROCESS Attachment 2 includes an approximate project time frame. Due to the nature of each step, some flexibility in this timeline is necessary. This time frame, as currently estimated, would lead to a public bond election in November. In determining the required time for submitting ballot issues (approximately the end of July), staff has concluded that placing a question on this November's election to pay for community facilities would be extremely tight. Meeting this time frame would require the Town Council and the community to very rapidly choose a preferred alternative in the month of June and then further refine the costs for construction and operation. It would also accelerate the timetable for private fund raising. A project of this kind does have significant potential for private financing. With this in mind, staff is recommending TOWN OFYAIL { that we build in a "check point" in the month of June to evaluate whether a November 1999 bond election is possible. The next phases of the project involve: • Interviewing the design teams (March 19) • Selection of three design teams to present conceptual proposals (March 22) • Beginning the design process with a public tour of existing community facilities and possible sites for the new facilities (April 8). F:\EVERYONE\COUNCIL\MEMOS\99\CF-SCOPE 2 SCOPE OF WORK: INSTRUCTIONS/PARAMETERS FOR DESIGN TEAMS VAIL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROJECT DRAFT February 16, 1999 1. INTRODUCTION: The selected design teams will develop creative design solutions for a world-class recreational/cultural/entertainment network of facilities utilizing multiple sites in the Town of Vail. The designs must be consistent with the objectives of this project and the criteria listed below and must be located on sites from among the menu of sites also listed below. Community facility needs have been identified through several public processes. Those uses have been clearly identified by the community-as needs, (i.e., meeting rooms, gymnastics facility, ice rink, and youth center). However, after a critical self-evaluation of the Town of Vail's economy and existing amenities, the Town and the Vail Recreation District have endorsed an approach that goes beyond the traditional in-developing recreational and cultural facilities. Therefore, this project will involve developing a creative, world-class recreational/cultural primary facility on the Charter Bus lot site that would be complimented by satellite facilities serving the other uses identified as community needs. 2. PROJECT OBJECTIVES: The following. objectives shall be achieved in developing the overall community facilities program: 1) The facilities programming will build upon the community facility ideas and lands that have been identified through the Vail Tomorrow, Common Ground, Lionshead master plan, and other community processes, described under section 6, below. 2) The facilities programming will complement both recreational (e.g., skiing and, mountain sports) and cultural (e.g., art, performing arts) amenities that exist in the Vail Valley so as to create a world class network of community facilities in the Valley. 3) The facilities shall be outstanding in their design and programming. Potential residents and guests would be drawn to Vail because of them. These should be unique facilities. 4) The facilities will serve both Vail Valley residents and guests. 5) Public-private partnerships will be pursued to finance the development of the facilities. . 1 3. PROGRAM INSTRUCTIONS: Charter bus lot site: The design teams shall identify creative and innovative designs for a premier, world-class facility at the charter bus lot site, which -is adjacent to the Lionshead parking structure. The facility should be integrated with the Dobson Ice Arena and the Library so as to create a community crossroads as well as a link between the Vail and Lionshead Villages. This facility must contain a regulation size ice sheet rink with minimal spectator seating, possibly below grade; and be physically connected to the existing Dobson Ice Arena. It is envisioned that the facility be multi-use and build upon mountain life style, culture and environment, and attract both guests and residents. Specific ideas that have been considered for this facility include an indoor adventure center (e.g., ice climbing, kayaking, mountain biking, rock climbing, skatepark, skiing/snow boarding), IMAX Theater, and high tech learning/conference center. After evaluating the site and meeting with the Community Facility Team, the design teams are asked to synthesize the ideas mentioned above and criteria mentioned below to develop a creative (wow!) conceptual design for a multi-use facility. Other uses: The design teams should also consider inclusion of the following programming needs in their designs, utilizing the criteria and sites listed below. No use should be considered as necessarily exclusive of other uses: • Activity/entertainment space: i.e. video/arcade room, bowling alley, amusement rides • Arts/crafts • Community theater/auditorium/IMAX Theater/dance floor • Gymnastics Facility • High tech multi-media center, meeting rooms, learning center • Skate park: skateboarding, in-line skates, BMX bikes, etc. • Snack bar/coffee house/deli • Swimming pool w/ retractable cover 4. CRITERIA: The design teams shall identify programming ideas that are consistent with but not necessarily limited by the following criteria: 1. Innovative and creative multi-use design facilities 2. Facility design should be boldly creative and conform to the spirit and intent of applicable master plans 3. Design emphasis on a connection with Vail outdoors, lots of windows and views 4. Recreation and cultural uses need to both be integrated into the overall design 5. Inclusion of mountain recreation activities 6. Facilities should be multi-generation. Certain uses (e.g., youth center, skate park, adventure facility) will emphasize and celebrate youth 7. Compatibility with existing sites and adjacent uses 8. Accommodation of parking needs 9. Comprehensive approach: consideration of several potential sites; integration with other existing/planned valley recreation facilities 2 10. Phasing and economic feasibility should be considered 11. Cost effectiveness and revenue generating potential 12. Environmentally friendly with energy, water, and use of sustainable building practices 5. SITES: At a minimum, the following sites shall be considered: Site Description 1) Charter Bus Lot A sheet of ice shall be incorporated into the design, preferably below grade. This structure should be physically connected to Dobson Ice Arena. Parking is limited on this site. 2) Dobson Currently an ice arena with 1,500 seats. Ice must be maintained on the site. However, additional programming needs could be considered for this site. 3) Library This site was designed to accommodate another floor of use above the main floor. In addition a basement level, which has access to the south side of the structure, is now vacant and could be expanded. 4) South side of As part of the Lionshead Master Plan, a Lionshead Parking 3-4-floor development is proposed on the Structure south side of the Lionshead Parking structure with the 1 st floor being a retail or public use. The upper floors will be used for employee housing. Specific recommendations should be considered for the 1 st floor that may address or complement the charter bus lot site. 5) Old Town Shops This is currently a storage facility for the Town of Vail Public Works Department and a gymnastics facility for the Vail Recreation District. This facility will need to be demolished in the next two-three years 'to accommodate a below grade sewer expansion. 6) Golf Course Club This club house facility is located on the House Vail Golf Course and has been identified as a site for additional public facilities. This site also accommodates a Nordic facility and outdoor ice rink in the winter. 7) Parks The Town of Vail has 9 parks over an acre in size. Certain identified community uses may be appropriate on park lands (outdoor swimming pool, enclosed pavilion/community meeting room, skate park, etc.). A new park is being planned 3 for the lower bench of Donovan Park. 8) Vail Racquet Club This is currently a private club that has just been sold to the Home Owners Association of the Condominiums that encircle the club. The club currently includes indoor and outdoor tennis courts, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, exercise equipment, dance room, and restaurant. The Homeowners Association is interested in upgrading and possibly even redeveloping these facilities. A public/private partnership may be possible on this site. 9) Fire Station The main Vail Fire station located near the intersection of Vail Rd and West Meadow Drive is being considered for redevelopment. The fire station may be moved in the future, availing this site for consideration. Attached is a map that indicates the location of the above mentioned properties and sites. In addition, a summary of pertinent development standards is provided. Designers are encouraged to contact the Town of Vail for additional clarification on Town development standards. Building plans may be available for some of the existing structures. 6. BACKGROUND ON COMMUNITY INPUT: The 1998 Town of Vail Communitv survev indicated strong interest for the following community facilities (rank is on a scale of 1-5 with 5 being very important): • Youth Center: 3.6 residents/3.1 part time residents • Performing Arts: 3.0 residents/3.5 part time residents • Conference Center: 3.0 residents/3.2 part time residents • Community Theater: 2.8 residents/3.1 part time residents The Vail Tomorrow process and the Building Community team identified the following community facilities needs (not listed in order of priority): • 2nd sheet of ice • Gymnastics Facility • Performing Arts: Dance area for youth & seniors • _ Arts and Crafts • Community swimming pool Youth Center i.e., video arcade, game room, bowling alley, coffee house • Skate park: (already operating in a temporary structure) • Community Meeting Rooms • Neighborhood Parks in West Vail • High tech multi-media center 4 1 The Building Community team also developed a purpose statement which is to "facilitate creation of a multi purpose building that meets community needs, serving people from all demographic groups, all ages and full time, part-time and seasonal residents.' The Vail Recreation District has identified the following community facility related needs based on public input: • New gymnastics facility to replace the existing facility at the Old Town Shops • New and improved youth center • Creation of a 2nd sheet of ice • Arts and Crafts facility Improved locker space for Dobson and improved facilities for performances in Dobson The 1998 Common Ground process did not address specific uses but did identify two sites for further consideration for community facilities. These sites are the Charter Bus Lot on the East Side of the Lionshead parking structure and the Golf Course Clubhouse. The Lionshead Master Plan, which was adopted on December 15, 1998, identifies the area east of the Lionshead Parking structure as a civic hub. The plan states "the civic hub of Lionshead is comprised of Dobson Ice Arena, the Vail Public Library, the Lionshead parking structure and the proposed Vail Civic Center site." The land was purchased in the 1970s for the purpose of creating a civic center. Most recently a group of 5 planning, entertainment, and development executives from companies outside the Vail Valley, participated in a charette to brainstorm ideas to distinguish Vail as the Premier Mountain Resort Community. This was an initiative by the Vail Community Task Force. Among other recommendations, the charette participants made the following conclusions related to community facilities: • Vail = skiing: When you say skiing, people need to think Vail. • Build facilities that compliment the mountain environment. Build amenities around the theme of skiing and mountain sports. • We need a world class community facility that serves both residents and guests. • We need these facilities today. Don't just talk about it-build it. • Build a regional system of world class facilities. Don't duplicate what already exists between Wolcott and Vail. FIEVERYONE/J EFF/COM FAC/SCOPE 5 I January February I March April Mav June Ju Auqust I September October ID Task Name 10 17 24 31 7 1 14 1 21 28 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 1 30 1 6 13 20 27 1 4 11 18 125 1 8 1 15 1 22 1 29 1 5 1 12 I 19 1 26 1 3 10 17 24 31 1 Complete Schedule Jeff; 2 Set up meeting for Week Jan 18th Russ 3 Set up budget with Steve T Russ 4 Develop RFP JeN• Russ 5 Develop short list for RFP Jeff 6 Contact Peter Jamer on Avon Village 11 PIM 7 Contact other Rao Authorities Piet Peters a Contact Villar Center ® Syblll Navas 9 Contact Berry Creek planners S Jeff 10 Develop Draft instruction 11 Begin identifying private sponsors 12 Meeting to Discuss Instruction 8 Final RFP if Corn Fac, Team 13 Issue RFP 14 Work Session on Instructions cIIIVRD 15 Final Evening Meeting with Council on Instructions 16 RFP recieved byTOV 17 Review Responses with Team B invite for interviews 18 InlerviewTeams ~Mom Fac. m 19 Select Teams CFac TeaIVRDICouncll 20 Arrange Tour w/ Stakeholders om Fac Team 21 Public Tourw/Stakeholders j Cornmunry 22 Teams develop plans Desing Teams 23 Presentation of Preliminary concepts Cam Fac Team 24 Teams Revise Plans Design Teams 25 Open house Communlry 26 Meet withstakholoers onahemallves Community 27 Facility Committee Meeting to review recomendation 28 Worksession with Council CounclVPubllc 29 Special Evening Meeting on preferred alternative 30 VRD 8 Council Meeting To Review Election Slatuts 31 Develop marketing program for Election 32 Develop Finanical plan 33 Bond Language Developed 34 Election 35 Construction Drawings 36 PECIDRB/Council Review Page 1 1999 2000 2001 2002 I 20W 2004 ID Task Name I J I F I M I A I M I JIJIAISIOINIOIJIFIMIAIMIJIJIAISIOINIDIJIFIMIAIMIJI J IAIS(OINIDIJIFIMIA I M IJI J I A I S I O I N I D I J I F I M I A I M I J I J I A I S I O I N I D J I F I M I A I M I J I J I A I S I O I N I D J I F I M I A I M 1 Complete Schedule ' Jeff 2 Set up meeting for Week Jan 181h Russ 3 Sat up budget with Sieve T R ss 4 Develop RFP . Jeff- Russ 5 I Develop shoe list for RFP , Jeff 6 Contact Peter Jamer on Avon Village I let 7 Comacl other Rec Authorities I let Peters _ 8 Contact VillarCenter I yblll Navas 9 Contact Berry Creek planners E 10 ( Develop Draft Instruction ' 11 Begin Identifying private sponsors ' 12 Meeting fo Discuss Instruction & Final RFP I, tafr Com Fac Team 13 Issue RFP 14 Work Session on Instructions I Couneil/VRD 15 ( Final Evening Meeting with Council on Instructions TCouncJVVRD 16 RFP recieved by TOV 17 Review Responses with Team& invite for inlerviews 18 I Imerview Teams ` I ~Com Faa Team 19 (Select Teams T- Fac TeafVRDICeuncll , 20 Arrange Tourwl Stakeholders I kCom Fac Team 21 Public Tour wlSlakeholdem I TCommunty 22 Teams develop plans 011~esing Teams 23 Presentation of Preliminary concepts I Com Fac Team 24 Teams Revise Plans I . Design Teams 25 I Open house I ' Community 26 I Meet with stakholders on aitematNes I Community 27 I Facility Commillee Meeting to review recomendation 28 Worksessldn with Council T-ouncll/Public 29 Special Evening Meeting on preferred a0emalive I ~CounclFPublic 30 VRD & Council Meeting To Review Election Slatuls 31 Develop marketing program for Election 32 Develop Finanical plan , 33 Bond Language Developed . 34 Election , 35 Construction Drawings Design Team 36 PECIORBrCouncil Review 37 Building Perminl aR 38 Construction for Charter Bus Lot Contractor %T Page 1 41s COMMUNITY FACILITIES Process • Town Council directed staff to initiate process - Jan. 5 • RFP Issued -Feb. 5 • RFP Due - Mar. 5 s¢ • Design Teams Selected - Mar. 22 • Tour with Designers/Public- Apr. 8 J • Preliminary Designs Due - 'a May 13 • Open House - June 7 - 11 • Process Check - June 15 Purpose The purpose of this meeting is to review draft instructions for uses and sites to be considered in the Community Facilities design process. Parameters 1) Build upon ideas of the Vail Tomorrow, Common Ground, Lionshead master plan, etc. 2 complement both recreational (e.g., ountain sports) and cultural (e.g. arts) amenities that exist to create a world class network. 3), Outstanding design and programming. Potential residents/guests will be drawn. Parameters 4) Serve both valley residents and guests. 5) Public-private partnerships pursued. 6) Respect of Town policies. Town Council the final decision-maker. Background • 1998 Survey • Vail Tomorrow • Common Ground • Lionshead Master Plan • Charette Uses That Will Be Sited • 2nd Sheet of Ice • Activity/entertainment space: i.e. video/arcade room, bowling alley, amusement rides , ski simulator, • Snack bar/coffee house/deli . • Arts/crafts room • Theater/auditorium/I MAX Theater/dance floor • Gymnastics Facility • High tech multi-media center, meeting rooms, learning center • Skate park: skateboarding, in-line skates, BMX bikes • Swimming pool w/ retractable cover Community Hub Site - 2 Parallel Approaches • Approach 1-Individual instructions for Dobson, Library, & Charter bus lot • Approach 2 - Create Master -Plan for whole site Charter Bus Lot - Approach 1 • Acreage: 1.6 . Zoning: General Use . Creative approach; incorporate. second sheet of ice, preferably below grade; connect to Dobson Ice Arena. Dobson Ice Arena - Approach. 1 . Acreage: 1.2 . Zoning: General Use . Currently an ice arena with 1,500 seats. Ice must be maintained. Additional programming needs could be considered. Library - Approach 1 . Acreage: 1.5 . Zoning: General Use . Can accommodate another floor. . Consideration of the basement level for a meeting room; complementary use for a 2nd floor; and the space currently occupying the community room. Community Hub Site - Approach 2 ? Acreage: 4.3 . Look at Dobson, Y Library and charter bus lot ..k~ as one entire site ? Library and 2 sheets of ice still must be sited Parks: ? Acreage: Each over 'l acre ? Zoning: OR, AOS, GU ? The Town of Vail has 9 parks, each over an acre in size. Certain uses may be appropriate on park lands: -outdoor swimming pool -enclosed pavilion/community meeting room -skate park South Side of Lionshead Parking Structure . Acreage: 1.0 . Zoning: Parking District . 3-4 story development. . 1 st floor uses should be revenue generating (retail or public) that complement the charter bus lot site. Old Town Shops: • Acreage: 0.7' • Zoning: General Use • Currently used for storage and gymnastics. • To be demolished in 2-3 years for below grade sewer expansion. Golf Course Club House: • Acreage: 1.0 ? Zoning: General Use • Identified for additional public facilities. • Now used as nordic ski center and outdoor ice rink in the winter. Vail Racquet Club: ? Acreage: 4.1 ? Zoning: Medium Density Multiple Family • Now a private club that includes tennis courts, swimming pools, exercise equipment, dance room, and restaurant. • The Homeowners Association is interested- in upgrading. Fire Station: • Acreage: 0.2 ? Zoning: General Use ? The main Vail Fire station may be moved in the future, making this site available. Design Criteria • Innovative and creative multi-use design facilities • Facility design should be boldly creative and conform to the spirit and intent of applicable master plans • Design emphasis on a connection with Vail outdoors, lots of windows and views • Recreation and cultural uses need-to both be integrated into the overall design • Inclusion of mountain recreation activities • Facilities should be multi-generation. Certain uses (e.g., youth center, skate park, adventure facility) will emphasize and celebrate youth Design Criteria • Compatibility with existing sites and adjacent uses • Accommodation of parking needs • Comprehensive approach: consideration of several potential sites; integration with other existing/planned valley recreation facilities • Cost effectiveness and revenue generating potential • Environmentally friendly with energy, water, and use of sustainable building practices Instructions Summary_ ? All identified community recreational and cultural needs must be sited • Take two approaches to programming uses at the Community Hub Site: -1) Focus on individual sites: keep Library with 3 floors; keep Dobson with expanded functions; creative design for bus lot; or - 2) Develop a comprehensive plan for the entire community hub site Vail Recreation District Input . Strongly supports joint venture w/ Town of Vail s This project will enhance the community w/ additional recreational/cultural amenities and make Vail a better place to live ? Priorities are: - 2nd sheet of ice - youth center - skateboard park - multi-use gymnastic facility . Other innovative recreation/cultural ideas should be explored o The Board has approved the draft instructions Discussion Issues o uses ? Sites 2nd Sheet of Ice - Hub Sites Activity/entertainment space: » Charter Bus Lot • Snack bar/coff ee house/deli Arts/crafts room » Library • Community » Dobson • theater/auditorium/IMAX - Lionshead Parking Theater/dance floor Structure • Gymnastics Facility - Fire Station • High tech multi-media center, - Old Town Shops meeting rooms, learning center - Golf Course Club House • Skate park: skateboarding, in- line skates, BMX bikes - Vail Racquet Club • Swimming pool w/ retractable - Parks cover SCOPE OF WORK: INSTRUCTIONS/PARAMETERS FOR DESIGN TEAMS VAIL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROJECT DRAFT February 16, 1999 1. INTRODUCTION: The selected design teams will develop creative design solutions for a world-class recreational/cultural/entertainment network of facilities utilizing multiple sites in the Town of Vail. The designs must be consistent with the objectives of this project and the criteria listed below and must be located on sites from among the menu of sites also listed below. Community facility needs have been identified through several public processes. Those uses have been clearly identified by the community as needs, (i.e., meeting rooms, gymnastics facility, ice rink, and youth center). However, after a critical self-evaluation of the Town of Vail's economy and existing amenities, the Town and the Vail Recreation District have endorsed an approach that goes beyond the traditional in developing recreational and cultural facilities. Therefore, this project will involve developing a creative, world-class recreational/cultural primary facility on the Charter Bus lot site that would be complimented by satellite facilities serving the other uses identified as community needs. 2. PROJECT OBJECTIVES: The following. objectives shall be achieved in developing the overall community facilities program: 1) The facilities programming will build upon the community facility ideas and lands that have been identified through the Vail Tomorrow, Common Ground, Lionshead master plan, and other community processes, described under section 6, below. 2) The facilities programming will complement both recreational (e.g., skiing and mountain sports) and cultural (e.g., art, performing arts) amenities that exist in the Vail Valley so as to create a world class network of community facilities in the Valley. 3) The facilities shall be outstanding in their design and programming. Potential residents and guests would be drawn to Vail because of them. These should be unique facilities. 4) The facilities will serve both Vail Valley residents and guests. 5) Public-private partnerships will be pursued to finance the development of the facilities. 1 3. PROGRAM INSTRUCTIONS: Charter bus lot site: The design teams shall identify creative and innovative designs for a premier, world-class facility at the charter bus lot site,.which is adjacent to the Lionshead parking structure. The facility should be integrated with the Dobson Ice Arena and the Library so as to create a community crossroads as well as a link between the Vail and Lionshead Villages. This facility must contain a regulation size ice sheet rink with minimal spectator seating, possibly below grade; and be physically connected to the existing Dobson Ice Arena. It is envisioned that the facility, be multi-use and build upon mountain life style, culture and environment, and attract both guests and residents. Specific ideas that have been considered for this facility include an indoor adventure center (e.g., ice climbing, kayaking, mountain biking, rock climbing, skatepark, skiing/snow boarding), IMAX Theater, and high tech learning/conference center. After evaluating the site and meeting with the Community Facility Team, the design teams are asked to synthesize the ideas mentioned above and criteria mentioned below to develop a creative (wow!) conceptual design for a multi-use facility. Other uses: The design teams should also consider inclusion of the following programming needs in their designs, utilizing the criteria and sites listed below. No use should be considered as necessarily exclusive of other uses: • Activity/entertainment space: i.e. video/arcade room, bowling alley, amusement rides • Arts/crafts • Community theater/auditorium/IMAX Theater/dance floor • Gymnastics Facility • High tech multi-media center, meeting rooms, learning center • Skate park: skateboarding, in-line skates, BMX bikes, etc. • Snack bar/coffee house/deli • Swimming pool w/ retractable cover 4. CRITERIA: The design teams shall identify programming ideas that are consistent with but not necessarily limited by the following criteria: 1. Innovative and creative multi-use design facilities 2. Facility design should be boldly creative and conform to the spirit and intent of applicable master plans 3. Design emphasis on a connection with Vail outdoors, lots of windows and views 4. Recreation and cultural uses need to both be integrated into the overall design 5. Inclusion of mountain recreation activities 6. Facilities should be multi-generation. Certain uses (e.g., youth center, skate park, adventure facility) will emphasize and celebrate youth 7. Compatibility with existing sites and adjacent uses 8. Accommodation of parking needs 9. Comprehensive approach: consideration of several potential sites; integration with other existing/planned valley recreation facilities 2 10. Phasing and economic feasibility should be considered 11. Cost effectiveness and revenue generating potential 12. Environmentally friendly with energy, water, and use of sustainable building practices 5. SITES: At a minimum, the following sites shall be considered: Site Description 1) Charter Bus Lot A sheet of ice shall be incorporated into the design, preferably below grade. This structure should be physically connected to Dobson Ice Arena. Parking is limited on this site. ,2) Dobson Currently an ice arena with 1,500 seats. Ice must be maintained on the site. However, additional programming needs could be considered for this site. 3) Library This site was designed to accommodate another floor of use above the main floor. In addition a basement level, which has access to the south side of the structure, is now vacant and could be expanded. 4) South side of As part of the Lionshead Master Plan, a Lionshead Parking 3-4-floor development is proposed on the Structure south side of the Lionshead Parking structure with the 1" floor being a retail or public use. The upper floors will be used for employee housing. Specific recommendations should be considered for the 1 st floor that may address or complement the charter bus lot site. 5) Old Town Shops This is currently a storage facility for the Town of Vail Public Works Department and a gymnastics facility for the Vail Recreation District. This facility will need to be demolished in the next two-three years to accommodate a below grade sewer expansion. 6) Golf Course Club This clubhouse facility is located on the House Vail Golf Course and has been identified as a site for additional public facilities. This site also accommodates a Nordic facility and outdoor ice rink in the winter. 7) Parks The Town of Vail has 9 parks over an acre in size. Certain identified community uses may be appropriate on park lands (outdoor swimming pool, enclosed pavilion/community meeting room, skate park, etc.). A new park is being planned 3 for the lower bench of Donovan Park. 8) Vail Racquet Club This is currently a private club that has just been sold to the Home Owners Association of the Condominiums that encircle the club. The club currently includes indoor and outdoor tennis courts, indoor.and outdoor swimming pools, exercise equipment, dance room, and restaurant.. The Homeowners Association is interested in upgrading and possibly even redeveloping these facilities. A public/private partnership may-be possible on this site. 9) Fire Station The main Vail Fire station located near the intersection of Vail Rd and West Meadow Drive is being considered for redevelopment. The fire station may be moved in the future, availing this site for consideration. Attached is a map that indicates the location of the above mentioned properties and sites. In addition, a summary of pertinent development standards is provided. Designers are encouraged to contact the Town of Vail for additional clarification on Town development standards. Building plans may be available for some of the existing structures. 6. BACKGROUND ON COMMUNITY INPUT: The 1998 Town of Vail Communitv survev indicated strong interest for the following community facilities (rank is on a scale of 1-5 with 5 being very important): • Youth Center: 3.6 residents/3.1 part time residents • Performing Arts: 3.0 residents/3.5 part time residents • Conference Center: 3.0 residents/3.2 part time residents • Community Theater: 2.8 residents/3.1 part time residents The Vail Tomorrow process and the Building Community team identified the following community facilities needs (not listed in order of priority): • 2nd sheet of ice • Gymnastics Facility • Performing Arts: Dance area for youth & seniors • Arts and Crafts • Community swimming pool • Youth Center i.e., video arcade, game room, bowling alley, coffee house • Skate park: (already operating in a temporary structure) • Community Meeting Rooms • Neighborhood Parks in West Vail • High tech multi-media center 4 V ` The Building Community team also developed a purpose statement which is to "facilitate creation of a multi purpose building that meets community needs, serving people from all demographic groups, all ages and full time, part-time and seasonal residents." The Vail Recreation District has identified the following community facility related needs based on public input: • New gymnastics facility to replace the existing facility at the Old Town. Shops • New and improved youth center • Creation of a 2"d sheet of ice • Arts and Crafts facility • Improved locker space for Dobson and improved facilities for performances in Dobson The 1998 Common Ground process did not address specific uses but did identify two sites for further consideration for community facilities. These sites are the Charter Bus Lot on the East Side of the Lionshead parking structure and the Golf Course Clubhouse. The Lionshead Master Plan, which was adopted on December 15, 1998, identifies the area east of the Lionshead Parking structure as a civic hub. The plan states "the civic hub of Lionshead is comprised of Dobson Ice Arena, the Vail Public Library, the Lionshead parking structure and the proposed Vail Civic Center site." The land was purchased in the 1970s for the purpose of creating a civic center. Most recently a group of 5 planning, entertainment, and development executives from companies outside the Vail Valley, participated in a charette to brainstorm ideas to distinguish Vail as the Premier Mountain Resort Community. This was an initiative by the Vail Community Task Force. Among other recommendations, the charette participants made the following conclusions related to community facilities: • Vail = skiing: When you say skiing, people need to think Vail. • Build facilities that compliment the mountain environment. Build amenities around the theme of skiing and mountain sports. We need a world class community facility that serves both residents and guests. • We need these facilities today. Don't just talk about it-build it. • Build a regional system of world class facilities. Don't duplicate what already exists between Wolcott and Vail. FIEVERYONEMEFF/COMFAC/SCOPE 5 MEMORANDUM .TO: Town Council FROM: Community Facilities Team DATE: February 16, 1999 SUBJECT: COMMUNITY FACILITIES SCOPE OF WORK Staff: Russ Forrest, Jeff Hunt, Diane Johnson, Piet Peters, Suzanne Silverthorn 1. INTRODUCTION Staff is requesting review and approval by the Vail Town Council of the attached Scope of Work that will be provided to the selected design teams regarding the development of a Community Facilities program (See Attachment 1). II. BACKGROUND On January 5, 1999, Town Council gave direction to proceed in developing a Community Facilities program for the Town of Vail in partnership with the Vail Recreation District. Since then, staff has met with various community member organizations including the Vail Recreation District, Vail Associates, Vail Valley Foundation, and the Vail Valley Tourist and Convention Bureau. The products of these meetings, include: • Timeline for the project tasks • Request for proposals (RFP) that has been sent to about 100 consultants (designers) • Draft instructions to be reviewed and approved by Council.(this.agenda item) • General scoping of the process III. PROCESS Attachment 2 includes an approximate project time frame. Due to the nature of each step, some flexibility in this timeline is necessary. This time frame, as currently estimated, would lead to a public bond election in November. ' In determining the required time for submitting ballot issues (approximately the end of July), staff has concluded that placing a question on this November's election to pay for community facilities would be extremely tight. Meeting this time frame would require the Town Council and the community to very rapidly choose a preferred alternative in the month of June and then further refine the costs for construction and operation. It would also accelerate the timetable for private fund raising. A project of this kind does have significant potential for private financing. With this in mind, staff is recommending TOWN VYA that we build in a "check point" in the month of June to evaluate whether a November 1999 bond election is possible. The next phases of the project involve:, • Interviewing the design teams (March 19) o Selection of three design teams to present conceptual proposals (March 22) Beginning the design process with a public tour of existing community facilities and possible sites for the new facilities (April 8). F:\EVERYONE\COUNCIL\MEMOS\99\CF-SCOPE 2 VAIL COMMUNITY FACILITIES MILESTONES A Chronology: Past & Present 1966 Town of Vail is Incorporated 1973 Voters approve a $3 million bond issue for the purchase of Ford Park, 39 acres. - Election vote: 229 Yes 97 percent 8 No 3 percent 1977 Voters approve a $1.8 million bond issue for "acquiring, constructing, installing and equipping an enclosed ice skating arena and multi-purpose facility." (Dobson Arena) Election vote: 152 Yes 68 percent 70 No 32 percent 1982 Voters approve a $3 million bond issue for "acquiring, constructing, installing and equipping a new public library." Election vote: 233 Yes 66 percent 121 No 34 percent 1984 Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater constructed for $1 million in Ford Park. Privately funded through the Gerald Ford Foundation, currently called the Vail Amphitheater Corporation, which is a subsidiary of the Vail Valley Foundation. 1987 Voters defeat a $16 million bond issue for the proposed Congress Hall convention center on the charter lot site. Election vote: 342 Yes 35 percent 624 No 65 percent 1990 Voters within the Vail Recreation District defeat a $5.5 million bond issue for "acquiring, constructing, installing and completing a year-round indoor and outdoor aquatic facility" to be'located in Ford Park. Election vote: 190 Yes 17 percent 907 No 83 percent 1993 Voters defeat a $20 million public-private proposal that would have funded a performing arts and conference center on the charter lot through a new sales tax of 0.9 percent on restaurants and bars, and a 1.8 percent sales tax on lodging. The facility included a 950 seat theater and conference rooms for multiple groups averaging 200 to 400 people. A grand ballroom also was proposed that would hold up to 1,500 for special events and concerts. The plan included pooling public revenues with $4.5 million in private donations. Half of the special tax revenues were to be dedicated to pay the annual operating costs of the facility; the other half was proposed to be "used to pay off the debt from the bonds. The ballot was worded in such a way as to mandate retirement of roughly half of the tax in 20 years, when the bonds had been paid off. Election vote: 391 Yes 43 percent 517 No 57 percent 1994 Voters within the Vail Recreation District turn down a $2.6 million revenue bond issue for the construction and operation of a par-three, nine-hole golf course. Election vote: 427 Yes 29 percent 1,027 No 71 percent I fl isS9 2000 2001 1 2002 _ 200.7 _ 2064 ID Task Name iJ F M A MIJIJ A S C N D J F M A M J J A S CIN D J F MIA M J J A 5 0 N DIJ F M A M J J A S OIN u J r M A M,JIJ A S 01 N I D I JIFIMIAIMIJIJIAIa IOINIDIJIFIMiAIMI 1 Complete Schedule 2 Setup meeting for Week Jan 18th IR s ] Set up budget with Stavei I R ss j i 4 Develop RFP ® Jeff- Russ 5 Develop short list for RFP eft 1 I 6 Contact Peter Jamer on Avon Village I let ' 7 Conrad other Rec ANhoraies I let Peters I 8 Contact Vdlar Center $ y bill I I III Navas A Contact Berry Creek planners I ff 16 Develop Draft Instruction 11 Begin Identifying private sponsors 12 Meeting to Discuss Instruction B Final RFP 4tafl Com Fac Team 13 Issue RFP 14 Work Session on Instncnions I CouncIWRO 15 Final Evening Meeting with Count on Instructions I T , CcurkIWRD 16 RFP receved by TOV 17 I Raview Responses wdh Team 8 invite for interviivs 18 I Imerview Teams 11Com Faa. Team - 19 (Select Teams FCom Fac TeafVRDlCounell 20 Arrange Tourwl Slakeholaers I -.Corn Fac Team j 21 PubkTourw/SlakeMlders I TCammmty 22 I Teams cieveop plans w OesYg Teams 23 Presentation of Preliminary concepts Com Fix Teem 24 Teams Revise Plans S Design Teams 25 Open Muse I f ' Community 26 ( Meal wdhstakholders on alternatives I CanmuNty 27 I Faa!dy committee meeting to review recomencialon I h 28 Worksesson with Council TCourolVPublic 29 Special Evening Meeting on prelerred ahemative Council/Public 30 VRD B Council Meeting To Review Election Slabs 31 Develop marketing program for Election ~e 32 I Develop Fnaricaf plan 33 Bona Language Developed 34 E'ection I 35 IConsinxion Drawigs f t .Design Team 36 I PECIDRB'Counnl Review iwTOV I 37 Building Permit L 38 Constntction for Charter Bus Lot hTOV aft -I Conbazlor Page 1 j Januarv February I March April ------1 May June JuIV Auaust September I October I ID Task Name 1 10 1 17 2- 1 31 1 7 1 14 1 21 128 1 7 14 1 21 1 28 1 4 1 11 1 18 1 25 1 2 1 9 1 16 23 30 1 6 1 13 1 20 27 1 4 1 11 1 78 25 1 1 1 8 1 15 1 22 1 29 1 5 1 12 1 19 1 26 1 2 I_C 1 Complete Schedule 2 I Set up meeting for Week Jan ISth I Russ 3 Set up budget with Steve T Russ Gev::'co RFp I Jeff. Russ 5 Deve,opsnon:.::*crRFP I Jeff 6 I Contact Peter Jamer on Avon Village Piet 7 Contact other Rec Aulhonles Piet Peters 8 Ccmact Villar Center I ~Syblll Navas' 9 Contact Berry Creek planners Im Jeff 10 Develop Draft Instruction 11 Begin Identifying private sponsors 12 (Meeting to Discuss hsaacbn BFinaI RFP I-6tad Coin Fac Teem 13 Issue RFP I, 14 Woo Session on Instru=ns -6enncIVVRD 15 Final Evening Meetingw;M Council on Instructions CouncIVVRO 16 RFP recleued by iOV 17 Review Responses with Team 8 invite for interviews 16 'Interview Teams om Fac. Team I 19 I Select Teams Coin Fee TeaIVRDICouncll 20 Arrange Tour wl Stakenoders am Fac Teem ci 21 Puolic Tour w/Stakeholcers 22 Teams develop plans Desing Teams 23 Presentation of Preliminary concepts Cam Fac Teem 24 Teams Revise Plans Design Teams 25 Open house I Communlty: 26 Meet with stakholcers on alternatives Cornmunity 27 Facility Committee Meeting to review racomendatbn 28 Worksession with Council CounciVPublb 29 Special Evening Meeting at preferred alternative ICounoiVPubllc I: 30 VRD 8 Council Meeting To Review Election status R 1 31 Develop marketing progamfor Election 32 Develop Finanical plan F+ ^x 33 Bond Language Developed 34 Election I . 35 I Construction Drawings 36 I PEODRBiCouncil Review Page 1 4VAIL TOWN OOffice of the Town Attorney • , 75 South Frontage Road Vail, Colorado 81657 970-479-2107/Fax 970-479-2157 TM MEMORANDUM TO: Vail Town Council FROM: R. Thomas Moorhead, Town Attorney V DATE: February 10, 1999 RE: Miller Ranch/Berry Creek Intergovernmental Agreement Attached is the latest draft of the Miller Ranch/Berry Creek Intergovernmental Agreement. It is anticipated that this will be subject to final approval and ratification in February, 1999. Because this is a document presently subject to negotiation it is not available for public dissemination at this time. Thanks. J \ RTM/aw Attachments O • RECYCLEDPAPER j DRAFTS 3: n'1 4! 034 W99 -$9/3$198 8: 01/30/99 MILLER RANCH-BERRY CREEK INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT 1. PARTIES. The parties to this Miller Ranch-Berry Creek Intergovernmental Agreement (Agreement) are the EAGLE COUNTY RECREATION AUTHORITY, a gaao- municipal corporation of the State of Colorado (Authority), and the EAGLE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT RE-50J, a public school district of the State of Colorado (District). 2. RECITALS AND PURPOSE. The Authority is the fee simple owner of a 105-acre parcel of real property located in Eagle County, Colorado, commonly referred to as the Bevy Creek 5th Filing and which is depicted on the attached EXHIBIT A. The legal description of the Authority's real property is set forth on the attached EXHIBIT B. The District is the fee simple owner of the adjacent 109-acre parcel of real property located in Eagle County, Colorado, commonly referred to as the Miller Ranch and which is depicted on the attached EXHIBIT A. The legal description of the District's real property is attached as EXHIBIT C. As of the date of this Agreement, the Authority has allowed a portion of the property to be utilized as an equestrian center. The District has constructed Berry Creek Middle School on a portion of its real property and is leasing other portions of its real property to Stevens Home Care, hie., J.T. Berga Company, Inc., and an existing residence to an employee of the District. The balance of the parties' respective real property is undeveloped. Prior to the signing of this Agreement, the parties determined that it was in their respective interests, and in the best interest of the public, to . engage in joint planning for their respective real property to ensure that the entire 214-acre parcel (Property) is utilized in the most appropriate manner possible. Accordingly, through a joint planning process with significant public input and involvement, the parties have developed t1 e Concept Plan which is attached to this Agreement as EXHIBIT D. The purpose of this Agreement is to reflect the agreement of the parties that Miller Ranch and Berry Creek 5th Filing will be planned as if the two parcels were' one and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Now, therefore, in consideration of the mutual promises contained in this Agreement, the parties covenant and agree to the terms and conditions set forth in the following paragraphs. 3. JOINT PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT. The parties agree that the entire Property shall be utilized by the respective parties in accordance with the designations set forth on the Concept Plan attached to this Agreement as EXHIBIT D. In fulfillment of such agreement, the parties agree as follows: r , 3.1 Conveyancing/Timing. The conveyancing referred to in Paragraphs 3.2 through 3.5 below shall be accomplished by general warranty deeds conveying fee simple title }o car : ctc: riffs; free and clear of all the respective parcels involved, ineltt6nt liens and encumbrances and subject only to easements, restrictions and rights-of-way of record, if any- but not including annurtenant water rights. Upon one party's request fora conveyance of the other party's real property to the requesting party, the remaining conveyances referred to in this paragraph 3 shall occur. The parties further agree that the timetable on which one party develops the parcels wlvch it now owns, or may own in the future, is independent of the timetable on which the other party develops the parcels it now owns, or may own in the future; provided, however, that the conveyance of any Parcel from one party to the other party will trigger conveyances of all other parcels. 3.2 11'.o1 Sebool Facility. Upon the District's Nvritten request, the Authority agrees to convey Parcel A to the District for construction of a school and related facilities. fof A school facility may include a high school, or the development of a magnet school 6r other type of learning center provided that the primary purpose of such facilities is io provide ptthl:~ education for the citizens of Eagle Cottnty~ on Parcel A. The District further agrees that if it constructs a high school on the Pronerty. it will be located on Parcel A. 3.3 Recreational. Upon the Authority's written request, the District agees to convey to the Authority that portion of Parcel 3 which is owned by the District to the Authority for use for recreational facilities and activities as described in naras-,r?-oh 7 below. I 3.4 Housing. Upon the Authority's written request, the District agrees to convey to the Authority that portion of Parcel 2 which is owned by the District for use for housing as described in DaragraDh 7 below. I 3.5 Open Space. Upon the Authority's written request, the District agrees to convey to the Authority Parcels 4 and 5 €er-use for open space and passive recreational activities. Parcels 4 and 5 shall be maintained in a oredoniinantly natural condition. Development on Parcels 4 and 5 shall be limited to trails, picnic facilities, restrooms and trailhead parking. The parties further acknowledee and covenant that Cemet?rti Road is currently located on Parcel 5 and nothing in this Agreement shall restrict the future maintenance, ungradine or exDansion of this,road., 4. EASEMENT AND RIGHT-OF-WAY. By that certain Conveyance of Easement recorded on February 20, 1992 in the real property records of Eagle County Colorado in Book 573 at Page 262, the Authority conveyed a non-exclusive, perpetual easement. across its property to the June Creek Ranch Company. Thereafter, by Quit Claim Deed recorded as Reception No. 549209 on October 21, 1994 in Boot: 653 at Page 173, June Creek Ranch Company quit claimed such easement to the District. Effective upon the execution of this Agreement, and the partie's' joint determination of the exact location and legal description of the easement, the Authority agrees to execute and to deliver to the District for recording that certain Deed of Perpetual Non- Exclusive Easement described on the attached EXHIBIT E. The District and the Authority agree to construct a road on such easement to be known as the Miller Ranch Road, and to m4e O.ZLIEMTSE'XCSVI0A-EA0LE CY NEC A DISTRICT QNAR 6.000 Y improvements to the intersection of the Miller Ranch Road and the Edwards Spur Road, pursuant to the terms and cost sharing arrangements which will be contained in a separate agreement. 5. CONSULTATION WITH OTHER GOVERNNIENTAL ENTITIES. The parties have been consulting with the appropriate officials of Eagle County, Colorado (County), the We-stem Eagle County Metropolitan Recreation District (WECNIRD), the Berry Creek Metropolitan District, and the Edwards Metropolitan District regarding the parties' joint development of the Property. The parties agree to continue with such consultations and agree to cooperate with other governmental entities to ensure compliance with Colorado law and the - applicable rules, regulations and policies of such entities to the extent that such riles, regulatioiIis and policies are applicable to the parties as political subdivisions of the State of Colorado. 6. BOUNDARY LINE CONFLICT. As shox;m on Exhibit A, the parties acknowledge that there is a conflict between the Authority's easterly boundary line and the District's westerly boundary line which will be resolved at the time the District conveys a portions of Parcels .2 and 3 to the Authority__ an' fn_ tkar a? `1;a tiF z Eis~ ca c~ ~ a pa e :,F n = 2 tc Aut` Pity 7. ACREAGE, USE AND OWNERSHIP. The Parties agree that their respective parcels of real property which total approximately 214 acres will be subdivided into 132 separate parc4s as described below: Parcel Annrox. Acres Anticipated Use Present Ownershin Future Ownership. A 25.0 I3 School Facility Authority District B 11.0 Elenient&it School Facility District District C 12.0 Middle School District District D 14.0 It Housing District District a: Ss'-.za4 School District District E 7.0 C_11-. Facility F 8.0 Alternative Use District District Road 7BD Public Road Auth_/Dist_. Eagle 6ty-Cottinty 1 21.0 &jue Multinle Authority Authority 2 16.0 Attdir3ray Housing Auth_/Dist. Authority 3 41.0 Recreational Use Auth./Dist.. Authority 4 14.5 Open Space District Authority 5 22.5 Open Space District Authority 6 5.5 Mtultinle Use Authoritv Authority Total 192.9 197.5 a-Tc be The acreage of indiv;diial parcels are anoroximate and subject to refinement during the formal. subdivision of the Property. The total acreage of individual Darcels indicated above is 197.5 acres and the total acreage of the entire Property is 214 acres. This discrepailcy is because, 0 %CIJEMTS1"C4OVCA•EACtE Cy REC & DISTRR;T DRAFT &.DOC 3 portions of the PmnetTV, yucr as area.,, ~f steep slope, are not included within individual parcels, and further because the number of acres matured for the Public Road depicted on EXHIBIT D has not vet been determined. The parties AL-0-et agree that, in the fitture, their respective needs may change and that. prior to convevancine the size and configuration of the above-described parcels may need to be adjusted. I In such event, and upon written request, the parties agree to negotiate in good faith concerning such matters. The parties further agree that with .p.roper_p_lannina and design the anticipated uses of the Pronertv are com_natible. The parties agree to consult with each other prior to the development bf am' Parcel. The nttmose of such cons_~i aation is to ensure site sneeific design and develoomentlis responsive to existing and anticipated uses on surrounding Parcels. Anticipated uses provide' a general indication of the future use of each parcel. With the exception of use restrictions outlined in paragraphs 3.2 and 3.5 above, nothinp- in this Agreement shall hind each party to the anticipated uses outlined above. Further description of anticipated uses are as follows:. vtultI - le Llse: Open space. recreation. eauestrian center. utilitv facility or other usc. consistent with the future needs of the Authority. Alternative Use: Education facilities, administrative offices, trans it/maintenance facilities and other uses consistent with the future needs of the District. Recreational Use: Indoor or outdoor recreational facilities or nrocrams including. but nbt, limited to. hall fields. courts, pools, ice rinks trails, and related facilities. Housing: Single-family, dunlex, torn home, condominium or apartment dwelling unitst I 8. ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS OR ACTION. The parties agree to execute any additional documents and to Like any additional action necessary to carry out this Agreement., including., but not limited to, the following: 8.1 Design and cost sharing agreement for the construction of `filler Ranch Road, including such Road's intersection with the Edwards Spur Road, as referenced in paragraph d above. i 8.2 Design and cost sharing agreement(s) for the construction of infrastructure necessary to develop the Property. 8.3 Joint use agreements for athletic fields, playing fields, recreational facilities, gymnasiums and the like. 8.4 An agreement between the parties concerning irrigation operations at?d maintenance matteTs which is based upon the respective amount of ground which each party irrigates. 8.5 Agreements concerning services provided to the Property by several special districts. CACWENTSZE ICSDIGA.E/GLE Cr REC E DISTRICT DRAFT E DOC 8.6 The legal descriptions for the Miller Ranch Road and for all parcels. I ~•~v .:.r.:.::~:~ 219a.: F~~ r.c:Yr}t-:.'." :-1=Etjt~-on z3c~-~£t'1_ 8.7 Upon execution of this Agreement, the parties will mutually determine the sco e, nature and extent of review of their development plan required by law and Eagle County regulations and will pursue the required procedures. 9. WATER RIGHTSIIRRIGATION. A: =11 d:._-'T3 i i9E: ~uai~cr7 rky:fa. _?eltse-~e-~3ft~•~~_ }E'$ £ Ci ~arc~i~yf to3~- r ~ 3s j' rsr~ '1/}:~: 'r'.~,l:E~ _'~tla:cR 9G ta, ar:d afe > Yy, £l: z; E:tah, uha pL de net kipu -an ?:sits t;~kl-tc any Each ram' shall retain its respective water riohts,indenendent of the convevance of Fuiv Parcel. Nothinv in this Agreement shall nrevent either tarty from modifvine the Howard Ditch. provide such modifications do not limit or adversely/ impact the use of said ditch by the other )arty_ 10. COVENANTS RUNNING WITH THE LAND. The parries agree that this Agreement shall be recorded; that the covenants set forth in this Agreement shall run with the land; and that the covenants set forth in this Agreement shall survive any conveyances made by one party to the other party pursuant to the teens of this Agreement. 11. CONSULTATION. The parties aclutowledge that, over the term of this Agreement, issues will arise concerning implementation of this Agreement which the parties have not now contemplated. Recognizing that a high level of cooperation between the parties is necessary d desirable, the parties agree to consult with each other from time to time concerni g implementation of this Agreement and further agree that their respective representatives w 11 meet to conduct such consultation upon ten days written request given by one party to the oth Fr party. In addition, each parry shall from time to time designate in writing such party's "contact person" for all matters involving the administration of this Agreement. 12. DISPUTE RESOLUTION. If, following the consultation required by Paragraph 1 above and good faith efforts on the part of both parties to resolve any disputes regarding this Agreement a dispute still exists, the parties agree to submit such dispute to non-bin di 19 mediation. If the parties fail to reach a settlement of their dispute within 30 days after the earlte,t date upon which one of the parties has notified the other parry of its desire to attempt to resoIYe the dispute, then the dispute shall be promptly submitted to non-binding mediation by a singe mediator provided by the Judicial Arbiter Group (JAG) of Denver, Colorado, any successor to JAG, or any similar provider of mediation services which is able to furnish a former judge to conduct such mediation if JAG or a successor to JAG is no longer in existence. If, follows g such mediation process, the parties' dispute still exists, the parties shall have the right to purs e any other remedies provided under Colorado law. 13. TERIM. The term of this Agreement shall continence on the date set forth below and shall end on June 30, 2020, or until all conveyances (including those with deed restrictionls) contemplated by this Agreement whichever event occurs first. Thereafter, the parttrs contemplate, that intergovernmental agreements addressing any remaining or ongon}g management issues will be entered into between the parties. C1CUENT3'11CSD'aGA4AGLe CI AEC A DISTRICT DRAFT I OOC 14. ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement shall not be assigned or delegated except with the prior written consent of the parties. 15. NOTICES. 15.1 Notices. Every notice and other communication required or permitted tinder the terms of this Lease, shall be in Nvritin.- and shall be deemed properly given if sent by registered or certified mail, postage fully prepaid, addressed to the Party to be given sit I h notice or other communication and, when so addressed, shall be deemed to have been " properly served, valid and sufficient for all purposes hereof, 72 hours after being deposited in a United States Post Office. 15.2 Addresses. All notices and other communications to the parties sha11 be mailed to their respective addresses as indicated below: a. Authority: Eagle County Recreation Authority C/o Town of Vail 75 South Frontage Road Vail, Colorado 81657 and Eagle County Recreation Authority c/o Robertson & Marchetti, P.C. 28 Second Street, Suite 213 P.O. Box 600 Edwards, Colorado 81632-0600 b. District: Eagle County School District RE-50J Attention: Superintendent P.O. Box 740 Eagle, Colorado 81631 and Eagle County School District RE-50J c/o Daniel F. Bernard, Esq. Bernard, Lyons & Gaddis, P.C. P.O. Box 978 Longmont, Colorado 80502-0978 The patties reserve and shall have the right to change from time to time their said respective addresses for the purposes of this Agreement. Every such change of address shall be by notice n writing given in the manner described in Paragraph 15.1 above. 16. INTEGRATION AND AMENDMENT. This Agreement represents the enti e agreement between the parties and there are no oral or collateral agreements or understandin s. This Agreement may be amended only by an instrument in writing signed by the parties. G..ACLIENTST%eCSO11GA.[AGLE CY REC A 018MCT DRAFT • DOC 17. WAIVER OF BREACH. The waiver by any party to this Agreement of a breach of ar~y term or provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach by any party. 18. BINDING EFFECT. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upoi , the parties, and their respective legal representatives, successors, and assigns; provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to permit the assignment of this Agreeme~ t except as otherwise specifically authorized in this Agreement. 19. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of Colorado. 20. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement is declared to be invalid, void r unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be deemed to > e severable, and all other provisions of this Agreement shall remain fully enforceable, and s Agreement shall be interpreted in all respects as if such provision were omitted. 21. DATED. '1999. EAGLE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT RE-50J By President, Board of Education P.O. Box 740 Eagle, Colorado 81631 (970) 328-6321 (970) 328-1024 (Fax) ATTEST: Secretary EAGLE COUNTY RECREATION AUTHORITY By President 75 South Frontage Road Vail, Colorado 81657 (970) 949-4020 (970) 476-7325 (Fax) ATTEST: Secretary 0:%CL1ENT91Z1EC30VGA•EAGIE CY REC 8 OSTRICT DRAFT 8.000 7 STATE OF COLORADO ) COUNTY OF EAGLE ) The foregoing Agreement was acknowledged before me this _ day of , 1999, by as President, and by is Secretary, of the Board of Education of Eagle County School District R.E-50J. Witness my hand and official seal. My commission expires: Notary Public STATE OF COLORADO ) COUNTY OF EAGLE ) The foregoing Agreement was aclmowledged before me this day of 1999, by , as Chairman, and by , as Secretary, of Eagle County Recreation Authority. Witness my hand and official seal. My commission expires: Notary Public 0 %CUENT$11ECS0UCA-EbCIE Cy REC L DISTRICT DRAFT E.DOC p Sent By: KNUDTSEN AND COMPANY, LLC; 3038317076; Feb-16-99 8:03AM; Page 1/9 KNUDTSEN AND COMPANY CONSULTING, LLC ANDREW M. KNOTSEN 745 Marion Street, Denver, Co 80218 (303) 831-7784 Fax (303) 831-7076 aknudtsen@juno.com FACSIMILE COVER SHEET Date: February 16, 1999 To: Rick MacCutcheon 970/845-2555 Chuck Powers 9701926-7020 Ludwig Kurz 970/645-5945 Rob Ford 970/476-9384 Tom Moorhead 970/479-2452 cc: Ken Marchetti 9701926-6040 Rick Pylman 970/949-1979 Number of pages (including cover sheet) 9_ COMMENTS Gentlemen, Attached are the revised affordable housing policies and parameters, as we discussed yesterday at noon. Please call me with additional suggestions, if you have them. Andy. Sent By: KNUDTSEN AND COMPANY, LLC; 3038317076; Feb-16-99 8:04AM; Page 219 Memorandum To: Eagle County Recreation Authority Fro m' ECRA Affordable Housing Subcommittc~- Andy Knudt%en, Knudtsen and Company Consulting, LLC Subject: Affordable housing development partuncturs and policies Date: February 12, 1999 Revised 2/15/99 1. Introduction The proposed master plan fbr Berry Creek 5th Filing and Miller Ranch combines the resources of the Eagle County Recreation Authority and the Eagle County School District to provide a variety of community needs. The proposed master plan designates 11 parcels for a variety of uses such as open space, Futurc school sites, affordable housing and recreation. Below is a summary of the proposed uses and the corresponding acreage: Use Number of Approximate Parcels Acreage Schools 4 55 Recreation Area 1 41 (men space 2 37 Housing 2 30 Alternative Uses 2 29 At its January 8, 1999 meeting, the F.agle County Recreation Authority appointed an affordable housing subcommittee, made up of representatives from Berry Creek, Chuck Powers, Arrowhead, Rick MacCutcheon, and the Town of Vail, Rob Ford and Tom Moorhead. This subcommittee met several times to create a framework for the affordable housing development, which is provided below. IT. Desired Housing Development A. Overall Goal At build out, there will be 200 units on the parcel. i 50% of development, potentially 100 units, are to be rental apartments. 50% of the development, potentially another 100 units, are to be owner--occupied homes. j These development figures pertain to the 16-acre parcel Berry Creek parcel.. Additional ! units on the Miller Ranch parcel are likely to be built and are to be pursued by the School District. - i February 12, 1999 Revised 2/1:5/99 Page I of 8 Prepared for the Eaglc County Recreation Authority by Knudtsen and Company Consulting, LLC Sent By: KNUDTSEN AND COMPANY, LLC; 3038317076; Feb-16-99 8:04AM; Page 3/9 B. Deed Restrictions All units will be deed restricted as affordable housing. There will be no free market homes within the development C. Building Type 1. Rental Units The building forth for the rental units will be similar to the Lake Creek development. Buildings will be clustered, varying in height from two to three stories. Buildings will be sited to blend with the site and with other buildings- Taller buildings may be situated next to the base of the steep slope on the northern side of the site. Specific unit mix will be determined in April, once the reports quantifying housing needs for the county are available. Conceptual site planning can move forward, as the plans can be modified later to accouunodate the appropriate unit mix. 2. Ownership Units The building form of the ownership units will be determined during the conceptual site planning exercise. While the committee is open to all types of building forms at this time, there is a general preference for townhouse and duplex style of development, recognizing a limited potential for single family. Some consideration will be given to nec-traditional development, similar to West Eagle and new developments in Breckenridge. Condominium style of development will be considered as it may work particularly well for the one-bedroom component in the development. D. Management of the Rental Units Management of the rental units was a concern that was raised, specifically the economy of scale. Given the potential of combining rental product with additional rental units on the Miller Ranch site and given the presence of established management companies in the vicinity of this site, 100 rental units were determined to be acceptable. Management staff will be responsible for screening all prospective tenants, verifying compliance with applicable restrictions, notifying member entities of available units (per the distribution standards listed below), and other typical management duties. F. Caretaker Apartments within Ownership Homes There may be some opportunity for caretaker units to be included within the ownership housing. The benefit of including this component is that it will allow local families to off set their mortgage payments with rental income. Concerns about this use are that additional regulations will be required to insure that the caretaker units are not abused by over use (potential use by multiple seasonal workers, for example) or under use (potential use by extended family, rather than local employees). Compromise reached by stating that any caretakers to be included in the development will be driven by the overall financial needs of the development (i_e_, if additional revenue from this type of product is needed to make the overall proforma work). F. Miscellaneous Apartment residents will be given top priority to purchase ownership units, when they become available in the future. February 12, 1999 Revised 2115/49 Page 2 of 8 Prepared for the Eagle County Recreation Authority by Knudtsen and Company Consulting, LLC Sent By: KNUDTSEN AND COMPANY, LLC; 3038317076; Feb-16-99, 8:05AM; Page 4/9 II. Distribution of the Homes Rental Ownership The 100 rental units will be split into two The 100 ownership units will also be split groups with approximately three- into two pools with the same break down quarters in the first pool and one quarter between the ECRA member entities and the in the second. Pool A will be made up general public. Pool A, made up of 77 units, of 77 units and will be made available to will be made available to the ECRA member the ECRA member entities- Pool B will entities. Pool B, made up of 23 units, will be made up of 23 units and will be made be made available to the general public. available to the general public. Any units in Pool A which are not utilized by All 100 units will be deed restricted. The the member entities will be made restriction will be included since the land available to the general public through will be contributed to development at below Pool B. market value. Because this lowers the purchase price and makes the housing Pool A Rental affordable, the restriction will run in The 77 units in Pool A will be made perpetuity. The intent is to ensure future available to ECRA member entities in generations benefit from the initial pricing, proportion to current representation on not just the first purchasers. Appreciation the ECRA.. Unit counts have been will be limited to an annual rate of 3% (or rounded to the next highest whole 50% of CPI, which ever is gcatcr), plus number, as follows: costs for assessments and functional improvements. (See Exhibit A for complete Arrowhead (5.0%) 4 units list of elements which can be included in the Beaver Creek: (5.0%) 4 units resale price.) Berry Creek (6.5%) 5 units Eagle County (11%) 9 units As part of the development process, a Eagle Vail: (6.5%) 5 units market analysis will be conducted to assess Town of Avon (6.0%) 5 units demand for the proposed product. The Town of Vail (60%) 45 units working assumption is that demand will exceed supply and that a lottery will be Each entity will decide how to distribute necessary to allocate the units- its share of units, with the understanding: The basic eligibility for lottery applicants, ? that the tenants sign 12 month which reflects the elements of the deed leases; restriction, are listed as follows: ? that the tenants must be full-time employees; ? At least one member of the household o while having to document that they must be a full-time employee, averaging will be full-time employees, the 30 hours per week over the course of tenants would not have to document one year, at a business located within a history of local employment; Eagle County. o The purchaser (s) must document a minimum of one year of local residency and employment. February 12, 1999 Revised 2/15/99 Page 3 of 8 j Prepared for the Eagle County Recreation Authority by Knudtsen and Company Consulting, LLC i - I Sent By: KNUDTSEN AND COMPANY, LLC; 3038317076; Feb Page 5/9 I i. Rental Con'd Ownership Con'd o that seasonal employees would not u The purchasWs) be allowed; and ? may not have owned real estate in ? that there would be an expectation the last three years, or for long term employment. o must be move-up buyers from other local deed restricted affordable Full-time employment is defined as an housing developments within Eagle average of 30 hours per week, over the County. course of one year, at a business ? For units which are three bedrooms or located within Eagle County. Changing larger, applicants must document a employers does not affect compliance family size of three or more individuals. with the guidelines listed above, as long U For one and two bedroom units, there as employment remains within Eagle will be no minimum household size County, requirement. For the purposes of determining household size, applicants if a member entity does not use its full may include all persons related to the allocation of units, it can yield its share applicant by blood, marriage, or to other entities, including, other entities adoption. If the applicant plans to within ECRA, contract employees, other include dependents, they must be listed public entities (i.e. the ambulance on federal income tax forms and reside district), or other businesses. in the household at least six months and one day out of every 12-month period of If a member entity chooses to hold its time. share of units for future ? 75% of the purchaser's income must be employees/tenants, and does not yield earned income, as documented with tax its be share to Pool B in a timely forms or W2's. Dividends, interest, trust manner, it will be responsible for paying distributions, per IRS regulations, do not the rent for the units while they are qualify as earned income. vacant. ? The applicant4 must be prequalifed for the purchase price by a mortgage broker Pool B Rental or lending institution. There will be 23 units made available to the general public. Basic eligibility for Note that changing employers does not occupancy for this group includes: affect basic eligibility, as long as employment remains within Eagle County- o minimum history of one year of full- time employment within Eagle Pool A Ownership County and; The 77 units in this group are to be made ? continued full-time local employment available to buyers designated by member status. entities. All potential buyers must meet the hmic eligibility listed above- Each entity In order to secure reasonable bond will have the right to select and prioritize its financing, management will have the designees to purchase its share of units. The prerogative to lease units to tenants not distribution of the units reflects the meeting these criteria to keep vacancy representation of the ECRA, rounded up to rates at reasonable levels. However, the next highest whole number: this action will be taken only after priority has been give to the tenants meeting basic eligibility listed above. February 12, 1999 Revised 2115/99 Page 4 of 8 Prepared for the Eagle County Recreation Authority by Knudtsen and Company Consulting, LLC I Sent By: KNUDTSEN AND COMPANY, LLC; 3038317076; Feb-16-99 8:06AM; Page 6/9 r i I r Ften ii Con'd Owncrship'Con'd All 100 rental units will be ma.nz ged by Arrowhead (5.0%) 4 units i on-site staff. The staff responsibilities, Beaver Creek; (5.0%) 4 units i in additional to the conventional tusks of Berry Creek (6.5%) 5 units leasing, maintenance, etc., will include Eagle County (11%) 9 units communicating with each member Eagle Vail: (6.5%) 5 units entity, making the appropriate supply of Town of Avon (6.0%) 4 units units available to the appropriate entity, Town of Vail (60%) 45 units and screening prospective tenant to verify compliance with standards. If a member entity does not use its full allocation of units, it can yield its share to: a- other member entities; b-- contract employees; c-- other public entities; or d-- local businesses. Pool B Ownership The 23 units in this group are to be made available for sale to the general public. All potential buyers meeting the basic eligibility listed above will be included in a single tottery. Each applicant will have an equal chance of being randomly selected. Future Distributions From time to time, the ownership units will be resold as initial purchasers move out of the development. All potential buyers must meet basic eligibility. The future sales of the ownership dwelling units will not be broken into two separate pools. Futurc ownership patterns are intended to reflect the original representation of the ECRA. Overtime, if a member entity loses some of its share, it will have the right to "claw back" to restore the balance of the original representation of the ECRA. In that event, its designee will have top priority to purchase the resale. Ili the event no member entity exercises its right to select a purchaser for the resale, a lottery will be held made up of applicants from the general public. Two tiers will be created for the random drawing. The top tier will be those applicants currently living in the Berry Creek apartments. The lower tier will be all i other applicants. ` i i February 12, 1999 Revised 2/15/99 Page 5 of 8 i Prepared for the Eagle County Recreation Authority by Knudtsen and Company Consulting, LLC Sent By: KNUDTSEN AND COMPANY, LLC; 3038317076; Feb-16-99 8:06AM; Page 7/9 lll. Setting Price Points Setting sales and rental prices will involve market analysis and proformas and will be done at a later date. At this time, the goal is to set these price points based on the cost of construction with some consideration for the cost of the land (up to 5%), Revenue attributed to the value of the land would cover amenities for the development, specifically tot lots, trails, and a club house/community acntcr. If additional revenue is available, recreation amenities on other parcels within the Berry Creek Fifth would be fundcd. Infrastructure costs to be covered are limited to those necessary for the housing. A return on investment to the member entities is not anticipated from the housing component in the near future. A potential return on investment may be generated when bonds for the multifamily component are retired or refinanced, The working assumption is that the upfront housing costs will be covcrcd by sales revenue and bond proceeds. Tt is not anticipated that member entities will incur any direct costs for the housing component. A. Purchase price to be based on cost of development Estimate cost of construction: Include infrastructure necessary to service housing, hard costs, soft costs, financing, Price units to cover costs: Evaluate range of product and price units in relation to cost and market comparison. Costs could range from $120,000 for a one-bedroom to $200,000 for a three bedroom single family home. Variables: Infrastructure. Density. Construction financing, B. Consider County Income levels Target different portions of the total development for certain income brackets: Low Income 50% to 80% of AMI. Moderate Income - 801/a to 120% of AMT. Above Moderate does not have a recognized percentage of AM1, but may be worth considering fora portion of this development. Based on the HUD statistics for 1995, the median income for a family for four in Cagle County was $51,900. Note that income is adjusted for household size. This translates to following income ranges: Low income: $25,951 - $41,520. Moderate Income $41,521 - $62,280. (Source: Eagle County Compreheinvive Housing Plan) One method of setting sales prices is to back into them, based on the following assumptions: 30% of gross income to be used for housing costs Housing costs include principle, interest, taxes and home owner's association dues- (note that HOA includes insurance). A conventional 30 year fixed loan at 7,25%. This rate is conservative, as current rates are 6.875%., plus one point for origination Down payment of 10%. j i i February 12, 1999 Revised 2/15/99 Pago 6 of 8 Prepared for the Eagle County Recreation Authority by Knudtsen and Company Consulting, LLC; Sent By: KNUDTSEN AND COMPANY, LLC; 3038317076; Feb-16-99 8:07AM; Page 8/9 A family of four earning $41,521 would qualify for a $134,052 home. A family of four earning $62,280 would qualify for a $211,252 home. These figures are based on the Bg -.rry Creek 4th Filing mill levy of 67,860 and the assumption of ";,)'150 per morith for HrQA dues. The purpose of providing these figures is to show what potential buyers, earning 80% to 120% of the area median income, can afford to purchase. This in turn provides a general indication of the type of product that could be developed. 1V. Design Features A. Within each individual unit Storage, Private yards/open space, Garages, Views, Sun exposure, Unfinished basements. The EC;RA will watch cost and feasibility of unfinished basements and may eliminate. B. Within the development 1. Two to three tot lots on this parcel for the use of the residents of the rental and ownership units. 2. Trails and sidewalks providing connections to other parcels within the Berry Creek 5th, specifically the river, the future recreation amenities, and the open space- 3. A clubhouse providing adequatei space for on-site rental management and a community room/party room. Allow for day care use. Base programming on the club house, provided at Eagle, Bend. 1 4_ The rental and ownership units will share all facilities. V. Future Considerations Resales and Enforcement Once criteria for distribution have been established, must be used on an on-going basis as units are rye-sold and purchased by subsequent !owners. FNMA approval of development is critical to enable initial and future purchasers to secure conventional loans. Responsibilities for administering resales and enforcement must be identified. February 12, 1999 Revised 2/15/99 Page 7 of 8 Prepared for the Eagle County Recreation Authority by Knudtsen and Company Consulting, LLC Sent By: KNUDTSEN AND COMPANY, LLC; 3038317076; Feb-16-99 8:07AM; Page 9/9 Exhibit "A" Pennitted Capital Iniprovenients 1. The term "Permitted Capital Improvement" as used in the Agreement shall be capped at 10% of the purchase price and shall be limited to only include the following: a- Improvements or fixtures erected, installed or attached as permanent, functional, non-decutulive improvements to real property, excluding repair, replacement and/or maintenance improvements; b. Improvements for energy and water conservation; c. Improvements for health and safety protection devices; d. Improvements to add and/or finish pci-manent/fixed storage space; C. Improvements to finish unfinished space; f. Upgrades/replacements of appliances, plumbing and mechanical fixtures, carpets and other similar items included as part of the original construction of the units; g. Improvements required to repair, replace and maintain existing fixtures, appliances, plumbing and mechanical fixtures, painting, carpeting and other similar items; h. Addition of window coverings and other similar items; and i. Owner assessments for Home Owner's Association dues shall not qualify unless expenses are dedicated for new improvements to the property. 2. Permitted Capital Improvements as used in this Agreement shall not include the following: a. The cost of adding decks and balconies, and any extension thereto; and b. Jacuzzis, saunas, steam showers and other similar items. 3. All Permitted Capital Improvement items and cots shall be approved and documented with receipts prior to being added to the maximum resale price. February 12, 1999 Revised 2115/99 Page 8 of 8 Prepared for the Eagle County Recreation Authority by Knudtsen and Company Consulting, LLC E _ j units avaname to the appropriate 'town of Vail (bU%) 45 units and screening prospective tenant to verify compliance with standards. if a member entity does not use its full allocari ,ri of units, it can yield its share to: a- other member entities; b-- contract employees; c- other public entities; or d-- local businesses. Pool B Ownership The 23 units in this group are to he made available for sale to the general public. All potential buyers meeting the basic eligibility listed above will be included in a single lottery. Each applicant will have an equal chance of being randomly selected. Future Distributions From time to time, the ownership units will be resold as initial purchasers move out of the development. All potential buyers must meet basic eligibility. The future sates of the ownership dwelling units will not be broken into two separate pools. Future ownership patterns are intended to reflect the original representation of the ECRA. Overtime, if a member entity loses some of its share, it will have the right to "claw back" to restore the balance of the original representation of the ECRA. In that event, its designee will have top priority to purchase the resale. i in the event no member entity exercises its right to select a purchaser for the resale, a lottery will be held made up of applicants from the general public. Two tiers will be created for the random drawing. The top tier will be. those applicants currently living in the Berry Creek apartments. The lower tier will be all other applicants. i February 12, 1999 Revised 2115/99 Page 5 of 8 Prepared for the Eagle County Recreation Authority by Knudtsen and Company Consulting, LLC i i J , Memorandum To Eagle County Recreation Authority From: ECRA Affordable Housing Subcommittee Andy Knudtsen, Knudtsen and Company Consulting, LLC Subject: Affordable housing development parameters and policies Date: February 12, 1999 The following memo and attachments provide a framework for the affordable housing component of the Berry Creek 5th filing. The subcommittee of Rick MacCutcheon, Chuck Powers and Tom Moorhead have discussed the issues extensively and recommend that the ECRA confirm the policies and parameters for the future development. Following confirmation of the framework, we will move into site planning alternatives. The critical dates in the schedule are as follows: 1. Establish parameters Early February 1999 2. Execute IGA March 1999 3. Eagle County worksession/community engagement March/April 1999 4. County approval process Begin in May 1999 5. Resident and owner selection Fall/Winter 1999 6. Ground breaking April 2000 7. Completion Winter 2000 Although optimistic, we believe completion can be accomplished by December of 2000 if we keep the process moving. In the upcoming weeks, it is intended that each board of the seven member entities discuss the policies and parameters and provide feedback to the ECRA. If you would like representation from members of the subcommittee or Andy Knudtsen to present and/or answer questions during your board's discussion, please ask. Memorandum To: Eagle County Recreation Authority From: ECRA Affordable Housing Subcommittee Andy Knudtsen, Knudtsen and Company Consulting, LLC Subject: Affordable housing development parameters and policies Date: February 12, 1999 1. Introduction The proposed master plan for Berry Creek 5th Filing and Miller Ranch combines the resources of the Eagle County Recreation Authority and the Eagle County School District to provide a variety of community needs. The proposed master plan designates 11 parcels for a variety of uses such as open space, future school sites, affordable housing and recreation. Below is a summary of the proposed uses and the corresponding acreage: Use Number of Approximate Parcels Acreage Schools 4 55 Recreation Area 1 41 Open Space 2 37 Housing 2 30 Alternative Uses 2 29 At its January 8, 1999 meeting, the Eagle County Recreation Authority appointed an affordable housing subcommittee, made up of representatives from Berry Creek, Chuck Powers, Arrowhead, Rick MacCutcheon, and the Town of Vail, Rob Ford and Tom Moorhead. This subcommittee met several times to create a framework for the affordable housing development, which is provided below. II. Desired Housing Development A. Overall Goal At build out, there will be 200 units on the parcel. 50% of development, potentially 100 units, are to be rental apartments. 50% of the development, potentially another 100 units, are to be owner-occupied homes. These development figures pertain to the 16-acre parcel Berry Creek parcel. Additional units on the Miller Ranch parcel are likely to be built and are to be pursued by the School District. February 12, 1999 Page 1 of 8 Prepared for the Eagle County Recreation Authority by Knudtsen and Company Consulting, LLC B. Deed Restrictions All units will be deed restricted as affordable housing. There will be no free market homes within the development. C. Building Type 1. Rental Units The building form for the rental units will be similar to the Lake Creek development. Buildings will be clustered, varying in height from two to three stories. Buildings will be sited to blend with the site and with other buildings. Taller buildings may be situated next to the base of the steep slope on the northern side of the site. Specific unit mix will be determined in April, once the reports quantifying housing needs for the county are available. Conceptual site planning can move forward, as the plans can be modified later to accommodate the appropriate unit mix. 2. Ownership Units The building form of the ownership units will be determined during the conceptual site planning exercise. While the committee is open to all types of building forms at this time, there is a general preference for townhouse and duplex style of development, recognizing a limited potential for single family. Some consideration will be given to neo-traditional development, similar to West Eagle and new developments in Breckenridge. Condominium style of development will be considered as it may work particularly well for the one-bedroom component in the development. D. Management of the Rental Units Management of the rental units was a concern that was raised, specifically the economy of scale. Given the potential of combining rental product with additional rental units on the Miller Ranch site and given the presence of established management companies in the vicinity of this site, 100 rental units were determined to be acceptable. Management staff will be responsible for screening all prospective tenants, verifying compliance with applicable restrictions, notifying member entities of available units (per the distribution standards listed below), and other typical management duties. E. Caretaker Apartments within Ownership Homes There may be some opportunity for caretaker units to be included within the ownership housing. The benefit of including this component is that it will allow local families to off set their mortgage payments with rental income. Concerns about this use are that additional regulations will be required to insure that the caretaker units are not abused by overuse (potential use by multiple seasonal workers, for example) or under use (potential use by extended family, rather than local employees). Compromise reached by stating that any caretakers to be included in the development will be driven by the overall financial needs of the development (i.e., if additional revenue from this type of product is needed to make the overall proforma work). F. Miscellaneous Apartment residents will be given top priority to purchase ownership units, when they become available in the future. February 12, 1999 Page 2 of 8 Prepared for the Eagle County Recreation Authority by Knudtsen and Company Consulting, LLC H. Distribution of the Homes Rental Ownership The 100 rental units will be split into two The 100 ownership units will also be split groups. Pool A will be made up of 47 units into two pools. The first will be made and will be available to the general public. directly available to the general public. The Pool B will be made up of 53 and will be second will be first made available to first made available to member entities and employees of member entities and then to then to the general public. This division of the general public. units between the two pools is based on the representation of the seven entities that All 100 units will be deed restricted. The make up the ECRA, with an allowance for restriction will be included since the land rounding fractional units to the next highest will be contributed to development at below whole number. market value. Because this lowers the purchase price and makes the housing The rental units will be managed with on- affordable, the restriction will run in site staff. The staff responsibilities, in perpetuity. The intent is to ensure future additional to the conventional tasks of generations benefit from the initial pricing, leasing, maintenance, etc., will include not just the first purchasers. Appreciation communicating with each member entity, will be limited to an annual rate of 3% (or making the appropriate supply of units 50% of CPI, which ever is greater), plus available to the appropriate entity, and costs for assessments and functional screening prospective tenant to verify improvements. (See Exhibit A for complete compliance with standards. list of elements which can be included in the resale price.) Pool A Rental The first group of 47 will be made available The elements of the deed restriction, which to the general public. Basic eligibility for also reflect basic eligibility for lottery occupancy for this group includes: applicants, are listed as follows: ? minimum history of one year of full time employment within Eagle County ? At least one member of the household and ; must be a full-time employee, averaging ? continued full time local employment 30 hours per week over the course of status. Full-time is defined as an one year, at a business located within average of 30 hours per week, over the Eagle County. course of one year, at a business located ? The purchaser (s) must document a within Eagle County. minimum of one year of local residency and employment. In order to secure reasonable bond ? The purchaser(s) financing, management will have the ? may not have owned real estate in prerogative to lease units to tenants not the last three years, or meeting these criteria to keep vacancy rates ? must be move-up buyers from other at reasonable levels. local deed restricted affordable housing developments within Eagle The second group of 53 units will be made County. available to ECRA member entities in ? For units which are three bedrooms or proportion to current representation on the larger, applicants must document a ECRA. family size of three or more individuals. February 12, 1999 Page 3 of 8 Prepared for the Eagle County Recreation Authority by Knudtsen and Company Consulting, LLC Rental Con'd Ownership Con'd ? For one and two bedroom units, there Arrowhead (5.0%) 3 units will be no minimum household size Beaver Creek: (5.0%) 3 units requirement. For the purposes of Berry Creek (6.5%) 4 units determining household size, applicants Eagle County (11%) 6 units may include all persons related to the Eagle Vail: (6.5%) 4 units applicant by blood, marriage, or Town of Avon (6.0%) 3 units adoption. If the applicant plans to Town of Vail (60%) 30 units include dependents, they must be listed on federal income tax forms and reside Each entity will decide which of its own in the household at least six months and employees to prioritize for their Pool B one day out of every 12 month period of units, with the understanding: time. ? 75% of the purchaser's income must be ? that the tenants sign 12 month leases; earned income, as documented with tax ? that the tenants must be full-time forms or W2's. Dividends, interest, trust employees; distributions, per IRS regulations, do not ? while having to document that they will qualify as earned income. be full-time employees, the employees ? The applicants must be prequalifed for would not have to document a one year the purchase price by a mortgage broker history of local employment that or lending institution. seasonal employees would not be allowed; and Initial Distribution of the 100 ownership ? that there would be an expectation for units long term employment. Market analysis will be conducted to assess demand for the proposed product. The If a member entity does not use its full working assumption is that demand will allocation of units, it can "yield" its share to exceed supply and that a lottery will be other entities, including, other entities within necessary to allocate the units. ECRA, contract employees, other public entities (i.e. the ambulance district), or other Pool A Initial Ownership businesses. The 47 units in this group are to be made available to the general public. All potential If a member entity chooses to hold its share buyers meeting the basic eligibility listed of units for future employees/tenants, and above will be included in a single lottery. does not yield its be share to Pool A in a Each applicant will have an equal chance of timely manner, it will be responsible for being randomly selected. paying the rent for their units while they are vacant. Pool B Initial Ownership The 53 units in this group are to be made available for sale to employees of member entities. Each entity will have the right to prioritize its employees and select the employees to buy the units, providing that each can meet the basic eligibility listed above. Arrowhead (5.0%) 3 units Beaver Creek: (5.0%) 3 units Berry Creek (6.5%) 4 units February 12, 1999 Page 4 of 8 Prepared for the Eagle County Recreation Authority by Knudtsen and Company Consulting, LLC Ownership Con'd Eagle County (11%) 6 units Eagle Vail: (6.5%) 4 units Town of Avon (6.0%) 3 units Town of Vail (60%) 30 units If a member entity does not use its full allocation of ownership units, it can yield its share to a-- other member entities; b-- contract employees; c-- other public entities; or d-- local businesses. Future Distributions Future sales of the ownership dwelling units will not be broken into different pools. All potential buyers must meet basic eligibility. Three tiers will be created for the random drawing. The top tier will be those applicants currently living in the Berry Creek apartments. The second tier will be public sector employees. The lowest tier will be all other applicants. lli. Setting Price Points Setting sales and rental prices will involve market analysis and proformas and will be done at a later date. At this time, the goal is to set these price points based on the cost of construction with some consideration for the cost of the land (up to 5%). Revenue attributed to the value of the land would cover amenities for the development, specifically tot lots, trails, and a club house/community center. If additional revenue is available, recreation amenities on other parcels within the Berry Creek Fifth would be funded. Infrastructure costs to be covered are limited to those necessary for the housing. A return on investment to the member entities is not anticipated from the housing component in the near future. A potential return on investment may be generated when bonds for the multifamily component are retired or refinanced. The working assumption is that the upfront housing costs will be covered by sales revenue and bond proceeds. It is not anticipated that member entities will incur any direct costs for the housing component. February 12, 1999 Page 5 of 8 Prepared for the Eagle County Recreation Authority by Knudtsen and Company Consulting, LLC A. Purchase price to be based on cost of development Estimate cost of construction: Include infrastructure necessary to service housing, hard costs, soft costs, financing. Price units to cover costs: Evaluate range of product and price units in relation to cost and market comparison. Costs could range from $120,000 for a one-bedroom to $200,000 for a three bedroom single family home. Variables: Infrastructure. Density. Construction financing. B. Consider County Income levels Target different portions of the total development for certain income brackets: Low Income 50% to 80% of AMI. Moderate Income 80% to 120% of AMI. Above Moderate does not have a recognized percentage of AMI, but may be worth considering for a portion of this development. Based on the HUD statistics for 1995, the median income for a family for four in Eagle County was $51,900. Note that income is adjusted for household size. This translates to following income ranges: Low income: $25,951 - $41,520. Moderate Income $41,521 - $62,280. (Source: Eagle County Comprehensive Housing Plan) One method of setting sales prices is to back into them, based on the following assumptions: 30% of gross income to be used for housing costs Housing costs include principle, interest, taxes and home owner's association dues. (note that HOA includes insurance). A conventional 30 year fixed loan at 7.25%. This rate is conservative, as current rates are 6.875%., plus one point for origination Down payment of 10%. A family of four earning $41,521 would qualify for a $134,052 home. A family of four earning $62,280 would qualify for a $211,252 home. These figures are based on the Berry Creek 4th Filing mill levy of 67.860 and the assumption of $150 per month for HOA dues. The purpose of providing these figures is to show what potential buyers, earning 80% to 120% of the area median income, can afford to purchase. This in turn provides a general indication of the type of product that could be developed. February 12, 1999 Page 6 of 8 Prepared for the Eagle County Recreation Authority by Knudtsen and Company Consulting, LLC IV. Design Features A. Within each individual unit Storage, Private yards/open space, Garages, Views, Sun exposure, Unfinished basements. The ECRA will watch cost and feasibility of unfinished basements and may eliminate. B. Within the development 1. Two to three tot lots on this parcel for the use of the residents of the rental and ownership units. 2. Trails and sidewalks providing connections to other parcels within the Berry Creek 5th, specifically t he river, the future recreation amenities, and the open space. 3. A clubhouse providing adequate space for on-site rental management and a community room/party room. Allow for day care use. Base programming on the club house provided at Eagle Bend. 4. The rental and ownership units will share all facilities. V. Future Considerations Resales and Enforcement Once criteria for distribution have been established, must be used on an on-going basis as units are re-sold and purchased by subsequent owners. FNMA approval of development is critical to enable initial and future purchasers to secure conventional loans. Responsibilities for administering resales and enforcement must be identified. February 12, 1999 Page 7 of 8 Prepared for the Eagle County Recreation Authority by Knudtsen and Company Consulting, LLC S Exhibit "A" Permitted Capital Improvements 1. The term "Permitted Capital Improvement" as used in the Agreement shall be capped at 10% of the purchase price and shall be limited to only include the following: a. Improvements or fixtures erected, installed or attached as permanent, functional, non-decorative improvements to real property, excluding repair, replacement and/or maintenance improvements; b. Improvements for energy and water conservation; C. Improvements for health and safety protection devices; d. Improvements to add and/or finish permanent/fixed storage space; e. Improvements to finish unfinished space; f. Upgrades/replacements of appliances, plumbing and mechanical fixtures, carpets and other similar items included as part of the original construction of the units; g. Improvements required to repair, replace and maintain existing fixtures, appliances, plumbing and mechanical fixtures, painting, carpeting and other similar items; h. Addition of window coverings and other similar items; and i. Owner assessments for Home Owner's Association dues shall not qualify unless expenses are dedicated for new improvements to the property. 2. Permitted Capital Improvements as used in this Agreement shall not include the following: a. The cost of adding decks and balconies, and any extension thereto; and b. Jacuzzis, saunas, steam showers and other similar items. 3. All Permitted Capital Improvement items and cots shall be approved and documented with receipts prior to being added to the maximum resale price. February 12, 1999 Page 8 of 8 Prepared for the Eagle County Recreation Authority by Knudtsen and Company Consulting, LLC 1 Financing Alternatives for the rental component Berry Creek 5th affordable housing development 1. Tax Credit Financing with Private Activity Bonds 4% level Provides tax exempt financing via Private Activity Bonds and an equity infusion via the tax credits. Requires competition and allocation from State of Colorado for PABs. 4% of allowable basis sold to tax credit investors, who then apply investment over 15 year period. Equity equivalent to present value of discounted tax savings over 15 years. Strict tenant income caps. Loss of control after 15 years. 2. Tax Credit Financing 9% level Provides greatest equity infusion. Highly competitive. Targeted size of development may work against this alternative. Stricter income caps for residents than with 4% tax credits. Loss of control after 15 years. 3. Conventional Financing Allows most local control. Only alternative that allows complete control of tenant selection. RiverEdge and the Tames refinance may be done conventionally. 4. 63-20 Corporation This method of financing utilizes a section of the IRS code that allows a non-municipal entity to go to the tax exempt market. Allows issuance of tax-free bonds Cost of funds much more attractive, currently 200 basis points lower than conventional financing. Does not require a vote of the public. One loan for construction and permanent financing for the rental component. Potential to include construction costs of the ownership portion in bond. More latitude concerning public purpose and standards for tenants. Potential to be exempt from property taxes. Sales tax exemption for construction materials. Can amortize bond payment schedule over 40 years. Potential to include partners: Partners could take subordinated debt, providing an early return to investors. Partners limited to 50% control of units. Partners required to achieve minimum debt coverage ratio (DCR) and acceptable loan to value (LTV) in the cases of Lake Creek and Eagle Bend. Partner may not be needed. February 12, 1999 Page 1 of 1 Prepared for the Eagle County Recreation Authority by Knudtsen and Company Consulting, LLC TOWN OF VAIL Office of the Town Manager 75 South Frontage Road Vail, Colorado 81657 970-479-2105/Fax 970-479-2157 TM MEMORANDUM TO: Vail Town Council FROM: Robert W. McLaurin, Town Manager DATE: February 12, 1999 SUBJECT: Town Manager's Report Mammoth Lakes Town Council Visist Several elected officials from the City of Mammoth Lakes, California will be in town on Tuesday, March 2nd touring Vail and other resort towns in the central rocky mountains. These elected officials have indicated an interest visiting with the Vail Town Council. Therefore we have scheduled a lunch with these elected officials for Tuesday, March 2". The location of this lunch will be announced. 800 MHz Radio Svstem The installation of the new 800 MHz radio system is essentially complete. During the installation it has come to our attention that we did not order enough mobile radios for the Public Works and Fire Departments. Therefore we are calculating the additional radios which will need to be purchased in order to complete this installation. It will be necessary to execute a change order in order to complete this project. We are at this time calculating the number of additional radios which would need to be purchased in order to complete the installation. At the next work session we will be prepared to discuss the additional amount necessary to complete this project. It is my estimate to complete the project will require approximately and additional $75,000. I sincerely apologize for this oversight. RECYCLEDPAPER World Chamnionshin Update By the time you meet on Tuesday, the World Championships will be over. From the perspective of the FIS, the Vail Valley Foundation, and the general public perception, these Championships have been conducted in the highest professional manner. In discussions with officials from organizing committees in St. Moritz and St. Anton, as well as the FIS, this event was extremely well organized and well received. As you are aware, the Town of Vail played a significant roll in pulling off this successful event. One of the most important Town of Vail organizational values is that we recognize effort and achievement. In that light, we are planning a small party to express our appreciation for the outstanding work done by our employees over the past two weeks. It is my expectation this event will occur in late February and I will advise you as to the date so you can attend. 2/23/99 WS PEC/DRB Review Buck Allen - 20 year anniversary Discussion of PEC participation on DRB Review draft instructions for Community Facilities Plan Discussion of Model Traffic Code 3/2/99 WS Council to lunch with Mammoth Lakes TC A-Frame development program Discussion of annexation and rezoning of Arosa/Garmish Lionshead update 3/2/99 TC 1 S` read Ord , Arosa/Garmish annexation and rezoning I" read Ord , sale of Ptarmigan & Rockledge subdivision RWM/aw the , Yol. 1, Issue 166 Eagle Ca THURSDAY Basalt moves to secede from _ i co~.~o a° 51_ c 4o't9p Eagle .Count F it 1. BY ROBERT KELLY-GOBS C.,Pu. l growth And the g - o a y ^ o -Doily Trail stag ce ;on is that the Eagle 0 The Town of Basalt wants County philosophy is to A; a A. o out of Eagle County and approve development any- a y°' o° W a a o town board members have where and everywhere." o ° y o• agreed to pursue membership Basalt sits in the Roaring ny c c p~ $ boy fD W- z a Fo y with nearby Pitkin County. Fork Valley between Basalt town board member Glenwood - Springs and ;v 5 kr by c o o Jacque Whitsitt said that Aspen. Half the town is ° 0- ° o ny = W a . o r $ while rumblings to move out under Pitkin County jurisdic- $ p E: o o ° o' 5 of Eagle County have tion while the other half is in 0 9 . 1 - a g a n b o Cr . occurred in the Roaring Fork Eagle County. k - M. o W - cot. O.Vl C, 81 ~ aE Valley in the past, town board Pitkin County manager 1 -8 w co tc g y ° cr members are now tired of Hilary Smith said county co o o og f9 C " 0 CD Eagle County governments commissioners did have a o o c~ „ o 5 ~ co p R ~e O o co uo 5 d - n failure.. to reflect what she regular meeting with the , a < W W y . p. said is the region's "value Basalt Town Board Tuesday, K ti ? c~ o a Oo system." but she had not heard of the . = y =i p W 000 "The rate of growth in towns desire to. move. a n W Eagle County doesn't fit with "-It's the first I've heard of our value system over here," that," Smith said. "Nor have I Er .iy g ,b y said. Whitsitt, a Democrat ever heard of a municipality y y E. y S$ a c' 0 who lost her November bid doing that." n g a o fD ~o as . " S ° C ° < for an Ea le County com- Pitkin Coun commis- ° O' W -0 g ty a- n 4 In 4.9 t3 ti d W ~3 c9 1~ missioner seat. "And we need sioners were unavailable for n H S n try c y 00 Jr' oo F~ ° to take steps to change that. comment. ~ b 9 to • o E. 9 H p~ ~ pq W b "I think the majority of SEE BASALT PAGE 22 a 70X5' ° 0, W0 E °W people here think we need to - ° n o o W o 9 .8 ':Do 0 ~ 0' ~ ~ 0. to W W fD ~ tai v~ • ~ ~ .°r~ ~ 050' . Alk i Toda?s Event Women s GS on vaiPs International run; n in 10.30 a.m.; S,. J_nin 1:30 p.m. Tv ESf'N, 34 p m:; Live IM ~ Wi&gsday~Resu an- - ;n 970/949-0555_•..-:- The Dally; Thursday; February 1 , YY.c(3%m tr ic b.ene~'fits' c;v,*' erypne-, att By Elizabeth Mattern Netscape rne;Goiden Bear F1ne lewelryAnd Distinctive Gift items;Yad Valley, Colorado, impacts were ,happening. Counting visits, or - - - - - Daily Staff Writer: ya ry ' r'1- "hits,"'on websites provides a modern way to 6,,k for ere R "d am 3~~ M ablscape hi&Ws' Fnt Sa_09 slop iu~~e how interested the rest of the world is in It's not lust the official Vail '99 wcbsitc g` ° =atw i~ttp• Ww,~, u wearn.innmxzcrm~rtor <i13 1 tl'~'kh„~R,,t~ the local resort and establishments. that's pulling in the international traffic. During the 1999 World Alpine Ski Cham- 1-] Eagle County's website boasted 57 Internet pionships, as Internet travelers and ski fans visitors from Japan and 42 visitors from Nor- from all over the world check out racing j way in two days after the start of the Champi- results at vai199.com in record numbers,; onships; along with hits and e-mail messages " u` they're tending to browse around the area'sR from several other countries. I And the Vail Daily wcbsitc received 46,443 other websites as well. "I will say we've had a lot more traffic (I(;NA' "T•U RE OF V AIL VALLEY I requests between Feb. I and Feb. 5. t I through the site and a lot of people asking for THE "I'd: say the exposure,.,has, been. pretty ; information," said Bridle Strauss, online cat- good," Brett Mueller, production manager for alog manager for the Golden Bear jewelry ci?` ) the newspaper's publishing company, said. store in Vail. "People just come to check out Vail Resorts, with its snow.com website, what's happening with Vail '99, and they has seen three times its normal Internet traffic, check us out, too." x Vail cso nc " media . Kim L'ayburn of R rts' new Patrick O'Neil, director of sales and mar- department said. keting for Internetworks - which produces. Wei,mMn~aondmBtu, dr~myouw,reaewmxewzflevionorfirt)o,"Irymwainoar "It started right before the Championships . roughly 80 percent of the valley's websites, bovNainVa Q°bnao the Vail '99 site and the Vailnet... began, and it's been consistent every day," she including Ows l fn lRbw Vithwir GOudq" Vn said. community site - said FebruarY s ,overall R=ocrtteaomeoronistYnenutic =00110: Bea[ nec"g, m sell traffic is up at least 15 percent compared to last ~.jeveMyaestymad So what does all the extra cyber-traffic . gW Reny mean?., year, with about 480,000 hits between Feb. 1 > and Feb. 9. An increase in web visits does not translate "Vail '99 has definitely made an impact on into an increase in sales,, according to Strauss'" " all of our clients," O'Neil said. _ of the Golden Bear. But it can mean there is The Vail '99 wcbsitc - which received Special to the Daily new interest being sparked around the world in 55,000 hits the first day of the events, with Accessible through the Vail '99 website link to vail.net, the Golden Bear has the Vail Valley's ski areas and amenities. almost half of them international - provides received a positive spike in its cyber-traffic since Vail '99 began. "We.like to see that we're getting over- a link to vail.nct. And through vail.net, sees,". Strauss said. "If we can get our name browsers can access websites or information fie," O'Neil said. "It's definitely improved the Vail '99 were meant to be in the form of long- out internationally, that's terrific." on 300 valley shops, restaurants, hotels and awareness of our valley." term international exposure rather than a short- Elizabeth Mattern covers Vail, Minturn and galleries. While the organizers of the World Cham- run increase in business, there weren't many Red Cliff. She can be reached at (970) 949- "Everyone benefits from the Vail '99 traf- pionships have repeatedly said the impacts of ways in the past to tell if the international 0555, ext. 619. a A . a Ar% letters Return visitor shocked opmg into a crowded suburbia. I hardly a ognized her, by Vail's suburbanization Just thought Id offer this viewpoint since I've I am visiting from the UK during the World had many good times here and am sad about what I Championships. I lived here for several Years in the see now. `80s and have close friends here. I can't believe Blair Elliot what they tell me about the town's plans to put United Kingdom housing on Donovan Park and another open park in West Vail this summer. Whatever happened to the sanctity of Vail's open space? It surely mattered to OW LE11LI;$ POLICY - those of us who lived here in the `80s. Maybe the 'The Daily Trail welcomes :c ..;;to_the editor We town board needs to leave and come back, as I have request that 1. be typed aad double-spaced; we to see how overly developed Vail already is. :e the right to edit letters-forsle, I know there is concern about where newly arriv- and length. Letters concerning Daily Trail articles ing employees can live. But from what I hear, some receive top priority. All letters must include name, of the people getting housing from the town are address and telephone number. We will withhold business owners who have been here a long time. the author's name on What's the point of this? request. Deadline for a`par- Po ticular issue is the previous day at noon. Write let- Also, is it true the people getting housing from ters to, the Editor, The Daily Trail, P.O. Drawer' the board don't even have to work in Vail? Here, 6200, Vail, CO 81558; or E-mail us° at too, what's the point? t have seen socialism in my 'dt,ail@vail.net. The - op tenons d an 'this time, but I don't understand what's going on here. I Page are not necessarily the opinions of the owners don't think the needy are being helped, either. or management of this newspaper. I have always loved Vail, but suddenly I feel other less-developed ski resorts are more similar to the Vail I love, while Vail, herself, seems to be devel- 9, _ • 4..1888 ITIA 'J. 111-4 y: . Friday, February S, 1999 t_ Vail j Daily 1999 World Alpine "C&mpionskp`s-3 RACING Wom. on-, n irdsy Wh should international, but he noted that Rossi's Y jumps are so well-crafted that at the t, women could handle them. the men have iThe jumps are really good, well- Jcsigned, with nice steep landings," Woods said. "They're exactly the kind all the fun 1 of jumps I would like to train women on. They're really engineered proper-. ly. By DON CAMERON Birds of Prey hosted three World Daily Sports Editor Cup races in December 1997 and the super-G Tuesday. Several men's racers II [CABO STREET, THE TOUGHEST have already experienced its wrath, and i r the course has been compared to some Pwomen's downhiller on the plan- of the classic ski racing venues in the et, had to hesitate before answer- ing. world. Could women run the Birds of 'Prey Given the easy access of Vail's a. Ku ,n course? International, and the lure of bringing tourist dollars into Vail Village, race "I don't know," Street said during organizers would likely be hesitant to Wednesday's women's super-G at the the women over to Birds of Prcy. legendary International course on V move ail 5 But for one day, maybe when the Mountain. "Birds of Prey is a pretty hest of the best are healthy, wouldn't it aggressive course and it flares out very ° he fun to see the Streets, the Seizingers. steep and very icy right off the bat. That the Mcissnit/crs and Erlls duel it out on 01 mental torque is we gotta keep us avenue as capuvaling as Birds of Prcy? ~f 'its Set safe." Street was interrupted by the crash "I think that they could run that properly, oof a woman racer on International, a Course. It's not that difficult. And it can r course full of tradition but considerably he set up to nice( their skill level, I'm sure," Egan said. the women less dangerous than Bernhard Russi's "It depends un what the women c Birds of Prey tract several miles down the valley at Beaver Creck. ' want. I don't think it's necessary. The COUId course in Vail is a good course," "It's very challenging for men. It + Woods said. handle r" would be extremely challenging for - women," said sooner U.S. Ski Team "But I think Birds of Prey is an " head women's coach Chip Woods, excellent super-G venue. For women's that hill. p downhill, you'd have to make some now the director of Ski Club Vail and a I. modifications." course worker on Birds of Prey. "If it's t set Would running a women's speed Chip properly, the women can handle p that hill. I don't think the women would sytx r race on Birds of Prey thin out the talent Woods like to run the course the way it is set pool too much? "Oh, that's the way it is in every right now." race anyway," Egan said. "There's Ski Club Vail Bill Egan, head men's coach for the Vail DailylGrey Costanzo only a few of them that are skiing at U.S. Ski Team, watched much of Birds of Prey has hosted only men's events since its 1997 opening. that level where they can really contend A c ' Wednesday's men's downhill training for the podium spots. I think a whole near the top of the course, alongside ^ speed, because the one thing the protection," Woods said. "Right now field of women could ski that, no prob- Woods. "women don't do well is jump. The it's a really difficult set for the guys. lem." "Yeah. If the course was set differ- jumps are too big right now for From the Pumphouse down the women Woods, trying to entice one U.S. Ski ently, the women could compete women." could run it no problem. The upper part Team legend into forerunning Birds of ` Q6,. L' 6 there," Egan said. "I think so. It's a nice Egan and Woods stressed that it is is pretty tough. Prey for men's downhill training, hill. And it's a really great super-G hill. not the ability level of the women, but "You might have to change the con- struck out. I think the women could actually com- the differences in body shape, size and tour of the course, make a few modifi- "I tried to convince Hilary Lindh the pete there. There's enough room in strength, that would make Birds of cations." other day to be a forerunner," Woods I U~,( 7 most places to make the types of turns Prey a.bigger challenge for them. Woods agreed that the jumps on said. "She's been free-skiing now for a l , that they would need to control their "You might have to add a little more Birds of Prey are bigger than those on year. She laughed and said, 'No way!... l/ n s a" TOWN OF VAIL 75 South Frontage Road Vail, Colorado 81657 970-479-2100 FAX 970-479-2157 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 11, 1999 Contact: Russell Forrest, 479-2146 Town of Vail Community Development Director Piet Pieters, 479-2279 Vail Recreation District Director TOV, VRD TO PARTNER ON COMMUNITY FACILITIES PLAN FEB. 16 MEETING WILL ESTABLISH KEY PARAMETERS (Vail)--Creation of additional world-class community facilities in Vail is the goal of the latest partnership between the Vail Town Council and the Vail Recreation District Board of Directors. The project will be discussed in detail during a public meeting at 7 p.m. Feb. 16 in the Vail Town Council Chambers. That's when the Vail Town Council, joined by representatives from the Vail Recreation District, will review a process for a community facilities plan that will identify specific uses for specific sites within the town, as well as financial and operational considerations. As proposed, three architectural design teams would be hired in the spring to sort through Vail's community facilities "wish lists" and match those uses with appropriate sites. The study will be funded jointly by the TOV and VRD. Russell Forrest, the town's Community Development director, says the proposed next steps will build upon work from the Vail Tomorrow and Common Ground citizen-involvement processes, as well as the Lionshead Redevelopment Master Plan. "Through Vail Tomorrow, we have a list of preferred community uses. With Common Ground and the Lionshead Master Plan, we have specific sites for community facilities," he said. "Now, it's time to take that work to a new level and complete the plan." In addition, Forrest says advice from a team of marketing executives (more) RECYCLEDPAPER t r Add 1/Community Facilities Plan who assessed Vail recently at the invitation of the Town of Vail-Vail Associates Community Task Force will be incorporated in the planning. "They told us to 'think big' and to create a network of facilities that would draw upon our mountain surroundings that would be attractive to both residents and guests," he said. Piet Pieters, director of the Vail Recreation District, says the VRD is pleased to be a partner in the process. "We're sensing a tremendous amount of momentum from the community," he said. "We're extremely excited about the prospect of a joint venture between the town and the VRD. We're eager to expand our cultural and recreational programs within the town." Both entities say a public-private financing mechanism is envisioned to construct and operate . one or more of the yet-to-be-determined community facilities, with the possibility of a public vote occurring in November or beyond. The purpose of the meeting on Feb. 16 is to review the scope of work that will be given to the three conceptual design teams who'll arrive in April to conduct the study. In addition to reviewing the community's "wish list" items, the teams will be asked to explore other recreational, cultural or entertainment concepts that would incorporate community amenities in innovative ways. The town-owned charter bus lot just east of the Lionshead parking structure is the prime candidate for the largest facility within the network, while other sites would contain possible "satellite" uses, according to Forrest. Community wish list items under review would include a second sheet of ice, a community theater/auditorium, gymnastics facility, high-tech multi-media conference center, multi-purpose youth activity area, skate park and swimming pool. Designers also would be asked to review additional concepts, including an indoor adventure center with ice climbing, kayaking, mountain biking, skiing/snow boarding, and rock climbing; and an IMAX theater. Tuesday's discussion between the TOV and VRD is critical in determining the level of . (more) r Add 2/Community Facilities specificity of the study, according to Forrest. For example, one idea is to require inclusion of a second sheet of ice within the design criteria for the charter bus lot. "We understand the need for a second sheet of ice is critical to the success of Dobson Arena as a multi-use facility," said Forrest. "Therefore, why not start with what we know we need?" Another part of Tuesday's discussion will focus on a list of sites to be included in the study. In addition to the charter bus lot, the proposed list includes: Dobson Arena; the Vail Public Library; the south side perimeter of the Lionshead parking structure; the Golf Course clubhouse; the former town shops facility on South Frontage Rd.; nine of Vail's largest parks; and the athletic club facilities at the Vail Racquet Club. Members of the public are encouraged to participate in Tuesday's discussion. "It's extremely important that we're all on the same page as we move forward," said Forrest. "This will be a critical step in defining the final product for this project." About 100 design teams from throughout the country have been solicited to submit proposals for the upcoming work, Forrest said. The proposals are due March 5. From there, three design teams will be selected, with preliminary design concepts presented to the community during the month of June. In preparation for next Tuesday's meeting, copies of the proposed design team instructions are available from the Town of Vail and the Vail Recreation District. To request a copy, contact Jeff Hunt with the Town of Vail at 479-2140, or Rhonda Hickman with the Vail Recreation District at 479-2279. Also, the draft instructions have been posted on the Town of Vail Web Site (www.vail.net/tov) with an opportunity for feedback via e-mail. P~ c T C_ Vail Alpine Garden ECEIVED FFB 1 0 1999 Foundation R February 8, 1999 Mr. Rob Ford, Mayor Town of Vail 75 South Frontage Road Vail, CO 81657 Dear Rob, On behalf of the Vail Alpine Garden Foundation, I would like to extend my deep appreciation to the Town of Vail for its pledge payment of $10,000. As you know this contribution will be applied to our ADA project which will make,the pathways of Betty Ford Alpine Gardens accessible to people with physical disabilities.. Hopefully you have had a chance to see the new stonework in the Mountain Perennial Garden. The efforts of our volunteers this fall combined with many, many contributions from area businesses was phenomenal. Now we look forward to the continuation of work on the new alpine rock garden which will have ADA accessible pathways throughout. 'We are truly grateful for the Town of Vail's ongoing support and look forward to celebrating the completion of Ford Park with you. With much appreciation. 1 h Nancy Young Director of Development "Our flowers in the summer are as glorious as our snow in. the winter. " 183 GORE CREEK DRIVE • VAIL, COLORADO 81657 • 970.476.0103 • FAX 970.476.8702 ® RecyCl Pl on etl Pape A0J949-0555 The Dally, Tuesday, February 9,1999-Page 819. - . February 9, 1999 A letter to: The World Alpine Ski Championships Volunteers, and the Staffs of Vail Associates, Vail Valley Foundation, Towns of Avon, Eagle, Gypsum, Minturn, and Vail, Eagle County, The State of Colorado, The U.S. Forest Service Staff, Other Federal Agencies and the Vail Valley Citizens: On behalf of the Organizing Committee of the 1999 World Alpine Ski Championships, we'd like to extend our heartfelt thanks and congratulations to all of you for your efforts in making the first week of the event an C NA NA unqualified success. •AOARO Every aspect of this in.-, edible. undertaking has so: far earned. only the highest 0- A praise. f, pa,.<i,.iNants, whether they're c01.h1FcLtors, raw afficiais, PERK sponsors or ait ji,,ti, the r,vwrJ no..,..r.,,,.r of sp,c%AaIwrs. This way is. Me result raRIF47AM OCE of your L.,/ ~3evable ty and Thank you for ag us. i , i the `j emi.~ position: of. I:CQ,%mt hng these {P. LP The V,,,,wui wcff it, take a couple of- d: v#, bra, and W. s se a ea se goal: of . rrrabaq tlRe last of the G' cw..,;u r r. s even, befter 1 to fikst 70WNOFIK " Ttia rda. you , Im a jW. F ~ An# OGPI.NR VAdlllllib 1. ~R RU:i ~ r?• rr,t. tGa+: Maur-r. Fr..:wwirJ». RID; Br x. 309 (97C)'449'1'994 FFti: f97E.9 UR4 926-5 wv v o 1A9: com j^KW!A MI 30 R9.110W'ARY` bdt„ 1s.9A" i:iia:r.~ ms 7 All we need is Service roble more Pepis and more Australians Lately I was reading about Vail's and board and a pair of his skis to go to - stick their nose up v.:-y high in the decreasing value as a ski resort. ski school the next morning. air of Vail. May I tell you a real story? That was Pepi as I got to know him: A This is something I don't like at all, When I came to Vail in 1963, I had friendly smile, helpful and uncomplicat- and a lot of other people feel the same been a ski instructor-at Mt. Snow, Vt. But ed. He was always this way, and if I way. they did not have snow at Christmas, and would call him tomorrow, I know, he There is a very simple solution for all they also did not yet have snowmaking. would help me. those who don't like that: Spend your Of course, for a ski instructor from I never forgot what a•nice experience it money somewhere else and don't come Germany without any money, it was a was to get such a warm welcome. back! frightening situation, even when I had The next morning I skied with Morrie. How many people come back for a sec- free room and board there. He took me up on the mountain and told and or third visit to Vail? Really only 30 I called Manfred Schober in Vail. I had me the famous words, "follow me!" As I to 40 percent? his address from was well able to follow, I got my job I hope very much that, during the his brother Peter Guest Column teaching beginners at Golden Peak. And I World Championships in Vail, the Yz.-,Ie who became a started my way up to higher jobs at Vail who think they are really "something" certified German OTTO WIEST Ski School. don't show this too much. ski instructor at Some weeks ago, I came back from It could destroy the good impressions the same time I did. Tasmania, Australia, where I had spent that good races, perfect organization and Manfred promised to help, and asked two months traveling. well-prepared slopes will create. Vail Ski School director Morrie Sheppard After a long and tiring flight, I had, if I could have a job. finally arrived in Denver, where a friend One day later, I sold my red Kastle skis picked us up an drove us to Vail. and my Scott ski poles at Mt. Snow and It was around 5 p.m., too early to sleep, OUR LE 11 r,RS POLICY bought the $99 bus ticket to Vail. Bob so we decided to get a be and a small The Daily Trail welcomes letters to the Gratton, the Mt. Snow Ski School direc- lunch. The Vail restaurant we went to was editor. We request that letters be typed tor, gave me a letter of recommendation, r,..,r,.y and the employees stood all over and I never saw him again. the place. and double-spaced; we reserve the right After two or three days, I finally When I asked the manager for a table to edit letters for style, grammar and arrived in Vail. It was about midnight and to sit down, he answered, "Let me see if I length. Letters concerning Daily Trail it was snowing like I expected after all the can find a place for you." articles receive top priority. All letters stories I had heard about the famous Vail- This was a very surprising answer as I must include name, address and tele- powder. was used to hearing in Australia: "Sure, phone number. We will withhold the My problem was, it was night, I had no where do you want to sit?" author's name on request. Deadline for money, and no idea where to spend the The food was good, but the service a particular issue is the previous day at night. needed patience and the prices were high. noon. Write letters to the Editor, The I walked into Gasthof Gramshammer. SO what? My suggestion: might be we Daily Trail, P.O. Drawer 6200, Vail, CO I walked straight to the guy behind the need some more Pepis in Vail, or perhaps 81658; or E-mail us at dtrailOvail.net. bar and asked him, "are you Pepi?" some more Australians. The opinions expressed on this page are because I knew the Gramshamnier name. Sure, not all Vail restaurants or stores not necessarily the opinions of the own- He looked at me and I told him my are this way. But I had to find out that a ers or management of this newspaper. story. No problems - I got free room lot of people - not only the employees XC ; • Febr=V 10. 1898 9 02/11/1999 08:50 19704766823 VAIL SKI & BOOT REPR (PAGE 01 MA-~o~- V An w Cc t~ Ck FL C,5~ S UP 7C) 7, k v4 ~ )~vo mf ~ r s of i ~S~- Q-,~- t4 A-~Nof~j /\A ~ 1 I c)UK V~A> Cl T-7 r 02/11/1999 08:50 19704766823 VAIL SKI & BOOT REPR PAGE 02 ' Z d~ 2 Aspen. to stop using magnesium chloride on streets pending lab tests ASPI~hl -Respottdirtg to complaints from residents. the city .of Aspen ha$.agieed to stop negative health or environmenlaC,impact3. Bttt.the resort iowri.is woixied that Aspen's steep and windy Fads ntight..goOcy this winter and that sand and- salt, . thc.bnly 66or sgWances cur y used to keep the stzeets. safe. wiJlasi~3ely effect th vironment. "Everybody wants it to be e&fe, but they also want sate chemicals," said Aspen City Manager Amy. Margerum. i Magnesium chloride is a naturally-occurring salt sub- ; stance that is spr#yed 6f ioady.pnor to snows to keep ice from bonding to the road's suiiface. Aspen is the secoitd:Roarirng Fork Valley community to cease or curtail the use of the deicing, substgnr° The neighboringtowo_of l3asalt stdpped using it sever- al rnonthi~. ago and asked the Colorado Department of Traasportt tioa not to splay the'deiceron highways through town. s 02/11/1999 08:50 19704766823 VAIL SKI & BOOT REPR PAGE 03 Mag.. x' . Afl. Y: d ftv-s a Street ic e~ker: dit.' lies In',lesr-results By Chad.. Klna A.. bri NSIM 61.0 WHIM Todaymay veryry uve11,11 tarlc-the bin ning. of the ;end:: for magnesium chloi±itle o, a stitietslol Aspen. ' The 'City council.. the rstreetsdep.am"nt; and, the environmentalhealth.da'pafttlr- :.1vtll'disco[t'tinue.ttteuse of. mag chloride uii3iil th 4MrSultS come in`' =5..... test conducted, on-Prid :tb.d termitze thF amount of heavy metals in the, local -etch of h6 i1 e-ict"~$ agcut. `.We are ',xtent Vie going:to+ee'.io . we can cut h~k the, usage.'. Lee Cassia, environmental l'ieatlh dig id.,l,.r bate about the The'ezperinear£~oite~a are y!s.of de erivironMentel im .40% ihag ci loride.has on trees, nvei. life, and humans; "aeco. ing: Ito ;eilviront entil. health director L.ee..Cassin, ss least vue' .use tsar"atsdtlie le ; r c' •;ti p tt~ it sin said' . 01 hta rt . l?~. vy -pingl w~.,are dvin8- ov, e> 'o£ CXperymeriL:tp see' oW tYYGC a eaYtui.~k the use t, it and how vvetl. it.wil:vork.; tti~''alteicriative'to tti 61d6 e k.m dowm d:the' PM40. . ry'• iculate t , abt" 02/11/1999 08:52 19704766823 VAIL SKI & BOOT REPR PAGE 01 i LOCAL xld be R esU.l rho AM, n 1 tvo weeks COMP A P CHLORIDE from page ialance between the health risks of PM- 1 which we know exist, and the 'concerns...... ith mag chloride." matter.. PM-10 has beeir deMm iledi.:6 Cassin petformed a series of test on I cause a numbeK of variduS Health':..: ~e ciry.'s 'supply of mag chloride on problems for people who breathe: the .Friday; and' results from those tests particles- 3ttotild be available in the next couple of . One way of cutting. do ni'the amount weeks Once the tests determine if the of PM-10 created by the :.gravel is'tU ':local batch of mag chloride has a soak the sand in mad ;chlpride..'Flias `:.~hariAftil concentration of heavy metals, allows the gravel to boh4 wit1~ the ice or •.cifcQUncil. and staff will review. their snow already on the stieet5 ii rid maces - . y the use of gravel ti effecave,:and use of .the-chemical. longer lasting. Cassiri ' said the streets department se;an. wilf step up-their plowing frequency to . - Y . "We are going. to tif'flotlb.u ' mag chloride; bait; we ete:go tig to`.k keep i6e : streets in the best possible a 'close eye' on;the-ti#te PM I condition without using mag chloride- are going to see to what extent monitor we hava: iIexpiix:;. =Mu back the usage, Cassin wa city manager:';.. x d 'if the PM-10 goes up `.Basically we arooing' Y:', t ..then. we v hAve io lus!DA sense and good j gmepta,r,, s a CML 1144 Sherman Street - Denver, Colorado 80203-2207 • Phone (303) 831-6411, FAX (303) 860-8175 A 10-Point Plan for Improving Growth Management by Colorado Municipalities and Counties The following proposal is suggested as an alternatives to other, more ambitious growth management legislation pending in the General Assembly. A bill containing the following elements might have a chance to be adopted by the legislature and signed into lawn by the Governor because it: • Respects private property rights. I • Respects local control of land use decision making. • Would not require a state appropriation. • Does not impose any significant unfunded mandates on local governments. • Is evolutionary, not revolutionary, and generally involves amendments to existing statutes rather than the adoption of a whole new statutory scheme. • Would improve regional planning decisions by fostering better municipal-county relations. Elements of the proposal: 1. Require municipalities to annex property only in compliance with their adopted 3-mile plan, and grant counties additional authority to review and comment on 3-mile plans. 31-12-105 (1)(e), 31-12-104, C.R-S. 2. Prohibit municipalities from annexing property that they are incapable of serving within a specified time period (e.g. three years). 31-12-104 (1)(b), 31-12-119, C.R.S. 3. Expand standing for municipalities to challenge annexations by other municipalities from 1-mite to 3-miles. § 31-12-116 (1)(a), C.R.S. 4. Authorize counties and municipalities to make compliance with their land use plans mandatory in reference to their locally adopted land use regulations. 30-28-106 (3)(f), 31-23-206 (3), C.R.S. 5. Authorize counties to hold development approvals in abeyance if the property proposed to be developed is eligible for annexation to a contiguous municipality, and provide that development in the county jurisdiction will proceed only if the landowner and municipality cannot reach agreement on an annexation first. Art. 28, Title 30; § 29-20-104, CKS. A 'd 9SH LZ6 OL6 'ON XU ISO Wd 15:1 NOW 66-9 -HHd G. Authorize counties to adopt by reference and enforce municipal development standards for growth in unincorporated areas adjacent to the municipality. Art. 28, Title 30; §'2920-104. 7. Strengthen existing statutory authority for municipalities to review and comment upon county land use decisions in territory near municipalities. § 30-28-110 (5)(a), CRS. 8. Strengthen municipal authority to challenge the formation or expansion of special districts and similar entities in unincorporated areas within a reasonable distance from the municipality, where the formation of such districts may lead to the inefficient duplication of services or the promotion of leap-frog development. § 32-1-204 (1), C_-S. 9. Support an aggressive program by the state, local governments, and private land conservancies to purchase conservation easements as the best way to preserve open spaces between existing communities and to provide incentives for the preservation of farms and ranches. This proposal would include at a minimum the prioritization of increased LOCO spending for this purpose and, ideally, may include new funding sources from the state and local governments. 10. Establish a formal mechanism (e.g., involving DOL& CML and CCD for periodic review of the effectiveness of the foregoing measures, and for the consideration of additional statutory changes to enhance regional planning and growth management by municipalities and counties. *A Footnote on "Urban Growth Boundaries." In the past the Colorado Municipal League has supported legislation proposing "urban growth boundaries" or "urban service areas." In principle, ~ this approach continues to be attractive to many municipalities (as well as some counties) and is reflected in any number of inter-governmental agreements being forged around the state. Urban growth boundaries support the idea that new urban levels of development should generally occur in or adjacent to existing municipalities, and is best served by existing municipalities rather than requiring the creation of new units of government. However, the foregoing 10-Point Plan does not include an "urban growth boundary" component, per se, because of the political and practical problems inherent in formulating an approach that would work statewide and that would not provoke the strenuous opposition of rural property owners, i.e. those owning property outside the "boundary." (Draft for discussion only by CML,1-29-99) t 6 d H H LZ6 OL6 'ON Xdd ISU Wd 15:1 NOW 66-8 -9H9 ASPEN bIES WEEKLY 4. from the valley and beyond. Saturday & Sunday, February 6 & 7,1999 1118 world's biggest y- . v SKI RACE, PARTY and 00 THREE-RING -CIRCUS ¦ The Kitzbuhel ski race falls just short` of a =riot 10,1000, 10-0 =i BY JAY COWAN (KnZBUHEL, AUSTRIA) - When Hans Knauss led the powerful Austrian men's ski team in a sweep of the first three places in Jan. 23's Hahnenkamm downhill in Kitzbuhel, it didn't really surprise any- _ one. Except maybe Norwegian star Lasse Kjus, who had won three downhills this a season, plus a shortened "sprint" race on w F` f3 ~ the same track the day before. What did lam. come as something of a shock even to longtime Kitzbiihel locals was the magni-. rude of the event itself. When an estimated ' 60,000 people showed up to watch the downhill alone, it really rocked this hard- partying ski town. The locals are used to hosting the biggest event in alpine skiing every year. They just aren't used to it',' . t'• ,v going off quite so huge. i r ¦ see Hahnenkamm on page 8-C - j f rlS I well-traveled water 11-C . . .m. - 's. - a -~a~,.,,n= `c b+,3;"z^. r....~,-.: :a~~ t^-. m~ -°^..t.~:t.~r ~.•i-`e ~ =sys. ~...ti ` .:'-r ';c3ti-?~`• r.,Ya.~::a~s.-~~~=ic. s*~..+' rbs _ ~.2+'.'~±,~.._ r is The Aspen n.- • saiurdaySunday, FebnraryG7, 1999 - Hahnenkamm ¦ continued from page 1C cigarettes and flatulence. in his native country, "isn't so large or so events and has been awarded 59 times in la: Try to imagine the Denver Broncos play- All in all, it resembled nothing so much as crazy. But we had a night slalom in Schlad- January, missing only the World War 11 year ing the Super Bowl in Aspen, which is a rock concert run amok on snow, with occa- ming, Austria, this season that was also very and three times in the '80s and '90s whe roughly the same size as Kitzbuhel, and you sional ski racers streaking by like neon sub- big, with wild crowds." Not all European snow shortages forced its cancellation. It ha will have an idea of the scale of the scene atomic particles in a vast accelerator, almost events are so successful, of course. Kitzbuhel routinely drawn the largest crowds of an `A here. The vivid blue sk over town looked sky as an afterthought or an incidental sideshow. is the granddaddy, the king. But even the skiing competition on the planer, filling thi like a Jules Verne wet dream. There were It is, in short, unlike any ski race ever held lesser competitions are able to avail them- ancient and beautiful town in the Kitzbiihele enough helicopters chattering overhead to fill in Aspen or America. Estimates were that a selves of forms of assistance that aren't an Alps with raucous throngs of the ski racin• a scene from "Apocalypse Now." Anywhere total of 100,000 viewers crowded into option in America. From Cortina to St. faithful, here to pay homage to the best, soal from 20 to 30 cartoon-colored hot-air bal- Kitzbuhel to witness the three-day extrava- Anton to Kitzbuhel, army troops are mobi- up the sun and international atmosphere and loons hung in the air like giant neglected ganza. The World Championships now being lized to prepare the courses. Though they are not incidentally, party like marauding Visig Christmas ornaments. And tandem paraglid- staged in Vail will not attract a fraction of paid a nominal sum by local organizers and oths on drugs. ers swept among them all, along with a Kitzbdhel's numbers for their entire two- ski clubs, it's nothing compared to the pay- When my wife Harriet and I were invite( bright purple World War If vintage bomber week run. rolls involved for Aspen's squadron of course to attend the race this year we jumped at th, plane painted in the Milka Chocolate Com- Why? Well, as Swiss technical ace workers and grunts, without whom no com- chance, in spite of having strong misgivings pany'scolors. Michael Von Gruenigen explained to about attending something that we knee But the traffic in the sky was nothing me: "I like racing in Aspen. It's very would be crowded and chaotic, potentialh compared to that on the ground. Herds of nice. But it's not like here for fans. In possessed of all the charm of Spring Break it tour buses rolled into town from all over Austria skiing is number one. In Amer- "I like racing in Aspen. Fort-Lauderdale. Still, we've been tc Europe, while extra trains laid on for the ica I think it's not even number fifty." - Kitzbuhel several times, but never for the event arrived every 15 minutes. You couldn't In the alpine countries of Europe, sub- It's very nice. But it's not race, and I've always wanted to see it. The park within miles of the mountain without stantial chunks of the population ski downhill, held on the fiercely demanding special passes and great gouts of people and they are mad for the sport. The top like here for fans. In Austria Streif run directly above town, is the most swarmed through the streets and up the ski racers on the Continent are the awesome event in the business - a hairy. slopes, a staggering infestation that was equal of the best football, basketball skiing is number one. super-fast, essentially insane two-minute simultaneously fascinating and scary. and baseball players in America. They careen down an is lun e Attempting to control and contain it all was a are lionized by y p g more hardened the masses, made In America 1 think it's not than the windshield in a Russian mobster's level of security reminiscent of a papal visit, wealthy from endorsements and limo. as some police checked tickets while others revered in their hometowns, where even number fifty." frisked packs, manned loudspeakers on those who win gold medals and WorlFamous Kitzbuhel native and gold medal- rooftops or led bomb-sniffing German she p P ist Ernst years agescorted me to the start - Cu races are often rewarded with -Michael Von G1T1en1FeR, area a few years ago and said, "Here, no one herd dogs amongst the teeming ranks of visi- major assistance in building their own S stands without a ucker." This ear's winner. tors. hotels. ski racer p Y The village and the finish area of the race I Aspen and Vail and other race Hans Knauss, said he was so nervous his courses were crammed with every imagin- sites in the United States, the ski areas knees were shaking in the starting gate. able form of tents, pavilions, bleachers, J'um- There is a sign eat of r the top the course that are often concerned that when they lists all the holders of course records on the botron television screens, band stages, speak- hold a World Cup event they will actu- Streif, and it's a who's who of downhillers, er columns, beer and brat stands, souvenir ally discourage their paying guests from petition could ever be run. including Christain Pravda, part-time Aspen vendors, cordoned-off VIP and press centers, coming to town because of all the commo- Interestingly, in the case of Kitzbuhel resident Anderl Molterer, Karl Schranz, Jean- portable WCs, a first-aid area and fleets of tion and the closed slopes. In Kitzbuhel, they there are now concerns among residents that Claude Killy and Franz Klammec team and racer-service vans. Swarming charge almost $15 a day to watch the races, things are getting out of control. There are Aspenite Andy Mill has described look- around it all were hordes of coaches, photog- clearing over a million dollars on the gate real fears that one of their most famous and ing out from the start at the wild Kaiserge- raphers, skiers, pilgrims and revelers in elab- alone. And that's chump change compared to enduring trademarks, the Hahnenkamm, birge range across the valley and then look- orate costumes and painted faces. Babies the money shelled out by television stations which produces the biggest weekend busi- ing down and down until he could finally see being pulled on small wooden sleds (called from all over the world for the right to cover ness of the year by far, has become a kind of the first gate between his skis. "Within the rodels) looked as gaga as I felt. the show, and the fat checks cut by a welter monster in danger of destroying its curators. first few seconds from the start, you're going The soundtrack for all this hoopla was of sponsors who bid feverishly for the privi- Wherejust a few years ago the town was ner- 60 mph," he said. Canadian great Steve Pod- dominated by longtime race announcer and lege. vous that interest in the Hahnenkamm had borski won the race twice and told me that Kitzbuhel resident Michael Horn, whose Whereas American ski races routinely peaked and might never revive, now some the first time he inspected the course and excited, multilingual spiel (he has also fre- cost the host resort upwards of a million dol- wonder at what point they can have too skied out onto the famed Steilhung section it quently called the race in Aspen), competed lars to stage, in Kitzbuhel the ski club makes much of a good thing. was so steep and icy he couldn't even stand with the constant bray of air horns and clang- a profit on them and can afford to offer Almost since its inception in 1937, the up on it. And he grew up skiing on ice. So ing cowbells. Flags from a dozen countries $50,000 prizes to the winners. Hahnenkamm has comprised the two most this is the event that racers themselves waved frantically in a wind of their own "Kitzbuhel has always been the most men's ski races in the world. The acknowledge as the supreme test, the ulti- making. The aromas of sun-washed moun- famous race, so it's definitely the biggest," Hahnenkamm trophy, after which Aspen's mate yardstick of a downhiller's career. It's tainsides and open-air grills couldn't always says Von Gruenigen, who admits that even Roch Cup was initially modeled, goes to the why I wanted to see it, no matter what. overpower the general scent of booze, b.o., Wengen's great downhill at the Lauberhorn combined winner of the downhill and slalom The Hahnenkamm is held on the ski hill PREMIERE MASSAGE THERAPY jam R., CMT - Over 20 Years Experience 544-1074 • 618-4924 Ask about r specials JOSHUA-& CO. . 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(970) 925,6473 fax www.aspen.com/ammc saturday-sunday, £ebruarv 61, 1999 • The Aspen Times 9-C of the same name, which is German for delineate the courses dove right down into generation, hoisting children on their shoul- groper's paradise, packed and racked by pan- "Cock's Comb," apparently what the moun- town where they disappeared into a growing ders, hanging from trees, lurching en masse demonium. We saw Aspenite, broadcaster ain looked like to someone years ago. Dur- mass of 30,000-plus spectators for what was up the mountain. Kids clung to each other, and veteran Hahnenkamm observer Bob ing the 1960s, '70s and '80s it was always a essentially a warmup event. Major sponsor staggering, cheering, singing and making Beattie soldiering bravely through a video- major event, attracting mobs of 30,000 and BMW had pavilions and shiny new cars out, while medics roamed around assisting ape segment in a mob so thick it seemed to more, most of whom lined the bottom third everywhere. Television choppers jock- genuinely worry him. Thousands stayed up of the course creating a clamor and din that eyed aggressively for the best positions. all night partying to steel drum bands under could be heard, and even felt, throw hout the Gosser Beer stands littered the hillside fireworked skies. valley. In many ways it was a barometer of and their hot-air balloon in the shape of a "Here, no one stands By Sunday the foot-thick layer of trash on the slopes and streets was being raked into skiing and ski racing's popularity, especially massive foaming beer mug was tethered " bi make room for in the Alps. As such, in the 1990s it began to course-side at the [op of the Zielschuss. Without a pucker." big blue garbage bags to lose rowd some of its p steroidal lustre. Red Bull had erected an entice temporary more of the same. The crowd was only - Racer Ernst Hinterseer, slightly diminished from the day before Crowd size withered, , attention wavered and three-story building for their privileged (hangovers causing surprisingly minimal C Kitzbuhel, like much of the ski racing world, guests. Towering bleachers for more of the Hahnenkamm start and they jammed both sides of the wondered if the thrill was gone for good. VIPs enclosed the finish area, which was attrGaitionition) slalom course from op to bottom. Maybe it was snowboarding taking over, flickered over by a billboard-sized screen On this day the Austrians would not fare along with a new generation without much alternating between images of the racers the top 10. use for the rituals and celebrations of the and Cafe de Colombia ads. All around us so but well, they could placing afford only rd to one be. skier in magn the sous in past Three cancellations in 10 years and four people rocked and raved, barely seeming defeat. Slovenian J rd to be. was loudly laud- years in a row of Canadian winners certainly to notice the race. And this was only the didn't help. Who wanted to come all the way tip of the iceberg. alcohol overdoses and the falling-down- ed for his victory. Rising Swiss star Dither to Kitzbuhel if they weren't even going to Saturday produced a virtual human grid- drunk concussions they often caused. I kept Plaschy soared to second place, and Giorgio have a race or, worse yet, it was going to be lock where you could almost pick up your waiting for Woodstock-type announcements Rocca of Italy made his first-ever podium won by upstart North Americans? feet and be carried along by the mindless warning people that the brown acid was bad. appearance in third. Exciting young Austrian But then things turned around. They flow. Groups came bedecked in outlandish Alanis Morisette, local pop-star Hansi Hin- superstar Benny Raich, a multiple World installed snowmaking all the way down the hats, Austrian flags, massive cowbells, heavy terseer and even Cher (yes, Cher) blasted Cup winner in gate races this season, crashed Streif in 1994 to minimize the chance for war paint, racer-autographed T-shirts. And from the PA system right up to race time. on his first run. And Hermann Maier, not a future cancellations. They began strenu- Then the world's best downhillers began slalom specialist, also exited midway through ously promoting the event and adding an their part of the entertainment, flung through the first run, allowing both Lasse Kjus and MTV flavor with rock bands and over- the shrieking fans with the whoosh of low- his Norwegian teammate Kjetil Andre sized, hyperkinetic, outdoor TV screens. it resembled nothing so flying jets, skittering down a slope that could Aamodt. who won the important combined In 1997, they introduced the "Abfahrt only be groomed by Zambonis and pick trophy, to slip past him in the point standings Sprint" on Friday, a shortened two-run much as a rock concert axes, hurled through the brilliant blue sky for the overall World Cup. Considering the downhill with no World Cup points, but like rocket-launched dervishes. Lasse Kjus, dominance of the Austrians this year, it was large cash purses. That .year the crowds run amok on snow, with already reportedly having failed a piss-test the only serious disappointment of the week- returned, more than 45,000 strong, and because of medication for his lung infection, end for the rabidly partisan fans. last year they had to move the awards occasional ski racers stormed down the course in first place until Not that it seriously reduced their post- ceremony from downtown to the finish the last big roll, where an unplanned tip-riser race celebration, and I left them to it. area because they couldn't guarantee the streaking by like neon caught too much wind resistance and proba- Burned-out on all the people and by just security of the racers otherwise. For bly kept him off the podium. Last year's win- being a spectator. I headed up onto relatively 1999, the combination of perfect weather subatomic particles in a net, Italian speedster Kristian Ghedina deserted slopes for some turns and a final run and a resurgent Austrian ski team pushed appeared to have missed the wax, as did the down the Streif where the downhill course attendance numbers to record heights. vast accelerator, almost as entire Swiss team. Austrian Werner Franz. was still being dismantled. In Aspen it can be We arrived in Kitzbuhel on Thursday, second in the sprint event, held the lead until dangerous to jump onto the post-mce course to the news that the Streif had claimed an afterthought. Hans Knauss seized it from him, pushing with all the other Hermann Maier wannabes. another casualty, this time Austrian gold Kjus briefly into third. Then second-seeded In Kitzbdhel, the threat isn't from other medalist and former downhill world Austrian Peter Rzehak put in the run of his skiers because no civilians dare a high-speed champion Patrick Ortlieb, who took a life to snake into second place and complete rumble on the treacherous Streif until it thaws horrific head-first tumble that compound- the home-country sweep. National hero and again. Even drunk, crazy and blind people fractured his femur and badly dislocated double gold medalist Hermann Maier, not recognize a vertical skating rink when they his hip. From his hospital bed the next day, those were the conservative ones. Others wanting to be there and skiing with a sore encounter it. So I tip-toed gingerly down the the 31-year-old wished his fellow competi- wore elaborate costumes fully the equal of back, fought gamely to stave off a Norwe- track in comparative peace and isolation, tors the best and announced his retirement. Mardi Gras creations. Several brass bands gian assault on his overall World Cup lead, strangely relieved and also disappointed that When we hiked into town from our quiet showed up, apparently disguised as glittering but could manage no better than eighth. it was all over, rounding out my overall awe oasis at the Seebichl Hotel just outside of ferns and trees, swilling schnapps and play- The sweep was all the added incentive the of the scene and the racers with one further Friday random crowd at ions of th appear by spon anus Do nttown otu nedeinto aototall ca nival, a how, theocourse respect for the real star of the med. overw were , we assembl The elecetric red and yellow now f nces that ingPeofor toe Comprehensive Local News Asueo Public Radio. TO YOU KAJX - Your Community Public Radio Station Please join The Little Nell for a k very special evening on Monday, February 8th. 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Frontage Road Vail, Colorado 81657 Re: Concerns with the Lionshead Redevelopment Master Plan Dear Mayor Ford and Members of the Town Council: This firm represents the Landmark-Vail Condominium Association and its concerns with the Lionshead Redevelopment Master Plan ("Master Plan"). My client again wishes to thank all involved for their hard work and effort that will serve as the basis for significant improvements in Lionshead. Now that the final plan has been published, my client wishes to address one specific point. As you know, Section 5.9 of the Master Plan deals with detailed plan recommendations for the North Day Lot Transportation Center. The Transportation Center is proposed for the parking lot immediately north of and adjacent to the Landmark Tower and Townhomes. The Detailed Plan Recommendations, in Section 5.9 of the Master Plan states: A critical consideration in the planning and design of this facility will be its impact on the adjacent Landmark Tower and Townhomes and the Westwind. . Both the Westwind and the Landmark should be closely involved in the transit center planning and design process. The Master Plan recognizes two important issues facing the Landmark Tower and Townhomes if a North Day Lot Transportation Center is constructed. See Master Plan 5.10.1. These issues are automobile access by the Landmark to its front door and the possible demolition Mayor Rob Ford Town Council Members February 8, 1999 Page 2 and redevelopment of the Landmark Townhomes. While redevelopment of the Townhomes can be discussed later, the Landmark must address the questions regarding its access. The Master Plan refers to the agreement that it allows ingress and egress through the north day lot for guest arrivals and drop offs to the front door of the Landmark Tower. This agreement has been in place in one form or another with Vail Associates since approximately 1973. In referring to the longstanding agreement whereby the Landmark has rights to access through the north day lot, the Master Plan concludes: "It is unlikely that this use can continue in the same way after development of a transit center on the site." We strongly disagree. We believe that minor changes to the Master Plan could incorporate ingress and egress, providing access to the front door of the Landmark Tower, without negatively impacting the proposed Transportation Center. We have contacted a design firm to prepare a plan for your review. We feel strongly that a solution can be found to both preserve Landmark's rights to access its front door and to develop a Transportation Center on the north day lot. As soon as we receive the plans from the designer, I will make them available to you. If you have any questions in the meantime, pleas 1 free to contact me. / Ve trul yours;' et Harris Rudy PHR/tbm cc: Landmark-Vail Condominium Association Geoffrey Wright, General Manager, Destination Resort Management, Inc. PA GL oNE RP- : Z,990 DI=NS (TY' olJ ~'P.o ~A, GAM ISGh/ PXRCCL, L6*P,-- ,VA,Uk&L OP&M PA'hK~ FLt',{SE. Rc=AV LC;?I~rc, oW 3rd PAGe' AI~~( ull? <2'l~/G TU G-1'Np/JASczC Ti4~L /~rP~!?7Ct o; ppL~1 pArc ELs Tim -fV74)N Of V41L . VC Ai LS 0 L NGLoS ~p iQ DPl or -A LE?TER I F6uNp 1 N ?7K" )4~,oRulfkY 4,44 y99 CDITIG'N 6-r r- ',b.4/LY -rRAiL' I:Rdr,M.- B~-A!/Z L"LLIOT /:~Aaij Tld2: 4(1v17ED klNG,DUO;I 0A/ VgILS 561,8UR13A1V17-AT /OA1, /N762ESIIA16 To s 4~I= SWO1 4-W 023J=6TIVE QPMOOV, vuMC-, / 9q7 S 11t oc- Tim /~clt/C S~lIIcrN? oI= MY c.cr-G-`Tlme7 OY S6ca 1A)& A CHC" BEDIzoi7/1 CdrIDO ON CNA-;440N(.~ LAV . 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VnT71cn ki ? r e F `l'h r~zr to i board needs tol ay and come back, asst have to see 01 el Pail dread ~s 1 ~yJ~~t~here Js concern about where .newly achy } • I ~ `~'q'+'"'P•.{~!f~•fhyK~•"~y iii kf~ a{.K'•h. r r Mg em loyees can A. ut from vYhat I hear:yr?srsome N .rAy. fw ~ +di+" R9a; •:~.'.N az t a s~.• Att v k,~+gl.uL ' f the' ~e~ e't&z',housinhg froie town are I; .~FA'•:•I: S.S•`L~'•WI7 A r rN•aV• .~F M:.yYhe t .'iD fs 1 •<i business owners: o ,havde -ii een here a lore time ;v 1 4a.~jeG#,+': H.f z*.a ti What's the t tF"t uS'1 Hf~Etjyrs' C}rJ 'tr'xe'i •h > ^ F, ~n r Also, IsIt true ople etUnousingai • ~ , ' ex ~ V~ •d+ CQ~31r 4 DECEIVED FEB 1 SLIFER SMITH February 4, 1999 R E A L E S T A T E Mayor Rob Ford Town of Vail 75 South Frontage Road Vail, CO 81657 Dear Rob: At our recent meeting, the Vail Commercial Property Owners focused on a Telephone few important issues. I would like to pass them on to you and the council. 97" 476 2421 Facsimile * Extend snow melt up Bridge Street to connect Seibert Circle and Slifer 970 476 2668 Square. Bridge Street at * Continue to find solutions for truck loading and delivery. Pursue all Vail Village office aspects, i.e., size of trucks allowed in the core, build truck delivery facilities 230 Bridge '-7'trcet (one or several locations) and work with large redevelopment projects in their \,ail Col,,r:Id,l plans. 8 16 5 7 * Work with the Town of Vail to develop a good experience for visitors and locals. Remember what business we are in. TOV processes should be easier. TOV employees, Le, CSO's, police, etc., should be more user friendly. Work on being the friendliest town in which to live, visit and do business. * Get rid of scattered newspaper dispensers. If you would like more input on particular issues, please let me know. We would be happy to meet with you to do whatever it takes. Best regards, f Rodney E. Slifer RES/jt cc: Bob McLauren 0 SOTHEBYS -A INTERNATIONAL REALT\' 02/15/99 15:36 FAX 970 476 9287 ECI FAULAND 1601 Town of Vail Attn.: Bob Armour Dear Council: , Please Ooasi&i tiu: foli.:wiug c: "iic.ni; and concerns we have in regard w your pans or rezoning pars of Lionshead and the Vail Village. 1.) Is the Masterplan ignored because of the shortfall in the Towns income, and has the - - cut of spending been considered fairly? For example why does planing staff need to be involved in the design process of a project? On large project that means years at the time- 2) Why is the Town rnAlrina an many cnnnnacioms to DcvcLr__z? Red_evele,A.,t d ,,,,»~ld fall under Remodel and to work within the given zoning and not changing the applicable rules. 3.) Developers responsibilities need to include Massttvup.,. ation,Employeehousing, Parking, Impact on the community ( Interstate Noise) and quality of live as a hole. 4_) In case of the Vail Village Inn redevelopment, Mr. Peterson asked you if you as Town would be interested to do some Employeehousing in conjunction with other Employers like Vail Resorts or the Vail Village Inn do satisfy requirements for on site and off site housing- Would that mean more pressure on indented open space? 5_) A true community center would proof a lot more beneficial in West Vail, where it could be utilized without access and time limitations. 6_) Site selection for a new Firestation should not be left to the Town Manager and Fire Chief. The old site needs to be considered for housing. ' 7.) To buffer Interstate noise needs to be a priority for all of Vail- Lowering and enforcing of the speed limit could be immediate steps. S-) The extensive use of a short-lived product like Magnesium Chloride through your Public Works Department, raises concerns for water quality and unnecessary corrosion to vehicles Sincerely, IGar an Fa~ I PP71 verso the Edilop Vail business clears air paper, perhaps it's time for your on employees, service employees to support us. As business owners in Vail Vil- nity Aisa time when the Vail commu- trying to come together to con- lage, we felt compelled to respond to tinue to make this a world class accusations and negativity regarding resort, it's important for the Vail the service in Vail expressed recent- Daily to not only help us with their ly in the Vail Daily. The kicker was criticism, but to find the positive reac- the article in Friday's edition by Dan tions as well. Let the public know that Sullivan that quoted the Florida cou- we are first class all the way. ple as calling us "second-class citi- -I'd also like to•take this forum to zens." publicly thank our great staff of "hip- We must be the luckiest employ- pie .surfer types" that continue to ers in town! Our staff of wonderful, come to work with great attitudes and young people (pierced tongues, tat- that treat our customers so wonder- toos, snowboards and all) have the fully. Thank you Amy, Robin, Lisa, reputation of being helpful, friendly Kimberly, Josh, Brad, Meghan, Kelly and kind to all of our customers. We and Eric. And thank you to our cus- regularly receive letters telling of the tomers who help our staff be the best wonderful service that our customers that they can be. t, experienced in our location. Now it's Sincerely, t always easy for them to be up and Steve and Sally Rosenthal ha " 3 ppy, some customers..are more Colorado Footwear demanding than others. However, if a customer malks'm-and gives any one of our sales staff half a chance, they White House sends will win ttiem over. Perhaps the Flori- da couple has the preconceived greetings to athletes notion that all .young people in Vail Warm greetings to everyone Bath- , are "second-class citizens, hippie ered in Vail, CO for the 1999 World ' surfer types" because they walk in Alpine Ski Championships. I am with the attitude that if their hair or pleased to welcome all those who accessories are different. from what . have traveled from arc.,nd the world - they themselves wear, they must be to compete in this exciting event. - bad. These Championships provide a " Rather than devote an entire arti- wonderful opportunity for some of cle to one couple's bad experience, I the world's finest ski racers to display suggest that Dan Sullivan and all the their skills and strategy on the slopes. vstaff writers from the Vail Daily actu- I know that all those participating iiz~gallv shop and support the retail loca- have worked long and hard to reach tons that they continue to bash as this level of achievement. and I com- 7avinu horrible, unfriendly service mend each of you for your spirit and and experience for themselves what a determination. pleasure it can be to shop in Vail V il- Best wishes for a wonderful corn- ]age. As the merchants continue to petition. spend advertising dollars in your President Bill Clinton t Letters to the Edifo~ can be e-mailed to: > Va;ill Daily 02/14/99 SUN 23:51 FAX 9709499227 SHAhIROCK Town Council_HemVC~001 VVMA;MEETING WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1999 d W414 8.3OAM COLORADO SKI MUSEUM AGENDA • THE GUtuE TO VAIL What changes are necessary? • SPECIAL EVENTS Our weekly summer street party • VAIL VILLAGE INN PROJECT Presentation by W. Prado &C. Dorsey • "UNDER 30" EMrLOYEE; DISCUSSION • TRACKING A CHANGING SKI BUSINESS RRC report to Town Council, •REVihW OF SALES TO DAJE. 02/14/99 SUN 23:51 FAX 9709499227 SHAMROCK Town Council Mem IM002 i I I I NOTES FORM JANUARY 13, 1999 VVMA MEETING U OU`1 DOOR DISPLAYS: There has been much debate how the Merchants' want, this issue addressed. The finial decision at the meeting was to let the present ordinance stand and to have the Town of Vail strictly enforce' it. The ordinance reads: "Outdoor Displays: The area to be.;used' for outdoor display must be located in front of the establishn'ent displaying 'the goods and entirely upon the establish ''ent's own property.. Sidewalks, building A entrances and exits, .driveways and streets shall not be obstructed by outdoor display." j ONING: There are projects taking place within the Town of ail that may change the present zoning density. A major question is whether or., not we, are, willing to change thep: resent zoning laws p . or do we make each new project to go to the for these ro~}'ects t Planning Commission on an individual basis.. What takes place with these projects ;could have a'huge impact on future zoning and development: so,now;is the time become ieducated about this issue. There is' informationiat;the Town of Vail offices to pick up. STREET PAR-1i~S;! ; There will be six summer street parties taking place. When and where these will be is still being discussed. If you have any suggestions please let them be known. i t A SPECIAL NOTE:, FREE,AFTER THREE ADVERTISING The Vail Town'Crouncilihas indicated the,Free After Three program, might not be renewed next year unless they see some Merchant support. On January 22n4 Kaye reviewed the advertising in the Vail Daily !and found the following: 02/14f99 SUN 23:52 FAX 9709499227 SHAMROCK Town Council Mem Q003 I' Merchants whose Ads did not include Free After Three logo: Brandess Cadmus Real Estate Gotthelf s Jewelers Terra Bistro ! Half Moon Saloon Sundance Saloon ! Bella Riva-VA Chicago Pizza' Lancelot K.B. Ranch Buzz's Mickeys-The Lodge The Club Pazzo's Lord Gore Garfinkels Red Lion Verbatim Booksellers Sarahs-Christiania Club Chelsea Pepi's Alicante Gambettas Nicks Gartons Gallery Bear ; Ore House Trail's End-VA La Bottega Cashmere Vail Dakota Craftsmen Scotch on the Rockies Vail Spirts Wildflower-VA Gore Creek Grill Up The Creek Kaltenberg Castle Hubcap Brewery' Villager Pasta Pronto Vail Athletic Club Polo Jeffe's Merchants whose Ads did include the Free After Three logo: Vendetta's; Los' Amigos Blu's La Tour Daily Grind As you can see a very small percentage of Merchants are putting the Free After Three'logo on their advertising. Please do so and support this program or we are in jeopardy of losing it. ' a ,02/14799 SUN 23:52 FAX 9709499227 SHAMROCK Town Council Mem Q004 FEB-12-1999 09=13 a245m8455243e466 1 WO 476 9516 P.02 VAIL VILLAGE INN Village Inn Playa Condominiums February 10, 1999 Ref Vail Plaza Hotel cu..,;..A1y known as the Vail Village Inn Dear Vail Village, Merchants Association Member: On. February 17" at the Association's regularly scheduled ...,,.?ing we will be giving a I pres:,:,i,: ion to update you and ask' for your support. A) The two years of working with the Vail Staff and the Planning and Ew.;-- ental Commission, (PEC) culminated on January 11 °i with a full si. t of the Staff and unmhnous, ,r~oval >x.,..~ the PEC. B) In previous public meciings two pe.y.,..s have continuously expressed their opposition. They have:wiirten letters and they have spoken up at those meetings. C) After the PEC approval and Staff recommendations we had a brief work session with the Town Council. We had the imr,.~~sion that the Council bras heard from the opposition but has not , heard enough from supporters. It looks like the Coumcd has needs to hear from you in order for them to make the evaluation of what is really in the best interest of the overall c inity- This is why we are coming to you,and arging you to strongly t^jvtess your support. We would terra: crate your sup, r .t and if you are not able to attend the meeting on the 172' please plan to satend the Vail Town Council meeting, which will be in the near future- , Thanking you in advance fir Your support it is FL;atly appreciared- SM' e 100 East,Mcad6w'llrivc Vail, Ct~lorado 81657 (970) 476-5622 i FAX (970) 476-4661 TOTAL, P.02 02/15/1999 11:15 561-798-9843' HARMON PAGE 01 XC . 1~ s February 15, 1999 Vail Town Council 970 479 2157 Germaine Harmon 561 798 984. 798 8287 Telephone Mayor Rob Ford and;all'Council Members, it was with great disappointment I heard the news that the council Meeting for February 16th was postponed. I had my bags packed and tickit in hand! I cannot help but fee that if it hadn't been postponed, the applicant's proposal or the Vail Plaza Hotel, stood a good chance of being denied. As I stated in my coi i hnents prior to the January 19th C uncii1 Meeting, yes, Vail needs growth and revitalization. T this I and many countless others are not opposed. Just the magnitude of the project proposed. Since making my initial comments, I have had another t ought or two. Lionshead has been on 'the drawing board' for what see s like years. Discretion regarding the proposed Vail Plaza Hotel would appear to be,key here. The. ramifications of a hasty 'yes' decision could impact Vail negatively for years to come. I am quite perplexed with the enormity of the spa area. I :find it interesting that the Lodge & Spa at Cordillera is where near that square footage and yet Conde Naste has rate it the 03 spa in the country! My late husband and I had been blessed with the where withall to build a 14,000 aq. ft. home and when I envision just a spa being 25,000 sq. ft., I can't help but wonder, 'Does Mr. Prado plan on inviting the entire state of Colorado for pool parties!?!?'. Parking - If I am not mistaken, there would be approx mately 326 hotel rooms, 15 fractional fee units, and a 20,00 sq. ft. conference center. 'Add to this, the size staff for a complex of this magnitude. Yet, there are only roughly 394 parking spaces in the plans. where are the rest to park? H . 02/15/1999 11:15 561-798-9843 HARMON PAGE 02 J t , L I shudder when. I think of the noise and traffic proble tslust for the collection of trash and delivery of food p es...let shave growth...but at a controlled rate. Yes, yes, Y Please do not permit chaos to reign in our wonderful village. Let's continue to set a standard which other towns will. want to use as a model for their communities. But more importantly, let's not 'sell out' our standards for the sake of coi . we can grow, but also continue to maintain our archite tural integrity, satisfying everyone's needs and desires, but not cavi Vail it did in to greed vision...leett enootcca it , discard this vision how. Thank you for 'listening' to my additional concerns. Sincerely, THE CENSORED IN VAIL NEWS AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROBLEM SOLVED Solving Vail's affordable housing problem will require two things. Real estate developers, especially the leaders of real estate development, VA, have to build for the affordable housing need, and the affordable wage problem has to be addressed. Real estate developers have proven we can't count on them to build affordable housing, apparently they prefer creating the problem. Not a politically correct leader will address the problems creating the problem, therefore decades later most say the problem is only getting worse. AFFORDABLE HOUSING INACURATELY ADDRESSED Whenever the affordable housing problem is addressed, most talk and limited action is in the rental market, not the ownership market. How much mileage do you think the TOV will get out of the Vail Commons, a project that did provide some ownership units, however, it was a small drop in a big bucket. The TOV housing at the bus facility I believe is rental, and more accurately defined as a human cage, not housing. I believe VA only addresses the rental market, especially their concern of seasonal rental. At a meeting I designed to ask questions, I asked Andy Daly if he built for the affordable housing problem, he said VA financed some rental housing. I stated that I was happy to hear that but that is not what I asked, when Peg Osterfoss removed me from the.poduim,'I believe yelling'now you've gone too far', protecting Andy from answering, and to this day Andy has hid behind his surrogate ov.,,p,vtective mother Pegs apron. And talk about only addressing the seasonal rental market, Andy/VA once had a solution, I can't believe the NFS hasn't yet said yes to'_, Andy(yA thinksseasonal'rental housing should be built on national forest land. Andy who won't say if he builds for or creates the affordable housing problem, the man who heads a company that has the priviledge to'operate a National Forest Public Land Ski Area (NFPLSA), thinks a national forest should be developed to solve a real estate developers, areal estate needs. If it's one thing these people provide it's comedy, but the laugh will be on 'the public when the NFS finally agrees, VA good idea, we see no other solution to the problem you have created, develop ounnational forest. AFFORDABLE WAGE$ Every Vail employer will now join VA, the NFS, TOV, and VVF in wanting my head. When this town has people who have been two decades onl the front line providing the ultimate in guest service, making Vail N. America's # 1 ski resort, and they don't have a penny to their name, a retirement plan, or a chance in hell of putting a roof over their head, there is.a problem. Vail's workforce could be defined as Kathy Lee and friends other sweat shop, a sweat shop with a smile. When the majority of the workforce has multiple employers, works for wages so below the;cost;of living they have to work 60780 hours a week, for significantly less benefits than welfare reciepients, with !no retirement plan, and live on no sleep for months on end with the stress of multiple jobs, etc, to live like an immigrant, but regardless, employees better provide the ultimate in guest service at all times to, in many cases,. demanding, in many instances out of line demanding, guests, otherwise you don't even have.'thai slave labor job. It's, interesting Vail employers/visitors demand the ultimate in guest service,'but when it,conmes to'putting their money where their mouth is and paying for it, suddenly guest service has no value. Or maybe we should say just no where equal to the value our guests receive for their skills at their.workplace: Compensation that allows them to live nicely off 40 hours a week, and own a home at their comfortable; retirement that's been employer provided for them. Funny thing is, although employers and guests refuse to .place the same financial value on guest service professionals, the only important professional skill ourguests care about, at vacation time is guest service. But you tell a Vail employer they support slave labor; :and; you'll find out that's not true. Slaves were traded and never put out of work, something Vail employers don't agange before:they put you out of a paycheck. You want to be compensated and respected for making Vail N. America's # 1 ski area, absolutely not, you are completely out of Iine:Make it easy on yourself, just buy into Vail has supported slave labor for decades, it's what you have to do to live here; we're not changing it, we have no intention of getting into the 20th century 1 before we enter the 21st, and if you question it, the whip comes out, and you're left out in the street bleeding. If guest service is that important to this valley, then like all others skills and professions, when professional is expected, then it better be compensated for in the manner that the employee can live like a human being, and retire in a home while living the American 40 hour work week. ROB FORD, MR. IN ACTION, WHAT'S YOUR PLAN The only reason I wish I had attended the last Vail adult pep rally was to watch the comedy. I believe I read Rob Levine spoke and stated we need a leader, but lit doesn't know where or if we'll fmd one. The comedy here is the man Rob Levine is a cheerleader to, our Mayor Rob Ford, our alledged leader, was there. And Rob Ford spoke big words, there's no more time for studies, it's time for action. However, either it's Vail's limited reporting, or Rob doesn't have a plan, but I don't remember the article presenting his plan. I mean a plan of more than, more of the same and watch the problem get worse and see our leaders continued to be baffled. Or scarier, Rob may be thinking that he can just literally whip Vails slaves into action. I asked Rob what his plan is, but Mr. In Action Himself never has anything to say to me. Later Rob was quoted as saying he's looking for solutions. Rob since you obviously don't have a clue, have you thought about your Director of Community Development, Russell Forrest. It's not at all funny that Rob is looking for a volunteer to do this job.This employee is being paid a livable salary, gets benefits and a retirement plan, and you want a volunteer to for free solve your most pressing problems. Funny, I would have and did volunteer to do Russell's last job, you know when you titled him a Sr. Environmental Policy Planner, but you, a father, refused to allow and displayed your thorough disguist for being environmentally responsible and proactive. But guess what Rob, your worst dream, come true, I'll again volunteer to do Russell's job, but again the biggest obstacle I will have will be the politically correct stonewall. But keep in line the source of the in action hot air. I mean as Rob and Russell are springing into action, I believe Russell, now the TOV, Director of Community Development, the ex titled Sr. Environmental Policy Planner, has been out of the office for weeks with the Championships, I believe intentionally misrepresenting Vail as the environmental Russell has prevented Vail from becoming- But maybe I shouldn't underestimate these two, Russell's work may'already be done, and the whips will be arriving right after the Championships. Rob's looking for solutions. I have a plan, I kinda let Rob onto it a year or so ago but Rob has once again displayed no interest, in, solutions. I'll tell you my plan soon, but first I want to hear Rob and Russell's plan. I mean they should be able to put it out tomorrow, well at least when Russell gets back from the Championships, but I doubt if they will. VA BUILDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, FOR BILLIONAIRES I can just see it, VA makes a Bold statement-displaying anger that someone would question their concern for affordable real estate for billionaires the operators of a NFPLSA want to have as their guests. When things are classified as`impossible, that generally is the first obstacle to achieving it. If affordable housing as opposed to trophy homes were, developed, we'd have no problem. Real estate developers, who get paid some of the best salaries and compensation packages in this valley for their skills, have two decades later failed to figure out how to build to be owned housing for the front line workforce. MATH THAT WILL BLOW OUR LEADERS AWAY One last bit of math for our baffled leaders. When Vail's front line workers become respected and are compensated for being guest service professionals, the amount of affordable to be owned by actual live in residences will have to be multiplied by Lalot because when our slaves labor is abolished workers will be working 40 hour work weeks, and we'll need 'more workers and homes for those who provide the most important skill in this town, guest service. Eileen Connors TO WW OF VAIL Input/lnguir7 Response Record . The attached conv=ents were recently received by the Town of VaiL We encourap Val .residents and guests to give us such input and we strive for ' s. FL EASE LESE CONL~.,tNS W!IrIIlV FIVE WORICII~rG DA~ySy~ oasees. PL CADDRESS FORM TO PAM BRANDM~ OMPI ~ 71Z LE wQuiRy • C LN-D TV M UA L TO HAIND LE INQUIRY DATETOVREVa) LNrui/?VQL Y ~,ts• . n= -tN-17r y. ' (L-zdicate date) L (attar:^ed) ~'+~d acs c~, ~t,~ vt 6-~ o Vll~.tc,~~,n4bc _7- OrLL Lam. l c:~ (at- ch copy) PH C L c Ca L L (indicate date) - ~ TO LIVO r~ uy ' A =vv vv or in cuir+nd :ar.Z viii r-~aie cn @3e at L4e i~ V 9rsn cvr..: inquiry zv -will be 1 C-mmunily.Re dons offtc, As 30M as Lois roe incuir onside:-d . ase~ tf is eelstne¢ y 2 RECS Vffl FEB ~ GaSM 1.v FAX: 970/476-8816 firamshammer, Inc. Telephone: 970/476-5626 Pepi Gramshammer 231 East Gore Creek Drive Sheika Gramshammer Vail, Colorado 81657 February 09, 1999 Dear Mayor Ford, With the World Championships coming to an end. I am finally finding the time to write to you. First of all. Pepi and T would like to thank_ you for sneaking tip in behalf of Gasthof Gramshammer and our new addition at the last town council meeting, we really appreciate your support. There have been many times when Pepi and I ask ourselves why we change and improve, instead of enjoying our business the way it was. We choose to improve our home, which is what Gasthof Gramshammer and Vail have been to us since 1964. Gasthof Gramshammer and Vail have been our pride and joy for all these years. It was not an easv start for any of us, but we all worked very hard to achieve what we have created in making Vail what it is today. What Vail has become, seems to be changing before my very eyes, instead of the growing pains that affect any expanding community; it seems to me that we are now experiencing a different kind of pain - an "attitude pain." I understand that there has to be rules, but they are made for guidelines and need to be flexible to the situation. This past summer was not an easy summer for any of the businesses that are located in the heart of Vail. With all the construction in town during the building of the Austrian Haus, Slifer Circle,, Seibert Circle, the Transportation Center and, of course, Gasthof Gramshammer's new addition. It was a very frustrating several months for many of us. However, during the construction, we all had a common goal - to improve and become more beautiful in welcoming the World to Vail with the World Alpine Ski Championships. Pepi and I have spent thousands of dollars on flowers and improvements to beautify Gasthof Gramshammer and the streets of Vail Village. We would like to make a positive lasting impression on visitors because we want people to enjoy and love Vail as much as we have all these years. What upset Pepi and me the most during all this were the problems with Town of Vail employees; specifically, Mitch Imber at Checkpoint Charlie. Instead of our guests being welcomed and advised about the construction around town, they were harassed and ticketed while trying to figure out how and where they needed to go to check in. Mr. Imber insisted on going out of his way to leave his post at Checkpoint Charlie and came to Gasthof Gramshammer to write tickets to our guests that parked over the 10 minute maximum limit, which even i r involved the Vail Police Department. This harassment went so far.. that many of our guests. before checking in insisted upon leaving Gasthof Gramshammer and moving to the Sonnenalp or even as far as Beaver Creek. I have confronted the police chief and the Town Manager. but it seems as if I am talking to a brick wall. When I approach anyone to discuss other problems, such as the street noise, the amplified sounds coming from night clubs, snow removal at 4:30AM and trash pick up at 6:OOAM, it seems that no one is willing to take action and nothing is being done about it. These kinds of problems cause complaints and non return guests. In the winter time it doesn't seem that there are is anv assistance in controlling the street noise and one major complaint is that our guests are only getting about 3 hours of sleep at night, if they are lucky. However, in the summer the officers are quickly at hand with their volume meter to measure the decibel level on our porch and give our entertainer a noise ticket at 5PM. This is another reason for not wanting to have entertainment on our porch this coming season. The street entertainers, with their singers and instrumentalists, are much louder than our entertainers. At vour meeting you were also talking about the attitude of the employees that work for Vail Associates and the Mountain. We also have the same problems as you, and we believe that we should first start improving guest services when they arrive in Vail, by making them feel welcome and assisting in any problems they may have. I think that we are forgetting that we are a resort and our business is to make people feel welcome, enjoy themselves and return year after year. Another example of blatant rudeness on the part of the town was on February 2, 1999, when the Austrian ski team brought their gold medalist, Hermann Maier, to the front porch at Pepi's in an official car to celebrate his first win in the Super G. Mr. Maier's driver was followed into town with flashing lights and then received a parking ticket because he could not move the vehicle fast enough. The entire incident was caught on film and broadcast on Austrian TV. Is this really what we want to show to the world? The only way I can see guest services changing in the future is if the businesses and the town start working together in achieving a common goal.. To accomplish this, the town is going to have to be more flexible in helping create the kind of atmosphere we all desire in the heart of Vail. As I said before, Vail is our home. We live above our business and we have contributed a lot of time, energy and money to this community. We never thought that there would be a point in time where we would consider getting out of this business, but all the stress and heartache makes living in Vail an unhealthy and sad experience. Thank you, Rob, for letting me take up your time and let you know what has been on my mind for the last 6 months. Best Regards, i f TOWN OF VAIL 75 South Frontage Road FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Vail, Colorado 81657 February 15, 1999 970-479-2100 FAX 970-479-2157 Contact: Greg Hall, 479-2160 Acting Public Works Director TOWN OF VAIL FACILITIES RETURNING TO PRE-CHAMPIONSHIPS STATE (Vail)--Town of Vail venues that were used for the 1999 World Alpine Ski Championships will be returning to their pre-championships state over the next week. The schedule includes the following (any areas completed sooner than scheduled will be opened immediately): Ford Park The 5,000-seat stadium used for opening ceremonies has already been dismantled and the lower bench of Ford Park will be completely dismantled over the next few days. The area will be re-sodded this spring and returned to its original state. Overflow public parking at the Ford Park ballfields and the soccer field playing surface will be closed to vehicles beginning at 6 a.m. Tuesday (2-16). This area also will be re-sodded this spring and returned to its original state. Please note that free public parking at the Ford Park lot off South Frontage Rd. and the soccer field parking lot off Vail Valley Drive will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Vail Transportation Center Terminal Building The fourth floor of the Vail Transportation Center Terminal Building (transit waiting area) will reopen to the public Wednesday (2-17) morning. The Terminal Building has been closed since . Jan. 13 for use as the Main Registration office for the Championships. Vail Transportation Center Top Level Van Area The top deck of the Vail Transportation Center designated for private shuttles will reopen to users on Wednesday (2-17). Vail Transportation Center Top Level Short-Term Parking Short-term parking for the Vail Village Visitors' Center will be reopened next Monday, Feb. 22. Vail Village Parking Structure, Top Deck The top deck of the Vail Village parking structure will reopen for public parking (value parking card holders) next Monday, Feb. 22. This area had been the site of the Frontier Center exhibition tent since Jan. 13. Parking is free after 3 p.m. in the Village and Lionshead parking structures all season long. Donovan Park The temporary parking lot at Donovan Park, which was used by members of the media to access the Main Press Center and the International Broadcast Center at Cascade Village will be closed to all vehicles beginning at 6 a.m. Tuesday (2-16). This area also will be reseeded this spring, if needed. For more information, contact Greg Hall, TOV acting public works director, at 479-2160. RECYCLEDPAPER `sue & r~, . Sr 1 V- T a ~ 7776 Ski village development 1S no for resort property, has led to re- longer merely a story in North w v f sort revitalization on a massive A 4., American skun ; if you follow the Y g y scale. At the moment, at least 30 money, it has become the story. • ' ` _ resorts in the United States and i l From Intrawest Corporation's Mountain Canada are planning or building Creek resort in NewJerseY to the upper Blue Riv- base villages. All told, the Big ~ er Valley in Summit County, Colo.; from the Four, along with several smaller } Elysian fields at the base of Aspen Highlands to d ` players, plan to invest close to f e the urban renewal of South Lake Tahoe, a resort $5 billion in mountain resort re- k renaissance is underway on an unprecedented a ` development in conung years. s scale. During the past five years, independent ski The reason for all this activity e resorts have been swept into the arms of major is the reason for so much in Amer- jc corporations; now these firms-and several of their smaller ica: Baby Boomers. The first edge of the Baby Boomer generation f m i brethren-are focusing their considerable resources on the task began to turn 50 in 1995. Every day, 10,065 more Boomers cross in of recreating many of the best-known ski areas on the continent. that magic threshold, which also happens to coincide with the or Marrying mountain to village has become an imperative for peak age at which Americans tend to buy vacation property. Va- resort success. While this may seem like a self-evident truth, for cation home purchases are expected to jump sharply, from on ~i much of skiing's North American history the two often have fol- about 3.3 million homes bought in 1997 to 5 million in 2013, after col lowed separate paths. j which the numbers are expected to drop. i nec Yet in this new union the very conceit of ski areas is being These are Boomers' peak earnings years; combine this with ` yea challenged. True, resort redevelopment invariably includes on- the wealth-generating effect of one of the healthiest economies lies mountain improvements: faster lifts, more snowmaking, better in memory, a record stock and grooming, new terrain. The Big Four players in the development market and an average 1 shol j game-Intrawest, American Skiing Co., Vail Resorts and Hines Boomer inheritance of ; $4T Interests-rightly point to these changes with pride. But the ac- $90,000, and the logic of expo t tion, and the money, is not in lift tickets. It's in real-estate devel- resort real estate develop- S Ii opment, particularly condominiums and homes that sell for ment is clear. A 1996 study lies i prices starting at $300 a square foot and rising to $1,200 or more. by Monroe Mendelsohn i main ~i No major new resorts have opened since Deer Valley, Utah, Research found that 38 j look in 1981. This fact, combined with increasing consumer demand percent of American tax- men t: °i 104 ¦ SKI ¦ MARCH/APRIL 1999 PHOTOGRAPH (TOP) GREG GRIFFITH; (BOTTOM) CAMERON HERYET 111111 10 111 ?a F 0 A - " 1 . \ n payers earn between C TC $100,000 and 5-250,000 VILLAGE . Tr O V 1 L L A G E annually; another 6 per, Use this index to find out who's planning what, Py' - cent make even more. They have money to burn. Aspen Highlands, Colo. (Hines) Attitash Bear Peak, N.H. (ASC) 1 12 "People do not consider this 107` Beaver Creek, Colo. (Vail) ' luxury item anymore," says Michael Coyle, vice president for real Breckenridge, Colo. (Vail) 1 14 estate and marketing at Intrawest. "These resorts are boomin Big Sky, Mont. (Independent) 1 14 because they consider our product a necessity.,, g Canyons, Utah (ASC) 1 17 Even if you're not in the market for a piece of base village real 1 Copper Mountain, Colo. (Intrawes}) 110 10 state, the result of the resort renaissance is likely to be a more en- Crested Butte, Colo. (inde ' pendent) 116 u dyable-although possibly more homogenousexperience at a Heavenly, Calif. (ASC) aI`' 07 najor ski area. Developers are purchasing entire resorts and turn- Jackson Hole, Wyo. (Independent) 1 116 1 6 ig their planning staffs toward integrating retail, residential and Keystone, Colo. (Vail-Intrawest partnership) 1 1 i " n-mountain development-and getting a slice of all of it. KiMammoth llington, Vt. (ASC) 107 7 The results of these efforts tend to be strikingly similar, at least Mot Ste. Mare, Que. Calif. awerawest partnership) 109 n paper: European-influenced, pedestrian-oriented villages en- Mount Snow, Vt. (ASC)(Intrwest) 110 ' )mpassing a mix of small residential units and carefully planned, Mountain Creek, N.J. Ontrawest) 107 110 .o-cute retail outlets and restaurants, all designed for maximum Panorama, B.C. (Intrawest) t~ :ar-round occupancy and cash flow. Behind these village designs Snowbasin, Utah (Independent) I 1 1 7 17 s a clear understanding on the part of the developer that skiing- W. Va. (Intrawest) ! Snowshoe, d snowboarding aren't the only attraction for manclients. In 1 10 y Solitude, Utah (Intrawest partnership) ops at Colorado's Beaver Creek, annual retail sales amount to Squaw Valley, Calif. (Intrawest partnership) 1 10 r 75 per square foot a rate commensurate with the nation's most Steamboat, Colo. (ASC) 1 10 Densive, and most exclusive, shopping malls. Stratton, Vt. (In}rawest) 107 Sugarbush, Vt. (ASC) 1 10 i ; Ski resorts, you see, aren't just for skiers anymore. In that fact the broadened appeal-and the economic salvation-of Sugarloaf, Maine (ASC) 107 Sunday River, Maine (ASC) 107 ~ ny of North America's ski areas. What follov,,s is an in-depth 107 - ' at the Big Four: their projects and their plans, plus develop- Whistler/Blackcomb, B.C. (Intrawest) 1 10 t_ at four independent resorts going it alone. 1 1 O Winter Park, Colo. (Hines) 1 12 i MARCH/:APRIL 1999 • SKI ¦ 105 _ Fft 4N. WIN t y~i L Myy'.,~ 11R;r~ ' vGl AI~iERaCAN S 1K 11N G C Y v# . O N, Ski" era®r Lookszo [Develow-4, nlike their rivals across the continent at in- total annual revenues in 1998, versus 4.7 percent in 1997. trawest in Vancouver, American Skiing Co. of- Yet to date, American Skiing Co. has built no base villages ficials insist they are a skiing company before That will change. Since it acquired Killington in 1996, and Th; all else. "We are first and foremost a skiing op- Canyons, Steamboat and Heavenly in 1997 (paying $294.8 md- erator, and we are second a real estate develop- lion for the latter pair and a golf course), ASC has decided it er," says Scott Oldakowski, vice president for real estate and needs to be in the village building business. (In December, it an- marketing at ASC's Bethel, Maine, headquarters. "Your ability nounced plans to sell $300 million in high-risk, high-interest to create sticks and bricks has little bearing on the value of your bonds to finance village construction, and noted that failure to 7 real estate. What drives value is if you're committed to the best do so could curtail its development. However, ASC reversed it- possible lifts, the best possible skiing, the best possible service. self in January, deciding instead to privately place $45 million { e That's what will create value in real estate." in senior secured notes and $40 million in subordinated notes.) t American Skiing Co. gained a reputation for producing good "A village brings a sense of place-it brings a kind of mae- r a snow-and lots of it-at its six Northeast resorts. Comprehen- net, a heart, to the resort," says Greg Spearn, senior vice presi- F sive base village planning was less of a priority than consistent dent for real estate at ASC. "It brings what the market is askin, skiing. This approach has , _ 1: produced a trademark real for, which is a place to go. b< L, .4 and a place that's free of m estate development at {s:' American Skiing Co. ski cars, where you can enjoy er j the outdoor environment areas: The quarter share hotel. ASC first intro- r 1 - in the mountains." tai duced the wildly popular r Spearn was hired away Hi, I "interval ownershi uar- from Intrawest in October cia p q ' 1997, and is convinced ~ ter shares in 1992 at Sun- ' day River, Maine: A single that his current employer zon I has a different approach erti. I; condominium is sold to four buyers, who each get to the village concept. one-fourth ownership and "They're very good at ~I timeshare style benefits. what they do," Spearn ilk Until recently, these con- r.••r.u.a~ •t!~~ says of Intrawest, "but I - believe they've become dominium hotels, usually called "Grand Summits," comprised "fairly formulaic in their villages and apply that formula wher- A T the bulk of ASC's real estate product. American Skiing Co. has sold 1,625 real estate units ever they go.^ One c (mostly Nevertheless, the "alpine villages" ASC is now planning for in the, quarter shares) at Sunday River since 1983, and another 611 at Sunday River, Killington, Steamboat and The Canyons are like- slopesi, other resorts. Those numbers are about to take off, as of last ly to feel similar. Each will contain a Grand Summit Hotel or a November, the company had 4,218 units under development, variation thereon, and each will contain a timeshare project H E A 1,104 units in sales inventory and a whopping 30,700 units of built by Marriott Corporation, which entered into a deal last ASC pr potential residential development on 7,000 acres spread across summer with ASC to build 200-unit hotels at these resorts. Ad- Tahoe, - its nine resorts in six ditionally, each alpine village is likely to get what Oldakowski entrance: states (note that a single calls a "theme" treatment. People t< quarter share counts as a "in building these villages, we've found in going to the skier speed 9c unit). The company that one of the things they are looking for is a sort of tliemed racked up $61.8 million in experience," says Oldakowski. "I would draw a parallel to Dis- M o u j real estate sales in 1998, up ney. You have a certain expectation that's been set by Disney Mount Sr from $8.4 million the year when you get to their resort. The experience is always the same, s.FOpe, thre j before. Those sales ac- although the experience feels new to you individually." ter; and ar. counted for 18 percent of For more information on ASC, log on to www.mountainvillages.com. of Haystac 1o6 ¦ SKI ¦ MARCH/APRIL 1999 3` ~ _ 0 L 1 1 s'wl 1ffi1 S 1 1 I 1T fF r 11 1111 'I f i I T H E CANYONS, UTAH QC ILL INGTONf VTR -it potentially could be larger than Vail," says Oldakowski. "It's almost like lookin The busiest ski resort in the Northeast and the fifth most popu- x g at Vail 30 years ago and saying, this is a lar in the United States, Killington may be New Engla pretty incredible mountain." With 2,700 skiable acres, The Canyons is already big-but sleeping giant. A December 1997 land svt o nd's the that terrain represents only half of its skiing Potential. The state of Vermont added 1,050 acres to the 4 Oyacre base; his, company has spent re 32 g P combined with Killington's three-year plan to connect to near- any $million in on-mountain improvements, by Pico with lifts and trails, has positioned the resort to and plans another $30 million-plus $150 million in real estate com- development. Two prime real estate opportunities resent Pete with destination resorts in the western U.S. and Canada. themselves: 350 acres at the base and 120 acres mid-mo P twin. Rated by SKI readers as the No. 1 resort in the Eastern U.S., ASC plans two million square feet of develo ment in the Kilhngton's problem has been its lack of a "destination" as a master planned base (it controls 150 acres of the 350 involved). P destination resort. The company is presently working on a vil- This development xt-ill be anchored by a Grand Summit Hotel ]age plan that will incorporate a quiet, pedestrian village green and broken into sit neighborhoods. The first project to o on (a nod ciNew England sensibilities) at one end, and a lively the market, the Sundial Lodge condominium hotel, sold all 150 commercial plaza at the other. units in 10 hours last April, for a total of Since 1996 the American Skiing Co. has spent $25.6 million unit per square foot). $42.5 million (about in on-mountain improvements and has built a 133-unit Grand Heavy demand for Sundial Lodge is pushing Summit Hotel. Most significantly, more than one-third of er projects to market; two more condominium hotels get oth- ASC's entire potential development lies at Killington: an in- to be offered this year. "The), Y credible 11,282 residential units. Y had a tremendous impact on our The first phase of development alone anticipates 1,600 units market," says Nancy Kelly, an associate at Prudential Coleman Real Estate in Park City. "Rather than buying and n1.8 t million square feet of commercial construction along the Deer Valley, in Park City or people were waiting to see what they could et, mountain's base. because they wanted something o hat they're trying to do is make it afour-season resort," ment at The Canyons and around new and Park C to baser means bup says Walter Fendeizen, a broker with Martin Associates/ ers may find deals in older property, Kelly says. Y- Mountain Rea] Estate in Killington. "From that standpoint it's The High Mountain Meadows village will be set mid-mown- a doable thing. The expansion that they've done has generated tain, at an 8,000400t plateau. Hidden from Park Cit and a considerable amount of excitement and interest in our area Highway 24, the village Y from buyers in southern New England and the lower eastern a will have a more idyllic, less commer- states. Interestingly enough, we're getting some people who are cial feel than The Canyons' base village, Spearn says. making the decision about whether to buy at Killington or o Currently ASC is working on getting both village sites rein Colorado." One buyer, Fendeizen says, weighe zoned by Summit County. Full buildout on The Canyons prop- out erties will amount to a projected 2,358 units. tween money the Vermont resort and Summit County, Colo.-and put his is money down at Killington. ' ® ASC SNAPSHOTS S T E A M B O A T, C O L O. A T T 1 T A 5 H BEAR PEAK, Between February and November ASC earned $26 million in pre-sales on the One of ASC's signature Grand Summit hotels is here; an 18-hole golf course is ~ N. H . Grand Summit Hotel now being constructed at Steamboat's base area. The com- in the planning stages and is expected to yield develo ment opportunities Pany has 928 units under development and plans 3,005 at buildout.i at ; or slopeside and course-side property, iv.;wn q; ; S U G A R S U S Hr VT, tux , H E A V E N L Y r A L 1 F. ASC hit several bumps in earning approval for a signature quarter share hotel at H E promises to undertake a 7L I unit urban renewal project in South Lake the base of Sugarbush South, but is now hoping to begin construction in the a a~ Tahoe, where it owns rights to a 32-acre downtown site. The three mountain summer on the Grand Lodge Resort Hotel, adjacent to the South Village. ntrances (California, Stagecoach and Boulder) will be revamped to direct most $ U G A R L O A F r MAINE eople toward the South Lake Tahoe entrance where there will be a new high- 'eed gondola. The existing Bucksaw village is being expanded; an 18-hole Robert Trent Jones golf course is in the works and single-family homesites will be sold around the COUNT SNOW AND course. HAYSTACK, VT. ount Snow also has a Grand Summit; potential redevelopment includes 72 on- "I 'Pe, thee-bedroom units at the 21-acre Mount Snow base; a convention cen- S U RI DAY Q I V E R r MAINE and an 800-acre site fora Despite already having developed Sunday River extensively, ASC plans a I, 100- possible golf course. Lastly, 30 acres at the base acre development at Jordan Bow a hi h-densi Hayrack, a separate area, can be developed. I, including g ty pedestrian village, townhomes and single-family lots. _N'IARCH/APRIL 1999 ¦ SKI ¦ 107 y I 1 f :i o- ~~7 t r r N T R A W E S T C O R P. a Warm Beds Make a 0. , `f Rom ®r Hot Properties 1 F, I he 12,300 employees of Intrawest Corp. are true $300 million and $500 million (at buildout) in mountain im- E . _ .l believers at the Church of the Holy Demograph- provements, village redevelopment, arm beds and "entertain- ic. Day in and out, Intrawest preaches the ment retail" to create a sense of liveliness year-round. It devei- ; gospel of "recreation and revenue around the cps residential property as a "revenue annuity" that will mot,,. clock." Caught up in their conviction that they provide year-round rental income to the company. z t. possess an unassailable formula for resort renaissance success, Typically, 80 percent of residential buyers at Intrawest pro- Intrawest executives cited Thomas Jefferson's "life, liberty and jects put their properties in rental pools, where they split in- the pursuit of happiness" at the company's annual meeting last come roughly 50/50 with the management company. Intrawest r3 , November as a rationale for their ski villages. "It's so simple," thus has a cache of "warm beds" filled with people who buy lift says Intrawest CEO Joe Houssain, "it's like magic." tickets, shop, play golf, dine and otherwise shed money. In 1998 Intrawest sold $226 million (CDN) of real estate, up Intrawest typically retains 15 to 20 percent of the retail from S118 million the year space it develops for its before and amounting to own shops and restau- t~'t' M1 .p 4 37.5 percent of the compa- 1 rants, then leases the rest ny's revenue. Since the to retailers and restaura- t I mid-Eighties the company teurs who fit into a de- Magazine's No. I resort;n tailed plan of precisely has sold 41117 residential the East. At'r;ght: units at its 13 wholly what should go where in owned or partnership ski the village. resorts; has 2,051 under This model is the stan- development and another 17 ss a " dard for the entire resort 13,129 held for future de- renaissance. "The type of velopment. It plans to sell real estate development 1,700 units in the current we do creates a new at- 1 fiscal year. Growth in real traction that goes beyond t estate sales has led to the skiing side of the busi- I r growth in resort opera- ness," says Gary Ray- s tion: While the industry mond, president of e has been flat, skier days Intrawest's resort devel- rose an average of 9 per + opment group, who runs a h cent annually over the last sales staff of 300, "and we sl five years at Intrawest think that has been a ma- resorts. 4 jor success of our resorts. d 'i This success, first t:, - I I We believe people are to demonstrated at Black- _ y choosing our resorts for a di comb in the mid-Eighties, - ~V lot more than the skiing." el has spawned much imita- Says CEO Houssain: en i tion. Intrawest seeks out "We don't consider our- Cc resorts that have a mini- selves in the ski business." mum of 400,000 annual This philosophy un- do c ! skier days, are near a size- derlies the resort renais- the 4 able city, possess a defin- Y sance phenomenon. In- be( able culture and have the trawest believes aging is I potential to excel, but are Baby Boomers aren't con- are deeply underutilized. tent to sleep three families and Then it invests between to a condo, ski six of seven 1. 108 ¦ SKI ¦ MARCH/APRIL 1999 PHOTOGRAPH BY HENRY GEORGI PH- :.r .s F' r: '4 ' r days and eat pizza for dinner. They w Baby Boomers' 72 million kids ant a polished experience. =adre almost m large as the 78 ds kids-Echo Boomers-form a A M M O T H MOUNTAIN heir parents to bu}' million Boomers and are push CA L I F. mountain homes. g Mammoth, a joint venture in w Hain as solid family Skiing activities; renaissance and boarding re- hich Intrawest o~ . 0 of the resort, is slated to become a $5pp vns 58 Percent Ime of life's finer touches into the illages introduce ice that is both exotic and familiar. by producing an e eri- biggest thing on our radar," saysDana en Project. "It's the "Vail would represent the `1Ce President for resort development. rY, the company's grandfather of all p At Marnmoth, Intrawest saw ment. ;es in North America," says Raymond. pedestrian vil- the Los Anles basin, an enormous pool of customers 1C? Van's a co ~~Vhat does Vail repre- nearb ge p} of the truly great European resorts." y metro area: At Intrawest properties depend on a Intrawest's critics say it applies a cookie-cutter a roach g0 buyers come from Vancouver; 65 Percent of resort Prop erne communities. The comp PP roach to percent of Co erty any employs landscape expected from Colorado's Front PPer's buyers are '?t Eldon Beck to layout each of its villages archi- Range. : b(Beck cut his teeth The company projects 95 percent of Mammoth's bu igning Vail's pedestrian core) but tries hail from Southern California, even thou gents. " ° , to inco }ers to Our modus operandi is to be able to takethe expert- 012-hour drive from Los An gh the ski area is x 'A e'y'e got and marry it with the culture of that area," geles. "You'd be ahow man e> noting that other architects work sa 's any people drive up for the week- r,, f } end," says Greg ? Ashley he firm does, ho,vever, have a fo thin Beck's plan, Intrawest's vice u: f rmula based on small con- Ing. Intrawest's strate President for market- ''r4 nium units: Intrawest doesn't build lar e units because is to p the southern Sierra resort and to Ica ome Californians back to affluent owners tend not to rent them, creating ' ld traffic throua P a1i e on heap that don't to y summer`s h Mammoth Lakes generate o cash (anything CO The company Yosemite National Park. 'ly rented out by o costing over $500,000 plans to develop 2,200 residential units and ; owners). Addition allY 131,000 square feet of retails .r t on the small ,Intrawest units all side so that base. The first d il eveloP pace over 10 ro nearby guests are likely to act m years at Mammoth's ? sho _ps a,d launched last A 'r ro ect Juniper Springs, l was : more info co, il; 129 of 174 -(888) MTN-P , for weekend condominiums sold in the first LAY; www.intrawest.com. prices ranging from $380 per square foot. $212,000 to $950,000-about )GRAPH By GREG GRIT-PITH i - . w..~.-t. w. ~ X' - • ~~;:wa.'-~nx_ -MA R C H / AP e r r 7 r sbw New on-mountain amenities in the last year in Bavarian architecture, which hasn't held up so elude an 8-passenger high-speed lift, a high-speed well," says Justin Smart, vice president of re- „ ` t quad and the Panorama Gondola. The Sierra Star b'. sort development at the ski area. This is being Golf Course-eventually the site of 1,000 residential ` f replaced with architectural finishes and de- units-is to open this spring. '':i rt r 1 tails more evocative of New England. \ fib While the company awaits state approval T R A T T O N t V T. for its master plan (expected this spring), it has been developing individual projects. Last Acquired by Intrawest in 1994, Stratton has re- ; April, two-thirds of the first phase of the 75- ceived a $31 million on-mountain infusion since I unit Long Trail House condominiums sold the then. The base redesign now underway will add 1::= day units went on the market. Buyers paid an 1,300 lodging units and 30,000 square feet of retail average of $303 a square foot-5140,000 to I space to the existing village, which encompasses ` $670,000 per unit. 1,200 condos-only 100 of which are presently rent- "This is really the core of our real estate ed out regularly. plan," says Smart. "We're creating a New 1 The "first priority" has been snow, says \,Iichael Cobb, vice England common, around which there will be a total of 400 president of marketing units like Long Trail House." and sales at Stratton. The Development of new units at Stratton-107 in 1998, 132 in result: A $15 million sys- 1999-is affecting the local real estate market, according to j tern that covers three- Walt Hersom, owner of Wells Real Estate in nearby Manches- fourths of the mountain. ter Village: "It has caused a lot of the 20- and 30-year-old ski Late last summer, chalets that are off the mountain to go unsold. For those, there's _ work began on refinishing a glut on the market." Such properties command no more today the existing village. than they did a decade ago, Hersom said. A buyer can get a 20- as "Stratton has sort of a year-old, four-bedroom chalet for "under $100,000." I NTRAWEST SNAPSHOTS SNOWSHOE, W.VA. This West Virginia resort will have I, 124 units at buildout-142 built last year, 1 ; C O P P E R M O U N T A I N R E S O R T, C O L O . with 70 more coming on line in 1999. Condos here sell for substantially less than In response to heavy demand for Copper Springs Lodge last spring (the company at big-name resorts: $98,000 to $278,000 during 1998. Units at Rimfirei had to turn numerous buyers away), Intrawest is essentially trying to sell and build Lodge, the anchor for a mountain top (rather than base) village, are selling for rf the bulk of the village immediately. For 103 acres along the base, 975 units are about $285 a square foot.:'. Ij planned. Copper Springs' 108 units sold for $370 a square foot, 50 percent I' higher than existing property. By February, the company plans to have brought an S O L I T U D E , U T A H additional 228 units to market. In September 1998, Intrawest entered into a joint venture to build a 250-unit pedestrian village on six acres at the base. Eighty-three units come on the market 1 i K E Y S T O N E, C O L O. this year. (This is a pint-venture with Vail Resorts; see page 1 14.) ~i SQUAW VALLEY, CALIF. M O N T S T E- M A R I E, Q U E. In this joint venture, Intrawest is converting 13 acres of parking lots into a 650- t ~ ice, (i Intrawest bought this resort in March 1997 and has not yet completed develop- unit pedestrian village encompassing 120,000 square feet of commercial space. If ment plans. the master plan is approved by county officials, the company expects to build 145 units this year. f` MOUNTAIN CREEK, N.J. j Intrawest is proposing to build 1,100 units, both at the base and on the summit, T R E M B L ANT, Q U E . 1 on 155 acres, with an eye toward the drive market from Manhattan. Pending ap- Although Intrawest has sold 997 units here, the master plan calls for another i proval, it expects to construct 36 units in 1999. 3,135, plus 125,000 square feet of commercial space, on 1,850 acres. In j 1998, 327 units were built; another 360 come on line this year. Condos sold for PANORAMA, B . C . about $351 (CDN) per square foot last year. The master plan calls for 1,069 units on 586 acres. To date Intrawest has sold 1. only 90 units, although it has owned the resort six years. One hundred and forty- W H I S T L E R/ B L A C K C O M B, B C. (i four are to be built this year, and the company is seeking approval to add 382 Intrawest is currently seeking master plan approval for 1,227 units on 209 acres. units to the 1,069 total. Condos sold last year for about $275 (CDN) per Built 39 units in 1998, plans 93 in 1999. Condos at One Whistler Village sold ' square foot. Lots could be had for $65,000. An additional 144 units will be recently for $465 (CDN) per square foot. All told, Intrawest has sold 2,645 -e brought on this year, including Panorama Springs, an 80-unit condominium hotel. units at its original resort. zw ~ - PHOTOGRAPH BY TIM HAN000K .ate ~ 1 110 ¦ SKI ¦ ~~IARCH/APRIL 1999 4'. y'+:: , _ may, S L 5 a. ' HIKES INTERESTS , !$8 8*111ion Gorilla Joins SEEN r -Ije eray ou probably haven't heard of Gerald Hines. Not single-family-home sites ringing the base. Ranging in size from yet. But now that his $8 billion development a half-acre to an acre, the lots alone are selling for $1.1 million to i company has turned its attention to the ski in- $3.3 million. An additional 32 townhomes-up to 3,500 square dustry, if he chooses, Hines Interests Limited feet-are planned for the village, which was designed by Robert Partnership could be the biggest player in the A.M. Stern. If trends demonstrated at other resorts hold true ` resort renaissance field. "We have formed a new [division], here, only the 73 lodge units will be consistently occupied. The based in Aspen, and our intent is to develop resort properties other properties are unlikely to be rented at all, because their across the United States and the world," says spokesperson Jeff owners generally won't need the income. Wikstrom. -There are still opportunities out there." The townhomes are expected to come on the market in Hines is starting with two Colorado projects: base villages at 1999-prices aren't yet set. As for the single-family lots, Hines Winter Park and Aspen Highlands. The pair play to opposite had 39 offers on the first 12 that went to market last August. ends of the spectrum. Where Aspen Highlands is an extremely highend development at the ne plus ultra resort for the WINTER PARK, COLO. i wealthy, the village at Winter Park lies beside a ski area owned { by the City of Denver. Aspen is just about sewn up in terms of Base development wasn't development; Winter Park is wide open, a place that looks like possible at Winter Park Summit County, Colo., in the Sixties. until the mid-Eighties, Hines, a privately held firm based in Houston, develops com- when the Forest Service 4 mercial real estate almost exclusively. The firm counts 2,700 and ski area completed a NIN employees in the U.S. and 10 foreign countries, and manages 70 - land swap. Now a base million square feet of commercial property. In terms of volume, village is planned in f it dwarfs Intrawest, Vail Resorts and American Skiing Co. three parcels encom- For more information, call (970) 920-1801. s ' passing 76 acres. When li it's done, it will include 1,454 units and 154,000 square feet of li ASPEN HIGHLANDS VILLAGE, COLO. retail space-a project likely to take a decade. The first project, Zephyr Mountain Lodge, is located on a Aspen Highlands Village, begun in the summer of 1998, will cre- former base parking lot. Construction began last summer, after 1 ate a base village where none exists. What differentiates it from nearly 100 of the 230 units sold during the first weekend they 1? competitors is that Hines agreed to dedicate 48 percent of its were offered. Early buyers already stand to make a profit since new construction to affordable local housing 112 total units. the units have appreciated by about 5 to 10 percent. A full 40 f "We are trying to build a community," says project manager percent of respondents to a post-sale survey gave -investment" Dwayne Romero. "This is not a high-rise for a group of tenants, as their No. I reason for buying. Three-fourths indicated inter- which is a significant departure for Hines." est in renting their units out. The Aspen Skiing Co., despite its four mountains, found it- This latter fact is important because Hines is the only base self in the early 1990s to be the proprietor of the priciest ski des- developer of the Big Four who has a project underway that I tination in the nation-yet the owner of almost no base real es- doesn't involve financial partnership ,vith the ski area operator. tate. Hines and the privately-held Skiing Co. swapped equity This creates a potential divergence of interests; Hines, after all, ' i for the 70-acre Highlands Village development, so each now does not have a bottom-line interest in selling lift tickets. owns a piece of the other, an alignment of interests that should Hines' base project is the smallest of three developments help keep the beds hot. planned for the Fraser Val- The 112 affordable-housing units will be reserved for locals ley. Four miles down the i~ who struggle with exorbitant real estate costs and will be high- road, the Mary Vale pro- ly contested. The net result will be a core of year-round resi- ject will add 4,100 units on ii dents at the base, two miles from downtown Aspen. "This can't 1,000 acres. Farther north II be a winter ghost town," says Romero. "It can't be a place where at Pole Creek Meadows, you only have people living here during ski season." 100 homesites are being t4df6r L,454 That possibility is a distinct likelihood, however, for the 31 sold for $100,000 apiece. i - I _ j r 112 o SRI ¦ IVlARC1i/APRIL 1999 o L .1i Ka V A I L RESORT'S Imn, Vvcalell E,*res Larger SPI-cs, Ow T iJ, 2,!31h P *0e - espite laying claim to the three most popular ski resort renaissance business-thinks it can supplant cold beds ' mountains in the United States, Vail Resorts with hot ones. has a problem: Not enough beds. Colorado's Not that intervals will be cheap. Hyatt's first timeshare pro- Vail, Breckenridge and Keystone resorts are No. ject opened this winter in Beaver Creek; timeshares sold at 1, 2 and 3 in skier visits. Along with Beaver prices ranging from $18,000 for a low-season week in a studio to Creek they provided Vail Resorts, Inc. a whopping 4.7 million $330,000 for two Christmas weeks in a three-bedroom suite. skier days last winter, or 8.7 percent of the nation's total. But Unlike Intrawest or American Skiing Co., Vail does not want 1. that count is down 3.5 percent from the previous season. The to be in the development business. "We sell the land to others ~ relative stagnation in skier numbers, both nationally (at about who do the development," says Thompson. The approach re- I 54 million annually) and for Vad, underlies the company's de- duces Vail's risk, yet is usually structured to allow VR to share sire to vertically integrate-that is, to control more businesses in developer profits. and so collect for itself a larger slice of the vacationer's dollar. For more informat on, contact: (888) 773-8858; www.slifer.net. "The company's business strategy is not only to increase ski- er days," states Vail Resorts' 1998 annual report, "but also to in- B R E C K E N R I D G E, COLO. I crease resort revenue per skier days by capturing a higher per- ;I centage of total spending." Vail Resorts' project with the most potential-and the most ii Translation: Vail is expanding its reach outside lift tickets, potential for conflict-lies at the base of Breckenridge's Peak 7, which last year accounted for only 42 percent of the company's where Vail owns 270 acres and envisions 850 new residential I revenue. Principal among its other interests is real estate sales, units, restaurants, retail space and conference facilities. The a' I' which added $73.7 million to the company's coffers in its last company's plans for the area are likely to be brought up for pub- fiscal year (about 18 percent of revenue). be review in the spring of 1999. In the meantime, critics worried "All of us [resort companies] have the same goal, and that is about too much development around Breckenridge have criti- to create bed base for the ski area," says Jim Thompson, presi- cited Vail Resorts and the U.S. Forest Service over the latter's dent and CEO of Vail Resorts Development Company, a Vail decision not to consider planned Peak 7 lift and trail improve- Resorts subsidiary. ments in light of the expected base development. i. "The theory is to create beds for people to buy lift tickets. They are linked, these people say, but Forest Service officials r What we have in the Vail Valley is a little different from some insist-despite industry trends to the contrary-that base and other places, in that the demand for property is so high that it's mountain projects are unconnected. very difficult to create bed base. Beaver Creek is in the $400 to , j • $1,000 per square foot range. Prime property in Vail is $1,200 a square foot." As a consequence, Vail Resorts confronts a maxim of base village development: If a buyer pays more than $500,000 for a =7: condominium, he or she is highly unlikely to rent it out. That means that when the owner isn't there, the condo is dark-the antithesis of the warm beds so coveted by resort operators. r. f "It has always been the ski industry's philosophy to build a` r I; small units and hold the price down, but when you get into j $500 or $1,000 a square foot, those units get pretty small," Thompson says. Consequently, "we believe the future, for us, is to be in the y interval business, Thompson says-some variation on timeshare or KEYSTONE, COLO. fractional ownership. By j~ dividing the cost of expen- In a joint venture with Intrawest, Vail is developing 1,031 acres j sive real estate among mul- at the base of Keystone. This massive project, begun in 1993, will tiple owners, Vail-like al- eventually result in 4,561 new lodge and residential units and most everyone else in the 382,000 square feet of commercial space in sir neighborhoods. ._v, 114 ¦ SKI ¦ NIIARCH/APRIL 1999 PHOTOGRAPH BY BEN BLANKEN BURG d, IN, r r - 1 - ...y 4 1y, _i` k"s 'S ,r.._ r K.+ 3 l=.s -t .,x'3.2 ~k"..Xx +F~ ~5y +F"`' it f.I' ~ ' ~t ~ N~• $ 'R± t ~ 'l u Y Y~ y.~ it ter` _ t",• _ y :y u, - ~ ~ . t ~ r r 'fie I F, t A , . ~ ~`t.'!i ~AaS ~:;.n~.. '~.`~.~•+.jz.'s..St. 1r.....t.~r....2'n l„ Two of these neighborhoods are already well on their way; Riv- erty remaining at Bachelor Gulch-474 units-is expected to er Run will contain 860 residential units and 250 lodge units, end up as a lodging or interval-ownership project, to be com- along with half the total commercial square footage, all at the pleted in the next five years. base of River Run Gondola. Immediately south, Ski Tip Ranch At Arrowhead, development of 213 units is being staged encompasses 86 new townhomes. around the 85,000-square-foot Arrowhead Alpine Club, pat- Condos at River Run are selling for about $400 a square foot, terned after a golf club but designed for skiers. This downvalley for prices up to 5600,000. Of the 470 condos and townhomes development of the western end of the "village-to-village" link built by the end of last July, 433 were sold or under contract. may become increasingly popular. Another 266 units are slated to be built this year. "People are getting older-they don't need such close acces- sibility to skiing," says Mona Look, senior associate broker with .BEAVER CREEK, COLO. Ron Byrne & Associates Real Estate in Vail. "A lot of people are moving downvalley because they get more value." Bachelor Gulch, a 1,410-acre, on-mountain enclave, is the middle Lionshead, at Vail Mountain's base, is ripe for redevelop- link in what Vail Resorts calls "village-to-village" skiing. Bache- ment, which should begin in 2000. Vail Resorts currently is for Gulch grabbed the industry's attention in the mid-Nineties working up plans to redevelop 10 acres at the Lionshead base; when Vail Resorts Development sold 102 single-family home- likely products -,gill be a small hotel and more of the fractional sites for about SI million a crack. Almost all of the unsold prop- ownership so critical to the company's future. Strange If Vail Resorts sells raw property to a third-party develop a portion of Breck's Main Street-a project developer, and then that developer lists its retail that includes tearing down the Bell Tower Mall, Bedfellows products-say, condominiums-on the market with building 25,000 square feet of retail space and 36 ail Resorts, Inc. has a particularly cozy re- Slifer, Smith & Frampton, Vail Resorts gets a pay- condos, priced between $300,000 and $500,000. lationship with East-West Partners, a ment from SSF known as an "override commission." Lastly, just to prove that three's not a crowd, neighborhood developer founded in This fee ranges from .0075 percent to 2 percent, East-West is also in partnership with Intrawest to re- 1986. East-West is principally held by Rod Slifer, above the normal commission splits. develop the Eagle's Nest golf course in Silverthorne. Mark Smith and Harry Frampton, who are also own- East-West Partners is a well-respected develop- Intrawest owns Copper Mountain, which is sand- ers of 50 percent of the real estate firm Slifer, Smith er, and is currently planning to develop land in down- wicked between Vail's four mountains on Interstate & Frampton, a Vail Village brokerage with 90 town Breckenridge that it's buying from... Vail Re- 70. Closing the triangle, Intrawest also is working agents who handle 60 percent of the Vail Valley re- sorts. In late 1998 Ea,t-V/.a,t entered a contract to with Vail Resorts to execute Keystone's base village tail real estate market. Who owns the other 50 per. buy 2.7 acres on Breckenridge's Main Street from development. Forty to 50 percent of the profits cent of Slifer, Smith & Frampton? Vail Resorts, Inc. Vail Resorts for $3.5 million. East-West plans to re- from undertaking flow back to Vail Resorts. MARCH/APRIL 1999 o SKI o 115 "M. WW50 r ~ ~u n ! IFF F ~ qz T H E I N® E P E N D E N T S } sf1 9 i 1age Constructoon Limited To The Conglomerates fCRESTED BUTTE, COLO. A four-way land swap consummated in November between the t U.S. Forest Service, Crested Butte Mountain Resort, the Col- F orado State Lands Board and a local rancher has provided the IIF _ ski area with 558 acres of land adjacent to its existing base. 6 . ~4 While no development plan has been put forward yet, CBMR at president Edward Callaway promises to "preserve the big green: - -2 , , : 1 areas, build community housing and cluster new development." In the meantime, plans are progressing for a $60 million re- development on 12 acres at the area's base, the village of Mount Crested Butte. "We are an alternative to the big resorts," says Callaway, "but we have to be a Niable alternative." ' BIG SKY, MONT. CBMR is waiting for a court decision that will help settle Boyne USA, which has owned Big Sky since 1976, plans a village whether the town can issue $12 million in revenue bonds to be 1 !i well more than three times what's now on the ground. The mas- used toward redevelopment. That decision should come some ter plan calls for 7,500 "single-family equivalents," a unit of time in the spring of 1999. If they get the green light, resort offi- measure equal to a two-bedroom, two-bath condominium. To cials plan to build a 720-space parking garage, a conference cen- date about 2,000 SFEs have been built; the balance-including ter and a 250-room Hilton hotel. The garage will be 1,000 feet i 2,000 to be developed by the resort-will be constructed over from the ski lifts; visitors will walk through a revitali_ed pedes- I the next two decades on about 500 acres. trian corridor that will include a renovated Sheraton hotel. "We built our resort in reverse," says company spokes- Relative to other base redevelopments, this one should be s woman Maclaren Johnson. "We first focused on the ski area. quick. Once the dirt starts flying, work should be completed in j We let our real estate appreciate around it. Ten years ago people 12 months. What remains to be seen, after a good deal of sniff- would come to Big Sky and say, where are all the lodges and ing by Vail, Intrawest, American Skiing Co. and others, is amenities?" whether somebody will decide that Crested Butte-now pos- i This past winter the company was marketing units in its sessing fresh land-is a resort worth buying. ~ 106-unit Summit Condominium Hotel at prices from $289,000 For more information, contact: (970) 349-2210; to $1.2 million. Projects on the drawing board run the gamut, www.cresEedbutteresorE.com. from 20-acre parcels of land to timeshare condo units, and from 550-square-foot studios to 3,000-square-foot penthouses. JACKSON HOLE, WYO. The focus of the development is on ski-in/ski-out access. I j Buyers seem to like the idea; on average, developments here pre- When the Kemmer family bought Jackson Hole Mountain Re- sell to the tune of about 65 percent. sort in 1992, it may have had an eye on 25 developable acres at "Our target is mainly the Florida-Georgia market," says the base of the ski area. Since then the company has worked on Johnson. However, with a significant presence in the upper securing development rights for a base village, granted by Teton Midwest (it owns Boyne County last March. As that process was ending, the company Mountain and Boyne faced a critical choice: What do we want to be now that we've II Highlands in Michigan), grown up? Big Sky is also drawing The result was a 180-degree turn from what Jackson used to buyers from that region. be. It isn't just a mountain operator; it is a real estate developer. For more information, "I think there's a clear recognition today that the economics of A contract: (406) 995-2000; ski areas require you to be both," says Peter Forsch, vice presi- A www.bigskyresort.com. dent of planning and development at the company. "To be in 116 ¦ SKI ¦ MARC1i/APRIL 1999 77 C j € - ~ Via- w~~""~^wcTr.~~`~• t- R: s; 1 [ b W. cc n.. tt. J5 ',-s.T}... -•-.r~~wL '7. "S"' '~i'.:{t fY'~- vim.&'~i - ¦ 'S4_.f the ski business requires you to be in the real estate business." S N O W B A S I N , UTAH That conclusion led Jackson Hole Mountain Resort to un- dertake a $300 million base village project on its own, rather For nearly 60 years, Snowbasin has been a sleepy little ski resort than in partnership with Intrawest or another suitor. Teton Vil- with a handful of lifts, a tiny day lodge and a reputation for lage, to be redeveloped over the next five'to 10 years, „ill boost deep, untracked powder. \\/ith the 2002 Olympic downhill the resort base from 2,000 to 5,200 pillows. The resort owns coming to Snowbasin, that's about to change. 1 two-thirds of the development rights, and three-fourths of the Four new lifts-a detachable quad, two eight-passenger land, in the village's newly master planned area. gondolas and a 15-person tram-opened this ,vinter at Snow- The first fruits came on the market over Christmas. The 37- basin, located 17 miles from Ogden and 52 miles from Salt Lake unit Teton Club, a fractional-ownership development, offers City International Airport. In the next year, the resort plans to three- to five-week ownership packages at prices from S50,000 add an extensive snowmaking system, a bigger base lodge and to $200,000. The Moose Creek Townhomes, also 37 units, are on-mountain restaurants, bringing the tab for first phase on- located about a half mile southwest of the base. Moose Creek mountain improvements to a cool $70 million. units hit the market with asking prices in the $800,000 to Then comes the village. Thanks to a controversial U.S. Forest r 5900,000 range-about $400 a square foot. Service land exchange-championed by Snovvbasin (and Sun The resort has bought back on-mountain restaurants, ac- Valley, Idaho) owner Earl Holding--the resort has about 1,320 quired retail shops and purchased three property management prime acres at its base for development. While nothing has been 1 companies-all acquisitions that will help the company collect formally proposed, preliminary plans call for 800 condos, sever- more of the money tourists spend on a vacation. This strategy, al hundred homes and a few hotels. common to the resort renaissance marriage of base and moun- Gray Reynolds, a former U.S. Forest Service deputy chief tain, depends on warm beds. "In the core village area, most who was wooed out of retirement to oversee Snowbasin's re- everything we're doing is hotel, fractional ownership or the birth, stresses that Holding hasn't settled on a plan yet. And kind of condominium properties that have a propensity to go once there is a proposal, it will have to clear the usual govern- into the rental pool-smaller units, not a huge cost, good rent- ment hurdles. "But the long-term commitment,- says Reynolds, sbiiity;' says Forsch. "is to have a four-season village similar to Sun Valley." Teton Village's revival comes after a 15-year drought in base But there is no other resort quite like Snowbasin because it area development, says Bob Graham, president of Real Estate of has no infrastructure. "This is going to take a little longer. These Jackson Hole. `It's hard to know what the new development are lands that haven't been developed," Reynolds says. will do to the existing properties," Graham says, "but there's no A fast-track schedule could have some units built for the { question in my mind it will have a negative impact [on rentals Olympics, but that's not a done deal. "It's hard to say if it will be and prices of el r condos], particularly at the high end." two years or 10 years," says Reynolds. z ; i For more icn, log on to www.jacksonhole.com/ski. For more information, call: (80; ) 399-1 135. is ` MARCH/APRIL 1999 o SKI ¦ 117 f