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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2002-09-03 Support Documentation Town Council Evening SessionTOWN COUNCIL EVENING MEETING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2002 7:00 P.M. TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS 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. ITEM/TOPIC: Citizen Participation. (5 min.) 2. ITEM/TOPIC: Always Remember 9-11 Day Proclamation. (5 min.) 3. ITEM/TOPIC: Selection of Contractor for Information Centers. (5 min.) 4. Matt Mire ITEM/TOPIC: Ordinance No. 24, Series 2002, 2"d READING, AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE USE OF THE UNIFORM ELECTION CODE IN CONNECTION WITH CERTAIN ELECTIONS; AND SETTING FORTH DETAILS IN REGARD THERETO. (5 min.) ACTION REQUESTED OF COUNCIL: Approve Ordinance No. 24 on first reading. BACKGROUND RATIONALE: It is necessary to utilize the requirements and procedures of the Uniform Election Code in lieu of the Municipal Election Code when the Town of Vail elects to participate in a coordinated election with Eagle County. Section 2.1 of The Town Charter allows the Town to elect, via ordinance, to utilize said requirements and procedures of the Uniform Election Code in these instances. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approve Ordinance No. 24 on second reading. 6. Town Manager's Report. (5 minutes) 7. Adjournment (7:25 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, SEPTEMBER 17, 2002, BEGINNING AT 2:00 P.M. IN THE TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE NEXT VAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR EVENING MEETING WILL BE ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2002, 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. F:mcaster//Tcmeet/2002/080602 PROCLAMATION ALWAYS REMEMBER 9-11 DAY WHEREAS, in an unprovoked and senseless act of terrorism, four civilian aircraft were hijacked on September 11, 2001, and crashed in New York City, Pennsylvania and the Pentagon; and WHEREAS, innocent U.S. citizens of all heritages as well as visiting citizens of foreign nations were killed and injured as a result of these horrific acts; and WHEREAS, while we as a Union still continue to recover from the unspeakable loss of so many innocent lives, the indomitable spirit of the United States has been revitalized and given way to numerous expressions of heroism and patriotism; and WHEREAS, the threat of terrorism, destruction and senseless violence must be banished for any free society to exist; and WHEREAS, the Town of Vail shares in the grief and will commemorate the one-year anniversary of the September 11 tragedies; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Town of Vail, that we extend our deepest condolences to the innocent victims of these unprovoked actions by terrorists, as well as to their families and their friends; and be it further resolved, that we salute the heroism of public safety and rescue workers, volunteers, local officials, and those who responded to these tragic events with courage, selfless compassion, determination, and skill; and be it further resolved, that we dedicate September 11, 2002, ALWAYS REMEMBER 9-11 DAY, a day to mourn, reflect and rededicate ourselves to ending terrorism in commemoration of the anniversary of the terrorist attacks; and be it further resolved, that we encourage :all our citizens to honor the victims of September 11 by reaffirming their commitment to sustaining our newfound patriotism through volunteerism, community involvement, and service; and be if further resolved that we as citizens dedicate our time, talents, and energy to lift one another up and foster a new level of understanding and awareness. Let us honor the memory of all those who died by being of service to one another and by building the "stronger, more perfect union" our founding fathers called for. Ludwig Kurz, Mayor TOWN OF VAIL ORDINANCE NO. 24 Series of 2002 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE USE OF THE UNIFORM ELECTION CODE IN CONNECTION WITH CERTAIN ELECTIONS; AND SETTING FORTH DETAILS IN REGARD THERETO. WHEREAS, the Town of Vail, in the County of Eagle and State of Colorado (the "Town"), is a home rule municipal corporation duly organized and existing under laws of the State of Colorado and the Town Charter (the "Charter"); and WHEREAS, the members of the Town Council of the Town (the "Council") have been duly elected and qualified; and WHEREAS, Section 2.1 of the Charter provides that Town elections are to be governed by the Colorado Municipal Election Laws except as otherwise provided by the Charter or an ordinance; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 1-1-102, C.R.S., the Town may provide by ordinance that it will utilize the requirements and procedures of the Uniform Election Code of 1992 (the "Code") in lieu of the Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965 with respect to any election; and WHEREAS, the Code provides that the County Clerk of Eagle County may conduct coordinated elections in November of each year; and WHEREAS, it is necessary to permit the use of the Code when the Town is participating in a coordinated election. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF VAIL, COLORADO: Section 1. The Town shall utilize the requirements and procedures of the Uniform Election Code of 1992, Articles 1 to 13 of Title 1, C.R.S., as amended from time to time, in lieu of the Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965, Article 10 of Title 31, C.R.S., as amended from time to time, with respect to any coordinated election (as defined in the Code) in which the Council has decided the Town should participate. Section 2. All actions heretofore taken (not inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance) by the Town and the officers thereof, directed towards the election and the objects and purposes herein stated are hereby ratified, approved and confirmed. Unless otherwise defined Ordinance 24, Series of 2002 1 herein, all terms used herein shall have the meanings defined in Section 1-1-104 C.R.S., and TABOR. Section 3. The officers of the Town are hereby authorized and directed to take all action necessary or appropriate to effectuate the provisions of this ordinance. Section 4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed to the extent only of such inconsistency. This repealer shall not be construed to revive any ordinance or part of any ordinance heretofore repealed. Section 5. This Ordinance, as adopted by the Town Council, shall be numbered and recorded by the Town Clerk in the official records of the Town. The adoption and publication shall be authenticated by the signatures of the Mayor, or Mayor Pro Tem, and Town Clerk, and by the certificate of publication. Section 6. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect five days after publication following final passage. INTRODUCED, READ, APPROVED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED ONCE IN FULL ON FIRST READING this 20th day of August, 2002 and a public hearing shall be held on this Ordinance on the 3rd day of September, 2002, at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Vail Municipal Building, Vail, Colorado. Ludwig Kurz, Mayor ATTEST: Lorelei Donaldson, Town Clerk READ AND APPROVED ON SECOND READING AND ORDERED PUBLISHED this 3rd day of September, 2002 Ludwig Kurz, Mayor ATTEST: Lorelei Donaldson, Town Clerk Ordinance 24, Series of 2002 2 MEMORANDUM TO: Vail Town Council FROM: Bob McLaurin, Town Manager RE: Town Manager's Report DATE: September 3, 2002 TIMBER RIDGE UPDATE We received one proposal for the redevelopment of the Timber Ridge project on Tuesday, 8/27. This proposal was submitted from the real estate division of Ernst and Young. We are in the process of reviewing this application and will be discussing it with you in more detail in the near future. HUD WIRTH We are scheduled to close on this transaction on September 4t". Following this, we can initiate discussions on the proposed use of this property. Y2002-03 PARKING PROGRAM In working out the logistics for the approved winter parking plan, staff was able to provide an additional 82 "Metered/Value Pass/Shopper/Late Arrival" parking spaces on Level Two of the LionsHead Parking Structure, thus bringing this feature of the parking plan more into alignment with the Village Structure. This improvement brings the total "Metered/Value Pass/Shopper/Late Arrival" parking spaces in LionsHead to 99 and in the Village, 220. Additionally, it does not impact the Charter Bus and large vehicle lot. UPCOMING ITEMS: Work Session, September 17, 2002 VLMD Quarterly Meeting -presentation & approval of 2003 operational plan. VRD Joint meeting United Way Discussion for Pass Through Services 2009 World Championship Update , Council Contributions • VCBA Request • VLMD Request • Commission on Special Events (CSE) Request AIPP/Public Works Pedestrian Bridge Discussion Evening Meeting, September 17, 2002 Open Space Initiative Council Contributions 2na reading of Ordinances 21, 22, & 23, Vail Mountain School Rug 26 02 04:24p Rnne L. Esson To: Vail Town Council, PEC, and local Editors 970-476-7859 xc : C~w~,G,f~ Q~~ Once upon a time there was a small thorn which thought itself so grand, such aWorld-Class Resort,~tha# it didn't need hufnbie amenities as mod®rn fire stations; convenient day care fac~~ities, or even an adequate amount of affordable housing for its empk~rees. There are beer uses for our land, its citizens claimed, place those things elsewhere, best of all Down Valley. Or hide them somewhere, in the forest,. behind Safeway, or on someone's private property, like Vail Resorts. OF course, this is our town of Vail. Now that the town, through the Real Estate Transfer Tax and other means. has bought up and tied up' more than 30% of the land within its boundaries while the federal government owns most of the land outside of them, we have run out of alternatives to using some ofi our precious land for siting some of th® above mentioned humble but necessary amenities. Reasonably, I believe, municipal leaders now want tc use some for these purposes. Mountain BelUMiddie Creek is the only unencumbered vacant parcef within the town's borders large enough to allow economical achievment of these common purposes. Have the protests of the powerful and moneyed opponents merit to-match their political weight? Here's my reading of them. 1.Not at Vaii's Front Door Batchelor Gulch with its Ritz-Carlton and mega-houses has seasonal employee housing in Vail Resorts' River Edge and The Tams at its front door. Both are actually reasonably to quite attractive, far more so than the ski area parking lot which also graces this front door. In Vail Village have we forgotten that `a highway runs through it7 `why not oral{-designed community facilities at the I-70 interchange? 2.Wrong Use The Executive Director of the Village Homeowners Association, the primary opposition group, has long advocated putting a freight distribution facility for usllage merchants on this site: Is that a better, more attractive use than the proposed one? Or would opponents prefer more expensive housing for mostly absentee hom~nmers, or additional high end retail'for visitors? Could it be that private developers are salivating over this 21 acre-parcel? I~ think the proposed uses for the common good ara the best long-term use oFthis sizable parcel. 3.Wrong Design The Housing Authority's developer initially proposed a cluster of eight 2-5 story buildings on the parcel. This design was rejected as too sprawling, having too much impact on the environment Parking lots hidden behind the buildings and visible only from Vail Mountain were rejected as unsightly. A higher rafio of parking spots to residents than exists at Vail Resorts' River Edge was demanded..The resulting design was'two`-stories of buried underground parking p.2 Rug 26 02 04:27p Rnne L. Esson 970-476-7859 p•2 and a more "massive, "consolidated 3 buildings, the highest again a 5-story structure, all utilizing just 2 acres of the site. How is the proposed 97,000 sq.ft. for 142 apartments, 252 beds, more jarring than the 8000 sq. ft. houses dotting the Spraddle Creek hillside? Why does Middle Creek need so much parking? Why underground? How many locals have such a convenience? After all, the proposed faciiites are extremely convenient to the Village, the bike path, and the bus route to West Vail shopping. I suggest protesters who doubt this convenience take a bus ride and cheek this for themselves. Most full-time residents agree the free town buses are one of the best municipal amenities in . Vail. 4.P1ace It Elsewhere/Let Someone Else Do It A trade for enough Forest Service land can be anticipated about the same time as the Second Coming. Vail Resorts is doing pretty close to its share for employee housing and has been for some time. The need is far greater than individual merchants can supply though many maintain housing units for their employees. 9.We Don't Need It Surveys show Eagle county has consistently a vacancy rate of less than 1%. To look at summer rentals in a post-9111 year is misleading to say the least. The gap in supply is for affordable housing units for the six winter months. Imagine a good snow year when the huge retail expansion below Dowd Jct. comes on line. Vail will no longer be even vaguely competitive in the labor market Those who live Down Valley will prefer to work Down Valley. To resurrect a metaphor used before in local housing discussions, even the fanciest cruise ship must make room on board for its crew. The most hopeful thing about the uproar over this housing proposal is the parallel to previous successful, even acclaimed locals' housing projects. Every one of them was bitterly protested and denounced by neighbors, e.g. Vail Commons, the Potato Patch units, the West Vail ones. I suspect the protesters' plaints will be similarly forgotten if Middle Creek becomes a reality. As the President of the Village Homeowners proposed, "lets stop fighting and get together to build sensible and affordable housing.° Like Goldilocks lets find a design that is "just right° for this site. Anne Esson Page 1 of 1 Mary Caster -Middle Creek development From: "Diana Mathias" <dmathias@slifer.net> To: <pbrandmeyer@ci.vail.co.us> Date: 8/21/02 2:29 PM Subject: Middle Creek development CC: <rslifer@slifer.net> Dear Mayor and Town Council, After attending the PEC meeting last week, I am extremely surprised that the council has let this development get so out of hand. Over the last few years Vail has been extremely conscious about building housing that is affordable and attainable for employees. In every recent case (not including the earlier Timberidge/Valley High complex) the buildings have integrated well with the surrounding areas from the point of view of design, density and impact on the neighboring land. Examples are the Sandstone/Potato Patch housing, Vail Commons at City Market, the condominiums in West Vail by Ellefson Park, River Edge in Avon and The Tarnes in Avon. The monster that has evolved is unacceptable as a living community project AND gives a negative image of Vail and our community. There are so many issues involved with using this particular parcel of land that need to be more thoroughly evaluated and analysed. If 142 dwelling units are built, perhaps housing over 3-500 people, not just the traffic flow systems but more importantly the pedestrian bicycle flows need to be evaluated. The current bridge under I-70 is narrow and barely fits the traffic lanes and small pestrian walkway as it is. Many pedestrians will want to walk over the interstate causing traffic flow problems, injuries and even death. The design theme is contrary to the Vail Valley ethos. I, like so many others, have spent my entire working life in Vail and also began by living in employee housing. Our community and values are so important for the desire to stay in such a beautiful valley.. This is what gives the spirit and work ethic needed to make it possible. I am proud to still live and work in Vail. I enjoy our life here. We need to make every effort to continue good balanced decision making so that we can justify current decisions in the future. We shall have to live for many years to come with the decisions made of today. If more affordable housing is warranted, let us consider building smaller pockets of employee housing in neighborhoods around Vail that really encourage a viable dynamic community spirit. Please reconsider the effects of your current strategies and do not build a 'European Hill Village' type development on Middle Creek. Yours Sincerely Diana Mathias Rug 22 02 09:17a Craig Sim 970-476-3735 p.l Vail Town Council 75 South Frontage Road Vail, CO 81657 towncouncil@ci.vail.co.us (970) 479-1860 phone (970) 479-2452 fax I am writing in support of the proposed Middle Creek rental development for local employees on the site commonly known as "Mountain Beli." The need for employee housing grows every year, and while the Town of Vail has made strides in providing for-sale options, an affordable rental development is much needed. Residents living within town boundaries are essential to the year round viability of the community, as well as the economy. This location in particular has the advantages of being on the Town's bus route and bike path, as well as being within walking distance of Vail Village and Lionshead. I have reviewed the density, rental rates, and elevations of the proposed development plan, and feel that the project is very appropriate at this site. Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions. _ , :::~~~ J~^'t Cc~ ~ ~ S ~ ~ H~ ~- ~zog S~-.r~S N~~.r1c~T {onday, August 26, 2002 10:10 AM To: Mary Caster -Town Council /PEC From: James Lamont, 8275858 Page: 1 of 5 Fax Date: Monday, August 26, 2002 Total Pages: 5 Subject: Mountain Bell PEC Hearing Name: Mary Caster -Town Council /PEC Company: Town of Vail Voice Number: Fax Number: (970) 4792157 Name: James Lamont Company: Voice Number. 8275680 Fax Number: 8275856 Red Cliff CO Note: Mary: Would you please forward to the PEC for today's public hearing and also forward to the Town Council and Design Review Board. Thank you. Jim Monday, August 26, 2002 10:10 AM To: Mary Caster -Town Council / PEC From: James Lamont, 8275856 Page: 2 of 5 t VAIL VILLAGE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. President -Alan Kosloff Secretary -Ellie Caulkins Treasurer -Patrick Gramm E;cecutive Director -Jim Lamont Directors: Judith Berkowitz -Dolph Bridgewater -Bob Galvin -Ron Langley -Bill Morton - Gretta Parks To: Mayor and Town Council Planning and Environmental Commission Design Review Board From: Jim Lamont Date: August 26, 2002 RE: Review Criteria Commentary Middle Creek Housing Proposal for portions of the Mountain Bell Site. The following is submitted with respect to Town of Vail required review criteria for a development plan in the H zone district. The Association, in order to provide a summary of issues raised by some of its members and constituents, provides the following on behalf of several property. owners, who have presented their comments and concerns in writing and otherwise, to the Town Council, Planning Commission, and Design Review Board. These parties reside or own property in the surrounding neighborhood and the Vail community at large. Vail Village and its affiliate subdivisions are the surrounding neighborhood. Its property owners, residents, and visitors directly view or experience the site in either accessing or in occupation of their destination, properties, and businesses. Conclusion: W e have shown in our commentary with respect to each of the required review criteria, that the project fails to attain significant compliance. Therefore, it is within your authority to deny approval of the project. We respectfully request you to do so. Summary: The project fails to attain compliance for the following reasons. A. Building design with respect to architecture, character, scale, massing and orientation with the site, adjacent properties and the surrounding neighborhood. Comment: The building design fails to achieve a compatible relationship of its architectural, character, scale, massing and orientation with the site, adjacent properties and surronnding neighborhood. • The architecture, character, scale, massing and orientation of the proposed buildings are inconsistent and incompatible with the surrounding neighborhood. • The mass of the project presents a scale and orientation that magnifies the disparity between it and the surrounding neighborhood and natural open space. • The proposal has no compelling architectural predecessors (antecedents) in the surrounding neighborhood or adjacent properties. The surrounding neighborhood is composed of 1 Monday, August 26, 2002 10:10 AM To: Mary Caster -Town Council / PEC From: James Lamont, 8275856 Page: 3 of 5 buildings having an Alpine or Tyrolean character integrated into the fabric of a cohesive townscape and landscape. The proposal alleges its architectural antecedents to be an Italian hillside village. It therefore is incompatible in all characteristics with its surrounding natural and architectural antecedents. i • There is n~ location within the Town of Vail where a large continuous (monumental) structure is allowed on an isolated site so that it singularly intrudes its mass or architectural character upon the surrounding townscape, neighborhood, or natural landscape. • The proposal occupies a site that has visual preeminence. The insensitive development proposed for the site will cause it to blight and dominate a preponderance of views from the surrounding neighborhood, particularly the main tourism entrance to Vail Village. • The proposed residential complex does not conform or attempt to share a common architectural vernacular within the regulatory design guidelines imposed upon buildings approved in the surrounding neighborhood. • The proposed residential complex will visually dominates and creates a distraction or conflict with the cohesive townscape and aesthetic harmony of the surrounding neighborhood and natural landscape. • An inadequate amount of open space and landscape buffer is allocated to give a landscaped setting and visual buffer between the residential complex and its surroundings. B. Buildings, improvements, uses and activities are designed and located to produce a functional development plan responsive to the site, the surrounding neighborhood and uses, and the community as a whole. Comment: The isolated location and difficult topography of the site combine to create a dysfunctional development plan for a high density year round or transient tenant residential and day care population for the following reasons: • Increased reliance on personal transportation thereby creating a hardship and inconvenience for tenants because of excessive distance to the primary local residential support service center in West Vail, ie. grocery stores. • Excessive building volumes and site grading to accommodate on-site parlung are unresponsive to existing site condition as all natural site features in the vicinity of the improvements are significantly dinunished or destroyed. • Mitigation is inadequate for traffic and safety hazards caused by pedestrian and bicyclists desiring to access the surrounding neighborhood through the main Vail roundabout. • Aggravation of social, economic, and public safety conflicts among tenants, as occurs at other similar types of projects in the community, because of the excessive intensity of homogeneous population and use. Z Monday, August 26, 2002 10:10 AM To: Mary Caster -Town Council / PEC From: James Lamont, 8275856 ~ Page: 4 of 5 ~ l • Subjects the tenant population and improvements on the site to increased threat and damage from natural hazards. • Increases the community's economic burden by use of municipally owned public land and resources to provide employee housing, well beyond the capacity of the sites occupants, tenants, their employers, or the municipal government to adequately subsidize within their financial resources. • The inability of the community to financially subsidize affordable housing on the site has caused the developer to attempt to offset the lack of a subsidy with a development plan and improvements that are incompatible with development standards accepted and imposed .upon the entire community C. Open space and landscaping are both functional and aesthetic, are designed to preserve and enhance the natural features of the site, maximize opportunities for access and use by the public, provide adequate buffering between the proposed uses and surrounding properties, and when possible, are integrated with existing open space and recreation areas. Comment: It is unacceptable to remove or re-contour nearly all-existing vegetation south or east of the Communication Tower Building to near the eastern boundary of the site. • The proposal significantly diminishes the functional and aesthetic qualities of the site's open space that will result because of the massive re-contouring of the site in order to accommodate parking and residential improvements. • The mass of the primary residential structure neither preserve or enhance of scenic landscape feature on or adjacent to the site from surrounding properties. • The development plan does not take advantage of existing landscape nor does new landscape improve the aesthetic of the buildings or the site to the same degree that the site's e~sting development is merged with the natural landscape • The development plan makes less than adequate attempt to provide access, use or opportunities for the public to use the site or to integrate it existing open space. • There is inadequate landscape and open space buffering between the residential building or care center and surrounding properties as experienced from surrounding properties and the entrance to the Town of Vail D. A pedestrian and vehicular circulation system designed to provide safe, efficient and aesthetically pleasing circulation to the site and throughout the development. Comments: • The amount of surface circulation and parking does not create a safe or aesthetic between the entrance to the site and the main residential complex parking structure because they are 3 Monday, August 26, 2002 10:10 AM To: Mary Caster -Town Council / PEC From: James Lamont, 8275858 Page: 5 of 5 crowded by adjacent entry structures. The natural landscape buffer that presently exists should remain instead of being replaces by buildings. • The aesthetics of the pedestrian and vehicular circulation between the Frontage Road and adjacent buildings does not provide for adequate landscape buffer. E. Environmental impacts resulting from the proposal have been identified in the project's environmental impact report, if not waived, and all necessary mitigation measures are implements as a part of the proposed development plan. Comment: The proposed development plan has not speciSed how the debris flow and rock fall hazards will be mitigated. The impacts, design and location for natural hazard mitigation measures must be included in the development plan so that their impacts are known, understood and evaluated with the context of the review process. • It is unacceptable to locate a children's Day Care Center in a known rock fall hazard or to place the residents and their personal property at risk due to natural hazards that are subject to unpredictable frequency and life threatening ferocity. • The installation of mitigation measure should be included in the development plan because of the following: • Potential for adverse affects .upon the surrounding natural landscape and the aesthetics of site _ improvements as viewed from adjacent properties and surrounding neighborhoods. • Transference of impacts to adjacent properties or areas on the site resulting in a greater degree of potential threat or damage. • Mitigation measure may have an adverse effect upon the affordability of site improvement, which is the stated purpose for the use of public lands and the site. F. Compliance with the Vail Comprehensive Plan and other applicable plans. Comments: Neither the Vail Comprehensive Plan nor other applicable plans provide the basis either by substantive fact or analysis for the intensity of use or development being proposed by the development plan. MB081802 Post Office Boa 238 Vail, Colorado 81658 Telephone: (970) 827-5680 Voice Mail/FAX: (970) 827_5856 e-mail: wha(a7vail.net www.vailhomeowners com ~: ,. vAU:vAi~ .FOUNDATION Providing leadership in athletic, educational and cultural endeavors ` to enhance and sustain _ ' the quality of life in the Vail Valley Board of Directors President Gerald Ford Adam Aron Juditfi Berkowitz .Leon Black Marlene Boll Bjom Erik Borgen James Berry C'~raddock Jack Erosby . Aridrew Daly . _ William Esrey Hairy Frampton, [ll Stephen.Fiiedman Gerald Gallegos `John Garnsey ~ . ` °Geci~ge Gillett, Jr. Donna Giordago ' Pegi Gtainshammer Steve Haber Maicha Head. ` Willain:Hybl Elaine:Keltoti ' -.Jack Kemp .. 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Pam Brandmeyer Assistant Town Manager Town of Vail 75 South Frontage Road Vail,'CO 81657 Dear Pam: With the 2002 summer season at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater coming to a close I wanted to thank you for your tremendous support. With the abnormal weather this summer we saw record attendance at the Budweiser Hot Summer Night's Concert Series, Bravo! Vail- Valley Music Festival, and the Vail International Dance Festival. We thoroughly enjoy having programs like these, and others, including the Vail Public Library Children's Theater School, Colorado Children's Chorale, and the Vail Music Faire, perform at the amphitheater annually. Anticipating another fantastic summer, we have begun booking the facility for the, 2003 summer season. We are looking forward_to hosting new performers and groups, one notable one, the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. With this year's ,record attendance at the amphitheater, we hired an outside firm to research the demographics of the audiences. Over 160 surveys were taken at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater on the nights of July 16th, 23ra and 30th. The survey gathered information regarding Hot Summer Nights attendees' basic demographic information, prior visitation; and intent to visit Vail or Lionshead Village after the concert. The surveys were completed via intercept studies throughout each concert, split evenly among the seats, lawn and walkways. Guest intercepts were evenly spread from 5:30PM to the conclusion of the concert. To summarize, the Hot Summer Nights series has a strong loyalty as an estimated 60% of people travel to Vail just for this event. Over 70% spend incremental dollars in Vail or Lionshead Village following the concert. The most.shocking statistic was that approximately 45% of the guests interviewed were from out of . town, which was higher than originally estimated.. , In addition, I have attached summarized results of the 2001 International Dance Festival survey, which also show that a large percentage (55%) of the audience was visiting Vail for the day or staying overnight, and 73% had lodging in the Town of Vail. We were'extremely pleased with the results from both of these ' . studies, as it is our mission to enhance quality of life of locals and tourists through these types of programs. . . It is with your financial'and philosophical support that makes these programs ' ~ possible. It has always been a pleasure working with the Town of Vail, and your help is greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Kurt Kri r Hot Summer Nights Research Analysis ~~ Joel Heath, President/CEO/Dreamer 970.477.0111 x 11 2002 Budweiser 1 1171 5:x:4;?C+;L-^^s9'i3~ i!'%2f;5^_`.1':~1 Research Team: Joel Heath and Joseph Blair 8/14/2002 2002 Hot Summer Nights Research Report Over 160 surveys were taken at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater on the nights of July 16th, 23rd and 30th. The survey gathered information regarding Hot Summer Nights attendees' basic demographic information, prior visitation, and intent to visit Vail or Lionshead Village after the concert. The surveys were completed via intercept studies throughout each concert, split evenly among the seats, lawn and walkways. Guest intercepts were evenly spread from 5:30PM to the conclusion of the concert. Highlights: • Hot Summer Nights generates incremental income for Town of Vail merchants. 73.33% of attendees indicated they have plans to go for drinks, dinner and/or shop before or after the concert. • There is strong loyalty among attendees. (40% of attendees have come to four or more concerts). They also come to Vail specifically for the event. (57.79 %) • The majority of attendees are local, full-time residents (54.82%) • The average age of the attendee is 39.78 years of age. • Almost 37% of attendees have a household income over $100,000 ~~. 1171 vucacic:~~ral tTS~r~tit~ Research Team: Joel Heath and Joseph Blair 8/14/2002 Lodging in the Town of Vail 42 .Lodging Down Valley 26 With Friends 12 Second Home- 12 Other 8 ^ The Town of Vail accounts for a big percentage of room nights represented at the concerts. Came for the concert 57.79 % Found out about t17e concert after I came to Vail 42.21 ^ Hot Summer nights has a very strong draw characteristic Type of Visitor? "Are you ... " Da Visitor .22% Seasonal 7.83% Full-Time 54;82% Overni ht 33.13% ^ A majority of attendees are full-time residents How Many Ni hts Will You Sta in the Vail Valle ? Average length of stay of overnightgttest $.37 nights ^ This length of stay is considered to be very strong Where are you sta in ? Did you comes ecificall for the event? How many times have ou attended Hot Summer Nights, including this time? First Time 31.52 Two Times 12.73 Three Times 15.76 Four Plus 40:00 ^ Indicates very strong loyalty 1171 ~: rradit=.~:al rrkirscti;;y Research Team: Joel Heath and Joseph Blair 8/14/2002 Vilar Center Crossover? Yes, plan to attend a Vilar event 42.42 No 27.88 Uncertain 29.52 Strong crossover and penetration. Maybe worth looking at more prominently advertising upcoming Vilar events in the. amphitheater. As part of your plans to attend the concert tonight, have you or do you expect to go into Vail or Lionshead Villa a to have dinner, drinks and/or o sho in ? Yes, will. go into Villages 73.33 C:an check more then one response For Drinks 72.73 For Dimier 52.89 For Sho ing 24.79 No 14.55 Uncertain 12.12 ^ Strong evidence that the concerts contribute heavily to incremental spending in local establishments. Especially, when compared to the 58% that came into town specifically for the event. Home State of Non Full-Time Residents? Colorado 23.9 Texas 11.3 Florida 9.9 .Michigan 5.6 Kansas 5.6 California 4.2 Missouri 4.2 Pennsylvania 4.2 Ohio 4.2 New York, Arizona, Tennessee, Indiana 2.8 % Each account for 2.8% ^ Note: States ranked below 4% has negligible numbers and should not be considered definitive in final rankings. ll-Tl ..- ~~d-anal ~~ryarwcti!:y Research Team: Joel Heath and Joseph Blair 8/14/2002 Average Age? Average age of attendees was: 39.78 21-30 years of age 26.51.% 31 - 40 24.70 41 - 50 19.88 51 - 60 17.47 61 + 4.82 o Note: Surveys were not conducted to individuals under the age of 21. Information on this group was found in later questions. Almost 25% of groups brought an individual under the age of 18 to the concert. Including yourself, how man eo le are in your immediate party? . .Average arty size 4.05 Percenta a of rou s that brou ht a minor(s)? Brought a minor 24.70 Did not 75.30 Average number of minors per group among all groups? Average number of minors er all grow s? 0.60 Average .number of minors among groups that brought a milio.r? 2.37 Household Income? $ 0 - 24,999. 2.63 $ 25 - 49,999 27.63 $ 50 - 74,999 18.42 $ 75 -99,999 14.47 $ 100 - 149,999 17;;76 % $ 150 -199,999 6.58.% $ 200 - 249,000 2.63 % $ 250,000+ 9.87'.% ^ 36.84 % of attendees have a HHI of $100,000 + Gender? Male 47.56 Female 52.44 Number of surveys conducted and where? Seats 48 Lawn 63 Walkways 55 J Hot Summer Nights -July 16, 23 8~ 30, 2002 Are you: 4.22% Visiting the Vail area just for the day (NOT staying overnight in the Vail Valley) 7.83% A seasonal resident of the Vail Valley (live in the Vail Valley less than 6 months per year) 54.82% A full-time resident (live in the Vail Valley more than 6 months per year) 33.13% A visitor staying overnight in the Vail Valley (from East Vail to Eagle) 4a. How many nights will you stay in the Vail Valley this visit? 8.37 nights 4b. Where are you staying? 42.42% Lodging in Town of Vail 25.76% Lodging down valley 12.12% With friends 12.12% Second home in Valley 7.58% Other 2. Did you come to Vail specifically for this event? 57.79% Came for event 42.21 % Found out about the concert after I got to Vail 3. How many times have you attended Hot Summer Nights, including this time? 31.52% First time visitor 15.76% Three times 12.73% Two times 40.00% Four + 4. Have you or will you attend a Vilar Center performance in Beaver Creek this summer? 42.42% Yes 27.88% No 29.52% Uncertain 5. As part of your plans to attend the concert tonight, have you or do you expect to go into Vail or Lionshead Village to have dinner, drinks andlor go shopping? 73.33% Yes 72.73% For Drinks 52.89% For Dinner 24.79% For Shopping 14.55% No 12.12% Uncertain 7. What is your age? 26.51% 21-30 24.70% 31-40 19.88% 41-50 17.47% 51-60 4.82% 61 & Over 8. INCLUDING YOURSELF, how many people are in your immediate party? 4.05 9. Is any person in your party under the age of 18? 24.70% -Yes 75.30% No 10. Which of these categories best describes the annual income of your household (before taxes)? 2.63% $0-24,999 27.63% $25-49,999 18.42% $50-74,999 14.47% $75-99,999 17.76% $100-149,000 6.58% $150-199,000 2.63% $200-249,000 9.87% $250,000+ 11. What is your gender? 52.44% Female 47.56% Male 12. What is your current location? 28.92% Seats 37.95% Lawn 33.13% Concession Area What is your home State? 23.9% Colorado 11.3% Texas 9.9% Florida 5.6% Michigan 5.6% Kansas 4.2% California 4.2% Missouri 4.2% Pennsylvania 4.2% Ohio 2.8% New York 2.8% Arizona 2.8% Tennessee 2.8% Indiana ~`-.~ t A WTCB Survey: Dance Festival Conducted by RRC Summarized Results Mia Vlaar, 10/15/01 55% of respondents were either visiting for a day or staying overnight. 35% were full time residents. 9% were second homeowners. 47% of respondents intended to stay for one or two nights. 13% intended to stay for three nights. 20% intended to stay for seven nights. Average nightly stay was four nights. 73% had lodging in the Town of Vail. Average expenditure for lodging was $64 per night per person. Average size of party was 3.1 persons 49% had two in party 24% had three in party 16% had four in party Average age of respondent was 43 years, but the age of respondents was smoothly distributed from 18 years to over 65 years of age. Average annual household income before taxes: 13% $0 - $49,999 15% $50 - $74,999 14% $75 - $99,999 22% $100 - $149,000 10% $150 - $199,000 5% $200 - $249,999 20% $250,000 or more 57% had income of $100K+ Female 68% Male 32% 75.8% listed Colorado as state of origin 4.5% California 3% Kansas 3% New Jersey 49% of respondents said they came to the area for the event. 38% said they were a local resident. 70% said advertising influenced their decision to come to the dance. 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The tallest build- opposition or bravely do the right ing in the Middle Creek afford- thing and build these much-need- able housing ed apartments for "regular" proposal for workers? ~~, '~y~ the site will Will Vail, at a crossroads and r~ reach 25 . to ":.manifest change~m eras 'with the kV ,qr" .. 30 feet lower passing of Pete`Seibert,'`make`the than that. ~ It • moves that keep the community ~ may nof even' pi:ogressing`?•Or is this finally the ` _ t .clear the tree 'stage where `the •town;• eyes ~~{.,, line as seen focused backward, firmly sets on 1 from the 'the course of decline so common DON ROGERS `Vest. in the life cycle of resort commu- This is nities? what the 1VIiddle Creek; perhaps even opponents, the Vail Village., more symbolically than the ques- Homeowners Association and tion of a conference center head- home owners at Spraddle Creek, ed for a vote in November, will call "nearly as tall" as the tower show the course Vail takes from and "monstrous." They exagger- here. ate, of course. The political arm of the home- Their opposition- comes up owners association shrewdly is. short of rationality at just about hitting the project at a weak point every point. The proposal for in the gantlet to approval. Vail Middle Creek is the right size at being Vail, two advisory bodies the right place at the right time. push and tug at projects seeming- It's obvious, even painfully so. ly forever in the best of times. But this is Vail, a place where With this project, the efforts of the idea of a roundabout was .the Design and. Review Boazd cause for bitter waning `"before and . the Planning and the first, one was built. Similarly, . .,- Enviconmental~Cotx%mission have Ford Park, the amphitheater, rather hilariously countered the Dobson Ice Arena -all were,: ,.-other -The DRB, for example, nearly killed by naysayers. Only- " vras all for' low-lying buildings the leadership's strength of pur- spread out along the 6 buildable pose and vision carried eaeF;' • acres of the 26-acre property. through, and in each case Vail'`'as The; PEC said no, no, no - coin= a community was vastly better press the footprint of the building off. - to 2 acres and go'faller. Imagine Middle Creek is one of Nail's if you are the poor sap trying to big gut checks in middle age. design and build the units? The homeowners association, placed this near the top of Vail's group, but even I recognize that a now applying heat at this junc- needs, and as recently as a year 40-unit complex is neither. doable ture, a year into the process, ago Vail Resorts officials called for the developer noe:tiouches'`tlie appazently sees an opportunity to ~., this-Nails"top need':; shortage that Vail in fact has with effectively. •kill the project with I hope ,we don't hear more ~ affordablehousmg of.this,.type ~ the fiat,. of, endless delays if it ' Vail 'Resorts commentary that ' I'm sorry Gillette miglit liaye can't frustrate the developer into Middle Creek,is too big and too competition for His rentals;;:apd quitting the effort. And indeed, ` dense' a project for` the site. I'm maybe he'll, .even have .to lower the DRB. last week punted its role frankly embarrassed ,for .ahem ;rents, ;.what :a .calamity. I thtik to a ,third ,pazty consultant, in~. a when. their :,.unsuccessful -bid ,to Spgaddle Creek is• byfarahe la~g- sad sign of a spine suddenly gone build Middle:::Creek contained er scar on views irn:yail than~the missing. more units and beds than this Middle Creek complex would Today, at 2 p.m., the PEC gets. one:,, Now Coughlin and Co.'s ever be, and the footprint of tHat its chance to-show its timber. The 'smaller-scale project is too big? housing for higlifalutin's up 'on homeowners association and. the Who aze they kidding? Yikes. 'the` hillside is lazger too We've town Housing Authority are each My favorite objection is a ref- endured the ugliness of the tower trying to muster interested par- atively secondary one: concern at that site for,. decades, so a.few ties to show up for the meeting at for the security of the new child- more buildings in a town of which the PEC will be asked to care _facility,,the $1 million tab buildings is>not.going< to,~rep"el approve or recommend the proj- for which the developer is pick- anyone, especially on the ,north ect be rejected. ing up as -well ;~• as building. side of the interstate. But: that's Never mind that the argu- Apparently-: being •ra couple of ° justcommon-sense -something ments are more appropriately hundred feet closer to the main conspicuously lacking in"the ;aired with this force at the,begin- Vail I-70 interchange is a worry . ;oppost~on:to 1Vliddle Creek,, ning of the process a year ago or for the homeowners association. I,f,the town,has;the courage;wto later; at the Town Council level Funny, the child-care people - do the right thing and build while - the DRB and PEC are sup- you know, the ones, who `actually interest rates.. and construction posed, to concern. themselves 'would live witH tfiis new center costs; aze :relatively low, we ,will with technicalities, not yes or no - aze~ all --for tfie ~ project, touch- see that none of the dire predic- to the project itself. ing as the association's concern lions will.,, probe ..true,:,-.and, he But no, we'll hear instead the for their well-being of course is. community will become, that ~ project is too big. It's not,. and it's Yes, it would be irresponsible much better. ' been proposed at this size;or;larg- of ,me not to,:mention the, home.- . ; , , There;is; no better,:place,; size er for;the better part. of two..years owners ,:association's; careful or ,time for ,the Middle • Creek ,without cgmplaints~ ' point: about being; all for afford- Village. than this::It_<would :be~ia Maybe we'll hear, as Spraddle able; housing+ (somewhere else: in real. shame to see Vail pass it up, Creek homeowner. George Gillett town), but;; the 1Vliddle Creek. ._espec. Tally with the,poyerty,of ~e incredibly insisted a week ago, project.should.;be. much smaller, logic: in the ~ argumegts against that~there is no need for this type say, in the 40-unit arena instead this plan. of affordable housing anymore. of 146 units., ~ , ; ; , ., : - ~ , That's a rather jaw-dropping , I understand that I'm not near- Managing Editor Don Rogers assertion, considering every sur= ly as„bright as the bigtime CEOs can be reached 'at 949-055, ext. vey in the past 15 years has. and .such who populate this 600; or atedifor@vaildaily.com 'q!'' MINUTES REGULAR MEETING VAIL PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT d/b/a VAIL RECREATION DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS 5:00 P.M. Tuesday, July 9, 2002 Vail Town Council Chambers 75 S. Frontage Road West MEMBERS PRESENT Peter Cook, Julie Hansen, Nino Licciardi, Tom Saalfeld, Hermann Staufer STAFF PRESENT Piet Pieters, Bob Trautz, Jean McGuey, Jim Heber, John Kelly Randy House~~~an TOV MEMBERS PRESENT None OTHERS PRESENT Rick Sackbauer, Scott Cunningham (Vail Trail), Geraldine Haldner (Vail Daily), Jerry Stevens, CALL TO ORDER Nino Licciardi called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. PUBLIC INPUT OF ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA None APPROVAL OF MINUTES Peter moved to approve the minutes from 6/11/02 and 6/25/02, with a correction on page 2 of the June 25th minutes. The sixth paragraph reads "appearing before Town Council on June 2na»~ should read "July 2°d". Also, page 3 is blank in these minutes. Hermann seconded. Approved unanimously. EMPLOYEE ~ John Kelly was commended for extraordinary customer service RECOGNITION and rewarded with a check. Nino complimented John on his efforts and also complimented the Sports Department on the lacrosse tournament and the running races. DOBSON FEES - 2003 Peter questioned the $600,000 shortfall, and Julie explained that it was a combined total for the Bubble and Dobson. Said that this figure had been given to Jerry Stevens at a user committee meeting. Trying to bring the shortfall to the attention of the groups and that it can't be a free ride. Golf and other sports are self supporting. A number of people protested the proposed fee increases, citing more than doubling of Dobson fees in 4 years, comparing those increases to Gymnastics and Golf. John Armstrong stated that baseball, soccer, softball and gymnastics are not self supporting. Other points: • $2 million of the remodel cost had nothing to do with ice cost, so should not be charged to ice users. The Town should pay for some of these other improvements and for code upgrades. • Summit spent $3 million and got a new facility, only costs $90 there for outside ice, but there are heated restrooms, the Bubble is freezing cold, figure skaters can only skate a short time and there is no place to warm up. • Rate of $140 last year was promised to be the last increase for awhile. • Aspen closed their rink for 6 months and only raised their rates $5 • Rates quoted for other facilities put Dobson in the middle of the pack at $140, but for a very basic facility. • Bumping hockey and skating users (the largest and most loyal user group) to the Bubble to allow for Special Events at Dobson, and then charging them $170 is not logical. • Vail Junior Hockey has done significant fund raising to offset costs to players, feel they can't raise rate for members, so would have to reduce ice hour or double teams up -would mean the projected revenue increase would not happen. • Vail Junior Hockey sponsors three tournament weekends that bring a lot of revenue to Town of Vail. • Should be a distinction between Bubble and Dobson as facilities are not comparable. • Cost of ice time will prevent hockey and figure skating from growing, and may well reduce current participation. Group discussed ways and means for the user groups to raise funds, and the Board asked these groups to contact other Valley constituencies, and have them participate in a "Buy-in" program similar to that already in effect for Youth Services and Youth Sports. Board also asked groups to get behind their efforts to have the Town pay for some of the Dobson renovation and Bubble set- up and tear-down costs. Hermann suggested that the hockey players appear at a Council meeting in uniform. Julie to contact the Town to get on their agenda and have the user groups attend. 2 ~~;~! ~ ~~ Peter moved to set the following rates: Venue Adults Youth Posted Rate Dobson Arena: $170 $145 $190 Ice Dome: $155 $130 $160 This represents a $5 increase on all rates at Dobson, and a $10 increase at the Ice Dome. Seconded by Julie. Approved unanimously. Julie added that the plans for the Ice Dome for next season allowed use of the Golf Club locker rooms and rest rooms, and the restaurant would be open longer hours. GOLF UPDATE Randy Houseman reported on the state of Golf: • Had a fantastic July 4~' weekend. • Numbers in report not necessarily final, may differ on Variance Report. • Installed phone on #9 for food orders, can use credit cards at snack shop. • Good reports on staff. • Men's League is filling up, other Leagues rising. • Jim Myers working hard on maintenance. Nino sat in on last meeting. Sprucing up visuals around the course. Jim will put a range picker in his capital budget to repair ruts on the range.. • Coming up -Reshape fairways 12,13,14 & 18 to meet needs. Also install handrails on 3 and 13. • Numbers are in line with budget on everything except passes, expects that to wash by the end of the year. • Hard to compare numbers to last year because of different rates. Asked Board to keep rates comparable for a couple of years. • Overall where we want to be. Hoping for a strong July. Breckenridge, Eagle Vail and Eagle Ranch all expressing frustration with their numbers. Nino asked for a sign at the new phone to explain that there is no need to dial a number. Also asked that the stairs to the back of tee box #3 be closed. Ross Davis recommended that the stairs be removed immediately. .r OPEN SPACE Piet reviewed the verbal approval given by the Board to the RESOLUTION proposed Eagle County Open Space Park and Recreation District. Herman expressed his belief that there was no benefit to Vail taxpayers whatsoever, and recommended opting out of the proposal. The VRD needs to be able to raise their mill levy, and this overlap would compromise that possibility. Vail has done a lot more to preserve open space than any other community; and it is now up to these communities to step up and save their own open spaces. Tom added that he had voted to approve the overlap, and doesn't want to stand in the way of a good county-wide proposal, but the lack of benefit to Vail has caused him to change his vote. Julie agreed, and also voted "no". Peter stated that the RETT program has worked wonderfully well in the last twenty years, and the down valley people should have a similar program, and should pay for it themselves. Made the motion to opt out. Hermann seconded. Approved unanimously. MILL LEVY INCREASE Piet noted that it is necessary to notify the County of the intention to place an item on the ballot by July 26"'. Peter stated that he was not comfortable at this time and needs to understand the numbers better. Would be in a better position to go to a special election next spring. Hermann and Nino agreed. There was no motion, but all agreed to stay out of an election this fall. DIRECTOR'S REPORT Piet reported: • Lacrosse tournament has just ended. Are working with the organizers to add a U-50 category next year. Nino asked about surveying lacrosse players and also Bob Johnson Hockey to get feedback on these events. • Had 468 runners at the Teva® race on Sunday. Excellent times were posted. • Camp Hale bike race is tomorrow. • Softball starts tomorrow. Tournament on July 20`". • Half marathon will be July 21 • Tennis is picking up. • Camp Eco Fun is doing great at the Nature Center, running ahead of last year. The Center also has a couple of but trips scheduled, with good sign ups. • Summer skating has resumed. The competition runs from July 16-21. .. , ~1," S~ J' I 4 rX ~, x a. • Soccer Invitational scheduled for July 27-28. Major League Soccer Camp from July 22-26. • Youth Services has participated in the Vail Arts Festival and in the Vail America Days Parade. • No space available in Camp Vail or Pre-Kamp at this time, and there is a long waiting list. • Involved in bike ride coming up the end of July. Peter asked about numbers for Lacrosse, and Piet replied that the Youth Division started the tournament two days earlier this year, and this event has the biggest economic impact to the Town of any special event year round. Nino complimented Piet on the success of the local rugby team. BOARD MEMBER INPUT Julie asked about the possibility of locating the bubble in Eagle Vail, and Nino said not at this time. Tom asked why it is necessary for Dobson to shut down for a month. Piet replied that it was basically for good maintenance. Julie added that the figure skaters needed the ice time in May. Piet said that the time could be cut to two weeks for next year to see how it works. Tom asked about the article about the Berry Creek fields in the Daily. Commented that this location is at the crossroad of a county-wide recreation district. Piet replied that WECMRD will take care of these fields, and they are also looking at a 5 acre pond for water activities. Hermann asked to keep a sharp eye on green fees and tee sheets on weekends. Want to see slots filled with $85 players rather than $35 players. Piet responded that Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays are good, but Sundays fall off. Peter stated that couples like to play 9 holes, suggested that if times are not filling up, to give them out at a lower rate. Also asked about cart usage, and comparison to other courses. Played at Eagle Ranch and their GPS system on the carts is absolutely wonderful and speeds up play. Hermann commented that it was very expensive. Nino asked about opening things up for kids to do on July 4~'. Lacrosse parents expressed frustration at so little to do that evening, there is a need to find a way to entertain kids on that date. ~~~~ ~~~ E ADJOURNMENT Tom motioned to adjourn at 6:30 p.m. and Peter seconded. ~, Peter W. Cook, Secretary j/02 BOD/7-9-02 minutes.doc ~~ can McGuey, Administrative Assist t 6 A ~ If t ~~ ~L MIlVUTES WORK SESSION MEETING VAIL PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT d/b/a VAIL RECREATION DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS 5:00 P.M. Tuesday, July 23, 2002 Vail Golf Club, 1778 Vail Valley Drive MEMBERS PRESENT Peter Cook, Julie Hansen, Nino Licciardi, Tom Saalfeld, Hermann Staufer STAFF PRESENT Piet Pieters, Bob Trautz, Jean McGuey, Randy Houseman, Jim Myers, Chris Chase TOV MEMBERS PRESENT Diana Donovan OTHERS PRESENT Ross Davis, Bob McLaurin, Cliff Thompson CALL TO ORDER Nino Licciardi called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. and asked for Public Input. There was none. Stephen Connolly left a proposal for a Golf Fundraiser to benefit the Skating Club of Vail. EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION Dennis Jerger was recognized for 30 years of service, most of it.with Dobson Arena. Piet congratulated Dennis on a quite fantastic record, and presented him with a check. Nino thanked Dennis for his years of service. VARIANCE REPORT Bob presented the Variance Report. YTD income is $126,000 for an unfavorable variance of $105,000, due to an unfavorable capital (Dobson) variance. Peter questioned the $125,000 and Bob explained that it was from punch list items not paid in December 2001, but in the early months of 2002, but the money is in the fund balance. This will make 2002 unfavorable at year end. Bob continued, outlining the individual department items. The Golf Cart lease will be paid in October. Anew lease/purchase agreement was signed this year for four years. Received over $100,000 for return of old carts. Green fees are unfavorable, and need to be analyzed for the 2003 budget. Outdoors is unfavorable due to the Ice Dome. 2001 was the first year that the expense to put up and take down was in the same fiscal year. The Dobson variance is pretty much on budget. Nino commented that he had asked Jim Heber to work aggressively on selling ice times. Piet expressed concern about golf numbers, and asked the Board to look at a marketing plan starting July 31St. This plan is to target the Denver market to fill the afternoon times from Sundays through Thursdays. Also working on a combined marketing effort with Eagle-Vail for September. Gave proposal to the Board to review for the next meeting. Hermann suggested using a-mail aggressively, as Eagle Ranch does. Nino suggested giving those who pay $110 now a $SO coupon after September 1St. Piet replied this was a fine line, as the goal is to fill particular times at lower rates, not across the board. Peter asked Bob how he felt about capital, and Bob replied that he had done a. preliminary cash flow projection for 9 months, and is anticipating $660,000 in cash at the end of the year, with a profit of $260,000. Things to look at are the night golf maintenance crew cost of $40,000 and the potential of being $50,000 under in golf revneue in July. Nino suggested taking action on payroll. Piet replied that golfers expect service, and access to the course might be limited in August as ADP is here for ten days. ADP benefits the whole town, and so faz there has been no indication of a change in plans. If they don't come, would have to make immediate adjustments. Bob listed additional budget items -Bubble $35,000, snowcat repair $15,000 (a new one would cost $125,000). Jim Myers said that he is checking to see if the cat can be repaired in Grand Junction instead of sending back to Bombardier. Have run the cat as long as possible, but it is now causing damage and should not be used to set track. Jim is also putting together a Nordic Center user group to provide input on track design. GOLF PRESENTATION Jim Myers presented the Golf Maintenance Department's list of upcoming equipment needs, greens renovation and goals and issues for next season. Equipment Needs • Rough Unit $50,000 • .Greens Mowers (6) 30,000 • Collar Mower 7,000 • Fairway Mower 32,000 • Per Yeaz After 90,000 Greens Renovation/Current Problems • SoiUGrowing Medium • Drainage • Grass (Poa Annua) • Thatch • Imgation Design Greens Renovation/Costs • Architect's Fee • Materials, Equipment and Labor • Economy of Scale (need to do at least nine holes at a time) • Best estimate $60,000 per green • Lost or decreased revenue Decisions and Information • Possible to do construction in fall and sod in spring • Greens will take a few years to mature • Still unfavorable climate -subject to ice damage and snow mold • Recommend against two-three greens at a time • Recommend against temporary greens Goals and Issues for next year • Complete Tee Renovation (# 14, #2, # 16, and # 11) • Verti-Drain greens • Reinstate tree planting program • Increase landscape budget • Bridge construction • Pond Lining (#2, #8 and #11) 2 ~. Jim explained that as equipment ages, the costs for parts and maintenance go up, and performance goes down. Lack of a rough mower means more labor taking care of the rough. Useful life of a piece of equipment is normally 5-6 years, but goes to 7-10 here because of a shorter season. Greens mowers are all ten years hold. Would keep old mowers to help with shotgun starts. Asking for $119,000 for 2003 and roughly $90,000 per year thereafter. In response to a question from Julie, Chase will check out the possibilities of leasing. Piet stated that most of the profits from Golf Operations has been spent on Maintenance over the last eight years. Jim went on to outline current problems. An agronomist evaluates the greens and the course problem is lack of drainage. Soil samples were sent in last week, but basically the soil is not sufficient for what we're trying to do. Also trying to find the cause of the Poa problem and solve it. Test results are due on August 5"'. Thatch (dead organic matter) is a continuing problem, but has been reduced in the last few yeazs. Irrigation is insufficient, are upgrading heads just to get through summer. The suggested construction schedule has been reviewed with the greens committee. The greens are 30 yeazs old, and the sub-surface is unhealthy and encourages Poa. A professional architect -someone who understands the local environment - is needed. The estimate of $60,000 to replace one green is a best-guess until bids aze in, and setup costs would be the same for one green as for nine. The $60,000 does not include lost revenue while the greens are out of commission. One goal of the construction would be to have consistency from one green to another. Nino inquired about the number of companies that could do the work, and Jim and Chase's involvement. Jim replied that everything would be contracted out, and he and Chase would oversee the project. Wadsworth Construction is one company that can do the job, and has local knowledge, and Randy has had experience with them. There are lots of designers and construction companies available, and Randy will have 4-5 names in August. Jim understands the issue with taking nine greens out of use, but the decision needs to benefit customers, and temporary greens are not a good solution. Will still have ice on the greens, and always will, and there will always be snow mold, but proper drainage will help. Must have a professional to do the job right the first time Tom noted that it is normal procedure at a resort to replace greens every 10 years, and it's time to step up to the plate. Peter agreed that everyone has a lot to gain if we do this project. Hermann added that if the greens are to be built to USGA specifications, aprofessional will be required and there should not be any problems with the Vail DRB. Jim stated that he wants to follow proper channels with the DRB from the beginning. On goals and issues, Jim reported that the Verti-drain procedures allows the layers to be broken up and helps move water through the profile, and get snow offthe greens before ice forms. More time has been spent on landscaping detail this summer. Bridges need to be repaired and #17 and #11 are actually not safe. Lining ponds is more for visual effect. 3 Bob stated that he would know in August if it would be possible to talk about lining the ponds this year. Ross Davis commented that it is absolutely essential to do verti-drain work as it is very beneficial. Recommended that the Board go out and watch the work. It is also crucial to continue to aerate fairways to get the thatch out. Asked -about the working relationship with Randy, Jim stated that they meet weekly and discuss problems and don't always agree, but it is a team effort. Jim will continue to try and change things on the course, and do new maintenance practices while continuing some tried and true "old school" routines. EAGLE RIVE WATER & The Eagle River Water and Sanitation District Board of Directors, attorney SANITATION DISTRICT Glenn Porzak, and hydrologist Bob Weaver, made a presentation on the status of water availability in the valley. Representatives from all of the golf courses in the valley attended. About 70-80% of the water in this valley is from snowpack. The snow was gone two months earlier than usual, temperatures higher than normal, and flow at Gypsum now about 20% of normal. Tree ring studies indicate that this could be a 500 year event, it's very dangerous to throw these numbers around, but it is a very serious situation. The level at the Gore Creek intake was below 85 cfs in mid-July, and could go as low as 72 cfs very soon - a level typical of the end of January. Glenn Porzak pointed out that the town uses 6-1/2 cfs and the golf course moves this up to 9 cfs. If the stream drops as low as predicted, and use continues at the present rate, it will run out. While the golf course diversion is senior and legal rights are not an issue, the physical supply does not exist. Some water is supplied by wells in the alluvium, but most of it is surface. Large scale diversions or deeper wells are not a solution at this time. We are living off the snowmelt right now, and need to conserve as much as possible because we don't know how long this will go on. Need to have drinking water, and water for fire fighting. The stream is recognized as a valuable resource for the community, and it is necessary to protect the water supply to get through this period. Cliff Thompson inquired what they were asking for, and the reply was to reduce golf course irrigation by 50% immediately. The Town of Vail has already agreed to cut their irrigation by 50% In response to a question from the audience, Glenn Porzak agreed that water was indeed "going past a headgate", but most of it was going into the aquifer, and as long as this aquifer continues to be "mined", it will be used up. Since next winter's snow cannot be predicted, lack of conservation will only hurt oneself and other users. Denver is trying to reduce by 30%, and Boulder has succeeded at 40%. 4 ~' ADJOURNMENT VRD meeting reconvened after the presentation, and went into executive session to discuss legal and personnel matters. Adjourned at 8:15 p.m. Motion to adjourn by Peter Cook, seconded by Tom. Saalfeld. Peter W. 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L~`. ~~~+~~ ~ ~:i.l~t~ ~r. i ~~~~~c: ~ ~, 29 ~~-~^ n, c... < ~~ ~~~ 1~~ ~~~~ ~ ~ ~~. =~__~. ~J~;~~ B~ ~~ ~,~~z l ~ ~C°~- % ~~ ~~~ ` ~~ ~~~ ~~-; ~`~~ ~/« /~_ /~- ~: ~~~~ ~v~~ ~.~~ ,- F ~~~~~ ~ ~- ~ r %~- C~~ ~~~ -~~ ~ ~ .l . ,_ Rug 26 02 04:24p Rnne L. Esson To: Vail Town Council, PEC, and local Editors 970-476-7859 XC : C~Iau.Cc,L~ Q~C Once upon a time there was s small town which thought itself so grand, such aWorld-Class Resort, tliat it didn't need h~nble ameniti®s as mod®rn fire stations; convenient day care fac~'(tties, or even arr adequate amount of affordable housing for its emp{oyees. There are better uses for our land, its c'~izens claimed, place those things elsewhere, best of all Down Valley. Or hide them somewhere, in the forest, behind Safeway, or on someone's private property, like Vail Resorts. Of course, this is our town of Vail. Now that the town, through the Real Estate Transfer Tax and other means, has bought up and tied up' more than 30°~ of the land within its boundaries while the federal governmenf owns most of the land outside of them, we have run out afi alternatives to using some of our precious land for siting some of th® above mentioned humble but necessary amenities. Reasonably, l believe, municipal leaders now want tQ use some for these purposes. Mountain $elVMiddle Creek is the only unencumbered vacant parcel within the town's borders large enough to allow economical achievment of these common purposes. Have the protests of the powerful and moneyed opponents merit to~ match their political weight? Here's my reading of them. 1.Not at Vail's Front Door Batchelor Gulch with its Ritr-Carlton and mega-houses has seasonal employee housing in Vai! Resorts' River Edge and The Tams at its front door. Both are actually reasonably to quite attractive, far more so than the ski area parking lot which also graces this front door. In Vail Village have we forgotten that "a highway runs through it? °why not welt-designed community facilities at the I-70 interchange? 2.Wrong Use The Executive Director of the Village Homeowners Association, the primary opposition group, has long .advocated puffing a freight distribution facility for Vllage merchants on this site: is that a better. more attractive use than the proposed one? Or would opponents prefier more expensive housing for mostly absentee hom~nmers, or additional high end retail for visitors? Could it be that private developers are sal'Nating~ over this 22 acre-parcel? I~ think the proposed uses for the common good arm the best long-term use vF#his s'¢able parcel. 3.Wrong Design The Housing Authority's developer initially proposed a cluster of eight 2-5 story buildings on the parcel. This design was rejected as too sprawling, having too much impact on the environment Parking lots hidden behind the buildings and visible only from Vail Mountain were rejected as unsightly. A higher ratio of parking spots to residents than exists at Vait Resorts' River Edge was demanded. The resulting design was twv-stories of buried underground~parking p.2 Rug 26 02 04:27p Rnne L. Esson 970-476-7859 P•2 and a more "massive, "consolidated 3 buildings, the highest again a 5-story structure, all ufilizing just 2 acres of the site. How is the proposed 97,000 sq.ft. for 142 apartments, 252 beds, more jarring than the 8000 sq. ft. houses dotting the Spraddle Creek hillside? Why does Middle Creek need so much parking? Why underground? How many locals have such a convenience? After all, the proposed facilites are extremely convenient to the Village, the bike path, and the bus route to West Vail shopping. I suggest protesters who doubt this convenience take a bus ride and cheek this for themselves. Most full-time residents agree the free town buses are one of the best municipal amenities in Vail. 4.Place It Elsewhere/Let Someone Else Do It A trade for enough Forest Service land can be anticipated about the same time as the Second Coming. Vail Resorts is doing pretty close to its share for employee housing and has been for some time. The need is far greater than individual merchants can supply though many maintain housing units for their employees. 9.We Don't Need It Surveys show Eagle county has consistently a vacancy rate of less than 1%. To look at summer rentals in a post-9111 year is misleading to say the least. The gap in supply is for affordable housing units for the six winter months. Imagine a good snow year when the huge retail expansion below Dowd Jct. comes on line. Vail will no longer be even vaguely competitive in the tabor market Those who live Down Valley will prefer to work Down Valley. To resurrect a metaphor used before in local housing discussions, even the fanciest cruise ship must make room on board for its crew. The most hopeful thing about the uproar over this housing proposal is the parallel to previous successful, even acclaimed locals' housing projects. Every one of them was bitterly protested and denounced by neighbors, e.g. Vail Commons, the Potato Patch units, the West Vail ones. I suspect the protesters' plaints will be similarly forgotten if Middle Creek becomes a reality. As the President of the Village Homeowners proposed, alets stop fighting and get together to build sensible and affordable housing.° Like Goldilocks lets find a design that is just right° for this site. Anne Esson Page 1 of 1 Mary Caster -Middle Creek development From: "Diana Mathias" <dmathias@slifer.net> To: <pbrandmeyer@ci.vail.co.us> Date: 8/21/02 2:29 PM Subject: Middle Creek development CC: <rslifer@slifer.net> Dear Mayor and Town Council, After attending the PEC meeting last week, I am extremely surprised that the council has let this development get so out of hand. Over the last few years Vail has been extremely conscious about building housing that is affordable and attainable for employees. In every recent case (not including the earlier Timberidge/Valley High complex) the buildings have integrated well with the surrounding areas from the point of view of design, density and impact on the neighboring land. Examples are the Sandstone/Potato Patch housing, Vail Commons at City Market, the condominiums in West Vail by Ellefson Park, River Edge in Avon and The Tarnes in Avon. The monster that has evolved is unacceptable as a living community project AND gives a negative image of Vail and our community. There are so many issues involved with using this particular parcel of land that need to be more thoroughly evaluated and analysed. If 142 dwelling units are built, perhaps housing over 3-500 people, not just the traffic flow systems but more importantly the pedestrian bicycle flows need to be evaluated. The current bridge under I-70 is narrow and barely fits the traffic lanes and small pestrian walkway as it is. Many pedestrians will want to walk over the interstate causing traffic flow problems, injuries and even death. The design theme is contrary to the Vail Valley ethos. I, like so many others, have spent my entire working life in Vail and also began by living in employee housing. Our community and values are so important for the desire to stay in such a beautiful valley. This is what gives the spirit and work ethic needed to make it possible. I am proud to still live and work in Vail. I enjoy our life here. We need to make every effort to continue good balanced decision making so that we can justify current decisions in the future. We shall have to live for many years to come with the decisions made of today. If more affordable housing is warranted, let us consider building smaller pockets of employee housing in neighborhoods around Vail that really encourage a viable dynamic community spirit. Please reconsider the effects of your current strategies and do not build a 'European Hill Village' type development on Middle Creek. Yours Sincerely Diana Mathias Rug 22 02 09:17a Craig Sim 970-476-3735 p.l Vail Town Council 75 South Frontage Road Vail, CO 81657 towncouncil@ci.vail.co.us (970) 479-1860 phone (970) 479-2452 fax I am writing in support of the proposed Middle Creek rental development for local employees on the site commonly known as "Mountain Beli." The need for employee housing grows every year, and while the Town of Vail has made strides in providing for-sale options, an affordable rental development is much needed. Residents living within town boundaries are essential to the year round viability of the community, as well as the economy. This location in particular has the advantages of being on the Town's bus route and bike path, as well as being within walking distance of Vail Village and Lionshead. I have reviewed the density, rental rates, and elevations of the proposed development plan, and feel that the project is very appropriate at this site. Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions. ;;..~~',(.ct( ./h'i't Cc~ ~ ~ S ~ ~ H~ c,- LZoB S~>aS N~~tr1~T Aonday, August 26, 2002 10:10 AM To: Mary Caster -Town Council /PEC From: James Lamont, 8275858 Page: 1 of 5 ~r Fax Date: Monday, August 26, 2002 Total Pages: 5 Subject: Mountain Bell PEC Hearing Name: Mary Caster -Town Council /PEC Company: Town of Vail Voice Number: Fax Number: (970) 4792157 Name: James Lamont Company: Voice Number. 8275680 Fax Number: 8275856 Red Cliff CO Note: Mary: Would you please forward to the PEG for today's public hearing and also forward to the Town Council and Design Review Board. Thank you. Jim Monday, August 26, 2002 10:10 AM To: Mary Caster -Town Council / PEC From: James Lamont, 8275856 Page: 2 of 5 f •r VAIL VILLAGE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. President -Alan Kosloff Secretary -Ellie Caulkins Treasurer -Patrick-Gramm E:cecutive Director -Jim Lamont Directors: Judith Berkowitz -Dolph Bridgewater -Bob Galvin -Ron Langley -Bill Morton - Gretta Parks To: Mayor and Town Council Planning and Environmental Commission Design Review Board From: Jim Lamont Date: August 26, 2002 RE: Review Criteria Commentary Middle Creek Housing Proposal for portions of the Mountain Bell Site. The following is submitted with respect to Town of Vail required review criteria for a development plan in the H zone district. The Association, in order to provide a summary of issues raised by some of its members and constituents, provides the following on behalf of several property owners, who have presented their comments and concerns in writing and otherwise, to the Town Council, Planning Commission, and Design Review Board. These parties reside or own property in the surrounding neighborhood and the Vail community at large. Vail Village and its affiliate subdivisions are the surrounding neighborhood. Its property owners, residents, - and visitors directly view or experience the site in either accessing or in occupation of their destination, properties, and businesses. _Conclusion: We have shown in our commentary with respect to each of the required review criteria that the project fails to attain significant compliance. Therefore, it is within your authority to den_Y approval of the project. We respectfully request you to do so. Summary: The project fails to attain compliance for the following reasons. A. Building design with respect to architecture, character, scale, massing and orientation with the site, adjacent properties and the surrounding neighborhood. Comment: The building design fails to achieve a compatible relationship of its architectural, character, scale, massing and orientation with the site, adjacent properties and surrounding neighborhood. • The architecture, character, scale, massing and orientation of the proposed buildings are inconsistent and incompatible with the surrounding neighborhood. • The mass of the project presents a scale and orientation that magnifies the disparity between it and the surrounding neighborhood and natural open space. • The proposal has no compelling architectural predecessors (antecedents) in the surrounding neighborhood or adjacent properties. The surrounding neighborhood is composed of 1 Monday, August 26, 2002 10:10 AM To: Mary Caster -Town Council / PEC From: James Lamont, 8275856 Page: 3 of 5 i buildings having an Alpine or Tyrolean character integrated into the fabric of a cohesive townscape and landscape. The proposal alleges its architectural antecedents to be an Italian hillside village. It therefore is incompatible in all characteristics with its surrounding natural and architectural antecedents. i • There is nq location within the Town of Vail where a large continuous (monumental) structure is allowed on an isolated site so that it singularly intrudes its mass or architectural character upon the surrounding townscape, neighborhood, or natural landscape. • The proposal occupies a site that has visual preeminence. The insensitive development proposed for the site will cause it to blight and dominate a preponderance of views from the surrounding neighborhood, particularly the main tourism entrance to Vail Village. • The proposed residential complex does not conform or attempt to share a common architectural vernacular within the regulatory design guidelines imposed upon buildings approved in the surrounding neighborhood. • The proposed residential complex will visually dominates and creates a distraction or conflict with the cohesive townscape and aesthetic harmony of the surrounding neighborhood and natural landscape. • An inadequate amount of open space and landscape buffer is allocated to give a landscaped setting and visual buffer between the residential complex and its surroundings. B. Buildings, improvements, uses and activities are designed and located to produce a functional development plan responsive to the site, the surrounding neighborhood and uses, and the community as a whole. Comment: The isolated location and difficult topography of the site combine to create a dysfunctional development plan for a high density year round or transient tenant residential and day care population for the following reasons: • Increased reliance on personal transportation thereby creating a hardship and inconvenience for tenants because of excessive distance to the primary local residential support service center in West Vail, i.e. grocery stores. • Excessive building volumes and site grading to accommodate on-site parking are unresponsive to existing site condition as all natural site features in the vicinity of the improvements are signiScantly diminished or destroyed. • Mitigation is inadequate for trafl3c and safety hazards caused by pedestrian and bicyclists desiring to access the surrounding neighborhood through the main Vail roundabouk • Aggravation of social, economic, and public safety conflicts among tenants, as occurs at other similar types of projects in the community, because of the excessive intensity of homogeneous population and use. 2 Monday, August 26, 2002 10:10 AM To: Mary Caster -Town Council / PEC From: James Lamont, 8275856 Page: 4 of 5 ? • Subjects the tenant population and improvements on the site to increased threat and damage from natural hazards. • Increases the community's economic burden by use of municipally owned public land and resources to provide employee housing, well beyond the capacity of the sites occupants, tenants, their employers, or the municipal government to adequately subsidize within their financial resources. • The inability of the community to financially subsidize affordable housing on the site has caused the developer to attempt to offset the lack of a subsidy with a development plan and improvements that are incompatible with development standards accepted and imposed upon the entire community C. Open space and landscaping are both functional and aesthetic, are designed to preserve and enhance the natural features of the site, ma~mize opportunities for access and use by the public, provide adequate buffering between the proposed uses and surrounding properties, and when possible, are integrated with existing open space and recreation areas. Comment: It is unacceptable to remove or re-contour nearly all-existing vegetation south or east of the Communication Tower Building to near the eastern boundary of the site. • The proposal significantly diminishes the functional and aesthetic qualities of the site's open space that will result because of the massive re-contouring of the site in order to accommodate parking and residential improvements. • The mass of the primary residential structure neither preserve or enhance of scenic Landscape feature on or adjacent to the site from surrounding properties. • The development plan does not take advantage of existing landscape nor does new Ludscape improve the aesthetic of the buildings or the site to the same degree that the site's existing development is merged with the natural landscape • The development plan makes less than adequate attempt to provide access, use or opportunities for the public to use the site or to integrate it e~sting open space. • There is inadequate landscape and open space buffering between the residential building or care center and surrounding properties as experienced from surrounding properties and the entrance to the Town of Vail D. A pedestrian and vehicular circulation system designed to provide safe, efficient and aesthetically pleasing circulation to the site and throughout the development. Comments: • The amount of surface circulation and parking does not create a safe or aesthetic between the entrance to the site and the main residential complex parking structure because they are 3 Monday, August 26, 2002 10:10 AM To: Mary Caster - Tovm Council / PEC From: James Lamont, 8275858 Page: 5 of 5 ti crowded by adjacent entry structures. The natural landscape buffer that presently exists should remain instead of being replaces by buildings. • The aesthetics of the pedestrian and vehicular circulation between the Frontage Road and adjacent buildings does not provide for adequate landscape buffer. E. Environmental impacts resulting from the proposal have been identified in the project's. environmental impact report, if not waived, and all necessary mitigation measures are implements as a part of the proposed development plan. Comment: The proposed development plan has not specified how the debris flow and rock fall hazards will be mitigated. The impacts, design and location for natural hazard mitigation measures must be included in the development plan so that their impacts are known, understood and evaluated with the context of the review process. • It is unacceptable to locate a children's Day. Care Center in a known rock fall hazard or to place the residents and their personal property at risk due to natural hazards that are subject to unpredictable frequency and life threatening ferocity. • The installation of mitigation measure should be included in the development plan because of the following: • Potential for adverse affects upon the surrounding natural landscape and the aesthetics of site improvements as viewed from adjacent properties and surrounding neighborhoods. • Transference of impacts to adjacent properties or areas on the site resulting in a greater degree of potential threat or damage. • Mitigation measure may have an adverse effect upon the affordability of site improvement, which is the stated purpose for the use of public lands and the site. F. Compliance with the Vail Comprehensive Plan and other applicable plans. Comments: Neither the Vail Comprehensive Plan nor other applicable plans provide the basis either by substantive fact or analysis for the intensity of use or development being proposed by the development plan. MB081802 Post OiBce Boa 238 Vail, Colorado 81658 Telephone: (970) 827-5680 Voice Mail/FAK: (970) 827-5856 e-mail: wha(a7vail.net www.vailhomeowners.com