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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-07-05 Agenda and Supporting Documentation Town Council Afternoon Regular Meeting AgendaVAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Afternoon Agenda TOWN Of VAJt' Town Council Chambers 75 South Frontage Road W., Vail, CO 81657 4:30 PM, July 5, 2016 Notes: Times of items are approximate, subject to change, and cannot be relied upon to determine what time Council will consider an item. Public comment on any agenda item may be solicited by the Town Council. 1. DRB / PEC Update 1.1. PEC Update 5 min. Presenter(s): Chris Neubecker, Planning Manager 2. Presentations / Discussion 2.1. Update on progress in drafting the Housing Strategic Plan 15 min. Presenter(s): Alan J. Nazzaro, Housing Manager Action Requested of Council: Discussion & direction from Town Council Background: Staff has compiled the input received and reviewed it for trends and placed suggestions in appropriate Policy Objectives, Strategies and/or Actions Steps for inclusion in the HSP. Staff Recommendation: N/A 2.2. Update on Summer Parking 20 min. Presenter(s): Greg Hall, Public Works Director and Mike Rose, Transit/Parking Manager Action Requested of Council: Provide direction to the staff on the information presented. Background: The Town of Vail parking structures are reaching and/or exceeding capacity with increased frequency this summer as had been anticipated due to a number of factors, especially in Lionshead. The peak summer season kicked off with the Vail Arts Festival and will continue through mid-August. In addition, Epic Discovery has opened with parking demands unknown at this time. Currently, staff is tracking use patterns within the structures and thus far has been able to accommodate most of the demand, although not as convenient given the patterns in Lionshead. Overflow parking on the frontage roads has occurred on the days staff has anticipated. 3. Information Update 3.1. Booth Creek Trailhead Parking Update 3.2. Follow -Up to Community Survey Presentation Memorandum July 5, 2016 - Page 1 of 433 3.3. Noxious weed Program Update 3.4. June 2016 Revenue Highlights 3.5. May 2016 Sales Tax Memorandum 4. Matters from Mayor, Council and Committee Reports 5. Executive Session 5.1. Executive Session, pursuant to: 1) C.R.S. §24-6-402(4)(b)(e) - to receive 25 min. legal advice on specific legal questions; and to determine positions, develop a strategy and instruct negotiators, Regarding: Review Welcome Center RFP Proposals and Comcast Update; 2) C.R.S. §24-6-402(4)(b) - to receive legal advice on specific legal questions Regarding: Funding Allocations Presenter(s): Matt Mire, Town Attorney 6. Recess 6.1. Recess at approximately 5:40 p.m. and meeting will reconvene for the evening at 6:00 p.m. Meeting agendas and materials can be accessed prior to meeting day on the Town of Vail website www.vailgov.com. All town council meetings will be streamed live by Public Access Television Channel 5 and available for public viewing as the meeting is happening. The meeting videos are also posted to Channel 5 website the week following meeting day, www.publicaccess5.org. Please call 970-479-2136 for additional information. Sign language interpretation is available upon request with 48 hour notification. Please call 970-479-2356, Telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD) for information. July 5, 2016 - Page 2 of 433 VAIL TOWN COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO ITEM/TOPIC: PEC Update PRESENTER(S): Chris Neubecker, Planning Manager ATTACHMENTS: Description June 27, 2016 PEC Meeting Results TOWN OF VAIP July 5, 2016 - Page 3 of 433 TOWN Of VA10 PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION June27,2016, 1:OOPM Vail Town Council Chambers 75S. Frontage Road -Vail, Colorado, 81657 Call to Order Members Present: Brian Gillette, Kirk Hansen, John Ryan Lockman, Henry Pratt, and Brian Stockmar Absent: Ludwig Kurz and Chairman John Rediker 2. A request for comment regarding a proposed regulation amendment, pursuant to Section 12-3-7, Amendment, Vail Town Code, to amend Titles 5 and 14, Chapters 5- 11 Abatement of Mountain Pine Beetle and Wildfire Fuels Reduction, and Section 14- 10 Design Review Standards and Guidelines, to include other forest insects and diseases in addition to the mountain pine beetle, to expand the definition of wildfire fuels and to relocate standards related to roofing material specifications from the Vail Town Code to the Building Code. 45 Min. Applicant: Town of Vail, represented by Paul Cada Planner: Jonathan Spence Spence — The PEC does not have recommending authority over Titles 5 and 14, but the Fire Department is presenting the proposed updates to the PEC for comment. Due to recent revisions by the Fire Department, staff has no specific concerns with the proposed changes. Mark Novak, Fire Chief — Changes are based on direction from Town Council more than one year ago. Primarily, the changes are intended to broaden regulations from beyond just mountain pine beetle concerns, on which the original ordinance was mostly focused. Pratt opened for public comment. Jim Lamont, Vail Homeowners Association — Asked if the changes are oriented towards removing defective landscaping and does it require the removal of healthy landscaping? He is also concerned with giving regulatory power to an administrative division with no appeal process. Pratt closed public comment. Lockman — Why is there a switch from the term non-combustible to the term ignition resistant? Cada — Non-combustible limits items to rocks. Ignition resistant term comes from model codes. Lockman — Why removal of some of the technical language? July 5, 2016 - Page 4 of 433 Cada — It has been moved to the building code. Lockman — Proposed changes make sense. Hansen — No distinction between commercial and residential property owner? Spence — No. Hansen — Has the town gone through the process of court ordered abatement? Novak — Not to his knowledge. Hansen — Asked about xeriscaping. Novak — Cada has been working on developing landscape guidelines. Gillette — Concerned about review process. Definition of wildfire fuel is vague and there is no citizen board or town council review. Novak — It has been discussed and they will give the idea further consideration. Gillette — Reemphasized the need for an ability to appeal. Spence — The intent of the abatement program is for imminent threats to life and property. Gillette — The definition is too broad to lack the ability to appeal. Either tighten the definition or incorporate an appeal process. Stockmar — Concurs that there needs to be an appeal process, but it should be an expedited process. He is in favor of mechanisms to find a fair and reasonable approach to assisting landowners in removing vegetation. Pratt — Agrees with most of the proposed changes, but also believes there should be an appeal process. Regarding roofs, he expressed concern about duplex owners not agreeing to change their roof at the same time. Spence — The roof replacement process for both sides of the duplex is the same as it has been in the recent past. Pratt — Is concerned about forced situations where an adjacent owner is unable to immediately change their roof. Stockmar — Leaving the term "may" instead of "shall" makes the requirement appealable but still gives some review authority. A request for the review of an amendment to a Conditional Use Permit, pursuant to Section 12-9C-3, Conditional Uses; Public buildings and grounds, Vail Town Code, in accordance with the provisions of Section 12-16-10, Amendment Procedures, Vail Town Code, to allow for a picnic shelter located at 1600 South July 5, 2016 - Page 5 of 433 Frontage Road West (Donovan Park)/U n platted, and setting forth details in regard thereto. (PEC16-0023) 5 Min. Applicant: Town of Vail, represented by Gregg Barrie Planner: Brian Garner Action: N/A Motion: Second: Vote: Garner — This item has been staff approved, but is on the agenda for informational purposes. Commission is not required to take action, but may call up this item, if needed. The master plan for Donovan Park includes the proposed shelter. Stockmar — It makes sense, but has there been a history of objection? Garner — Based on past community surveys, a shelter was listed as a top priority. Hansen — Asked about the architectural style. Garner — The architecture and materials will match the existing structures on site. 4. A request for a recommendation to the Vail Town Council for a Prescribed Regulations Amendment, pursuant to Section 12-3-7, Amendment, Vail Town Code, to amend Section 12-15-3, Definition, Calculations, and Exclusions, Vail Town Code, concerning the definition of Gross Residential Floor Area (GRFA) and setting forth details in regard thereto (PEC16-0024). 60 Min. Applicant: Town of Vail Planner: Chris Neubecker Action: Continued Motion: Gillette Second: Hansen Vote: 5-0 Neubecker — Summarized the previous meetings at which GRFA was discussed, including an appeal of staff interpretation on May 23, 2016. The intent is to make the code clear based upon the PEC's decision to overturn the administrative decision on the appeal. That change states that in a duplex, each dwelling unit is its own structure, and each is entitled to one (1) lowest level GRFA deduction. Also, the party wall is determined by the existing grade. Referenced graphics and outlined that calculating the grade of the party wall is a new difficulty associated with the changes. Demonstrated how the grade of the party wall will be determined for future calculations. Gillette — Believes that stating there is only one (1) lowest level is incorrect and the term lowest level needs to be redefined. Expressed his belief that staff is wrong. July 5, 2016 - Page 6 of 433 Neubecker — Potential consequences include issues with existing structures becoming nonconforming by this new measurement, due to dramatic grades with a significant difference between the dwelling units. Gillette — Are you eliminating the 6' level separation regulation? Neubecker — The code does not stipulate a 6' level separation regulation. Our goal is to codify the decision of the PEC, not to change or establish new policy. Gillette — Staff is not focusing on all of the reasons why the PEC upheld the previous appeal. Neubecker — Focusing on the decision of whether a duplex should count as one structure or two. Additional review of GRFA policy could occur later. Gillette — We should take the time to get GRFA right; we are not addressing the whole problem. Reemphasized his belief lowest level needs to be redefined. Neubecker — Referenced the new proposed language on page 4 of the staff report and stated that staff finds the proposal meets the necessary criteria for a code amendment and therefore recommends approval. Staff has received feedback from local architects supporting the changes. Pratt opened public comment. Ron Byrne — Confused as to the intent of the changes. Is it essentially applying the single-family rules to each duplex unit? Also, the walls are often not on the same plane. Rollie Kjesbo — Was part of the commission that developed the GRFA regulations. Was not aware that staff was not giving each unit credit for a lowest level, which was the intent of the commission. Disagreed with Gillette and stated that it was not the intent to allow for multiple lowest levels. Stated that a small "step" for a level was intended to be allowed, but they never discussed a specific height that constituted a new level. Is unsure how the party wall measurement will work. Hansen — Asked Kjesbo if he supports the proposed changes. Kjesbo — Yes. Gillette — Asked if Kjesbo if he would recommend codifying the 6' level separation regulation. Kjesbo — Yes, but based on the lowest level only. Stockmar — GRFA concept is confusing and only grows more confusing over time. It is time to really look at GRFA and how it should be defined and used. The proposed changes are a reasonable solution for the short term, but a long term solution is needed. July 5, 2016 - Page 7 of 433 Kjesbo — We intended to do that at one point, but at the time the Town Council was not supportive of completely reevaluating GRFA. Gillette — Suggested testing any recommended changes to the language. Reemphasized his belief that the term "lowest level" needs to be redefined. We are on the wrong track. Hansen — Agrees that each duplex unit should have its own lowest level. Would support a 6'-8' range in level separation to allow for structures to step up or down a hill. Agrees with measuring the party wall at existing grade. Lockman — Understanding the intent and history of the GRFA regulations is difficult. Agrees that each unit should have its own lowest level. Is concerned that the changes will make more non-compliant properties and is not sure the proposed language truly achieves what needs to be achieved. Pratt — We are here to codify and make existing policy more clear; the interpretation based on the decision to uphold the previous appeal. Does not think the intent was to exclude all subterranean floor area. Concern about ability to interpret original grade based on lack of information or surveys. Does not agree with calculating percentage based on the existing grade of the party wall. Recommends the calculation be based on the entire perimeter, but each side gets to apply the percent below grade. Gillette — Reemphasized that the term lowest level needs to be redefined to state that the level at which there is no other level below it. This will achieve good site planning and does not affect bulk or mass. Expressed his confidence that the proposed changes will not work. Lockman — Asked for clarification between original and existing grade and which would apply. Ruther — Clearly there is more work to be done, but for the purposes of codifying the decision to uphold the appeal, the changes proposed are to address the PEC's interpretation that each individual duplex unit have its own lowest level. Gillette — That is false. I voted to uphold the appeal because staff was incorrectly interpreting the code. Ruther — We need the consensus of the commission as to how to address the problem. It is our understanding that the appeal was upheld based on PEC's interpretation that each unit of a duplex has its own lowest level. To propose an alternative is not what the appellant was requesting. Hansen — The intent was that each unit be addressed individually, not collectively. Gillette — The motion that passed stated staff misinterpreted the code, but did not specify which part of code was being misinterpreted. Hansen — We spent a substantial amount of time stating that each duplex unit July 5, 2016 - Page 8 of 433 should be calculated individually. Ruther — If the decision was based on something else, staff needs to know. Gillette — At this point, he is not sure there is unified opinion among the commissioners. Stockmar — Suggested a compromise be found Gillette — If you used my definition of lowest level you would not need to define a duplex as two separate structures. Pratt — I am now more comfortable with measuring at the existing grade of the party wall. Hansen — Supports the changes as well. Is not comfortable with unlimited steps. Can we see a couple of examples? Ruther — Reiterated the purpose of the agenda item is to codify the PEC's decision that for GRFA purposes, each dwelling unit of a duplex has its own lowest level. A request for a recommendation to the Vail Town Council for a Prescribed Regulations Amendment, pursuant to Section 12-3-7, Amendment, Vail Town Code, to amend Section 12-13-5, Employee Housing, Employee Housing Unit Deed Restriction Exchange Program; Section 12-23-6, Commercial Linkage, Methods of Mitigation; and Section 12-24-6, Inclusionary Zoning, Methods of Mitigation; Vail Town Code, concerning the payment of Fees in Lieu of providing Employee Housing and setting forth details in regard thereto (PEC16-0025). 45 Min. Applicant: Town of Vail Planner: Alan Nazzaro Action: N/A Motion: Second: Vote: Nazzaro — Town Council suggested that staff work with the Vail Local Housing Authority (VLHA) to recommend changes to the fee in lieu regulations. He discussed some of the possibilities for changing the EHU Fee in lieu program. Since this memo was written, Council adopted an interim fee, based on 80% AMI, which raised the fee considerably. Previous fee was based on 120% AMI. Council also adopted a moratorium on payment of fees in lieu for whole units, but allowed payments of the fee for fractions of units remaining or required. Fee is based on 10% of new GRFA, or for commercial based on 20% of new employee generation. Original intent was for the fee in lieu to apply only to fractions of units. Council wanted to keep pace with inflation by raising the Administrative Fees. Council did not want to average back three years. The interim fee does not average the fees. Fees will be from the last year's County Assessor sales data. Fee is based on affordability gap for payments of mortgage, taxes, and HOA fees. July 5, 2016 - Page 9 of 433 Staff memo identifies some questions on what the goals for this program should be. Currently, Council has no discretion to say no to accepting a fee in lieu, rather than requiring a new EHU. Fee in lieu should be the option of last resort. Fee should be allowed for a specific purpose, but not just to eliminate an on-site unit. VLHA has had multiple discussions on these options. We are now looking for feedback from the PEC. Pratt — At the last meeting, there was a discussion of purchasing a deed restriction, rather than purchasing the real estate. Ruther — Town's objective is to get the deed restriction in place, regardless of if the real estate is purchased, or just the deed restriction is purchased. Stockmar — How is the fee in lieu used by the Town? Nazzaro — So far, it has not been used. There is about $2.83 million in the fund. Gillette — Town should advertise its willingness to buy deed restrictions from existing unit owners. If fee is higher, it will force people to provide units, and only use the fee for meeting the fraction remaining. Nazzaro — We believe Council should have discretion to say "no" to the payment of the fee in lieu. Ruther — Need to ask, what is the intent of the fee in lieu? Is it to raise revenue in order to build units? Or is intent to encourage developers to build units? Council would need certain criteria in order to deny the fee. Options 6, 7 and 8 should be the focus of the PEC today. Options 1-5 is more of a discussion for Council. Purpose of the fee is to fill the gap between what people can afford vs the market rate, not to provide enough money to build new units. On Option 8, we would like feedback on the criteria to determine feasibility. What options would need to be exhausted in order to accept a fee, if it's the option of last resort. Comments — Lockman — If we can build housing, we should do that. Council should have the discretion to determine when the fee is collected. Nazzaro — Large employers have more resources to address their employee generation impacts. We would like to determine criteria on when Council can accept the fee. Lockman — Large employers have such an impact on the community. It's hard to determine the criteria for accepting a fee as a last resort. Can't think of the criteria right now. There are already criteria in code, such as "better fit for the community for paying the fee". Hansen — Fee has not kept pace with market demands. Yes, Council should have discretion, July 5, 2016 - Page 10 of 433 Gillette — Keep it simple. You could create a market for deed restrictions. Town could create a program to sell deed restrictions. It could be set up like eBay, with an auction. That would create a market for deed restrictions. I have never understood why we are building EHUs in the most expensive sections of Town. Fee in lieu is a great program. You will get more units than you would at $3,000 per sq. ft. Stockmar — Bottom line, we need more housing. With only $2.4 million in the EHU fee in lieu fund, it shows that the program is not working well. We need the fee for the very small situations where only a fraction remains. When appropriate, we should require getting deed restrictions or getting new units building. Pratt — In favor of a fee in lieu, up to a point. But the fee takes the responsibility away from the developer and puts it on the Town. There needs to be some criteria for Council to consider. Council changes over time, so we need clear criteria. With only $2.4 million in the fund, shows that the program is not working. Fee should be based on the cost of construction. A marketplace could be developed for buying and selling deed restrictions. Hospital paid a fee in lieu, and they have resources to provide housing. They should not be allowed to just write a check. Requiring a fee for remodels can be overbearing, so scope of program should be limited. Fee in lieu should be option of last resort, for less than one unit. We are not charging enough for the fee, that's why we are not seeing units get built. Gillette — Will the $2.4 million be used to pay for the Chamonix project? Ruther - Yes Approval of Minutes June 13, 2016 PEC Meeting Results 5 Min. Action: Approve Motion: Lockman Second: Stockmar Vote: 5-0 Informational Updates - Fleet Fuels and Water Usage 15 Min. - Mark Hoblitzell 34% reduction in electricity Water Use declined 34% Unleaded fuel use dropped 24% Diesel fuel use up by 7% Fleet fuel — Since 2006, 2% increase in GHG emissions due to fleet fuel use. Snow melting in village did not have a big impact on reducing fleet fuels. 5% total decline in CO2 use. Goal is 20%. Natural gas consumption is driving demands for CO2. Options include expanded renewable energy production; purchase renewable energy credits; Local offset programs Stockmar — Are their options for improving efficiency in snowmelt systems? Over time, we should see improvements in efficiency as boilers are replaced. Bertuglia — Efficiency is not the main issue; boilers require some idling to be ready. Pratt — Any options for heat recovery systems? See steam coming out of parking July 5, 2016 - Page 11 of 433 structure. Mark — Natural gas use has been fairly stable Project Re -Wild; Pete Wadden introduced the program and ideas to encourage private property owners to reintroduce stream bank stabilization and naturalization of vegetation. Public — private cost share is proposed. Money would come from the Restore the Gore Action Plan program. Limit 50% match, max $5,000. Discussed project goals, preventing erosion, restore native riparian vegetation, rehabilitate or create wetlands, incorporate best management practices, improve stream habitat, focus on high impact areas. Gillette — Home owners that would be willing to do this can probably afford to fix their property. Bertuglia — We are trying to encourage home owners to participate, even if they can afford to do work without the incentive. Pratt - $5,000 won't be enough to make some people jump. We should identify problem areas and request that owners fix it. Some owners may think about it, for some owners it may help. Others won't care. Need better examples than log wall cribbing. Stockmar — Town needs substantial education campaign, and needs to address its own property, too. Gillette — Identify the hot spots and get them fixed. - Transportation Plan Update 10 Min. —Tom Kassmel Town contracted with Felsberg, Holt and Ullevig to update Transportation Plan. Look at accident areas, safety at transit stops, and what recommended transportation improvements could be made. Transit Charrette on July 11 to work with transit operators, plus open house in the evening. Ideas from the charrette will be presented to Town Council. We don't expect to see major changes in traffic numbers. Mostly focus on transit and parking. - Complete Streets Update 20 Min. — Brian Garner Presentation on complete streets and forthcoming pedestrian improvements proposed for the Vail frontage roads. Lockman — Will new intersection crossings address the needs of visually impaired with audible warnings? Garner — That may be considered. Pratt — Would like to know how many people are hit by vehicles in Vail. Concerned that flashing lights won't work. There is already too much for the drivers to pay attention to. Streets are already too wide in places. July 5, 2016 - Page 12 of 433 Garner — Acknowledged. Stockmar — Town was designed to be a very limited access, limited car village. We need to look at ways to reduce the amount of vehicular traffic, and get back to the original design intent. Garner — Acknowledged. Adjournment Action: Adjourn Motion: Gillette Second: Stockmar Vote: 5-0 The applications and information about the proposals are available for public inspection during regular office hours at the Town of Vail Community Development Department, 75 South Frontage Road. The public is invited to attend the project orientation and the site visits that precede the public hearing in the Town of Vail Community Development Department. Times and order of items are approximate, subject to change, and cannot be relied upon to determine at what time the Planning and Environmental Commission will consider an item. Please call (970) 479-2138 for additional information. Sign language interpretation is available upon request with 48-hour notification. Please call (970) 479-2356, Telecommunication Device for the Deaf (TDD), for information. Community Development Department July 5, 2016 - Page 13 of 433 TOWN OF VAIP VAIL TOWN COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO ITEM/TOPIC: Update on progress in drafting the Housing Strategic Plan PRESENTER(S): Alan J. Na=aro, Housing Manager ACTION REQUESTED OF COUNCIL: Discussion & direction from Town Council BACKGROUND: Staff has compiled the input received and reviewed it for trends and placed suggestions in appropriate Policy Objectives, Strategies and/or Actions Steps for inclusion in the HSP. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: N/A ATTACHMENTS: Description HSP Update Memo Attachment - HSP Focus Group Input July 5, 2016 - Page 14 of 433 rowN ofvain Memorandum To: Vail Town Council From: Community Development Department Date: July 5, 2016 Subject: 2016 Housing Strategic Plan Update I. SUMMARY Housing staff compiled the input received from all of the Focus Groups, the Public Meetings and email responses. The data was reviewed for trends and then placed with the appropriate Policy Objectives, Strategies and/or Actions Steps for inclusion in the Housing Strategic Plan. A combined focus group and general public meeting will be held on June 29th to present the results. II. PURPOSE The purpose of this meeting is to present Town Council with the compiled results of the public input meetings; show the consensus gleaned for the problem statement and the policy objectives; and provide strategies that will be "fleshed -out" as part of the Plan over the next few weeks at which time a draft plan will be presented. Finally, the Town Council is asked to consider the following question when it comes to implementing the Housing Strategic Plan, since progress on the issue has been stymied in the past: "What are we going to do differently"? III. BACKGROUND The meetings, while revealing a strong consensus within the communityto "do something" about the housing problems, did not expose any unknowns contributing to the situation. A recent Vail Valley Partnership survey of local employers showed that: • 58% of employers take at least 2-3 months to fill vacancies; often the preferred candidate can not be recruited • 53% of employees have problems finding affordable housing • 83% of all employers list the availability and affordability of housing as issue • Housing is a top concern of all industries in the Valley All participants were asked the following questions to help define the "Housing Problem": 1. How would you define the housing problem in Vail? a. Why is housing a problem here? b. For who is housing a problem? July 5, 2016 - Page 15 of 433 2. What are the consequences of doing nothing about the housing problem? Each Focus Group was also sent group -specific questions relating to their area of expertise and general questions relating to the four Policy Objectives, which were also queried at the General Public Meeting. Some of those unable to attend also sent email responses, which have been tabulated into the results as well. Staff began discussions with the VLHA on the results and is submitting the following information for Town Council consideration. IV. THE PROBLEM STATEMENT Vail as a community lacks an adequate supply of affordable housing for workers, young families, singles, and many full-time residents. This problem is attributed to a variety of causes, a lack of available land, a lack of a dedicated funding source for housing, and a loss of existing housing stock to VRBO and second home owners being among the most cited. The problem is systemic impacting all aspects of the community. The business community as a whole is finding it harder to recruit and retain good employees, resulting in negative impacts to service, which thereby impacts private profits and public revenues. It impacts the vibrancy of the community with young families not being able to find affordable homes to purchase or rent. It impacts the schools with fewer children living here, reducing enrollment and thereby funding for education. It would be short-sighted to ignore these conditions and do nothing. The do nothing option not only diminishes Vail as a world class resort, but threatens the basic fabric of the community. The opportunity exists for the public and private sectors to act collaboratively and adopt a Strategic Plan containing specific actions to address this problem. V. POLICY OBJECTIVES OBJECTIVE 1: Preserve Existing Housing There was consensus that preserving the existing housing stock in Vail needs to be an important part of the Housing Strategic Plan. This concept had a variety of factors associated with it. Chief among the reasons were the availability, cost and quality of both purchase and rental stock. Causes for this situation included high HOA fees due to the age of the stock, the impact of VRBO and Air BnB on long-term rentals, and the lack of available affordable housing. It is less expensive to buy existing housing than to build new. Strategies: 1. Establish a deed restriction purchase program i. Using a "dedicated housing fund", the Town will pay property owners to place deed restrictions on homes. ii. Have dedicated staff with incentive -based compensation run DR purchase program 2. Create incentives for long-term rentals i. Zero interest loans for housing rehabilitation in exchange for long-term rental agreement ii. Clearinghouse/management company to match renters with rentals 3. Waive RETT on property sales to permanent full-time resident owners i. Affidavit and claw -back clauses required OBJECTIVE 2: Increase density to increase housing opportunities Town of Vail Page 2 July 5, 2016 - Page 16 of 433 There was clear support for the idea of using increased density in support of creating affordable housing, as long as it "done correctly and in appropriate places", i.e., near transit, amenities, and shopping. There was consensus that due to the sparsity of available land in Town, there is no other alternative to increased density where projects are possible. In response to the fact that increased density leads to increased parking issues, some participants considered off-site parking and storage as reasonable alternatives, given the circumstances. As far as where density might be appropriate, there were several recurring themes from the groups and the public. The first theme was that seasonal employees create a good portion of the demand and therefore affordable rentals for this group are a must. Geographically speaking, West Vail seems to be among the most noted locations, where density would be acceptable to most participants. Another of the emerging themes was the redevelopment of existing residential properties with greater density. Finally the majority of participants recognized the need for regulatory reform in order to deal with the density issue. Strategies: 1. Housing Overlay Zone for ease of implementation. i. If pre -determined criteria are met zone can be initiated over project area to allow increased housing density, etc. ii. Allow replacement of older housing stock with greater density 2. Incent the Private Sector i. Allow smaller lot sizes (maximize number of lots rather than minimum size) ii. Allow re -subdivision of plats to increase number of lots 3. No Net Loss Policy, similar to parking, Accessory Units, and landscaping. OBJECTIVE 3: Develop dedicated funding source to increase affordable housing inventory There was clear consensus among all of the Focus Groups and the general public that a dedicated funding source for housing is a major missing component of the Town of Vail Strategic Housing Plan. Strategies: 1. Reallocate an appropriate portion of the RETT for housing. 2. Initiate an increase in Sales Tax dedicated to housing. 3. Property Tax increase with a Homestead Exemption for full-time permanent residents. 4. Tap into Town reserves to seed the dedicated housing fund. OBJECTIVE 4: Actively seek and participate in Public/Private Partnerships to increase affordable housing inventory There was general consensus that there is need for public/private partnerships to accomplish affordable housing goals. Neither the government nor the private sector alone has been able to solve these problems over the years. Employers providing housing alone can be expensive and the same holds true for the limited resources of government. The Town needs to think strategically and take the long-term view on housing. Government must work collaboratively with other jurisdictions, the private sector, and non-profit organizations to tackle the problem of creating and maintaining affordable housing. Strategies: Town of Vail Page 3 July 5, 2016 - Page 17 of 433 1. Collaborate with employers to invest and partner with the Town. i. Equity share in projects for investment ii. Parity for each partner 2. Role of Government i. Regulatory on development ii. Revisit Inclusionary Zoning and Commercial Linkage percentages and Applicability iii. Update Rational Nexus Study iv. Build units/subsidy v. Are there assets for sale? vi. Would Town loan on projects? 3. Land to solve problem - IGA's Valley -wide collaboration i. Governing bodies must look at options ii. Dowd's Junction, Eagle -Vail iii. Plan out where housing will go iv. Regional Authority M. NEXT STEPS Staff will work with the VLHA to "flesh -out" and add Strategies and Action Steps to the policy Objectives with measureable goals and timeline benchmarks. We will add introductory information, background data, and create a three to five-year timeline for implementation to complete a draft plan for presentation to Town Council on July 19th. Attachments: List of Focus Group and General Public Comments Town of Vail Page 4 July 5, 2016 - Page 18 of 433 FOCUS GROUP INPUT 1. Problem Statement: Focus Group #1 —Small Businesses • Create fundina sours • It is everybody's responsibility Focus Group #2 — Realtors • Land Cost/Lack of Land • Cost of Construction • TOV Codes/Regulations/DRB • Nimbys/Strong local leadership No funding source/land banking • Workforce housing product isn't family friendly • Desirability of TOV? • HOA Fees impact affordability Focus Group #3 Valley Organizations: • Out Migration down Valley • Lack of affordable housing inventory • Not enough "dirt"(land) in Vail • Vail is dying as a community rite families, no kids • Many young families want homes but can't afford prices • Winter is worst 400+ jobs but no long term rentals • Vail is victim of its own success highly desirable place • Propertyvalues too high & wages too low • Everyone's problem- employers can't fill positions o Workers can't find housing o Guest services suffer • VRBO not going away — weakening the fabric of neighborhoods • Do nothing is not an option • Need qualified workforce, who call Vail home and have vested interest in community • Preserve and increase stock of year- round homes • Implement more restrictions on VRBO o Limit locations o Require professional management o Restrict to properties over $1.25 M o Must be full unit not a bedroom •Add higherfees o Enforce compliance Focus Group # 6 Mortgage Bankers: • Limited supply of DR units under $500K • Limited housing affordable to families • Sustainable pool of funding is needed • Buying existing stock & placing DR • Redevelop older stock • Balance between open space & housing needs Focus Group #4 Large Employers: • Availability, cost and quality of purchase & rental stock • No green land left • Not just dorms for temporaries o 1St time home buyers o .V..: ,. ... �,. ,.�.�....'fees • HOA fees high due to age of stock o Hugh obstacle to home ownership in Vail that market can't solve • •d can't house enough employees to keep up w/expectations o Quality of applicants lower • Critical service suffers—Schools, utilities, emergency services o Employees living long distances away • Saving existing stock • VRBO- losing long-term rentals • Moving out to bedroom communities • Lack of affordable units for singles • No opportunities for "newbies" in lottery • Baby Boomer Retirement issue hasn't hit yet! - -----.s time to build up down payment nothing in Vail to buy Focus Group #5 Large Hotels: • Affordability of housing • Quantity of Available Housing 0 15-20% cost to community o Labor pool — tough to hire o Turnover • Seasonality —impacts on availability, occupancy • Cost of Living (affordability) • Quality of employees • Community problem to solve July 5, 2016 - Page 19 of 433 FOCUS GROUP INPUT o Shared problem Focus Group #7: Contractor/Architect/Dev.: • Lack of affordable housing • Lack of Real Estate • Land, Construction Cost, Zoning • People move west to get more house • Dedicated funding source to be able to partner • Redevelop aging properties • Comes down to Parking • Temporary workers cause transient neighborhoods Focus Group #8: Interested Citizens: • Ownership & Rental problem Vibrancy of community o School enrollment declining • Services suffer without critical mass o Long commute, expensive housing, makes unhappy workers • Lack of year-round residents • Little opportunity to move up from 2 to 3 bedrooms o People move down valley to get .i acAwt. • No job growth with good wages o Wages don't match housing market • Dedicated funding source needed • VRBO regulations — specific tax o Pushing value of housing up as income property o Investigate revenue stream from VRBO to fund housing Focus Group#9: Affordable Home Buyers: • Availability and price of housing o Livability vs. affordability o Not affordable even for physicians • Vail grew too fast .Z not in the housing game o Seasonal employee focus • Commuting is getting further and further • Available Parking July 5, 2016 - Page 20 of 433 FOCUS GROUP INPUT 2. Additional Comments: Focus Group #1 —Small Businesses • More density on Chamonix • Rebuild Timber Ridge with as much density as possible Focus Group #2 — Realtors • What are buyers looking for? o Schools o Sense of "family community" o Newer/refurbished product o Community/Rec Center o Parking • Funding Source? o Reallocating RETT? o Sales Tax already high o No increase in transfer tax • Density o Redevelop - West Vail Mall - Cascade Crossing • Employer Provided Housing o Too Expensive • Deed Restrictions o Less Restrictive? Focus Group #3 Valley Organizations: • 58% of Employers fill vacancies in 2-3 months • 53% of employees have problem finding housing • 83% of all employers list housing as issue • Housing is top concern of all industries in the Valley • Vibrant community at risk • Habitat has 50 homes in Eagle County • Organization does collaboration, partnerships focused on housing • Affordable Housing #1 Priority o Lead collaboration around issue o Bring business & public sector together o Regional effort needed o Willing to take leadership role • People outside of Vail would love to live there • Density options must be considered case by case • Property rebate incentive for long-term rentals • Buydowns with DR Focus Group # 6 Mortgage Bankers: • Tear down older stock replace with higher density • Public/Private Partnerships — WMC, VR • What Impact on Demand • Long term residents needs • Enfranchise workers with home ownership • Parking w/units • Carpool — how to get people here without cars • Moving Costs on employers to help • Jumbo DR Loans — could be done "needle in haystack" • Land Leases an issue with Freddie & Fannie • DR must go away on foreclosure • Income restrictions a must for federal financing among other requirements • Multiple DR's is not an issue (2-3 at most) • Integration of DRs in all locations • Provide education — "savvy buyer" o DR education for owners o Access to DR Library • Portfolio Loans Focus Group #4 Large Employers: • ERWSD Housing Program is a tool for employee recruitment& retention- 50 units • Housing at different price points needed • Employer housing- • ERWSD 50 units now, planning 16- 24 o WMC master lease 50 units o TOV 58 beds to rent — 5 of 6 Red Sandstone units owned by TOV employees o School District— 12 units • Employees stay in units long term, very little turnover • Retirement considerations o Aging workforce vs. diminished supply • Strategic thinking — long-term view on housing July 5, 2016 - Page 21 of 433 FOCUS GROUP INPUT • Density is a tool to assist • Policy changes needed • IGA's Valley -wide collaboration Focus Group #4 Large Employers (cont'd): • Stricter Employee Housing Requirement • Employers invest & partner with Town and others to get employee housing • Tiny home project, like trailer park • Would employers invest? o Governing bodies must look at options o Equity share in projects for investment o Parity for each partner • Affordable rental projects easier • Mix of unit types & sizes — how it works together. Focus Group #5 Large Hotels: • Role of Government o Regulatory on development o Build units/subsidy o Tax- Revenue Source? • Whistler Example o In Suites — A.U. o Long term rental units o Subsidized • Funding Source o Provided across the board o Equitable Focus Group #7: Contractor/Architect/Dev.: • Rule Changes Needed to Incent Private Sector o Old Neighborhood redev. o Use Tax — Dev. Fees are high o Workwith developers to get redev. o Smaller lot sizes o Guidelines on building footprints to get more units o Re -subdivide plats to get more lots with larger footprint for Duplexes • Use Tax 2%, Rec Fee, Tap Fee, Review Fee, Permit fee, RETT • ROI important in development o Larger homes bring big return o Density doesn't help much • Inclusionary & Commercial Linkage is tax on small segment • Affordable housing stand alone dev. Is better • Zoning around West Vail Commercial needs to be changed & redevelopment encouraged • 15 Townhouses to replace two dilapidated houses could subsidize DR units • Housing Overlay Zone for ease of implementation • W. Vail is ready for redevelopment o Up -zone first then approach developers o W. Vail up -zone for density o Create incentive to combine lots • Everything comes down to parking o Eliminate hurdles/create incentives • Need land to solve problem o Dowd's Junction, Eagle -Vail o Plan out where housing will go o Are there assets for sale? o Would Town loan on Projects? Focus Group #8: Interested Citizens: • Problem too long ignored needs to be addressed and paid for • Sales Tax Increase • Whereto put density o Chamonix is good location o Vail isn't "rural" anymore o Density is not a bad thing o Livability — density where amenities are — transit, parks, shopping, etc. • Target people, who are here and want to stay but need help o Renting need more space, but can't afford to buy in Vail • Sell DRs to property owners • Appreciation caps meant to help keep units affordable • Can we look at income restricted units • Chamonix is important • Employers can and should invest here Focus Group #9: Affordable Home Buyers: • Big Employers need to step up • Underground parking • Housing Needs: o Available parking o Outdoor Space o Access to Transit o Storage accommodating lifestyle July 5, 2016 - Page 22 of 433 FOCUS GROUP INPUT • Off-site Parking & Storage would be reasonable • Lending options — DR & Land lease preclude 30 -year mortgages • Price Appreciation cap o Not trying to make a fortune o Keeps it affordable o Some equity is better than rent o Appreciation caps shouldn't be too high o Not about making money but living near work • Tax second home owners & VRBO o 50% of units VRBO & 2 d. Homes • Why no rent restrictions on homes • Bus line is important when you can't park o Living in Vail transit is important • Room for expansion/flexible space is good • Quality of construction is important • Two bathrooms or at least two toilets in every unit • Both seniority and straight lottery o Lottery roadmap for newcomers General Public Meeting: • Build 3,000 apartment units over 1-70 • Build dormitories for temporary VR employees on the mountain with separate access road away from expensive housing. • Need affordable housing for full-time residents • Need to better regulate VRBO and tax them more • Agree that we do need a dedicated funding source for housing • Favor increasing property taxes on residential with homestead exemption for full-time residents • Need a Vision of what we are trying to accomplish before people will vote for funding source • Dual track working on family and full- time residents, while also working on rentals for temporary workers • Density is an option as long as it is done correctly and in the appropriate locations, able to accommodate it, i.e., near transit, amenities, shopping, etc. o There is no alternative to help meet the housing needs of the community Charging for parking in the Vail parking structures in the summer and using the revenue received for housing; or just charging for parking in summer during peak times and using revenues for housing. Did not like the idea that developers could pay a fee in lieu to satisfy their housing requirements. Did not like the idea that a developer can buy deed and sell deed restrictions on existing units to satisfy his or others' housing requirements. Additional input via email: • The TOV needs to formulate specific zoning for Affordable Housing. Specific locations need to be located close to infrastructure, core areas, public transportation, groceries, work place locations, etc. • You need land - county or incorporated city land donations • Need funding source - Examples are Taxing authority similar to the "open space tax", real estate transfer tax, County purchase of land, government low income financing, tax credits, County low income financing. Everyone has benefited in the success of the Community, thus everyone should participate in the solution. • Create entry level tax incentives - I.e. tax credits thru state, • Provide streamline process for housing and development. • Simplify rules and regulations. • Let the private sector operate the management and sale of affordable housing, I.e. Board of Realtors! Let the Board put together a Affordable Housing Commission and management sector and fund it out of real estate commissions. Reduced fees - I.e. sewer, water tap, building permits. Reduced real estate taxes on AF housing. July 5, 2016 - Page 23 of 433 FOCUS GROUP INPUT • Review process every two years - and not just by staff but by qualified personnel in the industry. How many homes will this build in next 1, 3, 5 years. What will you do if you don't get there? • Everyone needs to be on the same page. Get county and incorporated towns together. You need cooperation with all entities including Vail, Beaver Creek, Avon, Eagle, Gypsum, Dotsero, Vail Resorts, Eagle County, etc. • Work with banks to come up with reduced interest rates for low income families that have exceptional qualities, i.e., HFH concept, tell them it is "Community Service". • You need incentives for development not punishment. • Vail Resorts inability and non -focus on providing housing for THEIR seasonal workers • Vail Resorts has now become dependent on the taxpayers to provide "affordable housing" • Hiring employees on a 3-4 month basis • What local housing options for CRITICAL housekeeping & maintenance resort/hotel staff • The current extreme housing shortage did not just evolve. • Baby boomers retirement tsunami has not hit yet. How will it impact employee housing? • 90% of Vail's workforce housing challenges are due to the employee housing demand created by Vail Resorts and the major hotels. o They should have to pay for all of the associated housingdemand they have and are creating The town has embarked ona housing policy that is a failure on multiple levels. o only requiring hotel and resort developers to provide housing for 35% or so of the increased employee load from new development • not wilIingtofund the housingdemand created by Vail Resorts and the major hotels July 5, 2016 - Page 24 of 433 Tammy Nagel From: Stephen Connolly <sfcvail@hotmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 6, 2016 12:30 AM To: Council Dist List Cc: beth@sliferdesigns.com; John Mills; Mark Schelde; Michael Cacioppo; rslifer@slifer.net; 'Scott Miller'; Paul Rondeau; Mary McDougall; Suzanne Silverthorn; Stan Zemler Subject: public input re: housing meeting Just wanted to clarify a few of the comments I made tonight and add a little insight. Many of us who attended came away with the feeling that there was good energy, but not a lot of hope for the outcome. Many of us had the same story whether we came in 78 or 75 or 87 or 2016 - the first question in an interview was/is "do you have a place to live". There were four ideas that seem to have some logic to them: 1) Build dorms in the forest. Ski in Ski out accommodations for liftiesl What a concept and since the lands belong to all of us. Action requested: Call a meeting with VRI to see what the potential is for their support. We obviously need to be thinking out of the box and VRI should consider something like this. Why wouldn't they support the idea? Since this was already discussed in the work session as a "genius" of an idea, what is the next step on this idea and when can we expect some sort of update? 2) Build 3,000 beds on top of the interstate. While lately (in the last 15 years) this idea has been discussed as a way to mitigate highway noise, a twist that I had not heard was to have major hotel chains build convention centers on either end. Rod stated that this idea was discussed years ago but found to be too expensive. Action requested: Dust off that old plan and look at it with a new set of eyes. No doubt it will be more expensive today, but how much more expensive in another 20 years? I don't know if this was discussed in the work session, but it seems to kill three birds at once - employee housing, building a convention center (or two) and mitigating highway noise. Can we look as this as a "how do we do this" rather than "this is why we can't do it"? 3) Buy land down valley. This is probably the most sound idea. Apparently there is land owned by the Forrest Service in Dowds Junction that they have zoned as "administrative" and this could be sold for non -natural uses. Other ideas to buy further down valley seem to have other problems beyond acquiring of land Action requested: Since this was discussed in early June and was the most reasonable, what has been done with this idea? If it has not been started, please start it immediately. We should have an update no later than the end of July (if not right now based on what has been done in the past several weeks). 4) Convert the municipal center into employee housing and parking. Disclaimer: This was my idea. I have never bought into George's explanation that Town Hall needs to be in the Center of Town. Sure that was in the past but this doesn't make any sense today. We should build where we can. We survived moving the Post Office. This idea was dismissed at the meeting because "the property is worth too much." Balderdash. But let's check it out. Action requested: I asked this sometime ago. What is the value of the muni land? Request Broker Opinions from the top RE firms in Vail. Ask developers what they think. The logical place to move muni operations is out to the bus barn. Think outside of the box. Why can't we have a multi storied building like the Arrabelle, the Ritz Residences or Solaris? Certainly not going to ruin any view corridors. There were several priorities discussed. Greg has already acknowledged that work is being done to revamp the lottery. What a heartbreaker! You struggle through twenty years in this town, working three jobs, you qualify first in the lottery and you finish a loser. Action requested: when can we get an update on how future lotteries will be conducted? There was discussion about employee housing vs. family housing. While some would say employees (front line low wage earners) are the foundation of our business community, the financial engine that drives this resort community, others would say we need to consider long term community needs. Maybe we could set the priority as being front line seasonal workers and keeping Vail locals in town as they create families and build businesses. It is very hard to get my head around the notion that we are building Chamonix to attract some new lawyer and his family to Vail. This is so wrong in so many ways. While this may not have been the intended message, this is what came through loud and clear to several attendees. Action requested: Create a policy statement on what exactly we are trying to do with affordable housing. Forget the five dollar words. Make sure that any junior high student can understand it and restate it in their own words. It was argued by Dick Cleveland that we need to start with a funding source. How do you collect money without telling us how it will be spent? Have we forgotten about the Clubhouse already? If we know what we are collecting funds for, whether in the form of taxes or any of the myriad of financial mechanisms available, it should be easier to collect them. Don't get bogged down in how to pay for this until we know what we are paying for. Figure out how we best use Chamonix to benefit the two most pressing priorities: giving front line seasonal employees a place to live and helping families stay in Vail. Some say this is social engineering at its worst. Show us that it is not. One member of the audience seemed to be rather ticked off. We were tossing out ideas and there seemed to be no action being taken. It seemed the attendee had one simple question, after all this time and all these ideas, we were told that several had already been heard in the year leading up to the meeting, WHAT WAS BEING DONE? Since they had years of experience and were running for reelection, I challenged Kevin and Dick to find solutions to this housing problem. Now I will expand the challenge to include Greg, since he too has years of experience dealing with the topic. Now I ask you all, on behalf of my fellow concerned citizens, "When can we expect an update on what is actually happening?" The challenges are known. The list of options fairly finite. Lets get game on. Thanks for reading. sfc Stephen Connolly sfcvail(abhotmail.com 970-376-5798 (cell) 970-476-6826 (phone, fax and voicemail) Lhink * Reduoe * Reuse * Recyde Tammy Nagel From: Paul Rondeau <nanpaul@vail.net> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2016 9:13 AM To: Council Dist List Subject: Housing.......... from Paul Rondeau Attachments: HOUSING.rtf I am attaching my letter in the Daily on Friday. The recent 'brainstorming' session indicated we need to do something differently. In short, a 'can -do' attitude to do something bold for rental or purchase 1-2 bedroom housing. Probably with one of the three ideas that were floated around at this meeting. One of the ideas already was shot down as "we looked at that before" --hardly the mindset we need now. in short, we have movers & shakers who are'in' or love Vail, with clout, that can make things happen that the town can not do on its own. Further, the notion of providing subsidized housing of for -sale three or more bedrooms is one area to really think about. Rather, some form or'arms-length' financial subsidy that can get families here in free market housing. Its the 'luck of the draw' with inherent unfairness with this approach or who gets to purchase subsidized housing approach! But at least you don't get the 'diminishing return' phenomenon of'employed workers' with multiple children eventually becoming'empty nesters' down the line when they don't need all the extra bedrooms. Not to mention their eventually becoming 'retired workers', as allowed by the rules of workforce housing. Not to mention what happens with divorced couples. Not to mention the administrative/enforcement costs associated with purchased subsidized housing. In short, there are no easy answers, but hope some of these perspectives are at least discussed in a proper forum that includes the full council, appropriate staff and the public............ Paul Rondeau The Audacity Of It All.... In the mid 1980's a group of Vail movers and shakers proposed Vail host the World Ski Championships in 1989 --audacious as these sort of things are really only done in Europe and how would it ever get funded? Well, it did get funded, it was a success and most importantly, it did recognize on -mountain venues alone would not have been enough without world class support from the workforce in general, small business in particular, coupled with resident and guest volunteers. In fact, it went so well that the feat was repeated in 1999 and 2015 --spearheaded by the Vail Foundation. Not too many years ago the Vail Town Council proposed that 30 percent of our workforce should live in Vail --again audacious as how to get it funded and where located. But in this case it didn't happen, with significant, but ultimately inadequate mix of rental and purchase units. These include: Timber Ridge, The Commons, Middle Creek, VR's First Chair, the new Lions Ridge complex, small clusters & single units spread around town --coupled with a diminishing number of privately -owned rental units. All this is compounded with the seldom discussed , 'diminishing return' phenomenon, where'employed workers' eventually become 'retired workers' as they rightly want to stay in any subsidized housing --hence if you are not moving forward housing -wise, you are moving backward by definition! What has been missing is bold action to match bold vision. This has to begin with a greater recognition that 'Vail' to our destination guests is one entity, encompassing on -mountain and everything off -mountain. In short, if 'Vail' is indeed world class, 'Vail' must do as well as Disney does for workforce housing and must put additional substance to the slogan "VAI L Like nothing on earth' --where Vail Resort's motto would be hollow except for what happens off -mountain. The recent'brain storming' session in the Vail chambers brought out two important points: O Be Bold.... With notions of (a) building 3,000 beds in a structure over 1-70, (b) building ski in -ski out dormitories on forest service land on the mountain and (c) taking advantage of new ways to acquire forest service land --in this case land that is nearby, consistent with planning and accessible by foot and/or public transportation. O Vision.....We need a roadmap as a rallying point, else "just never-ending talk the same as 30 years ago." Vision has to include specifics --including location options. So what to do? First, as said at the meeting, a bold vision is needed. Second, the need for a champion --and I don't think that can be seven council members around the horseshoe. Needed is a champion with clout, consistency and strong vested interest, who can be the prime mover --the jump -starter to get things going, but certainly not the only financial contributor. Then a rallying label, such as 'Beds Serving Vail' that can catch the imagination of organizations (who might desire naming rights), individuals with a passion for Vail to contribute in funding --coupled with, yes, some form of ongoing funding mechanism. The candidates for such a champion clearly include Vail Resorts, the Vail Foundation with a new type role and others yet to be identified. So what happens next? I'm just reporting what I have heard recently, coupled with observations of what has been possible since 1960, when my wife and I drove by a nondescript place off highway 6, where it was rumored with audacity, that a ski area was to be developed in the middle of nowhere! Note, Vail opened in December, 1962. Paul Rondeau, Vail TOWN OF VAR' VAIL TOWN COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO ITEM/TOPIC: Update on Summer Parking PRESENTER(S): Greg Hall, Public Works Director and Mike Rose, Transit/Parking Manager ACTION REQUESTED OF COUNCIL: Provide direction to the staff on the information presented. BACKGROUND: The Town of Vail parking structures are reaching and/or exceeding capacity with increased frequency this summer as had been anticipated due to a number of factors, especially in Lionshead. The peak summer season kicked off with the Vail Arts Festival and will continue through mid-August. In addition, Epic Discovery has opened with parking demands unknown at this time. Currently, staff is tracking use patterns within the structures and thus far has been able to accommodate most of the demand, although not as convenient given the patterns in Lionshead. Overflow parking on the frontage roads has occurred on the days staff has anticipated. ATTACHMENTS: Description Summer Parking Update Memorandum July 5, 2016 - Page 25 of 433 0 rowN of vain Memorandum TO: Vail Town Council FROM: Stan Zemler, Town Manager Greg Hall, Director of Public Works and Transportation DATE: July 5, 2016 SUBJECT: Update on Summer Parking I. PURPOSE The purpose of this item is to: • Provide Town Council with an update on summer parking • Provide possible parking management options • Request Town Council direction regarding next steps II. BACKGROUND The Town of Vail parking structures are reaching and/or exceeding capacity with increased frequency this summer as had been anticipated due to a number of factors, especially in Lionshead. The peak summer season kicked off with the Vail Arts Festival and will continue through mid-August. In addition, Epic Discovery has opened with parking demands unknown at this time. Currently, staff is tracking use patterns within the structures and thus far has been able to accommodate most of the demand, although not as convenient given the patterns in Lionshead. Overflow parking on the frontage roads has occurred on the days staff has anticipated. The structures have filled the following dates and times: Lionshead Village Cars available in structures 6/9 @ 10:48AM 6/9 @ 12:30PM overflow frontage road 6/10 @ 10:28AM 6/10 @ 9:33AM overflow frontage road 6/11 @ 10:25AM 6/11 @ 9:15AM overflow frontage road 6/12 @ 10:08AM 6/12 @ 9:01 AM overflow frontage road 6/13 @ 9:01 AM 500 VV 6/15 @ 9:48AM 525 VV 6/17 @ 9:50AM 295 VV 6/19 @ 10:54AM LH data unavailable 6/20 @ 10:05AM 375 VV 6/21 @ 10:20AM 365 VV 6/22 @ 10:OOAM 6/24 @ 10:1 1AM 150VV 1 July 5, 2016 - Page 26 of 433 6/26 @ 12:54AM 6/26 @ 10:OOAM overflow frontage road 6/27 @ 10:15AM 315 VV 6/28 @ 9:23AM 416 VV 6/29 @ 10:20AM Data not yet available 6/30 @ 10:30AM Data not yet available Based on the analysis above, Lionshead is filling more during weekdays. This is due to construction in the Lionshead area and use of the structure by the hospital employees while the VVMC west parking is impacted. The hospital parking at this time is down approximately 130 spaces. Availability in the Lionshead structure has increased by 66 spaces due to removal of the temporary skatepark compared to last year. The Village structure, on the other hand, is filling more on weekends. The number of construction workers at job sites in the Lionshead area is as follows: • Lion - 300-350 with fewer workers on Fridays and weekends • Vail Spa - 70-80 with fewer workers on Fridays and weekends • Vail Valley Medical Center - 130-150 with fewer workers on weekends There are additional projects within the Vail and Lionshead Villages employing approximately 100 additional workers. In all, the number of construction workers in the both Villages is less than 700 during peak, an average of 600 and less than 500 on Fridays. This is 1/3-1/4 of the number of construction workers that were in town during the 2008-2009 boom years which peaked at around 2800 construction workers. III. CURRENT ACTIONS TO DATE The following actions have been taken, to date: • Analysis of parking availability by day and hour. • Monitor Lionshead parking and ensure the "full" signs are reversed when space becomes available. Allow guests to enter the structure to determine availability, if requested. • Communication with representatives from construction job sites and VVMC to request carpooling and use of shuttles. • Communication with Vail Resorts to request employees use the VR lots. Positive feedback has been received from staff's outreach to the construction sites, VVMC and Vail Resorts; however, there is no way to enforce compliance. Additional plans are to reach out to the Vail Chamber and Business Association to ask other businesses to encourage their employees to carpool, take transit or ride or walk to work. IV. POSSIBLE MANAGEMENT ACTIONS MOVING FORWARD Option 1 — Status Quo 1► July 5, 2016 - Page 27 of 433 Continue operations as -is. This will likely result in more summer days on the frontage road than the 20 days experienced last year. As of June 26th, there have been 5 frontage road days and by the time July 5th arrives, staff is anticipating there will be 9 frontage road days. Pros • Status quo. • Little impact to current operations. Cons • More days on the frontage road than normal. • Sets up a pattern for 4 more years when the hospital begins Phase 2 which takes out 250 spaces. • CDOT could step in and revoke Town's use of the Frontage Roads as a violation to our current agreements. Option 1A A variation would give the Town Manager authority to act on one of the other options, if needed, between July 5 and July 19, if the situation worsens. Option 2 — Limit AM Entries Limit the number of available spaces during the early morning hours so there are additional spaces available later in the day. This is an option the Town implemented in 2008 in which a cap was placed on hourly entries. The 2008 management plan included use of the former Wendy's lot (75 spaces) and Vail Resorts provided an area near Gold Peak for additional parking (150 spots). The Gold Peak location required PEC approval and the area has since been restored. Pros • This method would result in spaces being available later in the day. • Would incentivize carpooling by allowing entry for those who carpool or shuttle. Cons • We will just push the problem to Vail Village unless we monitor/control both structures. • Need alternate parking areas and/or park `n ride locations. • May need to provide additional transit service from the outlying areas. • If you arrive after the entry limitation has been reached, you are required to park somewhere else, usually resulting in being late and can be confusing if you aren't familiar with Vail and transit options. • Currently the only alternative spaces available are along the frontage road near Safeway, approximately 60 spaces. Transit service due to detour will be less direct. • Overflow parking impacts to other areas such as Ford and Donovan parks, trailheads, Red Sandstone School, etc. • Unanticipated adjustments needed by employers and ECO. Option 3- AM Paid Parking 3 July 5, 2016 - Page 28 of 433 This option would charge a $10 fee to enter between 6 and 9 a.m. and ensure there is a separate area for short-term free parking such as the Vail Village top deck and the current Lionshead short- term area. Pros • Will force some to find alternative parking or alternative transportation. Cons • Implements a form of paid summer parking, however similar to Ford Park. • Penalizes employees with morning shifts while those working later shifts would have access to free parking. • No alternative parking spaces exist, may cause problems elsewhere. Option 4 — Paid Parking Implement a paid summer parking program which addresses the issues. Pros • Would be long-term and deal with the issues of managed summer parking in which policies and rates can be tailored to meet the outcomes desired. • Generates revenue to offset cost of managing and providing additional bus service. • Provides equity for all customers. Cons • Less free summer parking. • Very unpopular with everyone. • Unknown impact to businesses. Option 5 — More Outlying Parking Develop additional parking opportunities. Any options would most likely require a conditional use permit from the PEC and DRB approval. A parking proposal to use the former Roost site for construction parking was denied by the PEC last year. Pros • May be able to add additional parking site options outside the core area. Cons • Timeliness. • Cost to implement and possibly restore. • Requires property owner approval if not Town of Vail land. • May have neighborhood opposition. • May force Vail issues to down valley communities. V. ACTION REQUESTED C! July 5, 2016 - Page 29 of 433 Provide direction to the staff on the information presented. VI. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends the Status Quo Option 1A while providing direction to the Town Manager to implement Option 2 -Limit AM Entries, if the need arises prior to the July 19 Town Council meeting. 5 July 5, 2016 - Page 30 of 433 Tammy Nagel From: Brent Cartwright <thecartwrights@me.com> Sent: Thursday, lune 23, 2016 12:50 PM To: Council Dist List Subject: Parking Council members, I don't think it is a surprise to you that Vail has a parking problem. How to handle it is the question. When paid parking ends in the structures, construction parking begins. Every day this week, the Lionshead structure has been full. That's on weekdays in early summer. I can't imagine how this will be for July. I notice a rough estimate of 20-30% of these vehicles are construction vehicles, and many of those do not move during weeks at a time. As a strong library patron, someone who has used the Dobson arena extensively and for anyone who wishes to visit local businesses and possibly spend money, it is quite hard without parking. I do not feel the structures should be catering to the construction companies at the detriment to village patrons. I am not sure of a solution to present, but I definitely want to voice my displeasure. To this note, other areas with tourism, extend free parking like we do on the frontage road by Safeway, only to county registered vehicles while others pay a fee. Boulder is a prime example. In Boulder, the trail heads and recreational areas have paid parking for non residents. As I am writing, one other observation is crosswalks. I noticed an article in the Daily mentioning an acknowledgment of threat in crosswalks in town, yet an unwillingness to install flashing crosswalk signs. Minturn just did, and its core still retains a quaintness. The crosswalk from the Lionshead structure across to Dobson and the library is an accident waiting to happen. The snow covers the crosswalk, cars don't know it exists. Hotel shuttles fly through here and circle around fast in the turnaround. A series of crossing signs should be installed. A stop sign should be installed in the turnaround to break the speed and momentum. Also an education program with shuttle drivers should be implemented. They seem to be the biggest offenders. I do believe flashing crosswalk signs would be an important safety addition to our town. Thank you, Brent Cartwright 920 Fairway dr. Vail, Co 81657 970-343-9971 1 Tammy Nagel From: Thomas J Neyens <skivalet@me.com> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 10:33 AM To: Council Dist List Subject: LionsHead Parking Dear Council It's 10:30 do you know where you're parking Town of Vail. Parking Counts Last Updated: 6/23/2016 10:29:22 AM Vail Village Parking Structure Spaces Occupied: 61.90% Full Open Spaces: 381 Spaces of 1000 Open Vail Village Top Deck Parking Spaces Occupied: 35.94% Full Open Spaces: 139 Spaces of 217 Open Lionshead Parking Structure Spaces Occupied: 99.50% Full Open Spaces: 5 Spaces of 1000 Open I=ord Park Parking Spaces Occupied: 32.47% Full Open Spaces: 131 Spaces of 194 Open Soccer/ Athletic Fields Parking Spaces Occupied: 83.33% Full Open Spaces: 9 Spaces of 54 Open Tom Neyens Ski Valet Inc. 616 West LionsHead Circle Vail,CO. 81657 970-476-7770 It's not LionsHead for the Art Festival Tammy Nagel From: Thomas J Neyens <skivalet@me.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 3:57 PM To: Council Dist List Subject: LionsHead Parking Structure Dear Council I'm sure it has been brought to attention that LionsHead Parking structure has been full regularly since the end of the ski season. The LionsHead Structure has been at 80% by 9am every morning, most of this from construction workers and hospital employees. Today for example at 3pm there were -1 spaces available in LionsHead and +90 in the village. Parking on the Frontage Road will become the daily standard starting next week ,which I'm sure will not make CDOT happy. WE need to do something about this before it kills our summer business. I do recall that we had this same problem a few years ago with the hospital employees and construction workers and the Town of Vail required the Hospital and Contractors to shuttle their people into work. I think we need to get on this ASAP, with the 4th just 12 days away. I look forward to your solution. Tom Neyens Ski Valet Inc. 616 West LionsHead Circle Vail,CO. 81657 970-476-7770 VAIL TOWN COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO ITEM/TOPIC: Booth Creek Trailhead Parking Update ATTACHMENTS: Description Booth Creek Trailhead Parking Memorandum TOWN OF VAIP July 5, 2016 - Page 31 of 433 TOWN OF 75 South Frontage Road West Vail, Colorado 81657 vailgov.com/police To: Vail Town Council Stan Zemler, Town Manager From: Dwight Henninger, Chief of Police Date: June 30, 2016 Subject: Booth Creek Trailhead Parking 1y P,°Lr AQ' A �� y G1i�EF ZaF_S � �AARt044 Office of the Chief of Police 970.479.2218 970.479.2216 fax Last weekend there was a significant parking problem at the Booth Creek Trailhead with cars parked along both sides of the roadway. Neighbors complained, expressing concerns about emergency access, prompting Code Enforcement to respond and issue parking tickets to illegally -parked cars. Construction at Vail Mountain School this past weekend further exasperated problems. The rise of trailhead parking problems over the years has been inevitable. With Booth Creek Trailhead's growing popularity and with only limited room for cars in this lot, which is co - owned by the Town and the U.S. Forest Service, parking inadequacies and community frustrations are understandable. In the past, we have met with neighbors, improved signage and enforced compliance with parking regulations. And recently, Town senior staff have walked the area to identify solutions. Despite a need to increase the parking lot size, a majority of the surrounding land is US Forest Service property and they are not interested in expanding parking for this trailhead on federally -owned land. There is another potential site, which would be very impactful for the community that Public Works is currently researching. Fortunately, the Mountain School allows the use of their lots during non -school time periods, so signs indicating the availability of parking at the school were reinstalled Monday, June 27. The school's generosity helps, but social media sites and concierge hiking recommendations are continuing to increase the attraction to the Booth Creek trail. To reduce private vehicle parking activity, an email has gone out to the Welcome Center staff and to Hosts asking them to encourage guests to ride the bus or use other trails. Lodging properties are being given updated hiking maps that include alternate routes. And, we are working with the Communications Information Office to produce an informational card for distribution at lodging properties. The card will convey bus timetables and routes and will list alternative hiking areas. Knowing that buses leave the Vail Transportation Center hourly starting at 6 AM and that the ride to a hike takes 6 minutes will conceivably appeal to many guests. We recommend against additional "no parking" signs at the entrance to a neighborhood, which is the Town's long-standing policy, as they are unlikely to increase compliance. Cones have been considered unsightly for long-term compliance and may not be appropriate for this July 5, 2016 - Page 32 of 433 area. Cones will be placed on the roadway for the weekend of the 4t" of July. Staffing and event workloads prohibit the assignment of an officer for this one street. Along with the distribution of informational cards to boost bus ridership and explore alternate hiking spots, posting new signs of alternate trails and multiple parking options make up the most responsive approach to resolving trail parking issues. We will work with the Forest Service for the addition of these signs and advise when the signs can be posted. Parking -Related Calls for Service to and near the Booth Creek Trailhead [All calls involve multiple vehicles resulting in primarily citations and warnings.] Summer 2013 Summer 2014 Summer 2015 Summer 2016 Total calls - 4 Total calls — 8 Total calls — 12 Total calls — 16 Town of Vail Page 2 July 5, 2016 - Page 33 of 433 VAIL TOWN COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO ITEM/TOPIC: Follow -Up to Community Survey Presentation Memorandum ATTACHMENTS: Description Follow-up to Community Survey Presentation Memorandum Workforce Housing Support by Age and Neighborhood Bus Service by Neighborhood Direction by Age Comments Appendix: Open -Ended Comments TOV Community Survey Final Results 2016 TOWN OF VAIP July 5, 2016 - Page 34 of 433 TOWN OF Memorandum To: Vail Town Council From: Suzanne Silverthorn, Community Information Date: July 5, 2016 Subject: Follow-up to Community Survey Presentation BACKGROUND On June 21, 2016, Town Council reviewed results from the 2016 biennial Community Survey as well as a separate survey distributed to local employers and employees. Both surveys were conducted in spring 2016 by RRC Associates. During the presentation, Town Council members were shown a link - rrcinteractive.squarespace.com/tov - that provides an ability to instantaneously sort and view the hundreds of written comments in a series of categories to help identify additional themes and areas of improvement. In addition, there was a request by Town Council to access additional information from the community survey which is attached. Staff will be sifting through the written comments and will prepare a document to acknowledge and address the ideas and suggestions offered by the respondents. II. ACTION REQUESTED OF TOWN COUNCIL Review the follow up materials from the Community Survey and determine if future discussions are of interest as additional follow up. III. ATTACHMENTS Workforce Housing Support by Age + Neighborhood Bus Service by Neighborhood Direction by Age Comments Appendix Open -Ended Comments TOV Community Survey Final Results July 5, 2016 - Page 35 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results Work force housing opportunity ratings Overall Under 35 Respondent Age 35.44 45.54 55.64 65 or older East Vail Booth Falls and Bald Mountain Road areas Booth Creek/Aspen Lane Golf Course Vail Village Location of Residence in Vail Potato Patch, Lionshead Sandstone Buffehr Creek, Lionsridge, the Valley Vail CommonslSafew West Vail (north Matlerhorn, Glen ay area of 170) Lyon Intermountain Not a resident of the town of Vail Other 1 -Not at all supportitve 22% 20% 16% 15% 24% 28% 28% 50% 38% 27% 25% 15% 15% 25% 24% 33% 19% 13% Permitting increased density in limited locations 2 Mr 221. 26% 22% 16% 10% 13% 20% 42% 33% W 25% 25% 22% 10% 29% or circumstances 3 30% 39% 26% 31% 34% 31% 33% 20% 100% 38% 33% 17% 24% 25% 13% 30% 19% 24% 63% 4 -Very supportive 27% 20% 32% 33% 26% 24% 21% 20% 13% 20% 17% 27% 35% 38% 24% 38% 29% 100% 13% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 1001/6 1001/6 100% 100% 100% 100% 1001/1 100% 100% 100% Average 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.1 3.0 2.3 2.5 2.3 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.6 4.0 2.8 n = 365 41 50 55 100 89 86 10 1 8 15 12 33 20 8 46 21 21 1 8 1 -Not at all supportitve 18% 12% 9% 14% 26% 21% 21% 30% 25% 13% 8% 15% 20% 13% 17% 26% 29% 13% Requiring a contribution to workforce housing as a for 2 14% 5% 15% 18% 14% 14% 16% 30% 7% 33% 18% 10% 13% 9% 26% 14% condition new or expanded residential development 3 27% 29% 19% 30% 29% 35% 31% 10% 100% 50% 33% 25% 30% 20% 38% 28% 22% 29% 63% 4 -Very supportive 40% 54% 57% 38% 32% 30% 31% 30% 25% 47% 33% 36% 50% 38% 47% 26% 29% 100% 25% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Average 2.9 3.2 3.2 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.4 3.0 2.8 3.1 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.5 2.6 4.0 3.0 n = ill 41 54 56 98 91 86 10 1 8 15 12 33 20 8 47 23 21 1 8 1 -Not at all supportitve 8% 8% 9% 14% 6% 8% 8% 13% 8% 16% 5% 2% 23% 15% Increasing the requirement for contributing to work force housing 2 15% 13% 6% 20% 17% 15% 15% 40% 29% 33% 6% 20% 10% 5% 30% as a condition imposed on developers in the town (note 3 28% 28% 21% 25% 38% 23% 33% 30% 14% 33% 17% 31% 10% 50% 36% 23% 25% 67% 4 -Very supportive 50% 53% 64% 41% 39% 54% 44% 30% 100% 57% 53% 42% 47% 65% 50% 52% 50% 30% 100% 33% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Average 3.2 3.3 3.4 2.9 3.1 3.2 3.1 2.9 4.0 3.3 3.3 2.9 3.1 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.0 2.7 4.0 3.3 n = 371 40 53 56 98 92 86 10 1 7 15 12 32 20 8 50 22 20 2 9 1 -Not at all supportitve 13% 21% 21% 7% 12% 9% 8% 11% 14% 8% 15% 15% 14% 18% 43% 9% Permitting required housing to be built down -valley, 2 12% 14% 17% 13% 10% 13% 11% 22% 36% 17% 6% 15% 14% 13% 50% 14% outside current town boundaries 3 32% 30% 23% 46% 31% 29% 40% 11% 57% 7% 42% 32% 5% 29% 33% 19% 55% 57% 4 -Very supportive 43% 35% 40% 33% 48% 49% 40% 56% 100% 43% 43% 33% 47% 65% 43% 36% 38% 36% 50% 29% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Average 3.1 2.8 2.8 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.1 4.0 3.4 2.8 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.5 3.2 3.0 3.1 no 363 43 53 54 94 92 84 9 1 7 14 12 34 20 7 45 21 22 2 7 3 36% 50% 100% 67% 100% 50% 100% Other 4Very supportive 64% 50% 100% 100% 33% 100% 50% 100% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Average 3.6 3.5 3.0 4.0 4.0 3.3 4.0 3.0 3.5 4.0 3.0 no 11 2 1 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 27 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates July 5, 2016 - Page 36 of 433 Page 1 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results Bus service ratings Overall East Vail Booth Falls and Bald Mountain Road areas Booth Creek/Aspen Lane Golf Course Vail Village Location of Residence in Vail Potato Patch, Lionshead Sandstone Buffehr Creek, Lionsridge, the Valley Vail Commons/Safew West Vail (north ay area of 170) Matterhorn, Glen Lyon Intermountain Not a resident of the town of Vail Other 1 -Not at All Satisfied 1 % 1% 3% 3% 1% 4% 2 3% 3% 5% 7% 4% 3% 15% 4% Frequency of in -town shuttle 3 16% 13% 9% 33% 13% 16% 3% 16% 14% 15% 21% 24% 7% 25% 22% 4 32% 30% 41% 33% 33% 25% 28% 26% 34% 31% 24% 24% 38% 25% 43% 5 -Very Satisfied 48% 53% 45% 33% 47% 59% 69% 51% 46% 38% 51% 53% 55% 50% 26% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Average 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.0 4.2 4.4 4.7 4.2 4.2 3.9 4.2 4.3 4.5 4.3 3.8 n = 744 157 22 3 15 44 29 74 35 13 90 34 42 4 23 1 -Not at All Satisfied 1% 5% 1% 5% 2 2% 2% 5% 1% 3% 4% Cleanliness of buses 3 15% 10% 17% 33% 18% 14% 10% 13% 9% 8% 16% 14% 15% 23% 4 37% 43% 38% 67% 53% 27% 26% 41% 42% 54% 26% 38% 38% 50% 41% 5 -Very Satisfied 46% 45% 46% 29% 50% 65% 45% 48% 38% 57% 46% 43% 50% 32% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Average 4.3 4.3 4.3 3.7 4.1 4.1 4.5 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.5 4.0 n = 769 166 24 3 17 44 31 76 33 13 92 37 47 4 22 1 -Not at All Satisfied 4% 7% 5% 7% 3% 16% 1 % 14% 2 8% 4% 29% 5% 10% 4% 8% 5% 17% 8% 7% Frequency of outlying service 3 24% 21% 29% 36% 30% 18% 12% 16% 20% 27% 19% 50% 36% 4 30% 23% 33% 100% 29% 10% 36% 43% 32% 62% 35% 10% 42% 29% 5 -Very Satisfied 35% 45% 33% 55% 45% 31% 32% 31% 39% 1 47% 31% 50% 14% TOTAL 00% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% % 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100 Average 3.8 3.9 3.9 4.0 2.9 4.2 4.3 3.9 3.6 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.2 n= 573 140 21 2 14 20 11 58 25 13 75 30 36 2 1 1 -Not at All Satisfied 2% 2% 3% 1% 3% 4% 5% 2 4% 2% 4% 7% 3% 3% 7% 4% 11% 6% 5% Bus driver courtesy 3 12% 8% 9% 33% 13% 21% 10% 9% 9% 9% 16% 17% 19% 4 30% 28% 39% 33% 31% 16% 26% 32% 30% 47% 24% 30% 27% 25% 29% 5 -Very Satisfied 52% 60% 48% 33% 56% 56% 65% 56% 55% 47% 62% 41% 46% 75% 43% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Average 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.0 4.4 4.2 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.4 3.9 4.0 4.8 4.0 n = 763 166 23 3 16 43 31 77 33 15 89 37 48 4 21 27 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates July 5, 2016 - Page 37 of 433 Page 1 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results Bus service ratings Overall East Vail Booth Falls and Bald Mountain Road areas Booth Creek/Aspen Lane Golf Course Vail Village Location of Residence in Vail Potato Patch, Lionshead Sandstone Buffehr Creek, Lionsridge, the Valley Vail Commons/Safew West Vail (north ay area of 170) Matterhorn, Glen Lyon Intermountain Not a resident of the town of Vail Other 1 -Not at All Satisfied 1 % 3% 2% 5% 2 3% 8% 50% 4% 4% owl17% 2% 9% Atmosphere/sense of safety on buses 3 15% 16% 8% 6% 13% 10% 8% 9% 8% 18% 14% 19% 23% 4 33% 30% 29% 50% 47% 22% 19% 36% 44% 46% 26% 25% 35% 25% 32% 5 -Very Satisfied 48% 53% 54% 41% 60% 68% 52% 47% 46% 53% 44% 44% 75% 32% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Average 4.2 4.4 4.3 3.0 4.2 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.0 4.2 4.8 3.8 n = 766 167 24 2 17 45 31 77 32 13 90 36 48 4 22 1 -Not at All Satisfied 1% 1% 3% 4% 2 2% 2% 4% 2% 3% 3% 1% 11% Dependability of bus service 3 9% 5% 8% 7% 5% 7% 6% 6% 9% 8% 10% 13% 4 31% 25% 40% 100% 40% 21% 37% 26% 33% 54% 33% 17% 25% 35% 5 -Very Satisfied 58% 67% 48% 53% 71% 53% 65% 58% 46% 57% 64% 65% 100% 48% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Average 4.4 4.6 4.3 4.0 4.5 4.6 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.3 4.5 5.0 4.2 n = 760 166 25 3 15 42 30 77 33 13 89 36 48 3 23 1 -Not at All Satisfied 6% 6% 4% 7% 2% 3% 5% 6% 7% 16% 7% 10% 2 12% 14% 13% 50% 7% 10% 6% 8% 6% 15% 13% 22% 18% 10% Level of crowding on buses 3 32% 31% 35% 20% 39% 23% 28% 12% 38% 37% 22% 27% 75% 52% 4 34% 34% 26% 50% 40% 29% 45% 38% 48% 38% 29% 32% 29% 24% 5 -Very Satisfied 1 16% 15% 22% 27% 20% 23% 21% 27% 8% 13% 8% 20% 25% 5% TOTAL 0% 100% 100% 100% 0 1 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Average 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.0 3.7 3.5 3.8 3.6 3.8 3.4 3.3 2.9 3.4 3.5 3.0 n= 161 23 15 41 13 89 37 45 4 21 27 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates July 5, 2016 - Page 38 of 433 Page 2 QA Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 39 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Right 18-24 1 personally work for the TOV in the Summer and have agreat crew who knows about Vail and cares about how it looks. There is rarely trash and the trash crew does a great job! Right 18-24 The town of Vail is always kept to a very high standard and its employees are always very curtious. I have always had a great impression of Vail as a town and not so much as a ski resort. Right 25-34 As a seasonal vacation destination it is essential for our town to be ever evolving and moving forward. Right 25-34 excited about new housing being built in west vail Right 25-34 Good events, good new development (chamonix), more environmentally thoughtful council (gore creek restoration etc) Right 25-34 Great events, no plastic bags, underpass Right 25-34 1 enjoy living in Vail and overall the Town seems to be heading in the right direction. Right 25-34 1 feel safe. Right 25-34 1 get the email updates from town and work with them through another local government. I always get the impression that the town and its staff are focused, professional, and doing what is needed. Right 25-34 1 have seen the conversation about gore creeks water quality take wind. There is also a lot of initiative for new trails in town - something beneficial for health and tourism. Right 25-34 1 know the town of Vail is trying to work on their reputation with locals. Right 25-34 1 like the ease of recycling, I also like the parks and recreation Right 25-34 1 see that the town of vail does a lot of things for the community and they keep the town in good shape, organized, clean. Right 25-34 1 think the town is in great condition. Lots of parks and community areas. The shopping and food alternatives are great. Finally it is great to see the town addressing the housing issue and planning on the Chamonix project going ahead. Right 25-34 1 think Vail is doing tremendously well on the foreign marketing. It never ceases to amaze me how many rich Mexicans pour into this town at Christmas and over Spring Break. I do worry that Vail is losing American tourism to the other ski resorts and resort towns. Right 25-34 I'm not super involved with things as they are progressing with the TOV but I'm super happy living here. Although, I'm not super excited about the Sandstone underpass. Right 25-34 improving facilities to residents, increasing revenue with event traffic Right 25-34 I've only lived here for 8 mths do far, but very happy Right 25-34 More businesses. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 39 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 40 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Right 25-34 One time I lost my license and SOMEHOW someone found it and they called me to give it back. I still don't know how they got my number or where they found it. Also, the buses remain free, huge perk. The roads are managed well in the winter. Right 25-34 Overall, services are good. Town is taken care of. The one thing I would like to see is more community focus instead of the main focus being tourists. I understand that tourism is what keeps the town running and jobs for everyone but there aren't many community focused events, activities, housing, etc. for those who aren't wealthy. Right 25-34 OverallbVail is safe, clean, and friendly. I've had good experiences with the police and fire department, and while I don't hang out in the village usually, it's still nice. Right 25-34 Seemingly lots of projects occurring. Good ski season. Lots of buzz around family and friends all over the nation just getting to know Vail Right 25-34 The affordable housing behind shell. Also the gore creek project. Right 25-34 The community is strong, with a focus on the arts, our natural resources, and a preserving the beauty of our valley. Right 25-34 The new development in Chamonix, EverVail, and the new 1-70 crossing are all needed improvements. Right 25-34 The things I love about Vail are doing well! TOV bus, library, etc. are all great as usual. Right 25-34 The town does a great job of communicating updates to local residents. Keep it up! Right 25-34 There are several large events that I have seen grow tremendously in the past few years. There is more interest in the town and hence generated income locally. Right 25-34 There were several upgrades for 2015 and it seems the town is still going in the upgrade direction. This will keep up with repairs and keep the town up to date. Right 25-34 They are putting a lot of money into maintaining the town, which allows it to continue drawing tourism and growing! Right 25-34 Town always looks so nice, and road work is being done. The town is very well kept and with the promise of employee housing being built, things will greatly improve. Right 25-34 Trying to address issues but still have a lot. Mainly, the i70 noise. Right 25-34 Vail is always looking to better it's people and community. They have great community areas and events geared towards all ages. Right 35-44 Approving Restore the Gore! Vail Trail option Environmental Priorities Booth Park Open House Great staff Community outreach and open town council Right 35-44 As a current deed restricted home owner, I am very excited about more opportunities for locals to live in West Vail, Chamonix parcel in the near future! This development affords locals the ability to stay in town and raise families without moving down valley or somewhere else. Right 35-44 Building affordable housing Right 35-44 Business has been growing over the last few years. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 40 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 41 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Right 35-44 Commitment to the new remodel at the hospital, commitment to address gore creek issues, and commitment to continuing to work to bring visitors here year- round seem to all be steps in the right direction with the first two influencing the third. Right 35-44 Dealing with issues such as lack of housing and Eagle River. Right 35-44 Everyone's focus is primarily the same Right 35-44 Everything looks great and the energy feels good. Right 35-44 Excited about the Chamonix Development and really hoping to get back to Vail through this channel. My daughter attends RSES and the commute is tough in the winter. Have always loved Vail and only moved down valley due to a second child. Not allowing marijuana shops in Vail is also a HUGE step and I applaud the decision makers! Right 35-44 Great events Right 35-44 Great support of economic development and events. Right 35-44 housing project in West Vail is a great idea! Right 35-44 1 believe the town is focusing on the issues at hand, including housing, economic opportunity and guest satisfaction. While the 'old guard' has a lot to say (and likes things the way'they used to be'), the town needs to move on while allowing them to have their say. Right 35-44 1 love being a Vail resident. Right 35-44 1 think all of the current projects are incredibly beneficial to our community and I am grateful for them but parking and employee housing still seem to be an issue. We are a world class resort that is being affected by the housing market for employees to live in at affordable rates. Many great members of our community are moving because they cannot afford housing with their current income. I don't know how much longer a lowert to middle class will be sustainable in our community. To remain a world class resort we need good and qualified candidates for many of the service jobs. The quality of employees has declined at many of the restaurants and may continue unless more affordable housing is available for better qualified employees. Realizing that much of the overflow parking on the frontage roads are guests with passes from the front range but they take many hours to get here and then have to park blocks and miles from the resort. I am mostly concerned about safety issues regarding parking on the frontage road. Right 35-44 1 think that the Town of Vail is continuing to try their best to be a town, not just a resort. Right 35-44 It continues to be a world class destination for high end travelers Right 35-44 It looks great and you don't seem to worried about spending a ton of money on updating the park by booth falls Right 35-44 It seems that they are trying to balance activities and benefits for both tourists and local families. Right 35-44 It's beautiful and offers opportunities year round to keep us busy when we are not hiking, skiing or being active. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 41 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 42 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Right 35-44 Leadership seems sound. Good communication Right 35-44 Moving forward with the Chamonix housing development. Right 35-44 Much of the recent discussions seem to revolve around hot button topics/issues facing not only Vail but most mountain communities. As always it is nice to see Vail taking the lead in development of solutions to these challenges such as employee housing(Chamonix). I do think we need more 'town wide' focus on business and event development. LE, we need to help Lionshead feel more like Vail. Right 35-44 no particular reason Right 35-44 Overall, things are good and going in the right direction. The biggest issue is that Vail really isn't a place where families or even young couples can live. Housing is way too expensive for seasonal employees as well as year round residents. Right 35-44 Seems good Right 35-44 So many fabulous events and we are looking forward to the new construction to link our rental property in Sandstone more directly to the mountain. Right 35-44 Strong leadership, continued capital investment, and continued marketing investment Right 35-44 Support of year round events Right 35-44 The Chamonix housing project is much needed. I feel the direction of the town is dependent on where they settle with pricing for this development. If it's too high then they are on the wrong track. I think that when they rebuild the other half of Timber Ridge they need to make sure they replace it with seasonal housing. Lions Ridge is expensive and not helpful for seasonal staffing needs of the area. Right 35-44 The parking problem is getting worse. Right 35-44 The town had to do what it could to come out of the recession. I feel as though it succeeded, but now needs to focus and address current problems. Right 35-44 The town is addressing the housing issue and trying to keep us locals closer. Right 35-44 The Town is doing a better job I think of addressing housing and environmental issues with Gore Creek. Right 35-44 The underpass. Good activities available. Good people working for the town Right 35-44 Things seem to be getting better with less construction. Right 35-44 Tourism is up. Right 35-44 Town continues to care about the community and environment. Right 35-44 Town development has been positive. Right 35-44 Town seems to be making headway on it's goals Right 35-44 Vail continually invests in improving. Right 35-44 Vail seems to have bounced back from the economic downturn we experienced a few years ago. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 42 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 43 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Right 35-44 Vail Village and Lionshead have become an attraction for visitors as well as residents and families. The areas are inviting and of course beautiful. It's quite easy to access by car, bus, or in the summer, bike. Right 35-44 Vibrant town Right 35-44 we see improvements in Vail every time we visit, one suggestion regarding waste disposal. A waste drop of point might be made available for short time visitors. We as property owners have no way to sign up with a disposal company for one or two months per year, so waste disposal becomes a problem. Right 45-54 After living here for 22 years, things seem to be doing better Right 45-54 Allocation of funds toward venues used by both locals and tourists such as the golf course, ford park and the amphitheater is logical. Right 45-54 Always moving things along. Not just status quo. Reexamine and adjusting existing services, adding or dropping others as needed. Right 45-54 Beautiful architecture. Heated pedestrian only streets. Live music. Right 45-54 Because there are better street signs, trash is picked up, the buses are good, the vail underpass. Right 45-54 business owners, some with families, that recognize the need to modernize some of the towns ways. Right 45-54 Businesses, events, and the mountain continue attracting people to town. TOV seems able to finance projects and keep up with necessary services. Right 45-54 Continued investment in the infrastructure and facilities of the community (such as new Golf Club House) Right 45-54 excited about the new employee housing going up and really appreciate the amenities the town offers Right 45-54 Glad to see affordable housing on the agenda. Would like to see even more in the very near future. Right 45-54 great town council Right 45-54 1 feel that Vail's growth has been a good thing for the town. The additions to the town bring in more consumers, which is beneficial for our economy. Right 45-54 1 know that you have a great town council and am in the fan club several members. I know they will do good things. Right 45-54 1 like all of the activities, the lights and the flowers. Right 45-54 1 like the makeup of the new Town Council except for Kevin Foley who will forever hate Vail Resorts and is incapable of being objective! Right 45-54 1 like the on going improvements in town, the guest experience and the overall message from the Town and the Town Government. Right 45-54 1 think that the town is focused on maintaining a positive and unique guest experience and facilitating a business environment that allows us to live in town and survive. Right 45-54 1 think the Town of Vail looks to fill 'need times' with different activities and events that help bring people here. I think they support local events and help enhance the experience for the guests and locals. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 43 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 44 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Right 45-54 I'm excited to see the new developments to improve the town i.e. the new Golf club house, Underpass and Chamonix development. Right 45-54 I'm glad there are no retail marijuana establishments in Vail and I hope the Town Council continues to vote against selling it here. The TOV 'street cleaning' crew is FABULOUS and does an amazing job of clearing snow and then persistently cleaning up the streets. Whenever I have to leave town and there is a snowstorm, I always feel safe AS SOON as I get off 170 at one of the Vail exits as I know the streets will be clear and drive -able! I receive the TOV emails and they always provide pertinent information in a concise and timely manner. I like to feel 'in the know' on what is going on Vail and the emails do just that. Right 45-54 I'm happy to see that Vail continues to bring in fun and prominent events, during both winter and summer. Right 45-54 in the right direction for the most part, wrong direction or stagnant in regards to parking, golf course projects, local school ,housing. Right 45-54 It's obvious vail government cares Right 45-54 Just general satisfaction with how things are going Right 45-54 Little debt,abiliity to invest in infrastructure Right 45-54 Lots of new development and new underpass. Right 45-54 Lots to do. Right 45-54 Love living here, all public service provided is top notch. Right 45-54 love the bus convenience Right 45-54 My experience with the Town is that it functions more like private enterprise in terms of efficiency and healthy democratic representative government at the same time. Great staff, great boards and volunteers, great collaboration. Right 45-54 new employee housing appears very well done, the underpass could really alleviate traffic Right 45-54 No problems other than screwing the golf course up and the unnecessary round about being built. Right 45-54 Not sure about the underpass, other than that, the town is being well maintained and kept up. The facilities are beautiful and match the surroundings well. We're all so lucky to live in such a divine place! Development is not being over done. I wish plans for Ever -Vail were going ahead. I do not however wish to expand skiable terrain further - no more encroaching on the lynx's territory and other creatures. I wish we could get a Whole Foods! And the hospital expansion were going to be done sooner! Right 45-54 Ongoing capital improvement projects; Entertainment options are good Right 45-54 Overall, things seemed to be managed in a reasonable way. There are many issues facing the valley, but it seems to be going ok. Right 45-54 pricing out of the riff raff/ family focus- kids free art, concerts, farmers market, nature hikes! Right 45-54 Responsible decisions, excellent visitor experiences, year round activities and events Right 45-54 The attention to affordable housing is positive... hoping it pans out this time. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 44 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 45 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Right 45-54 The connection between the town of Vail and Vail resorts Right 45-54 The roads are well maintained. The bus is great. I was happy to hear a planning change was made recently that allows duplexes be renovated more easily. Right 45-54 The Summer marketing campaign has been a great success and Vail is no longer 'seasonal' for tourism and business. The spike for our economy has had an amazing impact not only on our economy, but our real estate as well. The landscaping looks wonderful. The events and synchronized bus service is a great help for those attending and enjoying libations. Right 45-54 The town isn't broke Right 45-54 The town of Vail has lots of projects at this time!! I have been to a few council meetings! Geatjob!! Keep it up!!! Right 45-54 The updated village feel. The buildings being redone are of the same concept so they give the village a cohesive feel Right 45-54 There is a good balance of continual development and upgrades, while at the same time not loosing the natural beauty of Vail and preserving what is important. Right 45-54 They are constantly looking to see how they can improve: i.e. golf course renovation, various hotel renovation, and Vail Resorts is brining in different venues during the off season and summer which the town supports through various bands etc.. Right 45-54 things are looking up, and the potential Ever Vail is exciting Right 45-54 town has modernized facilities to keep its world class status Right 45-54 Town is great Right 45-54 Town is looking for ways to continue thoughtful development as well as be environmentally conscious. Right 45-54 Transparency on all things within n the town of Vail Right 45-54 Underpass finally going in. More activities to draw summer tourists and guests. Strong fire and police departments. Excellent public services. Right 45-54 Unfortunately and currently, I'm working in Lake County and have a tough time keeping up on what is happening. I have hopes for the new council. Right 45-54 upgrades and focus on the community and guest experience. Right 45-54 Vail as a resort community seems to be partnering well with Vail Resorts and large hotels to draw destination visitors to the area. Winter is obviously still very dominate. I do believe that additional funds/marketing should be directed to summer events such village adventure events, music festivals, film festivals, sporting events (like Lacrosse), etc. As the front range population grows it will be important to market multi -day stays from this close to Vail demographic. Right 45-54 Vail has weathered the difficulties of the past nine years fairly well. The town is beloved by its visitors and experiences ups and downs as the economy fluctuates. Right 45-54 Vail is making many necessary changes and upgrades to keep us competitive with other ski towns in the US. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 45 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 46 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Right 45-54 Very positive plans for vail Nice community, beautiful town My son goes to red sandstone Right 45-54 we love coming to visit and utilize your town amenities in addition to skiing Right 45-54 We moved here from NJ. There is little to no corruption here and relatively good transparency. There are diverse sources of revenue for costs. The schools are good; the town's role in them is not great. Right 45-54 Working on employee housing which after 20 years still needs to be a TOPpriority Right 45-54 You went bag free. Yay!! Right 55-64 (1) 1 was happy with the new council persons who were elected (relative to their stated missions/goals) (2) Regarding a current topic, I like the thoughtful but practical approach to the Gore Creek improvements. FYI, I wish I had more time and energy to attend council meetings, and hope to in the future. Right 55-64 All the improvements we have seen are a positive empact on the growth of the city for local and tourism. Right 55-64 Always have a great experience when we come there Right 55-64 always trying to improve Right 55-64 As a practicing architect in town, I appreciate the effort that the town makes to keep everyone updated. Right 55-64 Bringing in events, new business, and activities year round Right 55-64 Businesses are supported by the various town agencies and departments. Environmental concern for the creek through town is being addressed. Many of the problems stem from poor design and planning of previously installed infrastructure in years past. Trying to address the housing and transportation issues, Right 55-64 Continued development and growth of amenities --seemed not to be very affected by economic downturns. Expansion of the hospital/medical complex is a plus Diverse options for entertainment and dining Right 55-64 Continued improvements in the city Right 55-64 Continuous improvements are much appreciated, as well as the well landscaped common areas. Right 55-64 Doing a great job with the clean up of Gore Creek, bringing in more festivals and events Right 55-64 everything is good except maybe parking problem, but bus schedules very accomodating Right 55-64 Everything runs smooth and efficient compared to where we live in DC Metro area. !' of snow caused 8 hour delays in rush hour this past winter. Right 55-64 Feel that things are progressing. But there's still a lot of work to be fine. Right 55-64 For the most part day to day business and special events are well run. Right 55-64 Ford Park area and the amphitheater projects look great. The flowers in the summer and heated areas are a plus. I like that the pathway along the gore creek is kept shoveled pretty much for walking that could be better behind the Marriott to Forest Road to Cascade. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 46 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 10 July 5, 2016 - Page 47 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Right 55-64 Generally I like all the changes, but we need more restaurants in town. Right 55-64 Goals and objectives are clear, and well communicated. Right 55-64 Godd bus system Good trafic upgrades Right 55-64 Good economic growth but the infrastructure of roads and parking is now keeping up with development. Now is the time to limit future development in the village as the roads are too busy with no parking during peak times. Right 55-64 Good public safety and basic services Right 55-64 Good, dedicated professional leadership Right 55-64 great livable place with terrific community services. You are doing it right! Right 55-64 How much better could it be? Right 55-64 1 always find the TOV employees to be very helpful and the services well done. Right 55-64 1 am pleased with the makeup of the new Town Council. I feel that they represent the demographics and interests of the local residents. Right 55-64 1 believe that overall the leadership is sound with voices from the longtime residents to some of the new folks that have moved to Vail. I believe that all the town council listens to the residents... Right 55-64 1 dont see as many t -shirt retail stores Right 55-64 1 like the communication TOV has with us regarding changes & upcoming events. Right 55-64 1 like the new council and think they are handling the issues as well as possible. The Gore Creek revival is important especially. Right 55-64 1 like the vision that the town has for its future Right 55-64 1 like the way the town is getting more events, etc. Right 55-64 1 see awareness and progress regarding the health of Gore Creek and opportunities for 'affordable housing' for families who want to be part of this community - full time / year round. Right 55-64 1 think in the right direction, offering many cultural events year round for residents and tourists. Right 55-64 1 think that (other than parking, and affordable living for workers) Vail looks good, the appearance of the lighting in the winter and the flowers in the summer are beautiful, the offerings for entertainment at Vilar and Ford Amphitheater are excellent and every town has issues, but Vail has worked hard to make it appealing Right 55-64 1 think the Town of Vail does an outstanding job of handle its affairs Right 55-64 1 would say that they are on track more that right or wrong Right 55-64 If it's not growing its dying. Right 55-64 Improvements being made to town facilities, restaurants, lodging while still respecting tight zoning, height restrictions, and maintenance of town's character. Right 55-64 Improvements in roads. Providing end of season concerts. Pursuing Vail Resorts to extend ski season. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 10 July 5, 2016 - Page 47 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 11 July 5, 2016 - Page 48 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Right 55-64 In following the Town Council, I believe good decisions are being made for the betterment of all Vail citizens. Right 55-64 In general the right direction because of the environmental protection efforts and these efforts in conjunction with the continuing facelift and updating of Vail as a premier international, family friendly ski resort. I am concerned for the small business owner in the face of the massive buildings being constructed in Lionshead. The Arabelle has removed sunshine from the center - and its a bit dreary and cold in the shade. Right 55-64 In general the town is beautifully maintained with quite a few public services. Compared to the east coast, property taxes are reasonable in light of the services. Right 55-64 investment in infrastructure, balance between out of town global and national visitors and front range/local interests. Right 55-64 investment in infrastructure, vail resorts performance, cleanliness, growth in tourism Right 55-64 Investments in infrastructure Right 55-64 It's not all right or all wrong. Improvements such as the new underpass are the right direction. Careful review and planning for new construction is right. Lack of progress on improved parking is wrong. Right 55-64 Just moved full time so have little to compare with, but things seem to be well maintained. I am concerned about employee housing as I have heard complaints regarding that subject. Right 55-64 Lots of great projects like the bike trails being developed, affordable housing on track to develop more local housing opportunities. great development of new festivals and funding of worthwhile projects like the golf course clubhouse. one bad one --30M for an underpass with 9M coming from the TOV. Your kidding me right? you couldn't figure out a better way to spend 9M --or save it for something that really matters. please! CDOT's 21M is a waste of taxpayer money, and this project puts inconvenience in it's own category. Right 55-64 Love Vail although it is getting so expensive to ski and have food on the mountain. Right 55-64 Made a lot of improvements for the World Cup. Right 55-64 Major efforts are being made by the City to make guests to the resort feel appreciated. Right 55-64 More and more year round activities. Development is being kept in check - not too much residential or commercial building being allowed yet improvements being made in the right areas. Property taxes need to stay controlled as other living expenses make the valley quite expensive compared to other areas. Right 55-64 more beautiful every year, great improvements better traffic control in Lionshead Right 55-64 More events, different events, great recreational opportunities. Right 55-64 Need to bow out of housing, regulations that are set are not followed anyway. Example is the Commons, a lot of those units are rentals. They were supposed to be owner occupied. Who in forces these regulations? Not sure why we are *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 11 July 5, 2016 - Page 48 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 12 July 5, 2016 - Page 49 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? still building more, if not regulated. I would buy one and rent it out forever, those renting are making big money, buy low, rent high This was not what this housing was intended for. Right 55-64 no negative letters to the editor in the daily like there is for avon and eagle-vail Right 55-64 no problems Right 55-64 No significant criticisms of current operation Right 55-64 Nothing is really annoying me, we have some new stuff [golf club house pocket park, attempts to make parking better, good road clearing though the pm driver seems to take malicious pleasure in plowing just my driveway in which kind of defeats the purpose of clearing the roads if i can't get out my driveway - sorry little rant there. Right 55-64 Overall is good. Right 55-64 Overall, the town has improved but still ignores off season for restaurants and events and the parking is atrocious. Right 55-64 Overall, Vail seems like it is going in the right direction. It's growing too fast for my taste, but that is inevitable. Right 55-64 positive steps for ford park, donovan park, bike paths, bus system and west vail local housing Right 55-64 Proactive city management Right 55-64 Public Safety in both police and fire seems excellent. The bus transportation is excellent - the employees are friendly and the service is prompt and on time. The development of new buildings seem well thought out. The city is clean and people seem happy to visit the area. Right 55-64 Reasonable and well controlled development. Public transit seems to be working well. Right 55-64 Reasonable development sensitive to what makes for a world class resort Right 55-64 Recent improvements were an enhancement to keeping pace with a changing resort landscape. Right 55-64 Retains the feel of a small town Right 55-64 Safe, Fun, etc.. Right 55-64 Seeing much improvement in facilities and infra structure. Town looks beautiful. Right 55-64 Seems to be a good partnership between the town and the resort. Appears to be a good amount of investment toward building 12 month community. Biggest problem I see as an outsider is the lack of full time residents. Need more affordable housing in town rather than all of it down valley. Right 55-64 seems to continue to improve overall quality of living and visiting the valley Right 55-64 Sound management. No drama Right 55-64 Spending money making the town better. Right 55-64 taking pro active measures such as the Gore Creek Reparation, updating the Booth Falls playground, trying to develop and design the Chamonix lot and having public input meetings regarding projects separate from council meetings are all positive steps. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 12 July 5, 2016 - Page 49 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 13 July 5, 2016 - Page 50 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Right 55-64 Tax revenues seem to be increasing yet expenditures seem to be conservative. Right 55-64 THe amount of constructions shows economic growth. Ski mountain seems to be very well visited. the village continues to be attractive. Right 55-64 The improvements are great. We are very happy the new golf course clubhouse is finally underway. Right 55-64 The improvements in streets, buildings are needed and Vail has done a good job of directing people around construction. Right 55-64 The improvements that Vail has made (and continues to make) have added tremendous value to the community. Right 55-64 The infrastructure changes in terms of heated walk ways and fountains have really made the town Iovely.The landscapes are so well cared for and maintained. Right 55-64 the TOV has maintained standards for development consistent with its beginnings Right 55-64 The town continues to make improvements - constantly enhancing the experience. Right 55-64 the town council members truly care about the town. Right 55-64 the Town Council seems to be listening to the needs of my community. We have been working on a joint project for over 12 years with the TOV and I trust that this year we will make some headway Right 55-64 The town is attracting more visitors and needs to keep up with the demand. At the same time it's important to keep the quaintness or small town feel. Right 55-64 The town is keeping up with the luxury development. The town is kept clean and maintained. The Lionshead garage is a beautiful visitor center. Right 55-64 The town just keeps getting better and better, thinking about every change they make and caring about the town and its people. Love how the care about the people visiting. Right 55-64 The Town remains fiscally responsible and is increasing efforts in environment, climate change and sustainability. Right 55-64 The town seems to be always a step ahead of us, and ahead of other cities/towns. We like the parks and renovations; constant improvements of roads; friendly rules; town meetings/picnics; etc. Year round public and free events are a big draw for us (part time residents) and visitors! Right 55-64 The town seems to be moving generally in the right direction. The DRB is way too powerful and over the top. They nit pick just to show you they can. It is absurd. There are also pockets of junky places the TOV does nothing about, for example, the shacks on Geneva. The DRB picks at people who are upgrading their property but the town does nothing about houses that are literally falling down. Right 55-64 There is confidence and stability in the leadership of the TOV staff, and a sense that the new council is thoughtful and not making rash decisions. Right 55-64 They are improving 1-70 by adding an extra exit. They are redoing Timber Ridge - long overdue. We have a community garden. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 13 July 5, 2016 - Page 50 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 14 July 5, 2016 - Page 51 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Right 55-64 Though I would like to see dogs allowed on TOV bus, especially ones that can be carried. Right 55-64 THough interesting to hear the current Mayor says that the town basically blew it with the golf course redesign. From public input through the bid process - now 6.5 Mill$$ over budget. So maybe a lesson has been learned? Only time will tell. Right 55-64 Thoughtful decision making, encouraging public participation, good financial situaiton Right 55-64 Town is busy, but things seem to be working. Right 55-64 town seems stable Right 55-64 Vail continues to grow and expand in a thoughtful and progressive way (Not too fast, but not impeding). Right 55-64 Vail has seen many improvements over the last five years that has improved the appearance and economic growth. Right 55-64 Vail is a resort town and should stay that way. Right 55-64 Vail isn't perfect, but I do believe that when pot use on the slopes is reported to the police, something should be done. We witnessed a man take a huge hit of weed and then immediately crashed into an elderly gentleman in the lift line, injuring him, then laughed in the old man's face and told him he should learn to ski better. We reported this to the police on the mountain, who said there was nothing he could do. This is wrong and will end up hurting the image of Vail, which I don't think anyone wants. Right 55-64 Very progressive in their thinking Right 55-64 We always seem to be a leader compared to other ski area towns. Right 55-64 We are new full town residents after visiting here for 30 years. Vail has grown tremendously over that period, but still has managed to maintain its welcoming feel and sense of community. Right 55-64 We just purchased a residence in Vail last year. We think the town is very well kept. Right 55-64 With the major construction done in town, the Golf Courser renovation behind us and the underpass at west Vail to start this spring the town can go back to work progressively on housing and parking. Right 55-64 Yes, but they could be better. We need to somehow limit the amount of Front Rangers clogging up our roads. The special events are well planned and attract a good crowd. Right 55-64 You have a tight grip on development which is always the right approach in the end. Right 65-74 1. Quality of the elected officials 2. Physical infrastructure of the Town 3. Openness of government Right 65-74 A delight place to spend time relaxing and even working sometimes. Summers are particularly beautiful. Right 65-74 All services are provided in a timely fashion and kept up to date *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 14 July 5, 2016 - Page 51 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 15 July 5, 2016 - Page 52 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Right 65-74 All the services are first class and the people who live, work, and play in Vail are some of the best. Right 65-74 Always looking to improve Right 65-74 Attention to infrastructure and creating an environment that is both eco friendly and entertaining for young and old alike. Right 65-74 balance growth with the environment and experience Right 65-74 Community needs are being met in a timely manner. Right 65-74 Council and staff are open to new ideas and input Right 65-74 council is making wise decisions, we follow the vail daily for updates Right 65-74 Environmental awareness and proactive planning Right 65-74 Everything that has been done has been a change for the better in a quality way. Right 65-74 Generally going in right direction. There are some areas for improvement. Right 65-74 Generally I support the development in Vail but I'm concerned that things like bike trails will not be completed and I think they should be. Right 65-74 generally the right direction. Not sure I approve of the location of the underpass on the North Frontage Road. Don't approve of the upgrade proposal for The Vail Trail. Right 65-74 Good atmosphere for visitors. Renovations and updates are a plus. Right 65-74 Good management and council Right 65-74 Government functions improving, environmentally conscious. Right 65-74 Great design of town of Vail, instilled employee attitude of 'what can we do to make your stay better', cultural events that are equal to cities much larger, concerned attitude of preserving 'the Valley' Right 65-74 Great transportation system. Great all year round activities. Right 65-74 Happy with recent decision concerning plastic grocery bags. Right 65-74 Have some progressive projects going and trying to address housing issues. At the same time, I would like to see some 'affordable' food options in Vail proper. Bringing in affordable housing for families, and wanting to attract more of them in Vail and still evolving to more and more expensive 'living', eating, etc appears to be self-defeating. Right 65-74 1 fell that the Vail government is approachable and committed to making the Vail experience positive and the village clean and the streets well maintained, as is the parks Right 65-74 1 have been here for 42 years and it has way improved since then!!! Right 65-74 1 like that Vail is going through a gradual facelift of the Village & Lion's Head areas. This look fresher today that ten years back. I also notice things like the underpass, and the new affordable housing on the north side of West Vail. It takes a lot of commitment to keep the town looking fresh and to stay ahead of local traffic issues, 1-70 traffic issues, and all the promotions to keep tourist dollars in Vail. Right 65-74 1 like what the is doing but don't like what the mountain is doing *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 15 July 5, 2016 - Page 52 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 16 July 5, 2016 - Page 53 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Right 65-74 In general the right direction but the population is getting tax -weary. Right 65-74 It is a vibrant town with many services and amenities Right 65-74 Maintaining the high standards that Vail is know for while adding additional attractions to encourage more visitors. Right 65-74 my taxes have not increased significantly. the roads, streets, and services are adequate, Right 65-74 No complaints Right 65-74 Not standing still. Making moves to accommodate parking and traffic patterns can go a long way to making an extremely confined space accessible to more. Right 65-74 People like to live here. Vail has a good atmosphere for families with children as well as older, possibly retired people. There are of course issues which perhaps I will be able to comment on later in the survey. Right 65-74 Pretty Satisfied with things overall Right 65-74 public transportation system is working efficiently. Town wifi is satisfactory. Right 65-74 Quality of life is generally good. Fiscal management is responsible. Amenities and infrastructure are in good repair. Town services are excellent. Right 65-74 Realize the need for changes based on economics of area, visitor needs, so many second home owners, county is really fed by Vail... Right 65-74 Right direction but have concerns. I believe that the TOV is more concerned about Vail Resorts and other businesses not the residents. Right 65-74 Right direction with government & services. Wrong direction regarding underpass - who needs this? Why is there no master plan for West Vail North? Right 65-74 snow removal is always on time Right 65-74 starting to focus on housing issues Right 65-74 The mere conduct of this survey speaks volumes about the excellent health of a town that cares to ask. Right 65-74 The new council members all have an economic stake in what happens in the community, and should be able to lead a balanced growth that is NOT slanted toward the 'rich' retiree -interest. Right 65-74 The overall experience of being in Vail (all four seasons) is without equal. Right 65-74 The TOV has competent, intelligent people working in both planning and execution aspects. Right 65-74 The TOV provides essential services to full and part-time residents, business owners, guests, and workers by reinvesting in the community and updating the infrastructure. Right 65-74 The Town Council is doing an acceptable job of managing the Town affairs. I think the new 1-70 underpass is a HUGE waste of money, but that's not the current Council's fault. I'm anxious for the new golf clubhouse ! Right 65-74 The town feels great to be in, walk around, shop, eat Right 65-74 The Town has remained fiscally responsible and needs to stay on that track. Right 65-74 The town is rebuilding and modernizing. The renovation to the Wall St building is a good example of that. I am however unclear about the justification for the new tunnel under 1-70. 1 am also impressed by the number of special events *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 16 July 5, 2016 - Page 53 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 17 July 5, 2016 - Page 54 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? that are run by the Vail Valley Foundation. Those year round events certainly increase the number of visitors to the town and the county, which in turn increases local business revenue. I do wish there was a solution to the lack of parking in the core. Right 65-74 The town of Vail looks and feels better with more and better restaurants, nicer hotel facilities and an overall better sense of community. Right 65-74 There are plenty of activities available which appeal to a wide range of people. Lots of special events to draw outsiders. Right 65-74 There seems to be a reasonable balance between doing good things to develop the town and make it more exciting without breaking a reasonable spending level. Right 65-74 TOV is fiscally healthy, a great place to visit, great place to be. Right 65-74 town council knows the town well and for the most part gets feed back from the residents. Right 65-74 Town is looking forward better than it used to. Also, think Community Development office is much better as well. Right 65-74 Town is well run and managed. Right 65-74 Town is well run and seems to be in harmony with the needs of the residents and VR Right 65-74 Town keeps updating (Lionshead entrance, hospital upgrade, new underpass. Right 65-74 Town seems to be organized, efficient and working well with locals/VR/shop owners/tourists Right 65-74 Town seems to be supporting businesses and trying to improve the guest experience while balancing owner resident needs. Right 65-74 upgrading of town facilities, more bike paths Right 65-74 Vail Resorts owns the town government. Right 65-74 We have had an extremely positive recovery from the great recession. We need to keep our eye on the ball so that we continue this trend. Right 65-74 we have owned property in vail since 1966. lots of changes. retail and resturants are great. little conveniences are lacking like the Rucksack used to have for basics. it was a great store. mountain amazing but really expensive w/o a pass. a welcome center/info, not the one up the mountain of stairs, would be great in the village. if there i missed it for years. i love vail in every season. Right 65-74 We need to keep making improvements in our community, but we need to do it the right way. Right 65-74 We see improvement each time we visit. Right 75 or older Always great response to city services...... Overall Planning Right 75 or older Been here over 30 years and I feel safe and proud to live here. Right 75 or older Better free parking for people coming in to shop or lunch. More support of local arts organizations, art in public spaces, the gardens. Right 75 or older continually improving the town Right 75 or older Everything is good! *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 17 July 5, 2016 - Page 54 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 18 July 5, 2016 - Page 55 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Right 75 or older Focus on the citizen. Keep up the good work!! Right 75 or older Generally right direction, but reaching decisions takes much to long Right 75 or older Great destination for our large family. Multiple activities. Great ambiance. Very friendly. Great services. Right 75 or older Having first visited Vial in 1995, almost the beginning, I have seen the amazing progress made over the last 50+ years. The town is very accommodating to non skiers then ever before. That's important as I believe most wife's over 40 don't ski. Nothing for them to do means the family goes elsewhere. We need more retail to drive down commercial rates to entice a more interesting selection of stores. rates are so high that only Galleries, Fur Shops and Tee Shirt shops can thrive. Right 75 or older I have been very pleased with the upkeep of the whole Vail area. Roads well kept... amenities expanding Mountain always improving, if that is possible!!!! Excellent attitude of all staff ... very welcoming and helpful in all ways Right 75 or older New younger council Members - maybe a tilt towards young families Right 75 or older New Younger town Counsil members.Better communication with full time and part time residence. Right 75 or older No big contriversies Right 75 or older Quality improvements continue. New, younger Council is good. Right 75 or older Summer and winter programs to draw old and new guests to town. Right 75 or older The economy seems to be improving in Colorado resort areas and Vail seemss to going along with this trend. Right 75 or older Town Councilors reasonably sensitive to the beautiful natural resources, scenery around us. Much of staff very sensitive. Elected officials sometimes struggle to balance competing economic interest in ever-expanding tourist use of area with limits of capacity without abuse of natural resources. Right 75 or older 'Vail' is wonderful and has amazing skiing. The TOV does try to do the best job they can in a place that is a bit difficult to say the least. Right 75 or older Vail seems quiet, clean, and well run. Vail's planning department is a bit of a pain. Right 75 or older You are trying to stay ahead of the deteriorating older properties in town. Upgrading Ford Park and Golf Course clubhouse. Right Always looking at ways to improve. Right Always up kept, roads plowed well Right Amenities Commercial real estate Access Mountain upgrades Right Building local housing is a positive Right Bus service Safety Cleanliness Summer flowers Right Business is more consistent in off seasons, prime season business in summer and winter is very good, housing options can still be improved for working class Right Business still growing, tourism still growing, now year round Right Change, growth, attraction .... I feel these are all among the first priorities of TOV, and this is a large part why i continue to live here. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 18 July 5, 2016 - Page 55 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 19 July 5, 2016 - Page 56 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Right Continued improvements and general concern for environment, safety and fun atmosphere. Right Continued positive growth Right Continuing to improve infrastructure, a.low building, improve traffic flow which is what is needed to compete in travel destination trips Right Cultural events, year round activities Right Development and key infrastructure is necessary to keep the town vibrant and competitive in the global market. Right Everything looks great. There is a trend of continuing improvement. Right excited to see more housing coming online especially the West Vail project. Very exciting! Right Generally in the right direction however I am not so sure about the underpass. I also worry about overbuilding and I see no reason for EverVail, I am strongly against it. Right Good sales tax revenues; Good relationship with VR and business community; Proactive with infrastructure Right Good, attentive governance that takes the time to consider the views and needs of residents. Right Great customer service and environment. Other then the over charged parking and lift tickets well done Right Have lived here since 1973......... the 'village' experience was fun but I so appreciate 'BRAVO', Vail Symposium, Safeway, City Mkt., our awesome libraries, Teva ( GO PRO ) games, Gourmet on the Gore & of course the Farmer's Mkt on SundaysHM Right I am a 50+ year valley resident (with a 7 year sebatical, and returning 2.5 yrs. ago). I worked for the TOV as a Vail Host the first summer I returned because I wanted to be acquainted with the changes that occurred in my absence. It was all terrific! Summer tourists were all excited about being here, as I was years ago! Great fun job! -- couldn't continue working the following season due to unexpected health issue. Right I enjoy the care that Vail is taking to give it's residents a positive experience. All the amenities, including the library, the post office, the parks are 'right on'. Right I feel that it's more than a ski resort. It's a real livable town with great facilities for young children and adults. Right I felt that Vail really'grew up' for this last World Cup. I thought it was very exciting and just the right balance between 'village' fun and a global multi- media event. Nice going! Right I generally agree the Town is headed in the right direction by allowing new and redevelopment. The Town should be using taxpayer money for employee housing and not pretend its only a development related issue which it is not. You need to make trade-offs with developers to obtain employee housing or dollars in lieu. West Vail and Matterhorn has been ignored for too long and needs to be redeveloped. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 19 July 5, 2016 - Page 56 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 20 July 5, 2016 - Page 57 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Right I like sense of community. Community improvements provide nice ambiance. I am happy about new underpass. Right I see government d things taking place - like the new pickleball center planned for the summer of 2016 Right I see increased awareness and progress concerning the health of Gore Creek and opportunities for 'affordable housing'. Right I see more involvement from all the departments, including the police, the fire department, the town, etc. Right I think in the right direction what with building affordable housing in the town of Vail to hopefully keep families with children in the town. RSES is our only local public school, we need to make sure it stays! Right I think that vail is headed in the right track when it comes to being a great place. Transportation is on point the only think I would change is cost of living. Right I think the amenities and activities get better and better. But there is a crowding problem -- can become a real problem if not worked on Right I think Vail does an outstanding job of managing it's affair's. Right Identifying and responding to the issues that plague our valley - parking and affordable housing. Thank you for not sweeping them under the rug. The town continues to always put its best foot forward in offering the best experience for our local residents and guests from athletic events to cultural offerings. Right improvements to ford park, donovan park, bike paths, bus system and west vail employee housing project Right Infrastructure is well cared for, the Village is tidy, the information people are friendly, new employee housing looks good. Chamonix is coming along. However, it is too bad the town is always a construction site. And, it is going to get worse when 1-70 underpass is built and when the East Vail truck stop is enlarged. Also, our neighborhood park is being redesigned and will be a construction site until Fall 2016. Happily I will miss it all because I spend April to October out of town. Right it is still thankfully, a good place to live. Right It's a clean safe pleasant place to live! Right It's Certainly not the'old' Vail, but I guess we have to go with the flow I'm concerned however that hotel/motel pricing of a 'reasonable range' is getting, (now past) what is affordable for the 'average Joe' Right It's lovely. Right Leadership seems sound Right Leadership seems sounds, decisions well thought out. Right Love it here. Right Love the way Vail is growing. Newly remodeled buildings in town are nice. Right Modestly proactive But slightly behind public need for cultural center. Right more summer activities *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 20 July 5, 2016 - Page 57 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 21 July 5, 2016 - Page 58 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Right Most of the infrastructure improvements made over the years are going in the right directions. However, if it continues that way (more asphalt and big entrances), the town might loose its charm and character Right My family has had a second home in Vail since the 70s. I like the positive changes I've seen especially in Lionshead in the last 15 years. Growth without a change to the core feel of what the community is all about Right Need to do something about all the traffic parked on sides of roads. Very dangerous! Right New council and mayor more representative of the working/ business owning community. Right New council has the opportunity to balance the needs of the rich retirees with the needs of those of us who are still earning a living, trying to raise families, etc. Since most are 'normal' people who are invested in the community as a place to live, work, and play, this can hopefully result in a better balance. Right New projects, upgrades, and record sales tax. Right Nice town, well run, with year'round activities. Right no reason to feel negative Right programs offered throughout the year Right Right direction, the new construction is good except there still needs to be affordable housing to make up for the shortage caused by Timber Ridge/Lionsridge. It made the already bad situation worse. Right Safe place to live, public services are great, quick response when an emergency arise. clean place and facilities very convenient. Right Some things such as updating booth falls playground, gore creek mitigation, single stream recycle, while I don't really agree because it is not as viable as dual stream, housing, are things that need to be done to keep Vail moving forward. Right Streets in better condition, traffic flow better, appearance of the Village clean and organized. Right The arts and athletics are fantastic. Right The newsletter and on-line permitting. Right The town has begun to initiate some long term plans that will improve our quality of life. Right The town is looking to implement employee housing for people that work here. The fire department is beginning to recieve funding for the staffing needed. There is a ways to go but it is getting there. Right The town looks good. There is a lot of activity. Special events. Right They are keeping the town competitive. Right Things are planned well in advance. Right TOV good transportation, road conditions are kept well. Infrastructure of town seems to support the needs of the community. Right TOV has wonderful resources, provides guests with an experience in all seasons to be remembered, and is a great place to visit and to live. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 21 July 5, 2016 - Page 58 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 22 July 5, 2016 - Page 59 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Right TOV seems to have so much money in its pockets with continual improvements being made that everything seems to be going just fine. Right Town is beautiful. There is a reason people vacation here. Right Vail continues to be a place where people want to come to. Right Vail continues to invest in town infrastructure and amenities. Right Vail continues to make significant improvements to the town and the mountain. Right Vail has done an effective job of handling growth while at the same time retaining its unique character and feel. Right Vail is always clean, very well manicured and roads are well marked and cleaned during winter months Right Vail is always improving as well as looking for ways to keep the 'small town' feel. Right Vail is the best. Our economy is going strong and I love all the events. Right We do not spend a lot of time there so my answers are not very educated, but from observation, the town seems to strike a good balance between development/improvement and conservation. Services are excellent. Affordable housing obviously a problem, but not an easy one to address. Right with the exception of the decision to do the golf course project I believe things are going in the right track. I strongly believe the intention of the land by the previous owner was open space and it's past use .... not a huge facility that is being constructed. I understand how the lawsuit progressed, however I feel the decision to move forward was short sighted and convenient to not respect the past requests. Right Your officials seem proactive in most areas except Housing. You need to offer homes for lower income folks. Wrong 25-34 0 foresight into our housing dilemma. We need affordable homes and have nothing. It's pathetic that we can't figure this out. I think we need to invest more money into our town offices making it desirable and affordable to make the town of vail government jobs desirable to attract the right talent to help fix our housing dilemma. Also - and I have no idea how we candor anything about this... We have to figure out the Airbnb and flipped dilemma. Wrong 25-34 Constantly growing size of town of vail workforce. Parking issues seem to be an issue of, 'how can we make more money', not how can we help locals park in town. Wrong 25-34 Families are being pushed away from town, due to high price, rent, mortgage, gas, groceries, pre-school and school fees, which are higher then anywhere else. Feel like town is directed towards the tourist and resort business and 'rich crowd' no place for middle / working class. Wrong 25-34 Housing prices are unrealistic for year round residents who work in the valley. The little people like myself are what make this town what it is and I don't want to get pushed out. Parking has improved somewhat in the past couple years, however, instead of using our limited space to build more mansions, consider *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 22 July 5, 2016 - Page 59 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 23 July 5, 2016 - Page 60 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? other parking options. Maybe another garage, or lot. I hear multiple complaints from guests about parking everyday. Wrong 25-34 Housing situation and prices for a resort, seasonal town are ridiculous( for year around residents) Wrong 25-34 1 believe that The Town of Vail is becoming overcrowded and losing it's charm. Wrong 25-34 1 feel that Vail doesn't care about there locals. Wrong 25-34 1 feel the towns focus has been more on tourism and less on the locals. If town and the mountain continue to become more overcrowded and expensive I feel locals will be pushed out Wrong 25-34 1 personally feel like vail has turned into frickin Disney land. Wrong 25-34 It is upsetting that nothing that is not owned by Vail Resorts can survive. There is no way to survive in the town working if you are not part of the resort. The housing is completely un -affordable. Wrong 25-34 Local working people can't afford to live in Vail No one can afford to live and work in Vail. Most houses constructed in the 70's & 80's were done poorly with bad design, layout, no storage, no garage. The town has encouraged multi unit density developments and or gigantic expensive homes over building things people can live in and afford. You can't buy a home with a garage for less than 1.7 mil and with average wages who can afford that? Night life and lack of bars and young people living in Vail makes going out in Vail lame. Just about every restaurant is an over price steak and seafood restaurant lacking quality. The town and the resort have focused so much of their marketing efforts on attracting foreigner visitors to buy homes that most homes are vacant or rentals so there is no sense of community. Town projects to improve or build things don't get done in a timely manor. Wrong 25-34 Not very local friendly for housing, public transport, parking, etc. I will never be able to afford living here comfortably unfortunately due to the high costs. Wrong 25-34 Prices are way too high, Vail is greedy. Still not very many affordable places to live Wrong 25-34 The new council is making a turn around with support of staff recommended environmental initiatives, housing, and community resources, but it is a large ship and will be slow to turn the pace of Vail towards a purely second -home owner, short term rental, rich enclave that is forcing the development of bedroom communities further and further down valley. Wrong 25-34 There is an excessive focus on exclusivity and wealth with reduced appreciation for residents. I am not referring to ski lift operator or other seasonal employees when I say residents, rather I mean the people working middle and upper -middle employment facets within the valley. These people like the majority of hospitality and medical staff are given little appreciation for the essential role they play in ensuring Vail is the season ski mecca the town promotes itself as. Wrong 25-34 There seems to be a bit of an identity crisis going on in Vail. TOV and VRI obviously do not get along and I believe that is beginning to impact the guest experience. Outside of business, I have also tried to participate in the town *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 23 July 5, 2016 - Page 60 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 24 July 5, 2016 - Page 61 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? housing lottery and my wife and I received such horribly disrespectful treatment from the person we dealt with that I now refuse to move to the TOV as I do not wish to subject ourselves to residency in a place where the public servants are condescending and rude. Wrong 25-34 We wont ticket tourists because that would be mean even though they take up 3 spaces in the structure. The new softball fields came out less than desirable. Are we ever going to get a sky bridge from Matterhorn to the grocery store?!? Wrong 25-34 You make $11 million on parking alone. Locals are often overlooked when it comes to housing, jobs and transportation. It's ridiculous that I can't park my car overnight after a night of going out for some drinks. I'm a school teacher and will never be able to afford anything here other than a 900 sq ft apartment. Your mountain is a construction zone throughout the summer to cater to those who don't live here and to make more and more money. Wrong 35-44 Becoming too busy to feel exclusive Wrong 35-44 Catering to uber wealthy and not taking care of residents and employees Wrong 35-44 Empty store fronts and a lack of affordable bars and restaurants are unappealing to locals and tourists alike. Spending millions to create an underpass that will save people 5 minutes in the car is wasteful. Wrong 35-44 Geared more towards our guests and second home owners rather than our primary residents. The employees and small business can afford to live and operate in proper vail. Wrong 35-44 1 think the the situation with pay and housing are really bad. Wrong 35-44 i70 is overbearingly loud almost every hour of the day. Any sort of barrier could help.. From Trees or berms on the simple side to Covering it or building an underground tunnel.. Which seems like an ideal plan. Wrong 35-44 Lions Ridge was supposed to be affordable housing. There is nothing affordable about it. I was supposed to be for working families but all the working families I know that inquired about living there could not afford to do so. Wrong 35-44 Locals are not living in the Vail. The housing is not affordable and locals are being pushed down valley. Its loosing its community appeal Wrong 35-44 Miss concerts at ford park and the town makes the event process too much of a struggle. There are double standards. Wrong 35-44 no where for people that work in Vail to live. Wrong 35-44 Not really sure who Vail is trying to attract here. We need more affordable housing and less Million plus dollar homes. Wrong 35-44 real estate market prices out year-round working class families. Wrong 35-44 The population is growing, yet the town is not adjusting for it. Wrong 35-44 The town and its constituents are too heavily influenced by the financial interests of Vail Resorts. In the past, this relationship was more mutually beneficial. That relationship has shifted to a parasitic one where the corporation enjoys benefits that the town and its residents miss out on. One need only look at the steady reports of record profits to shareholders while the town remains with the problem of housing cheap labor to reap those profits for the corporation. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 24 July 5, 2016 - Page 61 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 25 July 5, 2016 - Page 62 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Wrong 35-44 They need to provide a wage you can live in the town on. Recently just moved down valley to purchase a house and now drive 40 miles each way to work and back every day. Many of the top people in the town of vail can afford a million dollar home on one of the hillsides while a lowly employee cant afford rent on a two bedroom condo with the wage they are paid. Sure you can scrape it together for a few years and get by but when you look back at eh 20,000 dollars a year spent in rent on average per employee you realize how much of that you are just throwing away. Wrong 35-44 Vail has become increasingly crowded, not only in winter but now also in summer due to the increased marketing from VRI and TOV. This results in a degraded experience and the perception from many that Vail has become too crowded to enjoy. The site of frontage road parking, once a rare event years ago is now an every weekend event, both winter and summer. Wrong 35-44 Why can't I ride my'fat tire' bike on the Vail Recreation Department run Nordic track? I pay taxes for it and can't use it. Wrong 45-54 Becoming too high-rise and too crowded in the summer Wrong 45-54 Epic pass traffic is degrading this town during the winter. All park and ride lots are full leaving locals without carpool options, traffic congestion along frontage road is awful and the amount of ski traffic is forcing destination visitors to choose other resorts. Just look at our ranking the past 5 years to see how the industry views our resort. Wrong 45-54 Events need to attract the demographic of people that spend money, bring families to play and want to make Vail a routine in their holiday and future visits. The concern venues are attracting non spenders, 'party hard' mentality and its a deterrent to the more sophisticated visitor. As a result, the client Vail should be attracting is going elsewhere. Wrong 45-54 1 am handicapped and tired of being treated poorly at check point Charlie when parking therefor the 2 hour limit. it really is uncomfortable. Also TOV is starting to look a little like Disney World :) We love the free concerts in winter and summer. And of course farmers market is amazing Wrong 45-54 1 own a retain store and feel that the Town needs to attract more venues for people to want to come to vail year round. I had 6 groups of friends /clients go to other resorts to more affordable hotel packages and more exciting events, concerts etc going on. We used to have skating shows and concerts at ford park... Wrong 45-54 1 think that most of what the town does it does well. What they are really missing the boat on is housing. The customer service in Vail has taken a big hit, because of a lack of reasonable employees. Wrong 45-54 It seems that the town of Vail is too attached to Vail Associates and Developers such that decisions are often made that seem good for these companies vs the town and residents. The town and facilities should serve both residents and tourists and maintain its connection to the environment surrounding the town. Wrong 45-54 personnel changes and the debacle of Chaminix commons for the profile of your target market; doctors and professionals can afford housing; it has never *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 25 July 5, 2016 - Page 62 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 26 July 5, 2016 - Page 63 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? been much of an issue for their needs; service jobs account for about 57% of all jobs in the valley. affordable housing for long term locals and model the housing mix in priority similar to Miller Ranch. Wrong 45-54 The increase in density is overall a good thing, however when new development is allowed to be constructed that would impede the few open space areas, such as the Evergreen Lodge development impeding into the Middle Creek riparian area, the City is not providing appropriate balance of allowing new development and protecting open space and the environment. Wrong 45-54 The plastic bag ban is just silly in a resort town such as Vail. I just now get my groceries in Avon. Seriously, no one coming in off a plane carries cloth grocery bags with them. Wrong 45-54 The town is forgetting about the locals that are the core of the community Wrong 45-54 There is too much emphasis on changing the facades of the buildings in town. The hospital should have moved rather than expand at a location that is ill suited for a hospital, and better suited for a hotel. Parking is still an issue that remains unsolved. Wrong 45-54 Too many issues are being pursued (i.e. laws re: recycling/no plastic bags) that really have no impact on the public other than being a nuisance and money maker for the government or other private companies (the trash company) while public safety issues - the biggest being lack of parking for visitors and residents alike - continue to build and become more of a problem. Wrong 45-54 Town Council has gone from visionary with big business experience to tactical small business focused. I'd like to see a mix of both. Wrong 45-54 Town government doesn't listen and then act upon the people. Wrong 45-54 Vail is like a big city now. When we first bought a condo, in 1969, it was like a little Tyrolean village. Wrong 55-64 1. The TOV is not 'friendly'to its high end residents. For this reason, I chose not to buy my multi-million dollar home within Vail. Most residents of the Vail area are in the fortunate position of being able to choose among places like Boca, Aspen, Vail, etc. for my vacation homes and vacation dollars. More particularly, your police department is too harsh, rude, etc. I am very supportive of police; however, there is not a recognition that they are serving residents who are not ruffians, drug dealers, etc. but rather comfortable middle age (and more) residents. My views are shared by others. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth, encouraging me to eat, Shope, etc. down Valley, and to never consider buying within the town of Vail. Additionally, subsidized housing does not belong in the Town of Vail. Town officials need to figure out how to put subsidized housing in Minturn or elsewhere but not in the town. Andy, didn't you take 'Growth of Cities' at Wharton's Political Science Dept??? . Wrong 55-64 Biggest issue, parking. Have neglected to address the issue but have tackled other issues aggressively. Wrong 55-64 Capital projects are never brought in within budget.. No changes are made to correct that. Employees across the town are all treated different depending which department your in as to what policies are applied. The town manager *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 26 July 5, 2016 - Page 63 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 27 July 5, 2016 - Page 64 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? balances the budget on the backs of the employees thru the wage and benefits. We are one of the worst paying municipalities but have the most money. The past few wage increase have not gotten the employees caught up with compensation comparable to the rest of the towns in the valley. The HR director is incompetent and only got the job because she's been here for so long. She does nothing for the employees, is strictly a company woman. Does what the town manager tells her. When the town manager only cares about being cheap and not about the job being done or the welfare of the people he is responsible for it creates for a lousy work environment. It's time to quit being so cheap. Is the only way to achieve that is to have a change in leadership? Why is it the public works department is the only department that when the employees work overtime during the week they are sent home the next day so the town does not have to pay them overtime. It's a town wide policy that is only enforced on the public works department. It's the department with the most Hispanics in it. Seems like the manager does not want to pay the Mexicans to work overtime. Is that right? Why does council expect us to work overtime and then not get paid for it? Why are you so cheap? Wrong 55-64 Density of buildings and populations make the town too urban and has no charm. Architecture is inconsistent and unattractive. Wrong 55-64 Development is out of control. Building lots meant for one house are being split into two lots with two duplexes on them. No architectural control over what is being built on them. Vail police have turned the town into a speed trap. We need control, but giving tickets for doing 28 in a 25 zone is not very welcoming for the tourists who support the area. Wrong 55-64 Events such as Winterfest and Spring Back have gotten shorter and not as interesting. Wrong 55-64 1 feel the town is getting overrun with events ... one weekend last year there was 4 events happening all at once ... it was crazy. I do feel the town and Vail Resorts is sucking the life out of the town for locals to create a mecca for others to be there. There needs to be a balance. Wrong 55-64 1 find the town of Vail does not welcome Denver folks and does a poor job of welcoming tourists. Wrong 55-64 1 love the town of Vail. But, the spending is out of control. We are spending huge sums on items that add little value. I am opposed to the golf course spending (which has divided the town). I am also opposed to the spending on the new roundabout. I believe that will benefit few people (and eventually the builders of EverVail) and those are not the people paying for it. I am also opposed to the huge expenditures on affordable housing at Timber Ridge. Wrong 55-64 In part., some of TOV council members and their local merchant status seem in conflict of interest. Seems number of events during warm season weekends to bring business to town is nearing excessive. Wrong 55-64 It seems like Vail is becoming a retirement community for wealthy people and the working locals are being pushed out. The locals keep losing things! *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 27 July 5, 2016 - Page 64 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 28 July 5, 2016 - Page 65 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Wrong 55-64 Keep thinking that the taxpayers should provide housing for employees for the wealthy shop owners is just wrong. The reason why they get away with paying so little is because local governments are willing to throw the taxpayers money at it. The local governments are the problem. Wrong 55-64 Lease rates have driven a lot of retailers out of the village and we have ended up with either big chains (i.e., The Tavern) or lots of tee shirt shops. All of the big projects (Solaris, 4 Seasons, The Ritz) have made Vail village lose its intimate feeling. Wrong 55-64 Need to be very careful regarding spot zoning. We had an issue on Garmisch DR that could have ruined the entire street that was defeated only because of technicality. Were it not for that luck we'd have a five unit complex that Peter Noble could have turned into 15 -wake up people! Wrong 55-64 Not enough winter parking safely and charge way too Much Wrong 55-64 over development Wrong 55-64 Some development projects are too large or have poor urban planning characteristics. Town has lost control of christmas lights, is no longer a Dark Sky community. Wrong 55-64 Spreading yourself too thin by trying to do too much. You cant be all things to all people. Wrong 55-64 TABOR was enacted to make government accountable for their tax dollars. Vail exempted out of TABOR by a majority citizen vote because they trusted the administrators and council members. I believe you violated that trust with the handling of the hotel tax, conference center, golf course club house project. I realize it wasn't necessary, but wouldn't it have been better to have a referendum vote of the citiizens and asked them if they wanted the golf course club house expanded with the funds from the hotel tax......................or just refunded. All you have accomplished by your actions is the distrust of many of your constituents. It's a shame after they voted to trust you with their tax dollars. Wrong 55-64 The amount of traffic on and off the mountain is making it more difficult to enjoy the things we love about Vail. Why doesn't Vail Resort put a cap on the number of skiers on the mountain. Wrong 55-64 The design and review board in denying in town residents the ability to update, rebuild, renovate existing structures that need to be replaced. However, the renovating of the old structures in town are being allowed and are well needed. Wrong 55-64 The things the town spends money on, I think could be better used. I am happy that we have clean streets, but 5+ days a week I see people walking around with brooms and dust pans... wandering... trying to find trash... I like the flowers, but I see HUGE crews for weeks and weeks planting them... ever thought of perennials instead? The police department seems WAY over staffed for the amount of time they sit in their cars doing speed traps, both on the frontage road as well as the interstate. Sorry, that was more than a 'few' words *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 28 July 5, 2016 - Page 65 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 29 July 5, 2016 - Page 66 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Wrong 55-64 The TOV has spent immense effort on a bag ordinance that makes no net difference in carbon footprint. Meanwhile the TOV spends huge effort and money in getting guests to fly here, hopefully to Eagle, even better yet in a private jet, to hopefully stay in an overbuilt hotel, condo, or home occupied only a few months a year (even better if the owners do a remodel) and hopefully spend lots of money on disposable fashion items accessed on heated streets (I don't care how many carbon credits are bought from wind farms in Iowa). Check the carbon footprint on a jet flight. No wonder we have worldwide climate problems. Suggestion, cut off the funding to Eagle airport. Vail, a town that has encouraged no office space creation, only low paying hotel/ski service jobs. Read the banner headline at every news outlet in any major city; Denver, Portland, DC.... there is no decent housing being created below $250K. Vail's problem is even more of our own making, because we have no decent job base beyond relying on a hospital to magically be our salvation. 50 units in West Vail, swell idea; effective planning, not so much. Vail planning for a sustainable community; virtually none. TOV 2015 year in review page 07, top left paragraph, last sentence; ..... neighborhood nuisances, such as parking and noise. Is that how the town staff views actual guests, as nuisances? How do they feel about residents? Wrong 55-64 The Town Council thinks it can legislate morality. Do they really think that by Banning POT that it will not exist in Vail. Tell the Council to get there Heads out of the Sand! Wrong 55-64 The town has become all about revenue generation for business and not quality of life for residents. Wrong 55-64 Too many loud concerts drawing the wrong type of crowd that doesn't spend money Wrong 55-64 Too much commercialization and not enough infrastructure to support it --even if it was warranted. Can't stand the junking up of the top of the MT in the summer with all the activities. It trashes the top. Not enough parking in the winter. Shopping is horrible --either t -shirts or way too high end. Nothing in the middle. Skiing has been great this year and the MT has been well kept. Simplify. Stop overdoing everything to make a buck. Wrong 55-64 Too much focus on helping businesses and not on residents who pay property taxes. Wrong 55-64 Too much high rise construction Wrong 55-64 TOV can be overbearing, intrusive, self -validating, non-responsive to the will of average citizens Wrong 55-64 Vail is driven by an expectation of utopia without recognizing the limits of what a desirable resort community can realistically offer residents and the inherent costs. Vail does not focus on the massive amount of condominium real estate that is in poor or failing conditions due to lack of responsible association maintenance for properties at or nearing the end of structural purposeful life. Wrong 55-64 We feel the homeowners have little say in what they Town Council decides for our community growth. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 29 July 5, 2016 - Page 66 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 30 July 5, 2016 - Page 67 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Wrong 65-74 1. Too much building. More is no longer better. 2. Too many permits and regulations required to do the smallest thing. 3. No concern by the town for stated interests, such as when a tennis court at Golden Peak was turned into pickle ball courts, then the second ne was approved recently to also go to pickle courts, despite the wish from multiple tennis players to maintain the present situation. Wrong 65-74 As more and more stores/shops in Vail Village are owned/operated by Vail Resorts, the stores have become more financially driven than customer/guest focused, and thus overall guest relations have suffered. That can be seen by the continuing decline in the ratings by Ski Magazine where Vail always used to be number one or two in the country, but over the last few years the rank continues to decline. Perhaps the management of the Vail stores needs to refocus its commitment to the guests of Vail. Ask why more lodging rates are being discounted just to get bookings when the snow at Vail was great this year and there were poor conditions in the eastern half of the country. Wrong 65-74 building dept is making it very difficult and expensive to do work in Vail Wrong 65-74 Failure to address parking Slow response to stream degradation Way too much emphasis on events, events, events Wrong 65-74 Getting too expensive for the average person to live here. Why do we need that new underpass between West Vail and Cascade? Wrong 65-74 Golf course should not have been shrunk. Don't believe tunnel is that great. Parking is too low priority. Wrong 65-74 1 feel that the community development planning department is overstepping their authority and not upholding their responsibility to the community. Based on instruction from an earlier town attorney, as town planners, they are to relay the zoning rules and regulations to the planning commission and town council in an unbiased way. They can then make a recommendation based on the how a proposal meets those criteria. This concept seems to be lost as the staff memos have become quite biased at times. This is inappropriate and misleading to the planning commission and council which then leads to an unfair representation of these boards to the community they serve. Since few commissioners and council members have any experience with zoning and land use issues, they relay on the staff to furnish all the facts to make their decision. In addition, these board members should receive professional training on why the rules and regulations exist and how they are to be applied by the staff, the selected boards and the elected officials. Wrong 65-74 1 feel that the process of upgrading homes in Vail is onerous, costly, and who wins? The consultants, architects, land planners not the consumer. Wrong 65-74 1 have relocated my business from the town to a down valley location due to the high costs: license fees employee parking. Rents ( not your fault ) Wrong 65-74 1 think Town government is superb, but I also think that Vail Resorts' need for perpetual earnings growth is causing too much crowding on many days on the mountain, and too many days with parking on the Frontage Road. The council needs to come to an agreement with VR that gives them real time access to the *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 30 July 5, 2016 - Page 67 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 31 July 5, 2016 - Page 68 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? number of people on the mountain, as a first step to a data -driven discussion of methods of crowd control. A lot of creative thinking could be done around the Epic Pass - pricing, powder day access, etc. - to help with this. Wrong 65-74 1 think we are crowding our town with too many'events' mostly in the summer. I understand that we are a resort, but Vail is also our home. Things are getting overcrowded and it is putting pressure on areas that are already problematic i.e. parking Wrong 65-74 It keeps getting harder to be a full-time resident. There are so many events resulting in no parking (especially in summer with Bravo, etc.) that we end up going to Avon or Edwards to dine out and it has become difficult to enjoy the town we live in. Too many events for drunk/stoned 20 -somethings. Insufficient parking all year. Town rents too pricey for a diversity of shops and restaurants, and many restaurants cater to the tourists and don't value the loyalty of locals. Wrong 65-74 It's now a huge resort without the unique flavor of the ski town it once was. Wrong 65-74 Just a bit of rotten grapes; I miss having shops that catered as much to locals as to tourists. Wrong 65-74 Loud, trash filled concerts hurt the community. Valid inputs from the surrounding community on the dangers of the helicopter landing solution at the Vail medical complex were disregarded. VVMC is not even a Level 1 or 2 trauma center. Adequate safety and weather services are available at the Eagle county airport without putting local residents in danger! Even a landing site at the golf course would be preferable. Non -full time residents are not listened to -- ever ... Wrong 65-74 Not enough parking close in and price gouging on parking. Wrong 65-74 Not listening to residents or paying attention to their needs. 'We know better' attitude by town council and government officials. Failure of the police department to enforce basic safety issues such as speed limits. Lack of attention to our residential neighborhoods. Wrong 65-74 Seems to lack supervision all the way down the chain of management. Departments do not work together. Wrong 65-74 The huge expense in uneccessarily altering the 18th hole of the golf course to facilitate a wedding venue was rammed through by a few council and rec board members cntrary to the desires of the majority. And an intoxicated wedding crowd is not what the town should be trying to attarct. Also, the massive amount of black rocks dumped on our roads in winter is not only unsightly, as it builds up in mounds alongside the roads ask the winter goes along, but an enviormental disaster for Gore Cr. Much of what doesn't chip up our car paint gets tracked into garages and homes, or washed down into waterways along with the mag chloride from 170. Some sand at critical intersections would be plenty and disipatate more readily. (As Aspen does) This black stuff makes us look like a coal mining town! This is a ski town and drivers should be required to use snow tires. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 31 July 5, 2016 - Page 68 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 32 July 5, 2016 - Page 69 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Wrong 65-74 The new underpass is totally unnecessary and will make eastbound travel from my home a real challenge. I am not is favor of changing the soft path in Vail. It is 'world class' just the way it is. Wrong 65-74 The paradigm seems to be condemn, raze, build something new in the same undistinguished look all over town. Vail used to have character and now has uniformity and lack of imagination in its look Wrong 65-74 the police don't seem to care to in force the laws the town council seems intent on giving away the town to this who want free the town council seems to defer to vail resorts Wrong 65-74 The town is becoming overcrowded at certain times and the already taxed parking situation is now really a major cause of concern. Wrong 65-74 The town seems to protect the status quo and make home projects difficult with overly burdensome approvals and procedures. New housing and renovations need to be fast tracked to update the aging housing which is throughout the town. The core commercial Vail properties are showing their age and vacancies or non essential businesses seem to come and go without a significant improvement of the properties. New blood, new ideas and removal of cumbersome roadblocks allowing new projects are needed. Wrong 65-74 Too many events for the available parking. Last summer we were unable to find parking in order to take guests to dinner in Vail Village Wrong 65-74 Too many large new properties requiring employees, but few affordable, nearby places for employees to live. Wrong 65-74 Too many special events, making coming into town to volunteer very difficult. Too much focus on tourism, shops catering to limited group of high end visitors. Wrong 65-74 Too much traffic. Too many people. Appealing to people who are rude, don't spend money, drink too much, on pot. These events are not attracting the kind of people Vail should be trying to appeal to. Not longer exclusive if half the Front Range is here Wrong 65-74 Town Council is more supportive of businesses (large) than property owners. Wrong 65-74 Vail Resorts is making Vail more and more not family friendly as it raises its rates on everything. If someone is a doctor and still hesitates coming to Vail because of the cost to bring a family of four on a ski vacation then something is wrong with this town. We chose to buy a place in Vail, as opposed to Aspen, because it was family friendly. Expecting people to spend more than $20,000 for a family vacation makes Vail an exorbitant elitist destination. Wrong 65-74 VR and TOV are taking Vail in the bigger and busier direction, at the expense of what used to be a quality experience. Most conversations used to be about how wonderful it was to live in Vail, now they are about moving somewhere else. Wrong 65-74 We need rentals for local working people that are affordable. There are too many dark houses for weeks at a time. The mountain is too crowded and we need to better the parking situation. Wrong 65-74 West Vail is being neglected. The Town has landscaped along 1-70 in East Vail and the Golf Course area to a remarkable extent, even putting up a sound *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 32 July 5, 2016 - Page 69 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 33 July 5, 2016 - Page 70 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? barrier in East Vail. You know what West Vail looks like: bare, unattractive, fully exposed to 8 LANES of CONSTANT NOISY, DUSTY TRAFFIC. We need extensive, dense evergreen tree plantings as a screen from the highway, as well as to cover the view from the highway of unattractive buildings. Please make an effort to make the whole Town of Vail attractive and WOODED, not just East Vail, Vail Village, Lionshead, and soon, Ever Vail. West Vail shouldn't be treated by the Town like a second class area. Our property values are as high, in some cases higher, than East Vail. We pay taxes too. Wrong 75 or older I fall somewhere in-between right directon and wrong track - I think that the town is doing right and then I see information on recycling that is posted on a dumpster and to my knowledge nothing regarding recycling right of way has been published in the newspapers or anywhere else. Also quantity seems to be the norm rather than quality of the people who are encouraged to come to Vail Wrong 75 or older I feel that too much marketing is causing more problems, - parking, employee housing shortage, and too many people on the mountain, I think the town is very well managed. Wrong 75 or older Quality of life has continued to deteriorate. High density with large buildings and parking on the frontage road makes Vail a difficult place to live on a year round basis. Wrong 75 or older The town has become too commercialized. I think the town has given Vail Resorts too much power and that the town has gone from a nice upscale ski town to a fully commercialized ski resort where money is all that matters. How is it that a local resident in the town and surrounding area cannot afford a seasonal ski pass to Vail Mountain? That should say it all right there. I love my home in Vail, but the mountain and town are just too overcrowded to the point of making skiing dangerous rather than enjoyable. This was quite different 10 years ago. Wrong 75 or older Things are too expensive. We need a local grocery store. People are begging for this. Wrong 75 or older To many remodeling rules Wrong 75 or older Too many events causing dangerous parking on frontage road. Wrong 75 or older Too many giant developments Wrong abhorrent , non-existent , expensive parking Wrong Because more and more effort is being made to create a metropolitan environment i what was intended to be a mountain skiing community. Wrong Catering to a crowd of limited money and not taking a stand against Vail Resorts especially over parking. If they want to offer cheap passes then they should deal with the parking problem. Wrong council is way too old, just like our Congress Wrong Don't see need for additional roundabout Wrong Don't understand why your building a tunnel under 170. Seams like a waste. Wish the zip line and roller coaster at the top of lions head was not built *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 33 July 5, 2016 - Page 70 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 34 July 5, 2016 - Page 71 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Wrong Fall Line Drive is in bad repair. You repaved all the roads around us, which weren't in as bad shape. The retaining wall next to Fall Line Drive is coming apart is several areas. I feel that you are not treating all residents equally. Wrong Housing is a major issue. The town needs to do more to address it. West Vail development still won't be affordable for most families who wish to make their careers in the valley. Wrong Housing is not the only thing that develops community. Rather than only focusing internally Vail and the other towns need to work together more. The valley is now the community greater partnerships are needed for transit, housing, affordable entertainment, lodging etc. Vail shouldn't be so isolationist in the valley. It can be the resort center as long as it supports broader community initiatives across the valley Wrong I believe the new round a bout is a complete waste of 12 million dollars. It's impact to traffic, while being built, will be tremendous, and once complete will not help traffic flow much, as Ever Vail, for which it was intended to be for initially is not being built. The waste of the space, with the best view in town for private parties and events only at the Golf Course is a travesty. Building inspections and requirements have gone from way too loose to way too tight. It has driven the cost of construction into an overkill situation. The average person (not millionaire) who lives in Vail cannot afford to do remodels. It's really quite sad. Wrong I own a business in town, skier days are always up (probably due to the Epic Pass) but I hear retail in general from staff in stores and owners that retail is not doing well (this can be born our by looking at town Sales Tax. I also think the Sunday Market is not as good as it used to be and have had complaints from turists saying the market is now just stalls for existing stores. It seem to me the town needs to get more fortune 500 people in town, the occupancy report for the last year has been really bad every month. Wrong I see way too much building going on. It appears that the town does not pay attention to the infrastructure that is needed to support the increase in size and number of people taking up residence. One of the biggest problems is lack of affordable parking for our seasonal guests. Just look at the frontage roads. Wrong I was so surprised to know the amount of money you guys are spending in the underpass. I am certain you did a big research about its need, but education? Safe for the future? Programs for its citizens? As I said, this particular project made me wonder about what we are doing for the town. Wrong It's gotten very'hyped'. Many of the special events brought in are for people who don't care about the town, just the event and they can be very rude, aggressive, disruptive, etc. Wrong Legal expenses which occurred when the golf course and the taxpayers /homeowners was not resolved by town management. instead Town of vail employees were overheard to have stated an adversarial position as to one of resolve. 'We can win'. Wrong Need more nightlife, apres ski scene and restaurants. No more retail. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 34 July 5, 2016 - Page 71 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 35 July 5, 2016 - Page 72 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Wrong Not sure what is going on. Need more employee housing before this town collapses again. A 4 bedroom house that has been renovated in30 years is going for $3600 per month? Unrealistic to think that this town can support a workforce. Vail resorts has employee housing but what about small business owners? Wrong Nothing done do quite noice from trucks and motorcycles within the town and alone 1-70. Traffic speed within the neighborhood is excessive to the point of not being able to safely walk alone or with pets. Wrong Regarding the South side trail. No enough communication with the home owners severely threatened by excavation. It's a non starter Wrong the rec district needs new management. Need more than just golf please! Wrong The Town now seems to be a slave to increasing sales tax revenues and discarding the small town feel in the process. EG, the new underpass under 170 and widening of north frontage road. Wrong The Town would benefit from a comprehensive visioning and planning session focused on the 'customer' experience off the mountian. The experience in both the Village and Lionshead seems to have lost its way. More and more, it feels like a Vail Resorts sponsored shopping mall. Wrong There are few efforts being made to strengthen the community feel of Vail. We all moved here to enjoy living in a ski town, yet very few actually get to live and work in Vail. Efforts should be made to increase arts and culture and community events that have a natural, organic and personal feel to them. Less of this over -produced, Bud Light sponsored junk where 20,000 people are packed into a street and the event is considered a great success. That doesn't fit into the Vail brand. We need smaller, concept events that diversify the Vail brand and promote authenticity and quality rather than overplayed Wrong There is more consideration for tourists and adding events thatn consideration for full time residents. Wrong Too focused on quantity over quality, too many people in town at times. Wrong Too many huge developments. They are out of character and make the town feel heavy and dark in places. Wrong too much commercialization Vail is losing its personal charm and uniqueness Wrong Too much growth...... lived here 35 years and it doesn't feel like a 'town' anymore. Most of us moved here to get away from the city ... but they keep building 'bigger and better' nonsense. Understand its good for business but feel like we should stop and take a breath. Wrong Using open space as a roadway on Bald Mountain Road is very disturbing. Much noise, pollution and dust. You should find an alternative on the west end of Bald Mountain road. Wrong Vail resorts with its epic pass is causing the infrastructure to feel inadequate. Wrong Vails track that bigger is better, crowding is good is not a good Vail experience.Quanity over quality is going to lower the Vail experience. Wrong Val is put too much focus into making it expensive and unattainable which is led to a Denton in the quality of people making a lifestyle here *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 35 July 5, 2016 - Page 72 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 36 July 5, 2016 - Page 73 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Wrong Very little affordable housing Don't know 18-24 I'm not sure Don't know 25-34 As a resident I don't find myself very involved in what is happening with the town of vail. Don't know 25-34 1 am in Vail 5 days a week and I don't feel connected with what is going. The only piece of information I have received about anything happening in Vail is when things would start happening on 1-70 with the underpass construction. Don't know 25-34 1 don't feel informed about things. Don't know 25-34 1 don't think we are on a wrong track or a right track, I think it is great that the town works to inform all of its residents on projects. I do think that there needs to be a younger generation included in the town and town planning ideas. I think putting together a panel of people in their 30's to have input can help the town stay relevant. As a homeowner we are some of a very few who have been able to afford to live and start our family in Vail. However, the long term doesn't look promising for us to stay here. I think it is important to have more input on building ideas and color schemes. For example the new Timber Ridge looks terrible, who ever approved the color scheme for the new buildings should be fired. It looks cheap and devalues the appearance of our town, just because it is employee housing and subsidized doesn't mean it needs to look bad. I feel like we stepped back into cheap Denver housing. Don't know 25-34 1 enjoy progress, but I adore serenity. At times, events are too much. I think we could limit the amount of certain events each year. Also, I think we should encourage street vendors more often. Not all the time, but it would be nice to enjoy local fare from locals every once in awhile. Don't know 25-34 1 haven't been here long enough to know one way or another. Don't know 25-34 1 haven't been living in Vail long enough to have a firm opinion. Don't know 25-34 Not sure what the question is directed about. Don't know 25-34 Underpass will be helpful, additional parking and employee housing are still no where near adequate. It's great to see the free concerts, and various activities that take place throughout the year. Don't know 25-34 We just acquired property, but we love it there enough to have purchased. Don't know 25-34 With the major spotlight being on the upcoming presidential election - admittedly I have not paid as much attention to local politics in the recent months. Don't know 35-44 As a local raising children here I would really like to see some indoor tennis courts. Most ski resort towns have them. As my children are good skiers I do look for other activities in the community during the winter for them, not to mention I play myself. With the loss of the cascade courts we have no options. As a community indoor courts are a needed and desired thing. Don't know 35-44 Happy town is keeping pot shops out Don't know 35-44 1 am not sure if the moves of the Town of Vail are considering both its current demographic and a future demographic that will ultimately take the place of the current resident population *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 36 July 5, 2016 - Page 73 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 37 July 5, 2016 - Page 74 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Don't know 35-44 1 don't know about the whole town in general but I do know that the housing market is going in the wrong direction there is very limited housing for people that actually work and want to live in Vail and the housing that is available is ridiculous expensive when you take in account that Vail resorts monopolizes the employment market and pays most people $10 an hour most homeowners don't live here they rent there homes out by the night or week at a super premium and if they do long term rental its priced so high it takes 5-6 people in a 2 bedroom house to afford it. Don't know 35-44 1 don't know much about the towns politics until recently. I do feel that we need a more community driven focus. I understand we are a resort town but feel that the community is what supports the resort economy. Happy workers, happy guests. I would say I have noticed more information available to me and the public (citizens) with in the last 6 months than before. Don't know 35-44 1 feel there are a lot of positives the town does, for example, offer recycling bags, which was a great initiative, but I am not sure if the Town has anything to do with closing day so early, but nobody likes that. Don't know 35-44 1 think the town continues to grow, improve infrastructure and I love all of the events. However, town and the mountain are often too busy, and I feel that it's only a matter of time before the current housing situation and inability for businesses to hire because if it causes everything to implode. Don't know 35-44 Just bought my house recently - still getting a feel for the town. Don't know 35-44 Not sure how to distinguish town of Vail from the influence of the ski mountain Don't know 35-44 Only been a resident for 10 months so not sure yet! Don't know 35-44 Out of the loop Don't know 35-44 Quality facilities, entertainment, and year round activities makes the town great for people of means. People who can not afford the live and work in Vail or Valley are going to struggle as property goes up and wages stay stagnant. This will effect overall development and the community as a whole. Don't know 35-44 Seem to be moving in too many directions at once. What is the final picture of Vail going to look like in 5 to 10 years? Don't know 35-44 There are things that concern me. Being a resident that cannot afford to buy a house at the prices that homes sell for here; I have to rely on renting. The shortage of rental units is something that is of high concern for me. Don't know 35-44 We just moved here in Nov 2015, so we don't know yet. Don't know 45-54 Direction in what way? Planning? Marketing? Spending? Supporting the town employees? too vague! Don't know 45-54 Doing a lot for the tourists but not much for those of us who live here Don't know 45-54 For property owners that are not residents, it is difficult to keep track of happenings. Don't know 45-54 1 am new to owning a property there. Don't know 45-54 1 appreciate the strong planning that has happened in the town ... great amenities... always done to a high standard. I am concerned that the town has become a very expensive playground... will my kids able to enjoy this great *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 37 July 5, 2016 - Page 74 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 38 July 5, 2016 - Page 75 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? family destination? This may be more of an issue with Vail Resorts, then the town of Vail. Don't know 45-54 1 dont feel either right or wrong. Some things are good, some things could use improvement. Don't know 45-54 1 like the new golf corse clubhouse that is being built for another place to grab a bite. However, I don't know what else is going on in town... Don't know 45-54 1 should be more informed, but at the current time don't feel well versed enough to offer any input Don't know 45-54 1 think the Town is an 'Epic' success. I enjoy the economic vitality that the success has brought to the Town; secure employment and likely long-term return on home value, but have some concerns about the congestion, crowding, loss of small-town feel. I find that I am put -off attending events because off the congestion, and wonder if guests will begin to feel this way too. Don't know 45-54 If the construction on the high rises in Vail proper would cease, the town would be on the right track. Also, adding incentive programs for affordable housing is key. When there is no where for employees to live, that will come back and hurt business owners eventually, if it hasn't already. KUDOS the plastic bag banes! Now if Avon would only follow suit ... that would be AMAZING. Don't know 45-54 In general, I question where some of our tax monies are being spent and how they are being prioritized. It feels like the priorities are gauged towards the young (e.g. skate park, etc) while we have a vibrant aging population (baby boom generation) which gets little attention. Don't know 45-54 Not a fan of some of your board members. I feel they are in it for themselves and not for the good of the community Don't know 45-54 not sure on the town plans fully Don't know 45-54 The majority of the action slash movement seems to be aligned with he resort company. Don't know 45-54 The updates in town are nice but am concerned its trying to grow to large beyond confines of what is built. Also for Booth Falls area, would like Vail to consider berms for noise reduction from 1-70. Don't know 45-54 Vail has grown significantly and that poses lots of new challenges. Some factors (Vail Resorts business model for the Resort) are beyond the control of the town. TOV must live with the dynamic created. The mountain is on many occasions overcrowded. The town is overcrowded. Parking is beyond control in a manner that allows a good experience for the guest. The entry to town (main interchange) is overcrowded on weekends. These things diminish the resort experience. These things make local residents want to avoid the town. These things will (at some future point) force visitors to seek better experiences elsewhere. In my opinion. Don't know 45-54 VR is wagging the town in the wrong way; witness their recent passive- aggressive stance on extending the season at the last minute, guaranteeing a black eye for local vendors. Don't know 45-54 While a lot of the development in the last decade has been positive, Vail should do more to create better growth. The town lacks energy much of the year, and *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 38 July 5, 2016 - Page 75 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 39 July 5, 2016 - Page 76 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? still seems too much like a purist stopover. The town needs great restaurants that aren't in the very expensive category, more interesting shops, etc. More parking with better access (ingress, egress) in Vail Village would help. Don't know 55-64 as a non-resident, non-voter in local elections, people do not spend much time keeping us informed. the TOV Homeowners Association fills that function. Don't know 55-64 Because, I'm not sure what the right direction is. Don't know 55-64 Don't know which 'things' you are referring to? Don't know 55-64 Fiscally conservative .... at least until the $8 mil on the stream project Don't know 55-64 getting too crowded; not enough parking; may'kill the goose' Don't know 55-64 1 hope the improved golf clubhouse does not continue to be such an issue Don't know 55-64 1 see alot of construction. All very high-end, vacation, 'time share' type properties. While this is good for the local economy, it totally destroys the sense of community. Don't know 55-64 1 think generally things are going in the right direction apart from the massive over spend on the golf course clubhouse which I find ridiculous. This is very poor project management indeed. Don't know 55-64 1 try to keep up with what's happening but being a part time resident but often I don't have enough to keep up unless I am in town watching town of Vail city meetings on TV. Don't know 55-64 I'm not familiar with everything that goes on but it's easy to see that things that should be an absolute priority - like our insufficient parking situation - are ignored while other things that are not even needed - like a new event center (yes, I know it isn't officially called that but that's what it is!) at the golf course - are given over -the -top attention, even to the point of needless over spending. I understand a new club house was needed but the way the whole thing was handled was an outrage. Don't know 55-64 its been interesting to watch vail grow and evolve..... but I do wonder if it will lose its charm and small town charm Don't know 55-64 Many good things happening and some I don't like. Don't know 55-64 Not much info on what TOV is doing. Don't know 55-64 Overall, the Town managed things well through the great recession, but they got a few things really wrong (golf course clubhouse and shortening of hole 18 the most obvious examples). The Town can be completely tone deaf at times and the Vail Trail appears headed for a similar debacle. The cost of these missteps have been enormous and the Town's lack of fiscal discipline is astounding. Cost overruns, bloated budgets... our money could be much better spent. Don't know 55-64 Relatively new owners Don't know 55-64 Some things are going along fine. I think the fact that a change in zoning can happen without the entire neighborhood having to be told is crazy. Don't know 55-64 To many hotels. Town caters more to visitors than locals. I like our home town feel more than world class resort. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 39 July 5, 2016 - Page 76 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 40 July 5, 2016 - Page 77 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Don't know 55-64 We just purchased our condo 1.5 years ago and don't know how the town affairs are trending. Don't know 55-64 while some of the events that the TOV gets involved in are good the free concerts during snowboard events and snowdaze sometimes bring the wrong crowd to the Vail Valley and that has a negative affect on our property owners and more affluent vacation guests. Don't know 65-74 Buildings are getting to large, i think the hotels are getting to many rooms to fill. There are getting to be to many people here, it is starting to turn people off and not come here. Especially on wkends! Don't know 65-74 higher density on all new construction larger, taller blogs. more people in valley causing problems Don't know 65-74 1 am currently only able to spend 2 weeks a year in Vail. I hope to change that when I retire in the next few years. Don't know 65-74 i think there are getting to be to many people here. Especially on weekends. You are destroying why people have come to Vail in the past. Is parking on Ft. Rd and walking to lifts in ski boots a that a good experience?? Don't know 65-74 I'm happy that there will be no sale of pot in Vail, but I refuse to shop at the West Vail markets because of the bag law. I drive to Avon. Don't know 65-74 It will take some time to see what the new Town Council does, what things it acts on and what kinds of decisions it will make. I thought the last Council got badly off on the wrong track in many areas and lost some credibility with the community. Don't know 65-74 Public parking is insufficient and building codes are badly overly -restrictive. Other matters are okay to good. Don't know 65-74 some good things being done some bad Don't know 65-74 The golf course clubhouse has been a disaster for the town and residents. It must often seem to council members that the constituency just doesn't care or want to share ideas ... but this proves otherwise. Many local residents are very busy trying to make a living and cannot or will not attend council meetings. The online weekly newsletter is a good attempt to reach out. Sadly, community gatherings seem to be timed so that working residents cannot attend, however. Don't know 65-74 to much waste of time and money ie: police and some staff. more should be spent on neighborhoods Don't know 65-74 Try not to get too involved with the Town as its become way TOO busy and populated. Don't know 65-74 Vail has become so 'upscale' and expensive that I spend less and less time in the village. I love to ski and love being in the Gore Range during the summer. Vail Village is becoming the 'Front Range West', so why fight the traffic to get to what I'm trying to escape! Don't know 65-74 We really enjoy our time in Vail. It meets our needs and we do not pay very much attention to what is going on in terms of planning, governance, etc. Don't know 75 or older Do not know current economic profile of the town and why things like parking have not been addressed. Don't know 75 or older don't know the people who work in town anymore *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 40 July 5, 2016 - Page 77 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 41 July 5, 2016 - Page 78 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Don't know 75 or older I spend little time in Vail and when I visit it is to ski. Don't know 75 or older Not sure what the direction is. Don't know 75 or older Town Council is not very transparent. Don't know Between the politics, the rhetoric, Vail Resorts, and the newspaper, it's difficult to get a handle on what is really working. I think it's going well, but maybe not.... Don't know dont read local paper Don't know I am a newer resident. I work with many people who have lived here for decades and they have many negative and positive things to say. Most of what I hear is that things were better before the crowds were as big as today and development was less. Don't know I am too busy to pay attention. Don't know I don't feel like Vail has gone 'off track' but I wish the town would put more focus on the people living and working in Vail. (Lack of housing, affordability and cost of living) Don't know I feel that in many ways Vail is doing a great job increasing desire for visitors to come here during quieter times, staying longer and enhancing the guest's experience. As a property manager, I have found that making improvements to my facility a challenge, as there are so many hoops to jump through, and an fee attached to every one. Don't know i see a lot of progress being made as it pertains to the town, but it feels as though profits, growing sales tax and attracting new visitors is always the priority. I'd like to see a shift to taking care of our vail proper locals first. it's getting harder to live her year round as a local and keep employees that can live with our current housing situation and can be frustrating to see things like a highway project, golf course/nordic center rebuild, etc being front and center instead of a sense of urgency around our housing shortage. Don't know I suppose I don't know because it is such a joy to live here and I know that I am luckier than 99.99% of everyone in the world! .... and so I do not pay alot of attention to TOV matters. Don't know I'm concerned the town council sometimes takes a unilateral approach to projects or proposed regulations. Perhaps I think they don't mean to but in such a transient town and with the representative system of the council, often the interested individuals are not present when decisions occur and return to learn something has been changed or taken away. Rules about Transportation permits/insurance requirements, parking, and recent talk about drone regs etc... all feel like the town sometimes makes a move without everyone having a real say, or vote. Don't know I'm not sure the decisions being made are in the best interests of everyone who lives in Vail. Don't know I've seen both positive and negative. I think there has been some needless spending on things around town . Don't know new underpass connecting the Frontage roads is good. Don't like the idea of allowing things like zip line on Vail mtn. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 41 July 5, 2016 - Page 78 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 42 July 5, 2016 - Page 79 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, Direction Age or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Don't know Sometimes I think Vail might be over building large hotels. Don't know Still observing because recently moved here full time Don't know There is lots of new construction, but my fear is that many people are priced out of the market, including rental housing for employees. Don't know There seems no to be confusion within town managers. Do we want to be a small town or a small town with zoning densities similar to nyc? What's best for the town to maximize all property to max the number of people who can live on it. Lack of housing is nothing new but I don't believe an urban density similar to nyc is the answer. Don't know Too much money spent on underpass. Guaranteed to go over budget Don't know We feel that there is not much done for local and year round activities (pool, tennis,) everything outdoors is great but for a resort and town to live with small children there is not much offered. Don't know Why is it so difficult to remodel old 1970 properties? Zoning has not been updated and there are many multi family units zoned primary/secondary. Why are you so against dispensaries? West vail would be perfect for one or two. There have been no problems statewide. Don't know You are over -run with low -rent day -boarders. This drives out the paying families. Plus, it smells like weed everywhere you walk in the village. 45-54 You need to be more specific in your question. Some areas are heading in the right direction and some are not. There is need for improvement. 55-64 The new underpass will help. Moving toward town wide recycling is a good thing. 55-64 We need to have more parking for visitors and people who live down valley. Too much money spent on free concerts which does not help the town with money or parking. 65-74 Improvements, town looks good - enjoy spending time there Community needs of workers remain unmet - costs of working are too high to promote stability in the community. You have completely neglected Lionhead. The road from Dobson to the skier drop off is extremely hazardous. The sidewalk is always extremely icy and the hotel buses travel within inches of pedestrians. The speed limit should be reduced to 10 MPH and the sidewalks should either be combined and or completely separated from the road. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 42 July 5, 2016 - Page 79 of 433 Appendix: Open -Ended Comments TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 July 5, 2016 - Page 80 of 433 Table of Contents Q.4: Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on thewrong track?...................................................................................................................................................... 2 Q. 5: In November 2015 four members were newly elected to the Vail Town Council. What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council?.................................................................................................................... 44 Q.7: Rate your satisfaction with Public Works services in the Town of Vail ......................................................... 78 Q.8: Rate your satisfaction with the following aspects of Fire Services in the Town of Vail ................................. 90 Q.9: Rate your satisfaction with the following aspects of Police Services in the Town of Vail ............................. 97 Q.9: Rate your satisfaction with the following aspects of the Community Development Department ............. 112 Q. 15: Why do you not buy a parking pass or value card?.................................................................................. 115 Q. 16: How likely are you to buy a parking pass or value card?.......................................................................... 132 Q. 17: Rate your satisfaction with public parking services in Vail....................................................................... 139 Q. 18: Are there any specific concerns or considerations that influence your use of bus services? .................. 155 Q. 19: Rate your satisfaction with bus service..................................................................................................... 167 Q. 20: Do you have any comments on your response concerning events?........................................................ 178 Q. 22: Is there a specific type of event you would like to see added to Vail's town -wide program? ................. 189 Q. 24: Do you have any further comments on events?....................................................................................... 195 Q. 27: What do you like best about Vail Public Library?...................................................................................... 205 Q. 27: What would you like to see us add/offer/change at Vail Public Library? ................................................. 219 Q. 28: Do you have any further comments or suggestions concerning library services? ................................... 224 Q. 29: Any comments on your responses about community priorities, issues and opportunities? ................... 227 Q. 31: What type of enclosed community/cultural facility would you like to see created, and what types of activities would you want to accommodate there?............................................................................................ 234 Q. 32: There has been discussion about various techniques to expand work force housing opportunities in the area. Please provide your suggestions............................................................................................................... 245 Q. 32: Any comments on your responses?.......................................................................................................... 245 Q. 34: The Town is currently working on improving and protecting Gore Creek water quality. Please identify the barriers that exist toward your personal use of environmentally friendly landscaping practices on your property. ............................................................................................................................................................................. 250 Q. 36-37: Do you think there is enough parking in the Town of Vail in summer and winter? ............................ 250 Q. 39: Should Town parking rates be based on demand (i.e., higher rates at the busiest times and lower rates when there is little demand, similar to hotels and airlines)?.............................................................................. 263 Q. 40: With $5 increments being the smallest amount you might use, if you had $100 to spend on major efforts, how would you allocate that $100 across the following categories?................................................................. 274 Q. 40: Do you have any comments on your responses about allocation of funds for major efforts? ................ 277 Are there any questions that were missed that you would like included in future surveys? ............................. 281 Do you have any additional comments or suggestions?..................................................................................... 285 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 1 July 5, 2016 - Page 81 of 433 QA Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Survey Direction Resident would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Invite Right Year-round Allocation of funds toward venues used by both locals and tourists such as the golf course, ford park and the amphitheater is logical. Invite Right Year-round Always great response to city services...... Overall Planning Invite Right Year-round Always looking at ways to improve. Invite Right Year-round Always moving things along. Not just status quo. Reexamine and adjusting existing services, adding or dropping others as needed. Invite Right Year-round Approving Restore the Gore! Vail Trail option Environmental Priorities Booth Park Open House Great staff Community outreach and open town council Invite Right Year-round As a current deed restricted home owner, I am very excited about more opportunities for locals to live in West Vail, Chamonix parcel in the near future! This development affords locals the ability to stay in town and raise families without moving down valley or somewhere else. Invite Right Year-round balance growth with the environment and experience Invite Right Year-round Been here over 30 years and I feel safe and proud to live here. Invite Right Year-round Change, growth, attraction .... I feel these are all among the first priorities of TOV, and this is a large part why i continue to live here. Invite Right Year-round Commitment to the new remodel at the hospital, commitment to address gore creek issues, and commitment to continuing to work to bring visitors here year-round seem to all be steps in the right direction with the first two influencing the third. Invite Right Year-round Continued positive growth Invite Right Year-round Continuing to improve infrastructure, a.low building, improve traffic flow which is what is needed to compete in travel destination trips Invite Right Year-round For the most part day to day business and special events are well run. Invite Right Year-round Ford Park area and the amphitheater projects look great. The flowers in the summer and heated areas are a plus. I like that the pathway along the gore creek is kept shoveled pretty much for walking that could be better behind the Marriott to Forest Road to Cascade. Invite Right Year-round Generally I support the development in Vail but I'm concerned that things like bike trails will not be completed and I think they should be. Invite Right Year-round Generally in the right direction however I am not so sure about the underpass. I also worry about overbuilding and I see no reason for EverVail, I am strongly against it. Invite Right Year-round Glad to see affordable housing on the agenda. Would like to see even more in the very near future. Invite Right Year-round Good economic growth but the infrastructure of roads and parking is now keeping up with development. Now is the time to limit future development in the village as the roads are too busy with no parking during peak times. Invite Right Year-round Good management and council *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 82 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 83 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right Survey Direction Resident direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Invite Right Year-round Good public safety and basic services Invite Right Year-round Good, dedicated professional leadership Invite Right Year-round Great events, no plastic bags, underpass Invite Right Year-round great town council Invite Right Year-round Have some progressive projects going and trying to address housing issues. At the same time, I would like to see some 'affordable' food options in Vail proper. Bringing in affordable housing for families, and wanting to attract more of them in Vail and still evolving to more and more expensive 'living', eating, etc appears to be self-defeating. Invite Right Year-round I am pleased with the makeup of the new Town Council. I feel that they represent the demographics and interests of the local residents. Invite Right Year-round I enjoy living in Vail and overall the Town seems to be heading in the right direction. Invite Right Year-round I felt that Vail really 'grew up' for this last World Cup. I thought it was very exciting and just the right balance between 'village' fun and a global multi -media event. Nice going! Invite Right Year-round I have been here for 42 years and it has way improved since then!!! Invite Right Year-round I know the town of Vail is trying to work on their reputation with locals. Invite Right Year-round I like the communication TOV has with us regarding changes & upcoming events. Invite Right Year-round I like the on going improvements in town, the guest experience and the overall message from the Town and the Town Government. Invite Right Year-round I like the vision that the town has for its future Invite Right Year-round I like what the is doing but don't like what the mountain is doing Invite Right Year-round I see that the town of vail does a lot of things for the community and they keep the town in good shape, organized, clean. Invite Right Year-round I think that the town is focused on maintaining a positive and unique guest experience and facilitating a business environment that allows us to live in town and survive. Invite Right Year-round If it's not growing its dying. Invite Right Year-round I'm excited to see the new developments to improve the town i.e. the new Golf club house, Underpass and Chamonix development. Invite Right Year-round I'm glad there are no retail marijuana establishments in Vail and I hope the Town Council continues to vote against selling it here. The TOV 'street cleaning' crew is FABULOUS and does an amazing job of clearing snow and then persistently cleaning up the streets. Whenever I have to leave town and there is a snowstorm, I always feel safe AS SOON as I get off 170 at one of the Vail exits as I know the streets will be clear and drive- able! I receive the TOV emails and they always provide pertinent information in a concise and timely manner. I like to feel 'in the know' on what is going on Vail and the emails do just that. Invite Right Year-round I'm not super involved with things as they are progressing with the TOV but I'm super happy living here. Although, I'm not super excited about the Sandstone underpass. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 83 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Invite Right Year-round improvements to ford park, donovan park, bike paths, bus system and west vail employee housing project Invite Right Year-round improving facilities to residents, increasing revenue with event traffic Invite Right Year-round in the right direction for the most part, wrong direction or stagnant in regards to parking, golf course projects, local school ,housing. Invite Right Year-round It is a vibrant town with many services and amenities Invite Right Year-round it is still thankfully, a good place to live. Invite Right Year-round It's a clean safe pleasant place to live! Invite Right Year-round It's not all right or all wrong. Improvements such as the new underpass are the right direction. Careful review and planning for new construction is right. Lack of progress on improved parking is wrong. Invite Right Year-round It's obvious vail government cares Invite Right Year-round I've only lived here for 8 mths do far, but very happy Invite Right Year-round Just moved full time so have little to compare with, but things seem to be well maintained. I am concerned about employee housing as I have heard complaints regarding that subject. Invite Right Year-round Love living here, all public service provided is top notch. Invite Right Year-round More events, different events, great recreational opportunities. Invite Right Year-round my taxes have not increased significantly. the roads, streets, and services are adequate, Invite Right Year-round Need to bow out of housing, regulations that are set are not followed anyway. Example is the Commons, a lot of those units are rentals. They were supposed to be owner occupied. Who in forces these regulations? Not sure why we are still building more, if not regulated. I would buy one and rent it out forever, those renting are making big money, buy low, rent high This was not what this housing was intended for. Invite Right Year-round New council has the opportunity to balance the needs of the rich retirees with the needs of those of us who are still earning a living, trying to raise families, etc. Since most are 'normal' people who are invested in the community as a place to live, work, and play, this can hopefully result in a better balance. Invite Right Year-round No complaints Invite Right Year-round no negative letters to the editor in the daily like there is for avon and eagle-vail Invite Right Year-round no particular reason Invite Right Year-round Not sure about the underpass, other than that, the town is being well maintained and kept up. The facilities are beautiful and match the surroundings well. We're all so lucky to live in such a divine place! Development is not being over done. I wish plans for Ever -Vail were going ahead. I do not however wish to expand skiable terrain further - no more encroaching on the lynx's territory and other creatures. I wish we could get a Whole Foods! And the hospital expansion were going to be done sooner! Invite Right Year-round Nothing is really annoying me, we have some new stuff [golf club house *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 84 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 85 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right Survey Direction Resident direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? pocket park, attempts to make parking better, good road clearing though the pm driver seems to take malicious pleasure in plowing just my driveway in which kind of defeats the purpose of clearing the roads if i can't get out my driveway -sorry little rant there. Invite Right Year-round Ongoing capital improvement projects; Entertainment options are good Invite Right Year-round Overall is good. Invite Right Year-round People like to live here. Vail has a good atmosphere for families with children as well as older, possibly retired people. There are of course issues which perhaps I will be able to comment on later in the survey. Invite Right Year-round positive steps for ford park, donovan park, bike paths, bus system and west vail local housing Invite Right Year-round Quality improvements continue. New, younger Council is good. Invite Right Year-round Quality of life is generally good. Fiscal management is responsible. Amenities and infrastructure are in good repair. Town services are excellent. Invite Right Year-round Right direction but have concerns. I believe that the TOV is more concerned about Vail Resorts and other businesses not the residents. Invite Right Year-round Seems good Invite Right Year-round Tax revenues seem to be increasing yet expenditures seem to be conservative. Invite Right Year-round The Chamonix housing project is much needed. I feel the direction of the town is dependent on where they settle with pricing for this development. If it's too high then they are on the wrong track. I think that when they rebuild the other half of Timber Ridge they need to make sure they replace it with seasonal housing. Lions Ridge is expensive and not helpful for seasonal staffing needs of the area. Invite Right Year-round The community is strong, with a focus on the arts, our natural resources, and a preserving the beauty of our valley. Invite Right Year-round The connection between the town of Vail and Vail resorts Invite Right Year-round The mere conduct of this survey speaks volumes about the excellent health of a town that cares to ask. Invite Right Year-round The new council members all have an economic stake in what happens in the community, and should be able to lead a balanced growth that is NOT slanted toward the 'rich' retiree -interest. Invite Right Year-round The Town Council is doing an acceptable job of managing the Town affairs. I think the new 1-70 underpass is a HUGE waste of money, but that's not the current Council's fault. I'm anxious for the new golf clubhouse ! Invite Right Year-round the town council members truly care about the town. Invite Right Year-round The Town has remained fiscally responsible and needs to stay on that track. Invite Right Year-round The town isn't broke Invite Right Year-round The Town remains fiscally responsible and is increasing efforts in environment, climate change and sustainability. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 85 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Invite Right Year-round There is confidence and stability in the leadership of the TOV staff, and a sense that the new council is thoughtful and not making rash decisions. Invite Right Year-round Thoughtful decision making, encouraging public participation, good financial situaiton Invite Right Year-round TOV has wonderful resources, provides guests with an experience in all seasons to be remembered, and is a great place to visit and to live. Invite Right Year-round TOV is fiscally healthy, a great place to visit, great place to be. Invite Right Year-round Town always looks so nice, and road work is being done. The town is very well kept and with the promise of employee housing being built, things will greatly improve. Invite Right Year-round town council knows the town well and for the most part gets feed back from the residents. Invite Right Year-round Town Councilors reasonably sensitive to the beautiful natural resources, scenery around us. Much of staff very sensitive. Elected officials sometimes struggle to balance competing economic interest in over- expanding tourist use of area with limits of capacity without abuse of natural resources. Invite Right Year-round Town development has been positive. Invite Right Year-round Town seems to be making headway on it's goals Invite Right Year-round Town seems to be organized, efficient and working well with locals/VR/shop owners/tourists Invite Right Year-round Trying to address issues but still have a lot. Mainly, the i70 noise. Invite Right Year-round Underpass finally going in. More activities to draw summer tourists and guests. Strong fire and police departments. Excellent public services. Invite Right Year-round Unfortunately and currently, I'm working in Lake County and have a tough time keeping up on what is happening. I have hopes for the new council. Invite Right Year-round Vail as a resort community seems to be partnering well with Vail Resorts and large hotels to draw destination visitors to the area. Winter is obviously still very dominate. I do believe that additional funds/marketing should be directed to summer events such village adventure events, music festivals, film festivals, sporting events (like Lacrosse), etc. As the front range population grows it will be important to market multi -day stays from this close to Vail demographic. Invite Right Year-round Vail is making many necessary changes and upgrades to keep us competitive with other ski towns in the US. Invite Right Year-round Vail Resorts owns the town government. Invite Right Year-round We always seem to be a leader compared to other ski area towns. Invite Right Year-round We moved here from NJ. There is little to no corruption here and relatively good transparency. There are diverse sources of revenue for costs. The schools are good; the town's role in them is not great. Invite Right Year-round Yes, but they could be better. We need to somehow limit the amount of Front Rangers clogging up our roads. The special events are well planned and attract a good crowd. Invite Right Work only Business has been growing over the last few years. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 86 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 87 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right Survey Direction Resident direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Invite Right Work only excited about the new employee housing going up and really appreciate the amenities the town offers Invite Right Work only Great events Invite Right Work only Have lived here since 1973 ......... the 'village' experience was fun but I so appreciate 'BRAVO', Vail Symposium, Safeway, City Mkt., our awesome libraries, Teva ( GO PRO ) games, Gourmet on the Gore & of course the Farmer's Mkt on Sundays!!!!! Invite Right Work only How much better could it be? Invite Right Work only love the bus convenience Invite Right Work only Responsible decisions, excellent visitor experiences, year round activities and events Invite Right Work only So many fabulous events and we are looking forward to the new construction to link our rental property in Sandstone more directly to the mountain. Invite Right Work only Support of year round events Invite Right Work only THough interesting to hear the current Mayor says that the town basically blew it with the golf course redesign. From public input through the bid process - now 6.5 Mill$$ over budget. So maybe a lesson has been learned? Only time will tell. Invite Right Work only TOV good transportation, road conditions are kept well. Infrastructure of town seems to support the needs of the community. Invite Right Work only upgrades and focus on the community and guest experience. Invite Right Part-time A delight place to spend time relaxing and even working sometimes. Summers are particularly beautiful. Invite Right Part-time All the improvements we have seen are a positive empact on the growth of the city for local and tourism. Invite Right Part-time All the services are first class and the people who live, work, and play in Vail are some of the best. Invite Right Part-time Always have a great experience when we come there Invite Right Part-time Always looking to improve Invite Right Part-time always trying to improve Invite Right Part-time Attention to infrastructure and creating an environment that is both eco friendly and entertaining for young and old alike. Invite Right Part-time Because there are better street signs, trash is picked up, the buses are good, the vail underpass. Invite Right Part-time Bringing in events, new business, and activities year round Invite Right Part-time Community needs are being met in a timely manner. Invite Right Part-time Continued development and growth of amenities --seemed not to be very affected by economic downturns. Expansion of the hospital/medical complex is a plus Diverse options for entertainment and dining Invite Right Part-time Continued improvements in the city Invite Right Part-time Continuous improvements are much appreciated, as well as the well landscaped common areas. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 87 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 88 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right Survey Direction Resident direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Invite Right Part-time council is making wise decisions, we follow the vail daily for updates Invite Right Part-time Cultural events, year round activities Invite Right Part-time everything is good except maybe parking problem, but bus schedules very accomodating Invite Right Part-time Everything is good! Invite Right Part-time Everything runs smooth and efficient compared to where we live in DC Metro area. !' of snow caused 8 hour delays in rush hour this past winter. Invite Right Part-time Everything that has been done has been a change for the better in a quality way. Invite Right Part-time Feel that things are progressing. But there's still a lot of work to be fine. Invite Right Part-time Generally I like all the changes, but we need more restaurants in town. Invite Right Part-time Goals and objectives are clear, and well communicated. Invite Right Part-time Godd bus system Good trafic upgrades Invite Right Part-time Good atmosphere for visitors. Renovations and updates are a plus. Invite Right Part-time Government functions improving, environmentally conscious. Invite Right Part-time Great destination for our large family. Multiple activities. Great ambiance. Very friendly. Great services. Invite Right Part-time great livable place with terrific community services. You are doing it right! Invite Right Part-time Great transportation system. Great all year round activities. Invite Right Part-time Happy with recent decision concerning plastic grocery bags. Invite Right Part-time Having first visited Vial in 1995, almost the beginning, I have seen the amazing progress made over the last 50+ years. The town is very accommodating to non skiers then ever before. That's important as I believe most wife's over 40 don't ski. Nothing for them to do means the family goes elsewhere. We need more retail to drive down commercial rates to entice a more interesting selection of stores. rates are so high that only Galleries, Fur Shops and Tee Shirt shops can thrive. Invite Right Part-time I dont see as many t -shirt retail stores Invite Right Part-time I enjoy the care that Vail is taking to give it's residents a positive experience. All the amenities, including the library, the post office, the parks are 'right on'. Invite Right Part-time I have been very pleased with the upkeep of the whole Vail area. Roads well kept... amenities expanding Mountain always improving, if that is possible!!!! Excellent attitude of all staff ... very welcoming and helpful in all ways Invite Right Part-time I like the way the town is getting more events, etc. Invite Right Part-time I think in the right direction, offering many cultural events year round for residents and tourists. Invite Right Part-time I think that (other than parking, and affordable living for workers) Vail looks good, the appearance of the lighting in the winter and the flowers in the summer are beautiful, the offerings for entertainment at Vilar and Ford Amphitheater are excellent and every town has issues, but Vail has *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 88 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 89 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right Survey Direction Resident direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? worked hard to make it appealing Invite Right Part-time I think the amenities and activities get better and better. But there is a crowding problem -- can become a real problem if not worked on Invite Right Part-time I'm happy to see that Vail continues to bring in fun and prominent events, during both winter and summer. Invite Right Part-time Improvements being made to town facilities, restaurants, lodging while still respecting tight zoning, height restrictions, and maintenance of town's character. Invite Right Part-time In following the Town Council, I believe good decisions are being made for the betterment of all Vail citizens. Invite Right Part-time In general the right direction but the population is getting tax -weary. Invite Right Part-time Infrastructure is well cared for, the Village is tidy, the information people are friendly, new employee housing looks good. Chamonix is coming along. However, it is too bad the town is always a construction site. And, it is going to get worse when 1-70 underpass is built and when the East Vail truck stop is enlarged. Also, our neighborhood park is being redesigned and will be a construction site until Fall 2016. Happily I will miss it all because I spend April to October out of town. Invite Right Part-time investment in infrastructure, balance between out of town global and national visitors and front range/local interests. Invite Right Part-time investment in infrastructure, vail resorts performance, cleanliness, growth in tourism Invite Right Part-time It's beautiful and offers opportunities year round to keep us busy when we are not hiking, skiing or being active. Invite Right Part-time It's lovely. Invite Right Part-time Just general satisfaction with how things are going Invite Right Part-time Lots of new development and new underpass. Invite Right Part-time Lots to do. Invite Right Part-time Made a lot of improvements for the World Cup. Invite Right Part-time Maintaining the high standards that Vail is know for while adding additional attractions to encourage more visitors. Invite Right Part-time Major efforts are being made by the City to make guests to the resort feel appreciated. Invite Right Part-time more beautiful every year, great improvements better traffic control in Lionshead Invite Right Part-time Most of the infrastructure improvements made over the years are going in the right directions. However, if it continues that way (more asphalt and big entrances), the town might loose its charm and character. Invite Right Part-time new employee housing appears very well done, the underpass could really alleviate traffic Invite Right Part-time No big contriversies Invite Right Part-time No problems other than screwing the golf course up and the unnecessary round about being built. Invite Right Part-time No significant criticisms of current operation *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 89 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 10 July 5, 2016 - Page 90 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right Survey Direction Resident direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Invite Right Part-time Not standing still. Making moves to accommodate parking and traffic patterns can go a long way to making an extremely confined space accessible to more. Invite Right Part-time Overall, things seemed to be managed in a reasonable way. There are many issues facing the valley, but it seems to be going ok. Invite Right Part-time Overall, Vail seems like it is going in the right direction. It's growing too fast for my taste, but that is inevitable. Invite Right Part-time Pretty Satisfied with things overall Invite Right Part-time pricing out of the riff raff/ family focus- kids free art, concerts, farmers market, nature hikes! Invite Right Part-time Proactive city management Invite Right Part-time programs offered throughout the year Invite Right Part-time Public Safety in both police and fire seems excellent. The bus transportation is excellent - the employees are friendly and the service is prompt and on time. The development of new buildings seem well thought out. The city is clean and people seem happy to visit the area. Invite Right Part-time Realize the need for changes based on economics of area, visitor needs, so many second home owners, county is really fed by Vail... Invite Right Part-time Reasonable and well controlled development. Public transit seems to be working well. Invite Right Part-time Reasonable development sensitive to what makes for a world class resort Invite Right Part-time Safe, Fun, etc.. Invite Right Part-time Seeing much improvement in facilities and infra structure. Town looks beautiful. Invite Right Part-time Seems to be a good partnership between the town and the resort. Appears to be a good amount of investment toward building 12 month community. Biggest problem I see as an outsider is the lack of full time residents. Need more affordable housing in town rather than all of it down valley. Invite Right Part-time THe amount of constructions shows economic growth. Ski mountain seems to be very well visited. the village continues to be attractive. Invite Right Part-time The economy seems to be improving in Colorado resort areas and Vail seemss to going along with this trend. Invite Right Part-time The improvements are great. We are very happy the new golf course clubhouse is finally underway. Invite Right Part-time The improvements that Vail has made (and continues to make) have added tremendous value to the community. Invite Right Part-time The infrastructure changes in terms of heated walk ways and fountains have really made the town Iovely.The landscapes are so well cared for and maintained. Invite Right Part-time The overall experience of being in Vail (all four seasons) is without equal. Invite Right Part-time The town had to do what it could to come out of the recession. I feel as though it succeeded, but now needs to focus and address current problems. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 10 July 5, 2016 - Page 90 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 11 July 5, 2016 - Page 91 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right Survey Direction Resident direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Invite Right Part-time The town looks good. There is a lot of activity. Special events. Invite Right Part-time The town of Vail looks and feels better with more and better restaurants, nicer hotel facilities and an overall better sense of community. Invite Right Part-time The town seems to be always a step ahead of us, and ahead of other cities/towns. We like the parks and renovations; constant improvements of roads; friendly rules; town meetings/picnics; etc. Year round public and free events are a big draw for us (part time residents) and visitors! Invite Right Part-time The town seems to be moving generally in the right direction. The DRB is way too powerful and over the top. They nit pick just to show you they can. It is absurd. There are also pockets of junky places the TOV does nothing about, for example, the shacks on Geneva. The DRB picks at people who are upgrading their property but the town does nothing about houses that are literally falling down. Invite Right Part-time The underpass. Good activities available. Good people working for the town Invite Right Part-time There are plenty of activities available which appeal to a wide range of people. Lots of special events to draw outsiders. Invite Right Part-time There is a good balance of continual development and upgrades, while at the same time not loosing the natural beauty of Vail and preserving what is important. Invite Right Part-time things are looking up, and the potential Ever Vail is exciting Invite Right Part-time Things seem to be getting better with less construction. Invite Right Part-time Though I would like to see dogs allowed on TOV bus, especially ones that can be carried. Invite Right Part-time town has modernized facilities to keep its world class status Invite Right Part-time Town is busy, but things seem to be working. Invite Right Part-time Town is well run and managed. Invite Right Part-time Town is well run and seems to be in harmony with the needs of the residents and VR Invite Right Part-time Town keeps updating (Lionshead entrance, hospital upgrade, new underpass. Invite Right Part-time town seems stable Invite Right Part-time upgrading of town facilities, more bike paths Invite Right Part-time Vail continues to be a place where people want to come to. Invite Right Part-time Vail continues to grow and expand in a thoughtful and progressive way (Not too fast, but not impeding). Invite Right Part-time Vail continues to make significant improvements to the town and the mountain. Invite Right Part-time Vail is a resort town and should stay that way. Invite Right Part-time Vail is always improving as well as looking for ways to keep the 'small town' feel. Invite Right Part-time Vail isn't perfect, but I do believe that when pot use on the slopes is reported to the police, something should be done. We witnessed a man take a huge hit of weed and then immediately crashed into an elderly *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 11 July 5, 2016 - Page 91 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? gentleman in the lift line, injuring him, then laughed in the old man's face and told him he should learn to ski better. We reported this to the police on the mountain, who said there was nothing he could do. This is wrong and will end up hurting the image of Vail, which I don't think anyone wants. Invite Right Part-time Vail Village and Lionshead have become an attraction for visitors as well as residents and families. The areas are inviting and of course beautiful. It's quite easy to access by car, bus, or in the summer, bike. Invite Right Part-time We do not spend a lot of time there so my answers are not very educated, but from observation, the town seems to strike a good balance between development/improvement and conservation. Services are excellent. Affordable housing obviously a problem, but not an easy one to address. Invite Right Part-time we have owned property in vail since 1966. lots of changes. retail and resturants are great. little conveniences are lacking like the Rucksack used to have for basics. it was a great store. mountain amazing but really expensive w/o a pass. a welcome center/info, not the one up the mountain of stairs, would be great in the village. if there i missed it for years. i love vail in every season. Invite Right Part-time We just purchased a residence in Vail last year. We think the town is very well kept. Invite Right Part-time We need to keep making improvements in our community, but we need to do it the right way. Invite Right Part-time We see improvement each time we visit. Invite Right Part-time we see improvements in Vail every time we visit, one suggestion regarding waste disposal. A waste drop of point might be made available for short time visitors. We as property owners have no way to sign up with a disposal company for one or two months per year, so waste disposal becomes a problem. Invite Right Part-time with the exception of the decision to do the golf course project I believe things are going in the right track. I strongly believe the intention of the land by the previous owner was open space and it's past use .... not a huge facility that is being constructed. I understand how the lawsuit progressed, however I feel the decision to move forward was short sighted and convenient to not respect the past requests. Invite Right Part-time You have a tight grip on development which is always the right approach in the end. Invite Right Part-time You went bag free. Yay!! Invite Right Own Amenities Commercial real estate Access Mountain upgrades business only Invite Right Own Beautiful architecture. Heated pedestrian only streets. Live music. business only *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 12 July 5, 2016 - Page 92 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Invite Right Own In general the right direction because of the environmental protection business efforts and these efforts in conjunction with the continuing facelift and only updating of Vail as a premier international, family friendly ski resort. I am concerned for the small business owner in the face of the massive buildings being constructed in Lionshead. The Arabelle has removed sunshine from the center - and its a bit dreary and cold in the shade. Invite Right Own It continues to be a world class destination for high end travelers business only Invite Right Own public transportation system is working efficiently. Town wifi is business satisfactory. only Invite Right Own the TOV has maintained standards for development consistent with its business beginnings only Invite Right Own The town continues to make improvements - constantly enhancing the business experience. only Invite Right Own The town just keeps getting better and better, thinking about every business change they make and caring about the town and its people. Love how only the care about the people visiting. Invite Right Own Vail continually invests in improving. business only Invite Right Own Vail seems quiet, clean, and well run. Vail's planning department is a bit business of a pain. only Invite Right Get mail After living here for 22 years, things seem to be doing better only Invite Right Get mail I am a 50+ year valley resident (with a 7 year sebatical, and returning 2.5 only yrs. ago). I worked for the TOV as a Vail Host the first summer I returned because I wanted to be acquainted with the changes that occurred in my absence. It was all terrific! Summer tourists were all excited about being here, as I was years ago! Great fun job! -- couldn't continue working the following season due to unexpected health issue. Invite Right Get mail It looks great and you don't seem to worried about spending a ton of only money on updating the park by booth falls Invite Right Get mail My experience with the Town is that it functions more like private only enterprise in terms of efficiency and healthy democratic representative government at the same time. Great staff, great boards and volunteers, great collaboration. Invite Right Get mail Strong leadership, continued capital investment, and continued only marketing investment Invite Right Get mail Vail is always clean, very well manicured and roads are well marked and only cleaned during winter months *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 13 July 5, 2016 - Page 93 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Invite Right I fell that the Vail government is approachable and committed to making the Vail experience positive and the village clean and the streets well maintained, as is the parks Invite Right Sound management. No drama Invite Wrong Year-round abhorrent non-existent , expensive parking Invite Wrong Year-round Catering to a crowd of limited money and not taking a stand against Vail Resorts especially over parking. If they want to offer cheap passes then they should deal with the parking problem. Invite Wrong Year-round Catering to uber wealthy and not taking care of residents and employees Invite Wrong Year-round Density of buildings and populations make the town too urban and has no charm. Architecture is inconsistent and unattractive. Invite Wrong Year-round Don't see need for additional roundabout Invite Wrong Year-round Events need to attract the demographic of people that spend money, bring families to play and want to make Vail a routine in their holiday and future visits. The concern venues are attracting non spenders, 'party hard' mentality and its a deterrent to the more sophisticated visitor. As a result, the client Vail should be attracting is going elsewhere. Invite Wrong Year-round Failure to address parking Slow response to stream degradation Way too much emphasis on events, events, events Invite Wrong Year-round Families are being pushed away from town, due to high price, rent, mortgage, gas, groceries, pre-school and school fees, which are higher then anywhere else. Feel like town is directed towards the tourist and resort business and 'rich crowd' no place for middle / working class. Invite Wrong Year-round Housing prices are unrealistic for year round residents who work in the valley. The little people like myself are what make this town what it is and I don't want to get pushed out. Parking has improved somewhat in the past couple years, however, instead of using our limited space to build more mansions, consider other parking options. Maybe another garage, or lot. I hear multiple complaints from guests about parking everyday. Invite Wrong Year-round I believe that The Town of Vail is becoming overcrowded and losing it's charm. Invite Wrong Year-round I fall somewhere in-between right directon and wrong track - I think that the town is doing right and then I see information on recycling that is posted on a dumpster and to my knowledge nothing regarding recycling right of way has been published in the newspapers or anywhere else. Also quantity seems to be the norm rather than quality of the people who are encouraged to come to Vail Invite Wrong Year-round I feel that the community development planning department is overstepping their authority and not upholding their responsibility to the community. Based on instruction from an earlier town attorney, as town planners, they are to relay the zoning rules and regulations to the planning commission and town council in an unbiased way. They can then make a recommendation based on the how a proposal meets those criteria. This concept seems to be lost as the staff memos have become *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 14 July 5, 2016 - Page 94 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? quite biased at times. This is inappropriate and misleading to the planning commission and council which then leads to an unfair representation of these boards to the community they serve. Since few commissioners and council members have any experience with zoning and land use issues, they relay on the staff to furnish all the facts to make their decision. In addition, these board members should receive professional training on why the rules and regulations exist and how they are to be applied by the staff, the selected boards and the elected officials. Invite Wrong Year-round I feel that Vail doesn't care about there locals. Invite Wrong Year-round I feel the town is getting overrun with events ... one weekend last year there was 4 events happening all at once ... it was crazy. I do feel the town and Vail Resorts is sucking the life out of the town for locals to create a mecca for others to be there. There needs to be a balance. Invite Wrong Year-round I feel the towns focus has been more on tourism and less on the locals. If town and the mountain continue to become more overcrowded and expensive I feel locals will be pushed out Invite Wrong Year-round I have relocated my business from the town to a down valley location due to the high costs: license fees employee parking. Rents ( not your fault ) Invite Wrong Year-round I love the town of Vail. But, the spending is out of control. We are spending huge sums on items that add little value. I am opposed to the golf course spending (which has divided the town). I am also opposed to the spending on the new roundabout. I believe that will benefit few people (and eventually the builders of EverVail) and those are not the people paying for it. I am also opposed to the huge expenditures on affordable housing at Timber Ridge. Invite Wrong Year-round I see way too much building going on. It appears that the town does not pay attention to the infrastructure that is needed to support the increase in size and number of people taking up residence. One of the biggest problems is lack of affordable parking for our seasonal guests. Just look at the frontage roads. Invite Wrong Year-round I think that most of what the town does it does well. What they are really missing the boat on is housing. The customer service in Vail has taken a big hit, because of a lack of reasonable employees. Invite Wrong Year-round I think the the situation with pay and housing are really bad. Invite Wrong Year-round i70 is overbearingly loud almost every hour of the day. Any sort of barrier could help.. From Trees or berms on the simple side to Covering it or building an underground tunnel.. Which seems like an ideal plan. Invite Wrong Year-round It keeps getting harder to be a full-time resident. There are so many events resulting in no parking (especially in summer with Bravo, etc.) that we end up going to Avon or Edwards to dine out and it has become difficult to enjoy the town we live in. Too many events for drunk/stoned 20 -somethings. Insufficient parking all year. Town rents too pricey for a diversity of shops and restaurants, and many restaurants cater to the tourists and don't value the loyalty of locals. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 15 July 5, 2016 - Page 95 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 16 July 5, 2016 - Page 96 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right Survey Direction Resident direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Invite Wrong Year-round It's gotten very'hyped'. Many of the special events brought in are for people who don't care about the town, just the event and they can be very rude, aggressive, disruptive, etc. Invite Wrong Year-round It's now a huge resort without the unique flavor of the ski town it once was. Invite Wrong Year-round Keep thinking that the taxpayers should provide housing for employees for the wealthy shop owners is just wrong. The reason why they get away with paying so little is because local governments are willing to throw the taxpayers money at it. The local governments are the problem. Invite Wrong Year-round Locals are not living in the Vail. The housing is not affordable and locals are being pushed down valley. Its loosing its community appeal Invite Wrong Year-round Not enough parking close in and price gouging on parking. Invite Wrong Year-round Not enough winter parking safely and charge way too Much Invite Wrong Year-round Not listening to residents or paying attention to their needs. 'We know better' attitude by town council and government officials. Failure of the police department to enforce basic safety issues such as speed limits. Lack of attention to our residential neighborhoods. Invite Wrong Year-round Not really sure who Vail is trying to attract here. We need more affordable housing and less Million plus dollar homes. Invite Wrong Year-round over development Invite Wrong Year-round Quality of life has continued to deteriorate. High density with large buildings and parking on the frontage road makes Vail a difficult place to live on a year round basis. Invite Wrong Year-round Spreading yourself too thin by trying to do too much. You cant be all things to all people. Invite Wrong Year-round The new underpass is totally unnecessary and will make eastbound travel from my home a real challenge. I am not is favor of changing the soft path in Vail. It is 'world class' just the way it is. Invite Wrong Year-round the police don't seem to care to in force the laws the town council seems intent on giving away the town to this who want free the town council seems to defer to vail resorts Invite Wrong Year-round The population is growing, yet the town is not adjusting for it. Invite Wrong Year-round the rec district needs new management. Need more than just golf please! Invite Wrong Year-round The things the town spends money on, I think could be better used. I am happy that we have clean streets, but 5+ days a week I see people walking around with brooms and dust pans... wandering... trying to find trash... I like the flowers, but I see HUGE crews for weeks and weeks planting them... ever thought of perennials instead? The police department seems WAY over staffed for the amount of time they sit in their cars doing speed traps, both on the frontage road as well as the interstate. Sorry, that was more than a'few' words Invite Wrong Year-round The TOV has spent immense effort on a bag ordinance that makes no net difference in carbon footprint. Meanwhile the TOV spends huge effort and money in getting guests to fly here, hopefully to Eagle, even better *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 16 July 5, 2016 - Page 96 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? yet in a private jet, to hopefully stay in an overbuilt hotel, condo, or home occupied only a few months a year (even better if the owners do a remodel) and hopefully spend lots of money on disposable fashion items accessed on heated streets (I don't care how many carbon credits are bought from wind farms in Iowa). Check the carbon footprint on a jet flight. No wonder we have worldwide climate problems. Suggestion, cut off the funding to Eagle airport. Vail, a town that has encouraged no office space creation, only low paying hotel/ski service jobs. Read the banner headline at every news outlet in any major city; Denver, Portland, DC.... there is no decent housing being created below $250K. Vail's problem is even more of our own making, because we have no decent job base beyond relying on a hospital to magically be our salvation. 50 units in West Vail, swell idea; effective planning, not so much. Vail planning for a sustainable community; virtually none. TOV 2015 year in review page 07, top left paragraph, last sentence; ..... neighborhood nuisances, such as parking and noise. Is that how the town staff views actual guests, as nuisances? How do they feel about residents? Invite Wrong Year-round The town and its constituents are too heavily influenced by the financial interests of Vail Resorts. In the past, this relationship was more mutually beneficial. That relationship has shifted to a parasitic one where the corporation enjoys benefits that the town and its residents miss out on. One need only look at the steady reports of record profits to shareholders while the town remains with the problem of housing cheap labor to reap those profits for the corporation. Invite Wrong Year-round The Town Council thinks it can legislate morality. Do they really think that by Banning POT that it will not exist in Vail. Tell the Council to get there Heads out of the Sand! Invite Wrong Year-round The town is forgetting about the locals that are the core of the community Invite Wrong Year-round The Town now seems to be a slave to increasing sales tax revenues and discarding the small town feel in the process. EG, the new underpass under 170 and widening of north frontage road. Invite Wrong Year-round The town seems to protect the status quo and make home projects difficult with overly burdensome approvals and procedures. New housing and renovations need to be fast tracked to update the aging housing which is throughout the town. The core commercial Vail properties are showing their age and vacancies or non essential businesses seem to come and go without a significant improvement of the properties. New blood, new ideas and removal of cumbersome roadblocks allowing new projects are needed. Invite Wrong Year-round There is an excessive focus on exclusivity and wealth with reduced appreciation for residents. I am not referring to ski lift operator or other seasonal employees when I say residents, rather I mean the people working middle and upper -middle employment facets within the valley. These people like the majority of hospitality and medical staff are given *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 17 July 5, 2016 - Page 97 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 18 July 5, 2016 - Page 98 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right Survey Direction Resident direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? little appreciation for the essential role they play in ensuring Vail is the season ski mecca the town promotes itself as. Invite Wrong Year-round There is more consideration for tourists and adding events thatn consideration for full time residents. Invite Wrong Year-round Too many events causing dangerous parking on frontage road. Invite Wrong Year-round Too many events for the available parking. Last summer we were unable to find parking in order to take guests to dinner in Vail Village Invite Wrong Year-round Too much focus on helping businesses and not on residents who pay property taxes. Invite Wrong Year-round Town Council has gone from visionary with big business experience to tactical small business focused. I'd like to see a mix of both. Invite Wrong Year-round Using open space as a roadway on Bald Mountain Road is very disturbing. Much noise, pollution and dust. You should find an alternative on the west end of Bald Mountain road. Invite Wrong Year-round Vail resorts with its epic pass is causing the infrastructure to feel inadequate. Invite Wrong Year-round Vails track that bigger is better, crowding is good is not a good Vail experience.Quanity over quality is going to lower the Vail experience. Invite Wrong Year-round Val is put too much focus into making it expensive and unattainable which is led to a Denton in the quality of people making a lifestyle here Invite Wrong Year-round Very little affordable housing Invite Wrong Year-round VR and TOV are taking Vail in the bigger and busier direction, at the expense of what used to be a quality experience. Most conversations used to be about how wonderful it was to live in Vail, now they are about moving somewhere else. Invite Wrong Year-round We need rentals for local working people that are affordable. There are too many dark houses for weeks at a time. The mountain is too crowded and we need to better the parking situation. Invite Wrong Year-round We wont ticket tourists because that would be mean even though they take up 3 spaces in the structure. The new softball fields came out less than desirable. Are we ever going to get a sky bridge from Matterhorn to the grocery store?!? Invite Wrong Work only It seems like Vail is becoming a retirement community for wealthy people and the working locals are being pushed out. The locals keep losing things! Invite Wrong Work only Lions Ridge was supposed to be affordable housing. There is nothing affordable about it. I was supposed to be for working families but all the working families I know that inquired about living there could not afford to do so. Invite Wrong Work only Too many issues are being pursued (i.e. laws re: recycling/no plastic bags) that really have no impact on the public other than being a nuisance and money maker for the government or other private companies (the trash company) while public safety issues - the biggest being lack of parking for visitors and residents alike - continue to build and become more of a *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 18 July 5, 2016 - Page 98 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? problem. Invite Wrong Work only Too many loud concerts drawing the wrong type of crowd that doesn't spend money Invite Wrong Work only Town government doesn't listen and then act upon the people. Invite Wrong Part-time 1. The TOV is not 'friendly' to its high end residents. For this reason, I chose not to buy my multi-million dollar home within Vail. Most residents of the Vail area are in the fortunate position of being able to choose among places like Boca, Aspen, Vail, etc. for my vacation homes and vacation dollars. More particularly, your police department is too harsh, rude, etc. I am very supportive of police; however, there is not a recognition that they are serving residents who are not ruffians, drug dealers, etc. but rather comfortable middle age (and more) residents. My views are shared by others. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth, encouraging me to eat, shop, etc. down Valley, and to never consider buying within the town of Vail. Additionally, subsidized housing does not belong in the Town of Vail. Town officials need to figure out how to put subsidized housing in Minturn or elsewhere but not in the town. Andy, didn't you take 'Growth of Cities' at Wharton's Political Science Dept??? . Invite Wrong Part-time 1. Too much building. More is no longer better. 2. Too many permits and regulations required to do the smallest thing. 3. No concern by the town for stated interests, such as when a tennis court at Golden Peak was turned into pickle ball courts, then the second ne was approved recently to also go to pickle courts, despite the wish from multiple tennis players to maintain the present situation. Invite Wrong Part-time As more and more stores/shops in Vail Village are owned/operated by Vail Resorts, the stores have become more financially driven than customer/guest focused, and thus overall guest relations have suffered. That can be seen by the continuing decline in the ratings by Ski Magazine where Vail always used to be number one or two in the country, but over the last few years the rank continues to decline. Perhaps the management of the Vail stores needs to refocus its commitment to the guests of Vail. Ask why more lodging rates are being discounted just to get bookings when the snow at Vail was great this year and there were poor conditions in the eastern half of the country. Invite Wrong Part-time Becoming too high-rise and too crowded in the summer Invite Wrong Part-time Development is out of control. Building lots meant for one house are being split into two lots with two duplexes on them. No architectural control over what is being built on them. Vail police have turned the town into a speed trap. We need control, but giving tickets for doing 28 in a 25 zone is not very welcoming for the tourists who support the area. Invite Wrong Part-time Don't understand why your building a tunnel under 170. Seams like a waste. Wish the zip line and roller coaster at the top of lions head was not built Invite Wrong Part-time Events such as Winterfest and Spring Back have gotten shorter and not as interesting. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 19 July 5, 2016 - Page 99 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 20 July 5, 2016 - Page 100 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right Survey Direction Resident direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Invite Wrong Part-time Fall Line Drive is in bad repair. You repaved all the roads around us, which weren't in as bad shape. The retaining wall next to Fall Line Drive is coming apart is several areas. I feel that you are not treating all residents equally. Invite Wrong Part-time I am handicapped and tired of being treated poorly at check point Charlie when parking there for the 2 hour limit. it really is uncomfortable. Also TOV is starting to look a little like Disney World :) We love the free concerts in winter and summer. And of course farmers market is amazing Invite Wrong Part-time I find the town of Vail does not welcome Denver folks and does a poor job of welcoming tourists. Invite Wrong Part-time In part., some of TOV council members and their local merchant status seem in conflict of interest. Seems number of events during warm season weekends to bring business to town is nearing excessive. Invite Wrong Part-time It seems that the town of Vail is too attached to Vail Associates and Developers such that decisions are often made that seem good for these companies vs the town and residents. The town and facilities should serve both residents and tourists and maintain its connection to the environment surrounding the town. Invite Wrong Part-time Just a bit of rotten grapes; I miss having shops that catered as much to locals as to tourists. Invite Wrong Part-time Lease rates have driven a lot of retailers out of the village and we have ended up with either big chains (i.e., The Tavern) or lots of tee shirt shops. All of the big projects (Solaris, 4 Seasons, The Ritz) have made Vail village lose its intimate feeling. Invite Wrong Part-time Nothing done do quite noice from trucks and motorcycles within the town and alone 1-70. Traffic speed within the neighborhood is excessive to the point of not being able to safely walk alone or with pets. Invite Wrong Part-time The amount of traffic on and off the mountain is making it more difficult to enjoy the things we love about Vail. Why doesn't Vail Resort put a cap on the number of skiers on the mountain. Invite Wrong Part-time The design and review board in denying in town residents the ability to update, rebuild, renovate existing structures that need to be replaced. However, the renovating of the old structures in town are being allowed and are well needed. Invite Wrong Part-time The increase in density is overall a good thing, however when new development is allowed to be constructed that would impede the few open space areas, such as the Evergreen Lodge development impeding into the Middle Creek riparian area, the City is not providing appropriate balance of allowing new development and protecting open space and the environment. Invite Wrong Part-time The paradigm seems to be condemn, raze, build something new in the same undistinguished look all over town. Vail used to have character and now has uniformity and lack of imagination in its look Invite Wrong Part-time The town has become all about revenue generation for business and not quality of life for residents. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 20 July 5, 2016 - Page 100 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 21 July 5, 2016 - Page 101 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right Survey Direction Resident direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Invite Wrong Part-time The town has become too commercialized. I think the town has given Vail Resorts too much power and that the town has gone from a nice upscale ski town to a fully commercialized ski resort where money is all that matters. How is it that a local resident in the town and surrounding area cannot afford a seasonal ski pass to Vail Mountain? That should say it all right there. I love my home in Vail, but the mountain and town are just too overcrowded to the point of making skiing dangerous rather than enjoyable. This was quite different 10 years ago. Invite Wrong Part-time The town is becoming overcrowded at certain times and the already taxed parking situation is now really a major cause of concern. Invite Wrong Part-time There is too much emphasis on changing the facades of the buildings in town. The hospital should have moved rather than expand at a location that is ill suited for a hospital, and better suited for a hotel. Parking is still an issue that remains unsolved. Invite Wrong Part-time Things are too expensive. We need a local grocery store. People are begging for this. Invite Wrong Part-time To many remodeling rules Invite Wrong Part-time Too many giant developments Invite Wrong Part-time Too many huge developments. They are out of character and make the town feel heavy and dark in places. Invite Wrong Part-time Too many large new properties requiring employees, but few affordable, nearby places for employees to live. Invite Wrong Part-time too much commercialization Vail is losing its personal charm and uniqueness Invite Wrong Part-time Too much high rise construction Invite Wrong Part-time Too much traffic. Too many people. Appealing to people who are rude, don't spend money, drink too much, on pot. These events are not attracting the kind of people Vail should be trying to appeal to. Not longer exclusive if half the Front Range is here Invite Wrong Part-time Town Council is more supportive of businesses (large) than property owners. Invite Wrong Part-time Vail has become increasingly crowded, not only in winter but now also in summer due to the increased marketing from VRI and TOV. This results in a degraded experience and the perception from many that Vail has become too crowded to enjoy. The site of frontage road parking, once a rare event years ago is now an every weekend event, both winter and summer. Invite Wrong Part-time Vail Resorts is making Vail more and more not family friendly as it raises its rates on everything. If someone is a doctor and still hesitates coming to Vail because of the cost to bring a family of four on a ski vacation then something is wrong with this town. We chose to buy a place in Vail, as opposed to Aspen, because it was family friendly. Expecting people to spend more than $20,000 for a family vacation makes Vail an exorbitant elitist destination. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 21 July 5, 2016 - Page 101 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Invite Wrong Part-time West Vail is being neglected. The Town has landscaped along 1-70 in East Vail and the Golf Course area to a remarkable extent, even putting up a sound barrier in East Vail. You know what West Vail looks like: bare, unattractive, fully exposed to 8 LANES of CONSTANT NOISY, DUSTY TRAFFIC. We need extensive, dense evergreen tree plantings as a screen from the highway, as well as to cover the view from the highway of unattractive buildings. Please make an effort to make the whole Town of Vail attractive and WOODED, not just East Vail, Vail Village, Lionshead, and soon, Ever Vail. West Vail shouldn't be treated by the Town like a second class area. Our property values are as high, in some cases higher, than East Vail. We pay taxes too. Invite Wrong Own Because more and more effort is being made to create a metropolitan business environment i what was intended to be a mountain skiing community. only Invite Wrong Get mail Biggest issue, parking. Have neglected to address the issue but have only tackled other issues aggressively. Invite Wrong Get mail It is upsetting that nothing that is not owned by Vail Resorts can survive. only There is no way to survive in the town working if you are not part of the resort. The housing is completely un -affordable. Invite Don't know Year-round Buildings are getting to large, i think the hotels are getting to many rooms to fill. There are getting to be to many people here, it is starting to turn people off and not come here. Especially on wkends! Invite Don't know Year-round don't know the people who work in town anymore Invite Don't know Year-round Happy town is keeping pot shops out Invite Don't know Year-round I don't know about the whole town in general but I do know that the housing market is going in the wrong direction there is very limited housing for people that actually work and want to live in Vail and the housing that is available is ridiculous expensive when you take in account that Vail resorts monopolizes the employment market and pays most people $10 an hour most homeowners don't live here they rent there homes out by the night or week at a super premium and if they do long term rental its priced so high it takes 5-6 people in a 2 bedroom house to afford it. Invite Don't know Year-round I don't know much about the towns politics until recently. I do feel that we need a more community driven focus. I understand we are a resort town but feel that the community is what supports the resort economy. Happy workers, happy guests. I would say I have noticed more information available to me and the public (citizens) with in the last 6 months than before. Invite Don't know Year-round I don't think we are on a wrong track or a right track, I think it is great that the town works to inform all of its residents on projects. I do think that there needs to be a younger generation included in the town and town planning ideas. I think putting together a panel of people in their 30's to have input can help the town stay relevant. As a homeowner we are some of a very few who have been able to afford to live and start our *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 22 July 5, 2016 - Page 102 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 23 July 5, 2016 - Page 103 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right Survey Direction Resident direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? family in Vail. However, the long term doesn't look promising for us to stay here. I think it is important to have more input on building ideas and color schemes. For example the new Timber Ridge looks terrible, who ever approved the color scheme for the new buildings should be fired. It looks cheap and devalues the appearance of our town, just because it is employee housing and subsidized doesn't mean it needs to look bad. I feel like we stepped back into cheap Denver housing. Invite Don't know Year-round I like the new golf corse clubhouse that is being built for another place to grab a bite. However, I don't know what else is going on in town... Invite Don't know Year-round I suppose I don't know because it is such a joy to live here and I know that I am luckier than 99.99% of everyone in the world! .... and so I do not pay alot of attention to TOV matters. Invite Don't know Year-round I think generally things are going in the right direction apart from the massive over spend on the golf course clubhouse which I find ridiculous. This is very poor project management indeed. Invite Don't know Year-round I think the town continues to grow, improve infrastructure and I love all of the events. However, town and the mountain are often too busy, and I feel that it's only a matter of time before the current housing situation and inability for businesses to hire because if it causes everything to implode. Invite Don't know Year-round I think the Town is an 'Epic' success. I enjoy the economic vitality that the success has brought to the Town; secure employment and likely long- term return on home value, but have some concerns about the congestion, crowding, loss of small-town feel. I find that I am put -off attending events because off the congestion, and wonder if guests will begin to feel this way too. Invite Don't know Year-round i think there are getting to be to many people here. Especially on weekends. You are destroying why people have come to Vail in the past. Is parking on Ft. Rd and walking to lifts in ski boots a that a good experience?? Invite Don't know Year-round If the construction on the high rises in Vail proper would cease, the town would be on the right track. Also, adding incentive programs for affordable housing is key. When there is no where for employees to live, that will come back and hurt business owners eventually, if it hasn't already. KUDOS the plastic bag ban!!! Now if Avon would only follow suit ... that would be AMAZING. Invite Don't know Year-round I'm not familiar with everything that goes on but it's easy to see that things that should be an absolute priority - like our insufficient parking situation - are ignored while other things that are not even needed - like a new event center (yes, I know it isn't officially called that but that's what it is!) at the golf course - are given over -the -top attention, even to the point of needless over spending. I understand a new club house was needed but the way the whole thing was handled was an outrage. Invite Don't know Year-round I'm not sure Invite Don't know Year-round In general, I question where some of our tax monies are being spent and *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 23 July 5, 2016 - Page 103 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 24 July 5, 2016 - Page 104 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right Survey Direction Resident direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? how they are being prioritized. It feels like the priorities are gauged towards the young (e.g. skate park, etc) while we have a vibrant aging population (baby boom generation) which gets little attention. Invite Don't know Year-round Not sure what the question is directed about. Invite Don't know Year-round Quality facilities, entertainment, and year round activities makes the town great for people of means. People who can not afford the live and work in Vail or Valley are going to struggle as property goes up and wages stay stagnant. This will effect overall development and the community as a whole. Invite Don't know Year-round Seem to be moving in too many directions at once. What is the final picture of Vail going to look like in 5 to 10 years? Invite Don't know Year-round Still observing because recently moved here full time Invite Don't know Year-round There seems no to be confusion within town managers. Do we want to be a small town or a small town with zoning densities similar to nyc? What's best for the town to maximize all property to max the number of people who can live on it. Lack of housing is nothing new but I don't believe an urban density similar to nyc is the answer. Invite Don't know Year-round To many hotels. Town caters more to visitors than locals. I like our home town feel more than world class resort. Invite Don't know Year-round Town Council is not very transparent. Invite Don't know Work only getting too crowded; not enough parking; may 'kill the goose' Invite Don't know Work only With the major spotlight being on the upcoming presidential election - admittedly I have not paid as much attention to local politics in the recent months. Invite Don't know Part-time as a non-resident, non-voter in local elections, people do not spend much time keeping us informed. the TOV Homeowners Association fills that function. Invite Don't know Part-time Don't know which 'things' you are referring to? Invite Don't know Part-time For property owners that are not residents, it is difficult to keep track of happenings. Invite Don't know Part-time I am currently only able to spend 2 weeks a year in Vail. I hope to change that when I retire in the next few years. Invite Don't know Part-time I am new to owning a property there. Invite Don't know Part-time I appreciate the strong planning that has happened in the town ... great amenities... always done to a high standard. I am concerned that the town has become a very expensive playground... will my kids able to enjoy this great family destination? This may be more of an issue with Vail Resorts, then the town of Vail. Invite Don't know Part-time I haven't been living in Vail long enough to have a firm opinion. Invite Don't know Part-time I try to keep up with what's happening but being a part time resident but often I don't have enough to keep up unless I am in town watching town of Vail city meetings on TV. Invite Don't know Part-time I'm not sure the decisions being made are in the best interests of everyone who lives in Vail. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 24 July 5, 2016 - Page 104 of 433 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 25 July 5, 2016 - Page 105 of 433 Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right Survey Direction Resident direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Invite Don't know Part-time its been interesting to watch vail grow and evolve..... but I do wonder if it will lose its charm and small town charm Invite Don't know Part-time Just bought my house recently - still getting a feel for the town. Invite Don't know Part-time Many good things happening and some I don't like. Invite Don't know Part-time Not much info on what TOV is doing. Invite Don't know Part-time not sure on the town plans fully Invite Don't know Part-time Only been a resident for 10 months so not sure yet! Invite Don't know Part-time Public parking is insufficient and building codes are badly overly - restrictive. Other matters are okay to good. Invite Don't know Part-time Sometimes I think Vail might be over building large hotels. Invite Don't know Part-time The updates in town are nice but am concerned its trying to grow to large beyond confines of what is built. Also for Booth Falls area, would like Vail to consider berms for noise reduction from 1-70. Invite Don't know Part-time There is lots of new construction, but my fear is that many people are priced out of the market, including rental housing for employees. Invite Don't know Part-time Try not to get too involved with the Town as its become way TOO busy and populated. Invite Don't know Part-time Vail has become so 'upscale' and expensive that I spend less and less time in the village. I love to ski and love being in the Gore Range during the summer. Vail Village is becoming the 'Front Range West', so why fight the traffic to get to what I'm trying to escape! Invite Don't know Part-time We just acquired property, but we love it there enough to have purchased. Invite Don't know Part-time We just purchased our condo 1.5 years ago and don't know how the town affairs are trending. Invite Don't know Part-time We really enjoy our time in Vail. It meets our needs and we do not pay very much attention to what is going on in terms of planning, governance, etc. Invite Don't know Part-time While a lot of the development in the last decade has been positive, Vail should do more to create better growth. The town lacks energy much of the year, and still seems too much like a purist stopover. The town needs great restaurants that aren't in the very expensive category, more interesting shops, etc. More parking with better access (ingress, egress) in Vail Village would help. Invite Don't know Own dont read local paper business only Invite Don't know Own I should be more informed, but at the current time don't feel well versed business enough to offer any input only Invite Don't know Own I spend little time in Vail and when I visit it is to ski. business only Invite Don't know Get mail new underpass connecting the Frontage roads is good. Don't like the *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 25 July 5, 2016 - Page 105 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? only idea of allowing things like zip line on Vail mtn. Invite Don't know Get mail Out of the loop only Invite Year-round You need to be more specific in your question. Some areas are heading in the right direction and some are not. There is need for improvement. Invite Part-time Improvements, town looks good - enjoy spending time there Invite Part-time The new underpass will help. Moving toward town wide recycling is a good thing. Invite Part-time You have completely neglected Lionhead. The road from Dobson to the skier drop off is extremely hazardous. The sidewalk is always extremely icy and the hotel buses travel within inches of pedestrians. The speed limit should be reduced to 10 MPH and the sidewalks should either be combined and or completely separated from the road. Open Right Year-round (1) 1 was happy with the new council persons who were elected (relative to their stated missions/goals) (2) Regarding a current topic, I like the thoughtful but practical approach to the Gore Creek improvements. FYI, I wish I had more time and energy to attend council meetings, and hope to in the future. Open Right Year-round All services are provided in a timely fashion and kept up to date Open Right Year-round Always up kept, roads plowed well Open Right Year-round As a practicing architect in town, I appreciate the effort that the town makes to keep everyone updated. Open Right Year-round Building local housing is a positive Open Right Year-round Business is more consistent in off seasons, prime season business in summer and winter is very good, housing options can still be improved for working class Open Right Year-round business owners, some with families, that recognize the need to modernize some of the towns ways. Open Right Year-round Business still growing, tourism still growing, now year round Open Right Year-round Businesses, events, and the mountain continue attracting people to town. TOV seems able to finance projects and keep up with necessary services. Open Right Year-round Continued improvements and general concern for environment, safety and fun atmosphere. Open Right Year-round Continued investment in the infrastructure and facilities of the community (such as new Golf Club House) Open Right Year-round Dealing with issues such as lack of housing and Eagle River. Open Right Year-round Everyone's focus is primarily the same Open Right Year-round excited about new housing being built in west vail Open Right Year-round excited to see more housing coming online especially the West Vail project. Very exciting! Open Right Year-round Generally going in right direction. There are some areas for improvement. Open Right Year-round generally the right direction. Not sure I approve of the location of the underpass on the North Frontage Road. Don't approve of the upgrade *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 26 July 5, 2016 - Page 106 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? proposal for The Vail Trail. Open Right Year-round Good events, good new development (chamonix), more environmentally thoughtful council (gore creek restoration etc) Open Right Year-round Good, attentive governance that takes the time to consider the views and needs of residents. Open Right Year-round housing project in West Vail is a great idea! Open Right Year-round I believe that overall the leadership is sound with voices from the longtime residents to some of the new folks that have moved to Vail. I believe that all the town council listens to the residents... Open Right Year-round I believe the town is focusing on the issues at hand, including housing, economic opportunity and guest satisfaction. While the 'old guard' has a lot to say (and likes things the way 'they used to be'), the town needs to move on while allowing them to have their say. Open Right Year-round I feel that it's more than a ski resort. It's a real livable town with great facilities for young children and adults. Open Right Year-round I generally agree the Town is headed in the right direction by allowing new and redevelopment. The Town should be using taxpayer money for employee housing and not pretend its only a development related issue which it is not. You need to make trade-offs with developers to obtain employee housing or dollars in lieu. West Vail and Matterhorn has been ignored for too long and needs to be redeveloped. Open Right Year-round I get the email updates from town and work with them through another local government. I always get the impression that the town and its staff are focused, professional, and doing what is needed. Open Right Year-round I have seen the conversation about gore creeks water quality take wind. There is also a lot of initiative for new trails in town - something beneficial for health and tourism. Open Right Year-round I know that you have a great town council and am in the fan club several members. I know they will do good things. Open Right Year-round I like all of the activities, the lights and the flowers. Open Right Year-round I like the ease of recycling, I also like the parks and recreation Open Right Year-round I like the new council and think they are handling the issues as well as possible. The Gore Creek revival is important especially. Open Right Year-round I love being a Vail resident. Open Right Year-round I see awareness and progress regarding the health of Gore Creek and opportunities for 'affordable housing' for families who want to be part of this community - full time / year round. Open Right Year-round I see increased awareness and progress concerning the health of Gore Creek and opportunities for 'affordable housing'. Open Right Year-round I see more involvement from all the departments, including the police, the fire department, the town, etc. Open Right Year-round I think all of the current projects are incredibly beneficial to our community and I am grateful for them but parking and employee housing still seem to be an issue. We are a world class resort that is being *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 27 July 5, 2016 - Page 107 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? affected by the housing market for employees to live in at affordable rates. Many great members of our community are moving because they cannot afford housing with their current income. I don't know how much longer a lowert to middle class will be sustainable in our community. To remain a world class resort we need good and qualified candidates for many of the service jobs. The quality of employees has declined at many of the restaurants and may continue unless more affordable housing is available for better qualified employees. Realizing that much of the overflow parking on the frontage roads are guests with passes from the front range but they take many hours to get here and then have to park blocks and miles from the resort. I am mostly concerned about safety issues regarding parking on the frontage road. Open Right Year-round I think in the right direction what with building affordable housing in the town of Vail to hopefully keep families with children in the town. RSES is our only local public school, we need to make sure it stays! Open Right Year-round I think that the Town of Vail is continuing to try their best to be a town, not just a resort. Open Right Year-round I think that vail is headed in the right track when it comes to being a great place. Transportation is on point the only think I would change is cost of living. Open Right Year-round I think the town is in great condition. Lots of parks and community areas. The shopping and food alternatives are great. Finally it is great to see the town addressing the housing issue and planning on the Chamonix project going ahead. Open Right Year-round I think the Town of Vail looks to fill 'need times' with different activities and events that help bring people here. I think they support local events and help enhance the experience for the guests and locals. Open Right Year-round I think Vail is doing tremendously well on the foreign marketing. It never ceases to amaze me how many rich Mexicans pour into this town at Christmas and over Spring Break. I do worry that Vail is losing American tourism to the other ski resorts and resort towns. Open Right Year-round I would say that they are on track more that right or wrong Open Right Year-round Identifying and responding to the issues that plague our valley - parking and affordable housing. Thank you for not sweeping them under the rug. The town continues to always put its best foot forward in offering the best experience for our local residents and guests from athletic events to cultural offerings. Open Right Year-round Investments in infrastructure Open Right Year-round Lots of great projects like the bike trails being developed, affordable housing on track to develop more local housing opportunities. great development of new festivals and funding of worthwhile projects like the golf course clubhouse. one bad one --30M for an underpass with 9M coming from the TOV. Your kidding me right? you couldn't figure out a better way to spend 9M --or save it for something that really matters. please! CDOT's 21M is a waste of taxpayer money, and this project puts *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 28 July 5, 2016 - Page 108 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? inconvenience in it's own category. Open Right Year-round Love it here. Open Right Year-round Modestly proactive But slightly behind public need for cultural center. Open Right Year-round More businesses. Open Right Year-round Moving forward with the Chamonix housing development. Open Right Year-round New council and mayor more representative of the working/ business owning community. Open Right Year-round New projects, upgrades, and record sales tax. Open Right Year-round Nice town, well run, with year'round activities. Open Right Year-round no problems Open Right Year-round One time I lost my license and SOMEHOW someone found it and they called me to give it back. I still don't know how they got my number or where they found it. Also, the buses remain free, huge perk. The roads are managed well in the winter. Open Right Year-round Overall, services are good. Town is taken care of. The one thing I would like to see is more community focus instead of the main focus being tourists. I understand that tourism is what keeps the town running and jobs for everyone but there aren't many community focused events, activities, housing, etc. for those who aren't wealthy. Open Right Year-round OverallbVail is safe, clean, and friendly. I've had good experiences with the police and fire department, and while I don't hang out in the village usually, it's still nice. Open Right Year-round Right direction with government & services. Wrong direction regarding underpass - who needs this? Why is there no master plan for West Vail North? Open Right Year-round Right direction, the new construction is good except there still needs to be affordable housing to make up for the shortage caused by Timber Ridge/Lionsridge. It made the already bad situation worse. Open Right Year-round Safe place to live, public services are great, quick response when an emergency arise. clean place and facilities very convenient. Open Right Year-round Seemingly lots of projects occurring. Good ski season. Lots of buzz around family and friends all over the nation just getting to know Vail Open Right Year-round snow removal is always on time Open Right Year-round Spending money making the town better. Open Right Year-round starting to focus on housing issues Open Right Year-round The affordable housing behind shell. Also the gore creek project. Open Right Year-round The attention to affordable housing is positive... hoping it pans out this time. Open Right Year-round The new development in Chamonix, EverVail, and the new 1-70 crossing are all needed improvements. Open Right Year-round The parking problem is getting worse. Open Right Year-round The roads are well maintained. The bus is great. I was happy to hear a planning change was made recently that allows duplexes be renovated *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 29 July 5, 2016 - Page 109 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? more easily. Open Right Year-round The Summer marketing campaign has been a great success and Vail is no longer 'seasonal' for tourism and business. The spike for our economy has had an amazing impact not only on our economy, but our real estate as well. The landscaping looks wonderful. The events and synchronized bus service is a great help for those attending and enjoying libations. Open Right Year-round The things I love about Vail are doing well! TOV bus, library, etc. are all great as usual. Open Right Year-round The TOV has competent, intelligent people working in both planning and execution aspects. Open Right Year-round the Town Council seems to be listening to the needs of my community. We have been working on a joint project for over 12 years with the TOV and I trust that this year we will make some headway Open Right Year-round The town does a great job of communicating updates to local residents. Keep it up! Open Right Year-round The town feels great to be in, walk around, shop, eat Open Right Year-round The town has begun to initiate some long term plans that will improve our quality of life. Open Right Year-round The town is looking to implement employee housing for people that work here. The fire department is beginning to recieve funding for the staffing needed. There is a ways to go but it is getting there. Open Right Year-round The town is rebuilding and modernizing. The renovation to the Wall St building is a good example of that. I am however unclear about the justification for the new tunnel under 1-70. 1 am also impressed by the number of special events that are run by the Vail Valley Foundation. Those year round events certainly increase the number of visitors to the town and the county, which in turn increases local business revenue. I do wish there was a solution to the lack of parking in the core. Open Right Year-round The town of Vail has lots of projects at this time!! I have been to a few council meetings! Geatjob!! Keep it up!!! Open Right Year-round There are several large events that I have seen grow tremendously in the past few years. There is more interest in the town and hence generated income locally. Open Right Year-round They are improving 1-70 by adding an extra exit. They are redoing Timber Ridge - long overdue. We have a community garden. Open Right Year-round They are keeping the town competitive. Open Right Year-round They are putting a lot of money into maintaining the town, which allows it to continue drawing tourism and growing! Open Right Year-round Tourism is up. Open Right Year-round Town continues to care about the community and environment. Open Right Year-round Town is beautiful. There is a reason people vacation here. Open Right Year-round Town is looking for ways to continue thoughtful development as well as be environmentally conscious. Open Right Year-round Town is looking forward better than it used to. Also, think Community *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 30 July 5, 2016 - Page 110 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Development office is much better as well. Open Right Year-round Town seems to be supporting businesses and trying to improve the guest experience while balancing owner resident needs. Open Right Year-round Transparency on all things within n the town of Vail Open Right Year-round Vail has weathered the difficulties of the past nine years fairly well. The town is beloved by its visitors and experiences ups and downs as the economy fluctuates. Open Right Year-round Vail is the best. Our economy is going strong and I love all the events. Open Right Year-round Vail seems to have bounced back from the economic downturn we experienced a few years ago. Open Right Year-round Very positive plans for vail Nice community, beautiful town My son goes to red sandstone Open Right Year-round Very progressive in their thinking Open Right Year-round Vibrant town Open Right Year-round We are new full town residents after visiting here for 30 years. Vail has grown tremendously over that period, but still has managed to maintain its welcoming feel and sense of community. Open Right Year-round We have had an extremely positive recovery from the great recession. We need to keep our eye on the ball so that we continue this trend. Open Right Year-round With the major construction done in town, the Golf Courser renovation behind us and the underpass at west Vail to start this spring the town can go back to work progressively on housing and parking. Open Right Work only As a seasonal vacation destination it is essential for our town to be ever evolving and moving forward. Open Right Work only Building affordable housing Open Right Work only Development and key infrastructure is necessary to keep the town vibrant and competitive in the global market. Open Right Work only Great support of economic development and events. Open Right Work only I feel safe. Open Right Work only I feel that Vail's growth has been a good thing for the town. The additions to the town bring in more consumers, which is beneficial for our economy. Open Right Work only I like the makeup of the new Town Council except for Kevin Foley who will forever hate Vail Resorts and is incapable of being objective! Open Right Work only I personally work for the TOV in the Summer and have agreat crew who knows about Vail and cares about how it looks. There is rarely trash and the trash crew does a great job! Open Right Work only I think the Town of Vail does an outstanding job of handle its affairs Open Right Work only I think Vail does an outstanding job of managing it's affair's. Open Right Work only Improvements in roads. Providing end of season concerts. Pursuing Vail Resorts to extend ski season. Open Right Work only It seems that they are trying to balance activities and benefits for both tourists and local families. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 31 July 5, 2016 - Page 111 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Open Right Work only Leadership seems sound Open Right Work only Leadership seems sound. Good communication Open Right Work only Leadership seems sounds, decisions well thought out. Open Right Work only Much of the recent discussions seem to revolve around hot button topics/issues facing not only Vail but most mountain communities. As always it is nice to see Vail taking the lead in development of solutions to these challenges such as employee housing(Chamonix). I do think we need more 'town wide' focus on business and event development. LE, we need to help Lionshead feel more like Vail. Open Right Work only Overall, things are good and going in the right direction. The biggest issue is that Vail really isn't a place where families or even young couples can live. Housing is way too expensive for seasonal employees as well as year round residents. Open Right Work only Some things such as updating booth falls playground, gore creek mitigation, single stream recycle, while I don't really agree because it is not as viable as dual stream, housing, are things that need to be done to keep Vail moving forward. Open Right Work only taking pro active measures such as the Gore Creek Reparation, updating the Booth Falls playground, trying to develop and design the Chamonix lot and having public input meetings regarding projects separate from council meetings are all positive steps. Open Right Work only The arts and athletics are fantastic. Open Right Work only The town is addressing the housing issue and trying to keep us locals closer. Open Right Work only The Town is doing a better job I think of addressing housing and environmental issues with Gore Creek. Open Right Work only The town is keeping up with the luxury development. The town is kept clean and maintained. The Lionshead garage is a beautiful visitor center. Open Right Work only The town of Vail is always kept to a very high standard and its employees are always very curtious. I have always had a great impression of Vail as a town and not so much as a ski resort. Open Right Work only The updated village feel. The buildings being redone are of the same concept so they give the village a cohesive feel Open Right Work only There were several upgrades for 2015 and it seems the town is still going in the upgrade direction. This will keep up with repairs and keep the town up to date. Open Right Work only They are constantly looking to see how they can improve: i.e. golf course renovation, various hotel renovation, and Vail Resorts is brining in different venues during the off season and summer which the town supports through various bands etc.. Open Right Work only Town is great Open Right Part-time 1. Quality of the elected officials 2. Physical infrastructure of the Town 3. Openness of government Open Right Part-time Better free parking for people coming in to shop or lunch. More support *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 32 July 5, 2016 - Page 112 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? of local arts organizations, art in public spaces, the gardens. Open Right Part-time Bus service Safety Cleanliness Summer flowers Open Right Part-time Businesses are supported by the various town agencies and departments. Environmental concern for the creek through town is being addressed. Many of the problems stem from poor design and planning of previously installed infrastructure in years past. Trying to address the housing and transportation issues, Open Right Part-time continually improving the town Open Right Part-time Everything looks great. There is a trend of continuing improvement. Open Right Part-time Focus on the citizen. Keep up the good work!! Open Right Part-time Generally right direction, but reaching decisions takes much to long Open Right Part-time Great design of town of Vail, instilled employee attitude of 'what can we do to make your stay better', cultural events that are equal to cities much larger, concerned attitude of preserving 'the Valley' Open Right Part-time I always find the TOV employees to be very helpful and the services well done. Open Right Part-time I like sense of community. Community improvements provide nice ambiance. I am happy about new underpass. Open Right Part-time I like that Vail is going through a gradual facelift of the Village & Lion's Head areas. This look fresher today that ten years back. I also notice things like the underpass, and the new affordable housing on the north side of West Vail. It takes a lot of commitment to keep the town looking fresh and to stay ahead of local traffic issues, 1-70 traffic issues, and all the promotions to keep tourist dollars in Vail. Open Right Part-time I see government d things taking place - like the new pickleball center planned for the summer of 2016 Open Right Part-time In general the town is beautifully maintained with quite a few public services. Compared to the east coast, property taxes are reasonable in light of the services. Open Right Part-time It's Certainly not the'old' Vail, but I guess we have to go with the flow I'm concerned however that hotel/motel pricing of a 'reasonable range' is getting, (now past) what is affordable for the 'average Joe' Open Right Part-time Love the way Vail is growing. Newly remodeled buildings in town are nice. Open Right Part-time Love Vail although it is getting so expensive to ski and have food on the mountain. Open Right Part-time More and more year round activities. Development is being kept in check - not too much residential or commercial building being allowed yet improvements being made in the right areas. Property taxes need to stay controlled as other living expenses make the valley quite expensive compared to other areas. Open Right Part-time more summer activities Open Right Part-time My family has had a second home in Vail since the 70s. I like the positive changes I've seen especially in Lionshead in the last 15 years. Growth *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 33 July 5, 2016 - Page 113 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? without a change to the core feel of what the community is all about Open Right Part-time Need to do something about all the traffic parked on sides of roads. Very dangerous! Open Right Part-time New younger council Members - maybe a tilt towards young families Open Right Part-time New Younger town Counsil members.Better communication with full time and part time residence. Open Right Part-time no reason to feel negative Open Right Part-time Overall, the town has improved but still ignores off season for restaurants and events and the parking is atrocious. Open Right Part-time Recent improvements were an enhancement to keeping pace with a changing resort landscape. Open Right Part-time Retains the feel of a small town Open Right Part-time seems to continue to improve overall quality of living and visiting the valley Open Right Part-time Streets in better condition, traffic flow better, appearance of the Village clean and organized. Open Right Part-time Summer and winter programs to draw old and new guests to town. Open Right Part-time The TOV provides essential services to full and part-time residents, business owners, guests, and workers by reinvesting in the community and updating the infrastructure. Open Right Part-time The town is attracting more visitors and needs to keep up with the demand. At the same time it's important to keep the quaintness or small town feel. Open Right Part-time There seems to be a reasonable balance between doing good things to develop the town and make it more exciting without breaking a reasonable spending level. Open Right Part-time Things are planned well in advance. Open Right Part-time Vail continues to invest in town infrastructure and amenities. Open Right Part-time Vail has done an effective job of handling growth while at the same time retaining its unique character and feel. Open Right Part-time Vail has seen many improvements over the last five years that has improved the appearance and economic growth. Open Right Part-time 'Vail' is wonderful and has amazing skiing. The TOV does try to do the best job they can in a place that is a bit difficult to say the least. Open Right Part-time Working on employee housing which after 20 years still needs to be a TOPpriority Open Right Part-time You are trying to stay ahead of the deteriorating older properties in town. Upgrading Ford Park and Golf Course clubhouse. Open Right Own Council and staff are open to new ideas and input business only Open Right Own Good sales tax revenues; Good relationship with VR and business business community; Proactive with infrastructure only *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 34 July 5, 2016 - Page 114 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Open Right Own Great customer service and environment. Other then the over charged business parking and lift tickets well done only Open Right Own Little debt,abiliity to invest in infrastructure business only Open Right Own The newsletter and on-line permitting. business only Open Right Own TOV seems to have so much money in its pockets with continual business improvements being made that everything seems to be going just fine. only Open Right Own Your officials seem proactive in most areas except Housing. You need to business offer homes for lower income folks. only Open Right Get mail Doing a great job with the clean up of Gore Creek, bringing in more only festivals and events Open Right Get mail Environmental awareness and proactive planning only Open Right Get mail Everything looks great and the energy feels good. only Open Right Get mail Excited about the Chamonix Development and really hoping to get back only to Vail through this channel. My daughter attends RSES and the commute is tough in the winter. Have always loved Vail and only moved down valley due to a second child. Not allowing marijuana shops in Vail is also a HUGE step and I applaud the decision makers! Open Right Get mail The improvements in streets, buildings are needed and Vail has done a only good job of directing people around construction. Open Right Get mail Vail is always looking to better it's people and community. They have only great community areas and events geared towards all ages. Open Right we love coming to visit and utilize your town amenities in addition to skiing Open Wrong Year-round 0 foresight into our housing dilemma. We need affordable homes and have nothing. It's pathetic that we can't figure this out. I think we need to invest more money into our town offices making it desirable and affordable to make the town of vail government jobs desirable to attract the right talent to help fix our housing dilemma. Also - and I have no idea how we candor anything about this... We have to figure out the Airbnb and flipped dilemma. Open Wrong Year-round Empty store fronts and a lack of affordable bars and restaurants are unappealing to locals and tourists alike. Spending millions to create an underpass that will save people 5 minutes in the car is wasteful. Open Wrong Year-round Epic pass traffic is degrading this town during the winter. All park and ride lots are full leaving locals without carpool options, traffic congestion along frontage road is awful and the amount of ski traffic is forcing *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 35 July 5, 2016 - Page 115 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? destination visitors to choose other resorts. Just look at our ranking the past 5 years to see how the industry views our resort. Open Wrong Year-round Geared more towards our guests and second home owners rather than our primary residents. The employees and small business can afford to live and operate in proper vail. Open Wrong Year-round Golf course should not have been shrunk. Don't believe tunnel is that great. Parking is too low priority. Open Wrong Year-round Housing situation and prices for a resort, seasonal town are ridiculous( for year around residents) Open Wrong Year-round I believe the new round a bout is a complete waste of 12 million dollars. It's impact to traffic, while being built, will be tremendous, and once complete will not help traffic flow much, as Ever Vail, for which it was intended to be for initially is not being built. The waste of the space, with the best view in town for private parties and events only at the Golf Course is a travesty. Building inspections and requirements have gone from way too loose to way too tight. It has driven the cost of construction into an overkill situation. The average person (not millionaire) who lives in Vail cannot afford to do remodels. It's really quite sad. Open Wrong Year-round I feel that the process of upgrading homes in Vail is onerous, costly, and who wins? The consultants, architects, land planners not the consumer. Open Wrong Year-round I feel that too much marketing is causing more problems, - parking, employee housing shortage, and too many people on the mountain, I think the town is very well managed. Open Wrong Year-round I own a retain store and feel that the Town needs to attract more venues for people to want to come to vail year round. I had 6 groups of friends /clients go to other resorts to more affordable hotel packages and more exciting events, concerts etc going on. We used to have skating shows and concerts at ford park... Open Wrong Year-round I personally feel like vail has turned into frickin Disney land. Open Wrong Year-round I think we are crowding our town with too many'events' mostly in the summer. I understand that we are a resort, but Vail is also our home. Things are getting overcrowded and it is putting pressure on areas that are already problematic i.e. parking Open Wrong Year-round I was so surprised to know the amount of money you guys are spending in the underpass. I am certain you did a big research about its need, but education? Safe for the future? Programs for its citizens? As I said, this particular project made me wonder about what we are doing for the town. Open Wrong Year-round Local working people can't afford to live in Vail No one can afford to live and work in Vail. Most houses constructed in the 70's & 80's were done poorly with bad design, layout, no storage, no garage. The town has encouraged multi unit density developments and or gigantic expensive homes over building things people can live in and afford. You can't buy a home with a garage for less than 1.7 mil and with average wages who can afford that? Night life and lack of bars and young people living in Vail *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 36 July 5, 2016 - Page 116 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? makes going out in Vail lame. Just about every restaurant is an over price steak and seafood restaurant lacking quality. The town and the resort have focused so much of their marketing efforts on attracting foreigner visitors to buy homes that most homes are vacant or rentals so there is no sense of community. Town projects to improve or build things don't get done in a timely manor. Open Wrong Year-round Need more nightlife, apres ski scene and restaurants. No more retail. Open Wrong Year-round Need to be very careful regarding spot zoning. We had an issue on Garmisch DR that could have ruined the entire street that was defeated only because of technicality. Were it not for that luck we'd have a five unit complex that Peter Noble could have turned into 15 -wake up people! Open Wrong Year-round no where for people that work in Vail to live. Open Wrong Year-round Not sure what is going on. Need more employee housing before this town collapses again. A 4 bedroom house that has been renovated in30 years is going for $3600 per month? Unrealistic to think that this town can support a workforce. Vail resorts has employee housing but what about small business owners? Open Wrong Year-round Not very local friendly for housing, public transport, parking, etc. I will never be able to afford living here comfortably unfortunately due to the high costs. Open Wrong Year-round personnel changes and the debacle of Chaminix commons for the profile of your target market; doctors and professionals can afford housing; it has never been much of an issue for their needs; service jobs account for about 57% of all jobs in the valley. affordable housing for long term locals and model the housing mix in priority similar to Miller Ranch. Open Wrong Year-round Prices are way too high, Vail is greedy. Still not very many affordable places to live Open Wrong Year-round Regarding the South side trail. No enough communication with the home owners severely threatened by excavation. It's a non starter Open Wrong Year-round The huge expense in uneccessarily altering the 18th hole of the golf course to facilitate a wedding venue was rammed through by a few council and rec board members cntrary to the desires of the majority. And an intoxicated wedding crowd is not what the town should be trying to attarct. Also, the massive amount of black rocks dumped on our roads in winter is not only unsightly, as it builds up in mounds alongside the roads ask the winter goes along, but an enviormental disaster for Gore Cr. Much of what doesn't chip up our car paint gets tracked into garages and homes, or washed down into waterways along with the mag chloride from 170. Some sand at critical intersections would be plenty and disipatate more readily. (As Aspen does) This black stuff makes us look like a coal mining town! This is a ski town and drivers should be required to use snow tires. Open Wrong Year-round The new council is making a turn around with support of staff recommended environmental initiatives, housing, and community resources, but it is a large ship and will be slow to turn the pace of Vail *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 37 July 5, 2016 - Page 117 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? towards a purely second -home owner, short term rental, rich enclave that is forcing the development of bedroom communities further and further down valley. Open Wrong Year-round The Town would benefit from a comprehensive visioning and planning session focused on the 'customer' experience off the mountian. The experience in both the Village and Lionshead seems to have lost its way. More and more, it feels like a Vail Resorts sponsored shopping mall. Open Wrong Year-round There are few efforts being made to strengthen the community feel of Vail. We all moved here to enjoy living in a ski town, yet very few actually get to live and work in Vail. Efforts should be made to increase arts and culture and community events that have a natural, organic and personal feel to them. Less of this over -produced, Bud Light sponsored junk where 20,000 people are packed into a street and the event is considered a great success. That doesn't fit into the Vail brand. We need smaller, concept events that diversify the Vail brand and promote authenticity and quality rather than overplayed Open Wrong Year-round There seems to be a bit of an identity crisis going on in Vail. TOV and VRI obviously do not get along and I believe that is beginning to impact the guest experience. Outside of business, I have also tried to participate in the town housing lottery and my wife and I received such horribly disrespectful treatment from the person we dealt with that I now refuse to move to the TOV as I do not wish to subject ourselves to residency in a place where the public servants are condescending and rude. Open Wrong Year-round Too focused on quantity over quality, too many people in town at times. Open Wrong Year-round Too many special events, making coming into town to volunteer very difficult. Too much focus on tourism, shops catering to limited group of high end visitors. Open Wrong Year-round Too much growth...... lived here 35 years and it doesn't feel like a 'town' anymore. Most of us moved here to get away from the city ... but they keep building 'bigger and better' nonsense. Understand its good for business but feel like we should stop and take a breath. Open Wrong Year-round Vail is driven by an expectation of utopia without recognizing the limits of what a desirable resort community can realistically offer residents and the inherent costs. Vail does not focus on the massive amount of condominium real estate that is in poor or failing conditions due to lack of responsible association maintenance for properties at or nearing the end of structural purposeful life. Open Wrong Year-round You make $11 million on parking alone. Locals are often overlooked when it comes to housing, jobs and transportation. It's ridiculous that I can't park my car overnight after a night of going out for some drinks. I'm a school teacher and will never be able to afford anything here other than a 900 sq ft apartment. Your mountain is a construction zone throughout the summer to cater to those who don't live here and to make more and more money. Open Wrong Work only building dept is making it very difficult and expensive to do work in Vail *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 38 July 5, 2016 - Page 118 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Open Wrong Work only Capital projects are never brought in within budget.. No changes are made to correct that. Employees across the town are all treated different depending which department your in as to what policies are applied. The town manager balances the budget on the backs of the employees thru the wage and benefits. We are one of the worst paying municipalities but have the most money. The past few wage increase have not gotten the employees caught up with compensation comparable to the rest of the towns in the valley. The HR director is incompetent and only got the job because she's been here for so long. She does nothing for the employees, is strictly a company woman. Does what the town manager tells her. When the town manager only cares about being cheap and not about the job being done or the welfare of the people he is responsible for it creates for a lousy work environment. It's time to quit being so cheap. Is the only way to achieve that is to have a change in leadership? Why is it the public works department is the only department that when the employees work overtime during the week they are sent home the next day so the town does not have to pay them overtime. It's a town wide policy that is only enforced on the public works department. It's the department with the most Hispanics in it. Seems like the manager does not want to pay the Mexicans to work overtime. Is that right? Why does council expect us to work overtime and then not get paid for it? Why are you so cheap? Open Wrong Work only Constantly growing size of town of vail workforce. Parking issues seem to be an issue of, 'how can we make more money', not how can we help locals park in town. Open Wrong Work only Housing is a major issue. The town needs to do more to address it. West Vail development still won't be affordable for most families who wish to make their careers in the valley. Open Wrong Work only Housing is not the only thing that develops community. Rather than only focusing internally Vail and the other towns need to work together more. The valley is now the community greater partnerships are needed for transit, housing, affordable entertainment, lodging etc. Vail shouldn't be so isolationist in the valley. It can be the resort center as long as it supports broader community initiatives across the valley Open Wrong Work only Miss concerts at ford park and the town makes the event process too much of a struggle. There are double standards. Open Wrong Work only real estate market prices out year-round working class families. Open Wrong Work only Seems to lack supervision all the way down the chain of management. Departments do not work together. Open Wrong Work only They need to provide a wage you can live in the town on. Recently just moved down valley to purchase a house and now drive 40 miles each way to work and back every day. Many of the top people in the town of vail can afford a million dollar home on one of the hillsides while a lowly employee cant afford rent on a two bedroom condo with the wage they are paid. Sure you can scrape it together for a few years and get by but *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 39 July 5, 2016 - Page 119 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? when you look back at eh 20,000 dollars a year spent in rent on average per employee you realize how much of that you are just throwing away. Open Wrong Part-time Getting too expensive for the average person to live here. Why do we need that new underpass between West Vail and Cascade? Open Wrong Part-time I think Town government is superb, but I also think that Vail Resorts' need for perpetual earnings growth is causing too much crowding on many days on the mountain, and too many days with parking on the Frontage Road. The council needs to come to an agreement with VR that gives them real time access to the number of people on the mountain, as a first step to a data -driven discussion of methods of crowd control. A lot of creative thinking could be done around the Epic Pass - pricing, powder day access, etc. - to help with this. Open Wrong Part-time Legal expenses which occurred when the golf course and the taxpayers /homeowners was not resolved by town management. instead Town of vail employees were overheard to have stated an adversarial position as to one of resolve. 'We can win'. Open Wrong Part-time Loud, trash filled concerts hurt the community. Valid inputs from the surrounding community on the dangers of the helicopter landing solution at the Vail medical complex were disregarded. VVMC is not even a Level 1 or 2 trauma center. Adequate safety and weather services are available at the Eagle county airport without putting local residents in danger! Even a landing site at the golf course would be preferable. Non -full time residents are not listened to -- ever ... Open Wrong Part-time Some development projects are too large or have poor urban planning characteristics. Town has lost control of christmas lights, is no longer a Dark Sky community. Open Wrong Part-time TABOR was enacted to make government accountable for their tax dollars. Vail exempted out of TABOR by a majority citizen vote because they trusted the administrators and council members. I believe you violated that trust with the handling of the hotel tax, conference center, golf course club house project. I realize it wasn't necessary, but wouldn't it have been better to have a referendum vote of the citiizens and asked them if they wanted the golf course club house expanded with the funds from the hotel tax......................or just refunded. All you have accomplished by your actions is the distrust of many of your constituents. It's a shame after they voted to trust you with their tax dollars. Open Wrong Part-time The plastic bag ban is just silly in a resort town such as Vail. I just now get my groceries in Avon. Seriously, no one coming in off a plane carries cloth grocery bags with them. Open Wrong Part-time Too much commercialization and not enough infrastructure to support it- -even if it was warranted. Can't stand the junking up of the top of the MT in the summer with all the activities. It trashes the top. Not enough parking in the winter. Shopping is horrible --either t -shirts or way too high end. Nothing in the middle. Skiing has been great this year and the MT has been well kept. Simplify. Stop overdoing everything to make a buck. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 40 July 5, 2016 - Page 120 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Open Wrong Part-time We feel the homeowners have little say in what they Town Council decides for our community growth. Open Wrong Part-time Why can't I ride my 'fat tire' bike on the Vail Recreation Department run Nordic track? I pay taxes for it and can't use it. Open Wrong Own I own a business in town, skier days are always up (probably due to the business Epic Pass) but I hear retail in general from staff in stores and owners that only retail is not doing well (this can be born our by looking at town Sales Tax. I also think the Sunday Market is not as good as it used to be and have had complaints from turists saying the market is now just stalls for existing stores. It seem to me the town needs to get more fortune 500 people in town, the occupancy report for the last year has been really bad every month. Open Wrong Own TOV can be overbearing, intrusive, self -validating, non-responsive to the business will of average citizens only Open Wrong Get mail Becoming too busy to feel exclusive only Open Wrong Get mail Vail is like a big city now. When we first bought a condo, in 1969, it was only like a little Tyrolean village. Open Wrong council is way too old, just like our Congress Open Don't know Year-round As a local raising children here I would really like to see some indoor tennis courts. Most ski resort towns have them. As my children are good skiers I do look for other activities in the community during the winter for them, not to mention I play myself. With the loss of the cascade courts we have no options. As a community indoor courts are a needed and desired thing. Open Don't know Year-round As a resident I don't find myself very involved in what is happening with the town of vail. Open Don't know Year-round Between the politics, the rhetoric, Vail Resorts, and the newspaper, it's difficult to get a handle on what is really working. I think it's going well, but maybe not.... Open Don't know Year-round Doing a lot for the tourists but not much for those of us who live here Open Don't know Year-round higher density on all new construction larger, taller blogs. more people in valley causing problems Open Don't know Year-round I am a newer resident. I work with many people who have lived here for decades and they have many negative and positive things to say. Most of what I hear is that things were better before the crowds were as big as today and development was less. Open Don't know Year-round I am not sure if the moves of the Town of Vail are considering both its current demographic and a future demographic that will ultimately take the place of the current resident population Open Don't know Year-round I am too busy to pay attention. Open Don't know Year-round I don't feel informed about things. Open Don't know Year-round I don't feel like Vail has gone 'off track' but I wish the town would put *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 41 July 5, 2016 - Page 121 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? more focus on the people living and working in Vail. (Lack of housing, affordability and cost of living) Open Don't know Year-round I enjoy progress, but I adore serenity. At times, events are too much. I think we could limit the amount of certain events each year. Also, I think we should encourage street vendors more often. Not all the time, but it would be nice to enjoy local fare from locals every once in awhile. Open Don't know Year-round I feel there are a lot of positives the town does, for example, offer recycling bags, which was a great initiative, but I am not sure if the Town has anything to do with closing day so early, but nobody likes that. Open Don't know Year-round I hope the improved golf clubhouse does not continue to be such an issue Open Don't know Year-round i see a lot of progress being made as it pertains to the town, but it feels as though profits, growing sales tax and attracting new visitors is always the priority. I'd like to see a shift to taking care of our vail proper locals first. it's getting harder to live her year round as a local and keep employees that can live with our current housing situation and can be frustrating to see things like a highway project, golf course/nordic center rebuild, etc being front and center instead of a sense of urgency around our housing shortage. Open Don't know Year-round I'm happy that there will be no sale of pot in Vail, but I refuse to shop at the West Vail markets because of the bag law. I drive to Avon. Open Don't know Year-round It will take some time to see what the new Town Council does, what things it acts on and what kinds of decisions it will make. I thought the last Council got badly off on the wrong track in many areas and lost some credibility with the community. Open Don't know Year-round Not a fan of some of your board members. I feel they are in it for themselves and not for the good of the community Open Don't know Year-round Not sure how to distinguish town of Vail from the influence of the ski mountain Open Don't know Year-round Overall, the Town managed things well through the great recession, but they got a few things really wrong (golf course clubhouse and shortening of hole 18 the most obvious examples). The Town can be completely tone deaf at times and the Vail Trail appears headed for a similar debacle. The cost of these missteps have been enormous and the Town's lack of fiscal discipline is astounding. Cost overruns, bloated budgets... our money could be much better spent. Open Don't know Year-round Somethings are going along fine. I think the fact that a change in zoning can happen without the entire neighborhood having to be told is crazy. Open Don't know Year-round The golf course clubhouse has been a disaster for the town and residents. It must often seem to council members that the constituency just doesn't care or want to share ideas ... but this proves otherwise. Many local residents are very busy trying to make a living and cannot or will not attend council meetings. The online weekly newsletter is a good attempt to reach out. Sadly, community gatherings seem to be timed so that working residents cannot attend, however. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 42 July 5, 2016 - Page 122 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Open Don't know Year-round The majority of the action slash movement seems to be aligned with he resort company. Open Don't know Year-round There are things that concern me. Being a resident that cannot afford to buy a house at the prices that homes sell for here; I have to rely on renting. The shortage of rental units is something that is of high concern for me. Open Don't know Year-round to much waste of time and money ie: police and some staff. more should be spent on neighborhoods Open Don't know Year-round Too much money spent on underpass. Guaranteed to go over budget Open Don't know Year-round Underpass will be helpful, additional parking and employee housing are still no where near adequate. It's great to see the free concerts, and various activities that take place throughout the year. Open Don't know Year-round VR is wagging the town in the wrong way; witness their recent passive- aggressive stance on extending the season at the last minute, guaranteeing a black eye for local vendors. Open Don't know Year-round We feel that there is not much done for local and year round activities (pool, tennis,) everything outdoors is great but for a resort and town to live with small children there is not much offered. Open Don't know Year-round We just moved here in Nov 2015, so we don't know yet. Open Don't know Year-round while some of the events that the TOV gets involved in are good the free concerts during snowboard events and snowdaze sometimes bring the wrong crowd to the Vail Valley and that has a negative affect on our property owners and more affluent vacation guests. Open Don't know Work only Direction in what way? Planning? Marketing? Spending? Supporting the town employees? too vague! Open Don't know Work only I am in Vail 5 days a week and I don't feel connected with what is going. The only piece of information I have received about anything happening in Vail is when things would start happening on 1-70 with the underpass construction. Open Don't know Work only I feel that in many ways Vail is doing a great job increasing desire for visitors to come here during quieter times, staying longer and enhancing the guest's experience. As a property manager, I have found that making improvements to my facility a challenge, as there are so many hoops to jump through, and an fee attached to every one. Open Don't know Work only I haven't been here long enough to know one way or another. Open Don't know Work only I'm concerned the town council sometimes takes a unilateral approach to projects or proposed regulations. Perhaps I think they don't mean to but in such a transient town and with the representative system of the council, often the interested individuals are not present when decisions occur and return to learn something has been changed or taken away. Rules about Transportation permits/insurance requirements, parking, and recent talk about drone regs etc... all feel like the town sometimes makes a move without everyone having a real say, or vote. Open Don't know Work only Vail has grown significantly and that poses lots of new challenges. Some *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 43 July 5, 2016 - Page 123 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Would you say that things in the Town of Vail are going in the right Invite Right Year-round direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? factors (Vail Resorts business model for the Resort) are beyond the control of the town. TOV must live with the dynamic created. The mountain is on many occasions overcrowded. The town is overcrowded. Parking is beyond control in a manner that allows a good experience for the guest. The entry to town (main interchange) is overcrowded on weekends. These things diminish the resort experience. These things make local residents want to avoid the town. These things will (at some future point) force visitors to seek better experiences elsewhere. In my opinion. Open Don't know Part-time Because, I'm not sure what the right direction is. Open Don't know Part-time Do not know current economic profile of the town and why things like parking have not been addressed. Open Don't know Part-time I dont feel either right or wrong. Some things are good, some things could use improvement. Open Don't know Part-time I see alot of construction. All very high-end, vacation, 'time share' type properties. While this is good for the local economy, it totally destroys the sense of community. Open Don't know Part-time Not sure what the direction is. Open Don't know Part-time Relatively new owners Open Don't know Part-time some good things being done some bad Open Don't know Part-time Why is it so difficult to remodel old 1970 properties? Zoning has not been updated and there are many multi family units zoned primary/secondary. Why are you so against dispensaries? West vail would be perfect for one or two. There have been no problems statewide. Open Don't know Part-time You are over -run with low -rent day -boarders. This drives out the paying families. Plus, it smells like weed everywhere you walk in the village. Open Don't know Own Fiscally conservative .... at least until the $8 mil on the stream project business only Open Don't know Own I've seen both positive and negative. I think there has been some business needless spending on things around town . only Open Year-round We need to have more parking for visitors and people who live down valley. Too much money spent on free concerts which does not help the town with money or parking. Open Work only Community needs of workers remain unmet - costs of working are too high to promote stability in the community. Q. 5: In November 2015 four members were newly elected to the Vail Town Council. What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? Invite Right Year-round - To continue to keep Vail thriving and exciting. - To make decisions that *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 44 July 5, 2016 - Page 124 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? will constantly 'upgrade' the town and promote it as a premier resort destination. Invite Right Year-round 1. To mitigate the noise from 1-70 2. To continue Red Sandstone Elementary School 3. To protect my right to provide employ housing and not use public funds to provide for housing. 4. To continue providing a safe and beautiful environment to thieve in for all. Invite Right Year-round Address the parking situation with Vail Resorts. Anyone building in the TOV is required to provide parking; VR has expanded mountain capacity and activities but has not added any new parking to accommodate additional traffic. In fact, two small parking lots belonging to VR have gone away. VR needs to step up and take responsibility for helping add parking. Invite Right Year-round Be leaders. Invite Right Year-round believe so. Invite Right Year-round Continue the trend of economic vitality while also focusing on a balanced community Invite Right Year-round Continue the trends and goals established by the previous Council. Don't mess it up. More carefully evaluate the benefits of events vis-a-vis quality of life for residents. Invite Right Year-round continue to encourage appropriate events to drive tourists to the community. work to alleviate the affordable housing issue. thing out of the box to creatively solve problems and work toward creating a more vibrant town including more diverse shops and restaurants. Invite Right Year-round Continue to have town meetings to inform us on all the happenings Invite Right Year-round Continue with forward movement and thinking Invite Right Year-round Continued collaboration Invite Right Year-round Develop mid to long range plan for Vail development and review with residents. Invite Right Year-round Disc Golf course in East Vail. Invite Right Year-round Don't get rolled by Vail Resorts like every other council!! Make Vail Resorts build their own employee housing and don't let them evade or negotiate the amount of housing required. Quit kicking the parking can down the road!! Build more parking garages and make the tourists pay for it, especially front range day trippers. Invite Right Year-round employee housing Invite Right Year-round Employee housing. Ensuring high quiality family life/destination Invite Right Year-round Environmental Focus - Restore the Gore Maintain bike path from Donovan to Lionshead better; explore equipment to groom it in the winter and maintain it better so that we can pull kids on our sleds and ski (it is very shaded) - as of now some is plowed and it gets very icy, other parts are not maintained Invite Right Year-round Find the right balance of growth and development. Continue to work on employee housing solutions. Invite Right Year-round Focus on creating a plan with Vail Resorts to bring employee housing opportunities into alignment with resort growth. Additionally, address a *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 45 July 5, 2016 - Page 125 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? long-term plan on how to provide a family -friendly community within the TOV, not just down -valley. Invite Right Year-round Follow through on their campaign pledges. Three of the four seem to believe the same types of things, so in conjunction with at least a couple other Council members they will accomplish a lot. Invite Right Year-round Fresh perspective Invite Right Year-round From what we hear, stop fighting so much in council, reduce time and money on extensive research and make faster decisions. How many long and more expensive years did it take to approve the Timber Ridge project? Too much talk about bringing in new visitors and start building more parking to accommodate them and locals. Why no parking on north frontage rd west of Shell station from Mon. to Thurs. so more locals can easily park there and take the bus? Invite Right Year-round Futuristic vision for Vail, balancing the needs to promote growth and at the same time, maintain the integrity and uniqueness of our skiing/activity culture. Vail can't only be a village for our national and international visitors, it also needs to focus on our locals. Continued eagerness to engage local citizens in decision making. Address housing issues. Try to collaborate with Vail Associates to return skiing to a 'safe' sport where you don't fear for your life when you take to the slopes. I believe the lack of safety on the mountain is a major issue that will obviously lead to more accidents and will drive people, both locals and visitors, to other ski areas. I could go on and on about this,... but any local knows the dangers of the slopes. FAST skiers, a pretty ineffective Yellow Coat program, people skiing away from collisions, etc. Invite Right Year-round Hopes for substantial expansion of affordable housing for workforce, increased push back against private interest development of public lands including previously designated, taxpayer purchased open lands. Invite Right Year-round Hoping for better quality of life for year round residents and families. Wages are horrible for the masses and housing is very expensive. Something needs to give; it isn't sustainable. Invite Right Year-round I hope that the Council will work collaboratively together to make decisions for the overall good of the residents of Vail, and recognize that the best decisions may involve compromise. I expect that the Council will focus on ways to improve and maintain the vitality and sense of community of the Town of Vail. Invite Right Year-round I hope that the current council *maximizes* the last opportunity that we have to build deed restricted housing. I would encourage smaller sizing the units (within reason) if to get even 1 or 2 more dwelling spaces. Each additional unit matters, it really does. Invite Right Year-round I hope that they are able to look at moving our town into the future to maintain it's livelihood as well as provide a more stable environment for families. Invite Right Year-round I hope the town will turn away from it's outdated and misinformed policies toward the sale and use of cannabis in our town. In a town that celebrates the consumption of alcoholic beverages second only to *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 46 July 5, 2016 - Page 126 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? snowsports, the town continues it's hypocrisy toward this healthy substance, favoring alcohol and even cigarettes (which can be consumed publicly, while cannabis can't be). We should have a high end dispensary or two in the village, as well as a cannabis club or two in order to make a meager attempt to 'Treat Marijuana Like Alcohol', as voted for by 75% of Vail voters in 2014. Invite Right Year-round I think this there is great new blood in this group and have high expectations as they make important decisions for this community. Being under the spotlight as a destination resort, this gives the town the opportunity to make impacts far beyond our community. Vail can really be a leader in affordable housing programs, environmental initiatives, etc if they chose to be. Invite Right Year-round I truly hope that they come through on initiatives to help reduce the housing problems. Invite Right Year-round I would like them to read ahead of meetings and be prepared. As I watch council meeting on tv, often it seems as though the council members are not prepared for what is being discussed. They have to 'do their homework'. Invite Right Year-round I would like to see more city presence in East Vail .... I think that East Vail gets the short end of city services..... flowers/ traffic control/ notice to homeowners on major construction ... ie guards for the bridges..... Speeding on Streamside Circle and Meadow Drive has alsways been a ongoing problem. Ed Padilla 4532 Streamside 732 673 1443 Invite Right Year-round Identify needs of residents and follow through to see that those needs are fulfilled. Invite Right Year-round I'm hoping they will do something to address the i70 noise. Whether it be a wall, or berms with trees or something. It has just gotten louder as the years go on and makes us not want to sit out on our balconies. And we aren't even that close to the highway. It also can be heard practically all the way up the Berry Picker hike in the summertime. Invite Right Year-round Improving on communication and keeping the Twon moving in a positive direction. Invite Right Year-round It seems like a major consideration is more and more events to bring more and more people into Vail. Providing customers for our hotels, restaurants, shops, etc., is important. However, I think things may be going too far in this direction. I like calmer times as well as bustling times. I like less traffic, less congestion, more of a 'smell the roses' feeling. It seems frenetic at times. Invite Right Year-round Keep doing a good job --- There are some very capable folks, and I hope they can shine I I Invite Right Year-round keep improving town and not being bullied by rich nimbi owners. Of course still keep trying for consensus. Invite Right Year-round Keep locals in mind Invite Right Year-round Keep making vail green, keep up the free buses Invite Right Year-round Keep moving in the right direction -employee housing, Chamonix project. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 47 July 5, 2016 - Page 127 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? Invite Right Year-round Keep the history of the Town and vision of founders in sight while supporting tasteful and high quality growth. Do not fall victim to money hungry developers who have only their interests in mind and will do anything to line their pockets regardless of how it affects the Town. Continue to keep pot shops out of Vail; there is no place for that type of business in a family and health conscious community. Invite Right Year-round Keep Vail a unique and beautiful mountain town for both residents and tourists. Invite Right Year-round Keep Vail number 1 resort. And live able community Invite Right Year-round Limit future growth until the parking and overcrowding during peak periods is addressed Invite Right Year-round Listen to and act on behalf of citizens' requests; Keep locals in mind when making decisions; Continue capital improvement projects; Continue with keeping Vail a world-class destination year-round Invite Right Year-round Maintain the town economic stability. Spend money wisely. Get the business community more financially invested in special event funding and reduce tax dollars. Invite Right Year-round More affordable living for locals. Invite Right Year-round more collaboration and sensitivity to homeowners as well as business Invite Right Year-round More, easier recycling, especially for our guests. Invite Right Year-round move foreward on local housing and parking issues Invite Right Year-round move forward on west vail housing Invite Right Year-round Not having each owns agenda. Being responsible. Invite Right Year-round Perspective of those who live in the community, but may work outside of it. Perspective of those who are not self-employed. Invite Right Year-round please do something about locals and short term housing Invite Right Year-round Preserve open space Invite Right Year-round Promote more sustainable and environmental friendly alternatives for most of the activities done within the town of Vail. Encourage business owners, citizens, and tourists to have more sustainable practices and the benefits it will bring in the long road. Invite Right Year-round Remember that not everyone in the town, both year round and seasonal, are wealthy. It appears we are doing less and less for our seasonal workers, making it harder and harder for them to afford to live here and making it impossible for an averaged income individual to own a home or raise a family here. We are pushing out the average resident. Invite Right Year-round See above Invite Right Year-round See answer above ... Vail has had the unique position of being able to balance the needs/wants of its regular citizens with the needs/wants of the those with no real 'stake' in what goes on here, other than as a recreational community/part-time community. The past ten years or so have seemed like a shift toward the 'part-timers'...hopefully this signals our opportunity to get back to being a 'real' town. Invite Right Year-round shift priorities from spending ridiculous amounts of money on a clubhouse for our municipal golf course, try to work on the parking *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 48 July 5, 2016 - Page 128 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? problem, affordable housing - the new timber ridge is a bigger eye sore than the old, and spend time and resources to improve and possibly expand red sandstone school. which is a very importand and neglected part of our community. Invite Right Year-round Stop doing everything that Vail Resorts wants them too. Remember that we are a town not just a resort. Invite Right Year-round Take stock of what's happening. Reinforce/strengthen good things, add/drop as needed based on expectations, performance, importance. Keep essential municipal services great - street maintenance, plowing, parking, fire, police, etc., and take care of assets - both in the built (town hall, Dobson, library...) and natural environment (Gore Creek, trails). Invite Right Year-round That any new building projects will be carefully decided and restraint used. Hopefully affordable housing for seasonal workers will be addressed. Invite Right Year-round That any new development is carefully considered. That the natural beauty and the last bit of open space is valued. Affordable housing and seasonal rentals should be a priority. Making it a little easier for young people to come work for a season or two. Invite Right Year-round That the TOV council finds ways to in courage property owners to continue to upgrade their properties inside and out! Invite Right Year-round That they are not afraid to do what it takes to keep Vail at or near the top of world class ski resorts Invite Right Year-round That they are truly thoughtful and take the necessary time to make important decisions... truly considering the long term impact of their actions. Invite Right Year-round That they bring innovative and creative solutions to the town's challenges Invite Right Year-round That they can maintain that balance between world class resort and cozy village feel. Invite Right Year-round That they continue to support very high quality improvements throughout the Town. And that the younger members contribute effectively. Invite Right Year-round That they focus on concerns and interest of citizens not just businesses. Most businesses are not owned by TOV residents. Invite Right Year-round that they get up to speed understanding the ordinances and regulations that the town was built on. sometimes you can't be nice to everyone, rules are there for a reason Invite Right Year-round That they realize how hard it is to stay here and build a family. Housing is a huge issue and this past winter it lead to an employment issue as well. I'm concerned that if things don't change less and less people will chose to live in Vail and raise their families here. We need to build the community of people who actually live here. Invite Right Year-round That they will work with the residence who live in the Vail Commons to negate the $150.00 land lease deal that each home owner has to pay to the town. We are in need of new roofs and paint jobs and the homeowners dues have been significantly increased. The $150.00 would *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 49 July 5, 2016 - Page 129 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? be used as a special fund for these projects. A special assessment may be in the near future and this extra cash would help put a dent in that assessment. We are not wealthy residents and other deed restricted properties do not have this land lease. Thank you. Invite Right Year-round That we continue to grow in a way that stays true to our underlying values. Invite Right Year-round The current council still needs to focus on the balance of top class international destination resort whilst retaining the community spirit and soul so that people still want to live here. Invite Right Year-round The new team seems fresh, intellegent and very connected to the community. My hopes are the new concil keeps the town intimate and user friendly for locals and guests. Invite Right Year-round they find the balance between growth and quality of life. Invite Right Year-round Think about 20 years from now not tomorrow Invite Right Year-round To always listen to the residents of Vail especially us year round residents Invite Right Year-round To be open to listening and working with residents to move in a positive direction. The new council members and Mayor are doing a great job. Invite Right Year-round To bring Vail to the forefront of small affluent communities in terms of environmental leadership and intellectual/cultural partnerships. Bravo and the International dance festival are positive examples, but not enough. Invite Right Year-round To continue on a good pace while being conscientious of the environment and all the creatures who inhabit this area with us. We really wish at least some of the mountain was designated for skiers and snowboarders only - we know this is Vail Resorts area but maybe the Council could help push for this. Invite Right Year-round To continue the improvements and upgrades to our town and to continue to bring in new events that bring more people and revenue to town. Invite Right Year-round To continue to maintain and expand the trail system Invite Right Year-round To continue to push the town to be visionary, rather than reactionary, to work to ensure that people who live here year-round have a majority voice compared to part-time residents and visitors Invite Right Year-round To continue to support the local working population of the town to help them to continue to afford to live here. Invite Right Year-round To do when they said they would do in their campaigns! Invite Right Year-round To keep progressing in a positive way Invite Right Year-round To keep things green and clean and costs in line with inflation Invite Right Year-round to listen and act on citizen input Invite Right Year-round To listen to ALL voices. Invite Right Year-round To listen to the citizens needs not just focusing on profit gains. Invite Right Year-round To maintain our quality of life we have now and cave in to all the changes happening around us. Invite Right Year-round to make the town of Vail better. Invite Right Year-round To provide continued vision while respecting the non -VR family business *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 50 July 5, 2016 - Page 130 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? rewuirements Invite Right Year-round Very High - I love our new town council members! Invite Right Year-round Year around citizens need always be first and foremost on the minds of the council. Without the core year around workers in this town, it isn't likely the town/resort would work smoothly. Invite Right Work only Couldn't really comment --unsure Invite Right Work only Excited to see what new ideas each offers. Invite Right Work only Individually seek out public input. Do not stay within your circle of friends. Invite Right Work only Not sure even whom was nominated. But thankful that there are honest motivated people that care enough to be involved in the community that they live in. Keeping sustainable practices at the forefront of our community is important. Invite Right Work only Open-minded Invite Right Work only Open-minded and progressive Invite Right Work only That they always take the long view. Make decisions based on what's best for the next twenty, fifty or a hundred years ... not necessarily the immediate future. Invite Right Work only That they listen to and consider the concerns of residents and workers. Invite Right Work only We need to keep the town moving in a new direction with new events and new construction. Invite Right Part-time 1. address affordable housing issue for seasonal employees 2. address affordable housing issue for full-time residents 3. revisit highway underground to free up land for housing and parks Invite Right Part-time 1. Address the parking issues. I found it disappointing that the playing fields near the Vail parking structure weren't leveraged for underground parking. The fields could have been maintained on top. 2. Work with Vail Resorts to provide more affordable housing for those who live and work in Vail. Invite Right Part-time Address the tough issues, be approachable and communicate. Invite Right Part-time attempt to make decisions that protect what is unique to the Town. We have gone too far in becoming 'cookie cutter' for the short term gain. If we are not unique and able to distinguish what makes us different, why would guests return? They will continue to explore other opportunities that may offer a more memorable and unique experience than what we offer .... which is convenience but not much different from where many come from. Are we a western heritage and the home of the one and only 10th Army division, orjust another resort that is like so many others. Invite Right Part-time Balancing the needs of all citizens -- the homeowners and the want -to -be home owners. Invite Right Part-time Be reasonable with expenditures. Pay your employees more. A completed golf course project. Invite Right Part-time Conscientious assessment of problems and solutions. Invite Right Part-time Continue monitoring development, making sure ample affordable housing and parking is provided Invite Right Part-time Continue on the current path. Allow more retail zoning *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 51 July 5, 2016 - Page 131 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? Invite Right Part-time Continue path as outlined by the previous group(s) Invite Right Part-time Continue the path to grow and expand in a reasonable manner. Invite Right Part-time Continue to make a Vail a great place to live. Vail needs an indoor venue for the Arts like Aspen and Beaver Creek have (i.e.. Wheeler, Belly Up, Vilar) Invite Right Part-time Continue to make Vail a year around destination world class Invite Right Part-time Continue to promote growth and initiate Ever Vail development Invite Right Part-time Continued improvement of services. Invite Right Part-time Continuity with past councils. Invite Right Part-time Continuous improvement of the community Invite Right Part-time Control the Growth Invite Right Part-time Dealing with overcrowding, traffic, parking and prices of amenities/skiing/food Invite Right Part-time Don't know Invite Right Part-time Don't know them individually. Hope they are in tune with current vail demographics-- full time residents parttime residents and visitors. all matter seems like the past focus has been full time residents and tourists Invite Right Part-time Don't ruin it!! Invite Right Part-time Expanded parking options during busy seasons would be very helpful such as during holidays and weekends in ski season, farmers market Sundays and Soccer weeks during the summer. There also needs to be an increase in affordable housing or our workers won't be able to continue coming to Vail for employment. Invite Right Part-time Fair development and enforcement of rules, regulations and zoning criteria. Invite Right Part-time Focus on known challenges while maintaining the things that work okay. Invite Right Part-time Get tougher on the use of marijuana on the slopes! Invite Right Part-time Help to keep vail and vail resorts on the same course Invite Right Part-time I am new to owning a home in Vail. At this point it would be hard to express an appropriate answer. Invite Right Part-time I am sincerely hoping the 1-70 reconstruction will proceed in a very suitable way. Where can I see a model of the plan??? Invite Right Part-time I am watching their actions closely. Invite Right Part-time i don't keep up with that. sorry Invite Right Part-time I don't vote in Colorado and I don't know what the council's activities. Invite Right Part-time I have had little if any contact or expectations with the council. As long as there are not great impacts on every day life the council just needs to be a fair arbiter and keep a balance between Vail Associates and private residents. Invite Right Part-time I hope the Council continues to consider the needs of all the property owners and visitors to our community, Invite Right Part-time I hope the council will continue to address parking issues, affordable housing and making Vail a great place to live. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 52 July 5, 2016 - Page 132 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? Invite Right Part-time I hope they continue efforts to improve Vail and make it the number one all season resort in Colorado. Invite Right Part-time I hope they will continue to look at parking issues in town. Employee housing issues in the valley always a problem too. Invite Right Part-time I want the Council to get Gore Creek back to Gold Water status. I want C to encourage residents to not use Round Up on dandelions. I want the town to get rid of or stop buying toilets that flush more than once if you don't get out of the stall quickly. I want the C to vote against any commercial use( such as La Cantina) of the area outside the ski museum. The remodel of the museum will be done well, I'm sure, but the symmetrical steps leading down with the beautiful flowering trees must not be changed. I consider Vail's parking garage and the berm that hides it a 'Wonder of the world ' and the town council that voted in that expensive project had amazing forsight. It is worth every penny. So in other words, I want the C to consider the beauty and health of the environment above everything. Invite Right Part-time I would like to see them look at the town from a livability viewpoint. It seems like the town has viewed its residents as a source of income rather than its community. Parking is a real problem but you can't park on the streets anywhere. The absurd banning of plastic bags at the grocery stores is another example. Invite Right Part-time Improve parking for residents. Invite Right Part-time Improvement of traffic management, mitigate the excessive property taxes encourage an improved traffic flow to skiers on the mountain. Invite Right Part-time Keep a reasonable rein on building codes; look at parking, but if it is a limited time (weekends) consider the ROI before adding parking; keep up on the recycling efforts and making events green Invite Right Part-time Keep locals in mind when dealing with tourist issues Invite Right Part-time Keep pushing being a global small town leader in environmental protection. Invite Right Part-time keep the pot shops down valley cost control on golf clubhouse project Invite Right Part-time keep the summit party on the slopes in summit county, keep it high end family fun Invite Right Part-time Keep the town going but not out of reach of all income levels. Invite Right Part-time keep the town safe and clean --no pot shops Invite Right Part-time Keep up a proud tradition Invite Right Part-time keep up the good work Invite Right Part-time Keep up the good work. Don't get sidetracked. Invite Right Part-time Keep Vail as a year round destination point Invite Right Part-time Keeping decision making process transparent Invite Right Part-time Keeping transportation system forward thinking --buses and reducing congestion/parking options. Keep the music venue at Ford park --my favorite summertime entertainment Vision for the future Invite Right Part-time Less bureaucracy. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 53 July 5, 2016 - Page 133 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? Invite Right Part-time More of the same with improvements where reasonable Invite Right Part-time Move TOV forward! Invite Right Part-time Need to solve the traffic and parking problems during winter weekends and peak summer weekends. Invite Right Part-time no opinion Invite Right Part-time our hopes are clearly for a continued prosperous Vail, but we are also concerned about rising costs and difficult parking. Invite Right Part-time Perhaps increased communication? Invite Right Part-time Please address the very cumbersome process for approving building projects. The staff handling applications are wonderful, the requirements are not all related to safety, which is really what matters in a community. At $1m+ an acre, no one is painting a house pink. Invite Right Part-time Protect real estate values. Make planning decisions that improve the Town and its services. Invite Right Part-time put restrictions on building any more fractional condos (market currently overbuilt). Invite Right Part-time Reign in Vail Resorts Invite Right Part-time Remain open to unique family needs. Remain accessible. Continue communications. Retain high quality of necessary service options. Keep roads open and safe. Invite Right Part-time Stay reasonable and listen to the citizens Invite Right Part-time That they continue to keep the Town of Vail on a growth track. Invite Right Part-time That they have a long term vision for the town. Invite Right Part-time That they listen to those who elected them, listen to all their issues and concerns and then be the voice of the people so that important topics move forward Invite Right Part-time That they will consider the wishes of all constituents in the community Invite Right Part-time That they will continue to support bringing in prominent events, that they will not overspend, and that they will be responsible with our tax dollars. Invite Right Part-time That they will keep our community's best interest at heart and that they will not allow pot shops in our beautiful valley. Invite Right Part-time That they will make informed decisions that are good for all the residents and the area. Invite Right Part-time That they will make Vail a better place to live year round. Invite Right Part-time These positions are service positions, so our expectations are that they consider a well balanced viewpoints and promote continued growths of the town. The town relies on tourism, plain and simple. Overt protectionism will only make Vail into a backward sleepy town. There is a way to maintain the serenity while growing into a vibrant cultural hub. Invite Right Part-time They collaborate on decisions, listen to the residents, view all aspects of impact of decisions, understand the budget and stay within the dollars available and plan if there are any overruns, continue to revisit items to be decided on and if still affordable, necessary, and timely. Invite Right Part-time They continue the town development as outline by prior Board *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 54 July 5, 2016 - Page 134 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? Invite Right Part-time To continue approaching Vail as a 'World Class' resort, and keeping the first class image Invite Right Part-time To continue as the town council has in the past and listen to the people in making important decisions. Invite Right Part-time To continue managing the town with emphasis on the enviornment and forward looking development opportunities while managing the budget within income expectations Invite Right Part-time To continue the positive direction of Vail. Turning the Town into a World Class location in both winter and summer. Invite Right Part-time To continue to keep part time residents informed of current projects, proposals, etc Invite Right Part-time to keep Vail affordable for average locals. Keep bus service high, to keep Vail from being too crowded when not high ski season. To continue to promote public events, October fest, Burton us open, etc. To promote bicycle use. Invite Right Part-time To make decisions in the best interest of all citizens of Vail and the businesses of Vail. Invite Right Part-time To stop letting Vail Resorts buy up and own all the restaurants, hotels and shops. Invite Right Part-time Unsure. Invite Right Part-time We currently do not have any information provided to us..We do not use our mailing address in Vail for anything. Our property taxes are addressed to our home in Broomfield, as well as all of our utilities, etc. I do think we should be better notified of local government information. Invite Right Part-time With the addition of Kim Langmaid, I am hoping to see the town become even more environmentally aware and sustainable. With Jen Mason, I hope to see cultural activities flourish. Invite Right Part-time work together to get ever vail going, improve parking Invite Right Own caring and changing with the times business only Invite Right Own Council address immediately housing at Donovan Park Phase 2. Also, business Phase 3 if possible. only Invite Right Own Housing for employees 170 Underpass construction business only Invite Right Own I was unaware of the election and who were elected. business only Invite Right Own Keep some land as un -developed as possible. It is great to see a few open business spaces still within the town proper. only Invite Right Own Keeping the vision for Vail true, that it is primarily a family friendly business recreation area, and that it needs to continue to build extreme skiing, *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 55 July 5, 2016 - Page 135 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? only luxury leisure activities, while at the same time ensuring affordability for growing families - the next generation of skiers. Resiliency, sustainability. Invite Right Own Not sure business only Invite Right Own nothing comes to mind business only Invite Right Own Reduce taxes. business only Invite Right Own To bring high end events to the Vail Valley. And to address employee business housing only Invite Right Own Would love to see the town do something about highway noise pollution. business only Invite Right Get mail Affordable housing only Invite Right Get mail Continue to guide wise growth and address long term challenges while only being fiscally conservative and responsible to the voters. Invite Right Get mail Continued focus on driving the economy forward and supporting only businesses Invite Right Get mail Keep Vail moving in the right direction only Invite Right Get mail New thinking and open to creative ideas in town. Stuck too long in the old only school mentality Invite Right Get mail We are in Vail approximately 50 days per year. We are not very engaged only with the Vail Town Council at this time. We hope to be more engaged in future years. Invite Wrong Year-round Affordable housing - for year-round professionals (not just families) Shared work space Conference center Maintain the upward momentum of the past council with new initiatives without losing the ground we have made with past councils (esp event, vlmd) Invite Wrong Year-round As mentioned above, working to keep the Town of Vail from getting too big and overcrowded Invite Wrong Year-round Attention to public concerns. Invite Wrong Year-round Better communication with year round & second homeowner residents. Less hidden agendas on the part of the council. Would like to see more open discussions of future planned development. More priority given to employee housing & infrastructure to support our residents & seasonal residents, ie. parking & traffic. Instead of a new City Hall How about another Parking Garage? Invite Wrong Year-round Bring new ideas to an already bustling town. Invite Wrong Year-round Creating a more uniform council who's single vision can move *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 56 July 5, 2016 - Page 136 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? development, industry and tourism in Vail to a more fair and equitable state. Invite Wrong Year-round Demand more of a financial investment in housing, labor, and open space from the town's primary financial constituent, Vail Resorts. Ask citizens to approve taxes and support legislation that support the town's mission to achieve a more livable, well-rounded economy. Make sure the Chamonix housing project is high-quality, even if it means waiting a bit longer for the project to be completed. Streamline the airbnb and other rental by owner tax and revenue processes to encourage these services. Same goes for Uber, etc. These services augment existing forms of world- class services, they do not need excessive regulation, and they allow for a more diverse guest experience in Vail that touches more sectors of the economy than a 'packaged' experience. Repeal the stupid bag ban; this legislation reeks of elitism; you go to Walmart and the plastic bags are everywhere, just 5 minutes down the road and blowing with the wind right up through Dowd Junction into our little town anyway. Invite Wrong Year-round Finally address the parking issue Strong emphasis on Gore Creek quality improvement Invite Wrong Year-round Focus on infrastructure, mainly the need to enlarge or rebuild parking structures. Lower cost of weekday parking to make the structures more affordable and increase utilization and income. Keep parking free in summer Drop the idea of building a new municipal building, rehab where necessary Invite Wrong Year-round Great new people) I I I hope they are able to influence decisions in a way that compliments the natural environment of the valley Invite Wrong Year-round Hopefully bring this town back to a friendly and helpful community Invite Wrong Year-round How to make Vail inviting to a crowd that has some financial means. Invite Wrong Year-round I am hoping that the council members spend the time and get the instruction needed to understand their role as it pertains to the all the citizens of Vail. They need to understand their responsibility to the community as a whole rather than to their friends or personal interests. They also certainly need to be educated on zoning and land use issues as well as to show up completely prepared for the meetings. It's a big job, they each asked for it, step up and do it right. Invite Wrong Year-round I dont know. Invite Wrong Year-round I hope that they will bring a long range vision that will include less corporate owned entities in town, better employee rental situations, bringing families back into the town with incentives. Invite Wrong Year-round I hope the council considers full time residents over tourists. Invite Wrong Year-round I hope the town council members will provide for the locals who actually live here all year round and are responsible for service driven in this valley. Invite Wrong Year-round I was hopeful they would reach out and support the local community. Stop the lawsuits, stop increasing the price of redevelopments that the locals are against, stop trying to be shady about redeveloping the *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 57 July 5, 2016 - Page 137 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? administrative offices. Invite Wrong Year-round I would like to see a big effort in cleaning up Gore Creek. I would also like to see some employee housing on the Chamonix site that is what the prospective buyers would like Invite Wrong Year-round I would love to see the town finally do something about parking. I dont mean add more spots. I mean lets finally start ticketing the idiots that cant figure out how to park in one spot! We are so limited as it is and you let clowns get away with that because they are tourists. (I am pretty sure they have parking lots where they live too) Invite Wrong Year-round It's nice to see fresh, younger faces on the council. We need some new ideas for growth and sustainability. I've always been curious to the town's financial statements. Invite Wrong Year-round Keep working towards keeping families in Vail. Invite Wrong Year-round Less expansion or goverment Invite Wrong Year-round Make affordable housing a reality for year-long citizens Not sure how to phrase this, but Vail is a FOOD DESERT, despite the multiple restaurants. The only time locals eat out is restaurant week, when the quality of food is offered at a reasonable price. Highway Noise - I will move from Vail despite everything Vail offers because it is a Luxury Truck Stop. Invite Wrong Year-round Make this an affordable friendly and prosperous community Invite Wrong Year-round More affordable housing! Invite Wrong Year-round More Family/ Local oriented Develelopments Invite Wrong Year-round New visionaries who understand the Vail brand isn't enough anymore to attract new, wealthy, good citizens to visit the town. That other mountain towns events, weekends, concerts are being explored to promote new ideas for Vail. Many would like to see the town council approve concerts and events in town that not only boost the lodging, but also highlight retail and restaurants in the town. Thinking about the demographics of who will be attending the events and the public image the attendees do for the town. Invite Wrong Year-round no hope in the newly elected Invite Wrong Year-round No more drugs in town. Do not make it legal to buy. Please enforce the no smoking. And please do not put the smoking area as you walk into town and at the top of bridge street near restaurants. we should be more health conscious for our active residents! Invite Wrong Year-round No real expectations, just hope for no more disappointments, i.e., non- communication and not listening. Invite Wrong Year-round None. Invite Wrong Year-round Open up opportunities for new business opportunity and housing upgrades. Reign in VR and their self serving projects which burden the TOV. Invite Wrong Year-round Pay more attention to locals' and residential neighborhood needs. Invite Wrong Year-round Please do something more than lip service to housing. Why couldn't lions head Ridge been three stories higher. I realize it would have cost more. Not nearly what it will cost to put housing in Dowd junction. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 58 July 5, 2016 - Page 138 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? Invite Wrong Year-round realize downvalley implications and impact of of the front range skier Invite Wrong Year-round Reduce density and keep shoulder seasons without special events. Invite Wrong Year-round Reduce spending. The current level is not sustainable. Be fiscally responsible. Invite Wrong Year-round Reduce the huge numbers of people coming here for special events who do not spend any money in town -we are attracting the wrong demographic. Get the cars off the Frontage roads before someone gets killed Invite Wrong Year-round Reverse the deterioration of Vail into an overly crowded carnival. Invite Wrong Year-round Simplify, don't over regulate, consider the financial impact of your actions, it's not your job to fix everything that is wrong with the world. Invite Wrong Year-round stop allowing the skiing and parking problems to continue to get worse. it is very difficult to ski safely on the mountain. parking on frontage roads is very dangerous. Do not fill in the months of April, May, October, November with any events. We need a rest. Invite Wrong Year-round That they are more open minded than the last council. Invite Wrong Year-round That they consider the issues I described above, make it easier to contact them, and also consider how many retirees live here and are moving here. Invite Wrong Year-round That they focus on needs of residents and quit giving so much money to businesses that are not even owned by TOV residents Invite Wrong Year-round They don't raise taxes Invite Wrong Year-round To address some of the above to see if money can be better spent/saved Invite Wrong Year-round to be better in tune with the working local who works year around and is depended on to volunteer for various things .one can not find parking in winter and it is expensive to park and ski thus only splurge on powder days .forget it otherwise. Invite Wrong Year-round To be more attentive to the locals needs and wants Invite Wrong Year-round To listen to the residence of the TOV. Invite Wrong Year-round To look at building codes that allow monster buildings on small lots. An example would be lot size vs building size or how building heights are determined. So many of these things seem to be more aligned with profit than what makes sense. Invite Wrong Year-round To quit wasting money on stupid projects like the Chamonix housing project. Invite Wrong Work only Do events that bring in the right kind of clientele that support business Invite Wrong Work only Hooray!!!! Some younger working people are on the council now!! Invite Wrong Work only I don't really have any, because it seems when the people that are finally in an elected position, they forget they are working for the people of the town and not themselves and their own interests. I don't have the ability to vote for council members, so I can't really say much about what they do/don't do. Invite Wrong Work only Listen to and act upon the peoples requests Invite Wrong Part-time A more balanced approach to creating a more livable TOV *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 59 July 5, 2016 - Page 139 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? Invite Wrong Part-time As a part-time resident our main concerns are that the Council make the TOV a wonderful destination, livable with recreation and parking. One complaint is the speed of drivers along the frontage roads where we cycle. The speed limits are too high to begin with, and then most drivers drive faster than the allowed limits. There needs to be strict enforcement. On Lionsridge Loop as well, where we walk our dogs! Invite Wrong Part-time Enforce noice and speed laws. Use signage and state-of-the-art noice volume sensing with electronic ticketing for violators - trucks and motorcycles. Invite Wrong Part-time Good health and happiness Invite Wrong Part-time Hope is long term direction between town needs/ quality of life for everyone, and sustainability are not overlooked and influenced by self interest. Invite Wrong Part-time I am not aware of the Council's activities Invite Wrong Part-time I hope that they will consider it their duty to improve West Vail's experience of living alongside 1-70 and the north and south frontage roads. I hope that they will recognize that people who drive through Vail on 1-70 are perceiving the west side of the town as the ugly underside of Vail. It does not make a good impression. Invite Wrong Part-time I'm always hopeful for collaborative government. Invite Wrong Part-time Less self-serving agendas Invite Wrong Part-time Listen to all the residents who pay taxes and support the town of Vail. You should be representing everyone including those who are not fortunate enough to live here full time. Invite Wrong Part-time Listening more to input of residents (full and part-time). Currently, businesses seem to have all the influence. Invite Wrong Part-time More attention given to part-time home owners in local government. Invite Wrong Part-time More focus on the town and residents to insure a vibrant community that fits that is respectful to the environment without solely bowing to Vail Assoc and developers. Invite Wrong Part-time More forms of engagement. As a part time resident I pay my share of the bills, but do not get representation because I cannot come to meetings. Meetings should be online or somehow allow part time residents better representation. Invite Wrong Part-time My hopes is that the insane construction and continued expansion of the town and mountain just stop. It is all about revenue and bottom line rather than the residents. Try skiing Vail mountain on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Unless you are a good enough skier to disappear to Blue Sky Basin, then you might as well just stay home. The area of Flap Jack on the mountain where you ski to chairs 6 and 11 are incredibly overcrowded and dangerous at all times of the day. There are too many people all the time. You are constantly in defense mode rather than enjoying yourself in so many areas of the mountain. I've been skiing since I was a kid. And, I love it. But, the town has allowed Vail Resorts to take all the enjoyment and lifestyle out of the town. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples .11 July 5, 2016 - Page 140 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? Invite Wrong Part-time Perhaps there could be a quarterly newsletter to property owners briefly discussing what's going on. Invite Wrong Part-time Recognize who your customer is...... Invite Wrong Part-time Take a close look at revenue vs. quality of life issues. Invite Wrong Part-time That they will understand that improving quality, rather than quantity of properties needs to be the priority. Bring a supermarket back to town. Invite Wrong Part-time That they continue promoting growth in the City, while preserving the existing open space and environmentally sensitive areas within the City such as the riparian area adjacent to Middle Creek. Invite Wrong Part-time That they do a better job than the former members Invite Wrong Part-time That they look at Vail as a place to live and not as a product to sell Invite Wrong Part-time That they will tackle tough subjects like parking, crowds, and employee housing versus what are the next large events they can attract to town. Invite Wrong Part-time That they will take into consideration the feelings of the FT and PT residents of the town when making decisions. Invite Wrong Part-time That when they build affordable (deed restricted) units in West Vail that they are well built and attractive. Timber Ridge looks as bad as Arrabelle! Pick one or two fabrications/colors and don't go crazy. It looks ridiculous and tacky. Invite Wrong Part-time To act as stewards of the public assets of the town. Invite Wrong Part-time To take a closer look at the 'boom' that is taking place (and in my opinion, 'ruining' Vail); there is a huge need to balance economic development with retaining Vail's small-town charm. Invite Wrong Part-time To take a holistic view of the town and the resort experience and focus on a sustainable living and tourism experience that people towards longer term stays and not large one or two-day events that benefit few. Invite Wrong Part-time Treat all areas equally. Invite Wrong Part-time Well, my pet peeve is what I consider the wasteful expenditure for the underpass between the frontage roads between Main and West Vail. It's not that Vail is at a loss for funds, and the money in the town's coffers usually seems very fruitfully spent. But when an apparent boondoggle like this comes up, it makes me wonder. Invite Wrong Get mail To be accountable and fiscally responsible. only Invite Don't know Year-round Abandon I - 70 Underpass. Invite Don't know Year-round Better environmental development, more b2b interaction and collaboration. Invite Don't know Year-round Bone is the man! Invite Don't know Year-round Focus on realistic goals such as more employee housing Continue to drive for more eco friendly environment including cleaning up the creek and making recycling more available. Invite Don't know Year-round Housing and health care eagle county are top priorities however one cannot forget about the parking problem Invite Don't know Year-round I hope that The town will do something to help address the housing needs so average families want to stay here and live year round not just the *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 61 July 5, 2016 - Page 141 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? super wealthy who only want to vacation here. Invite Don't know Year-round I would hope they continue to be transparent with our community and look to the younger generations for advice when it comes to how to make this town better. I would also like to see people held accountable for when things do not go as planned. To see that the new golf course club house has more than double its budget and isn't even completed makes me sick. I think that there should be feet held to the fire for whomever was in charge of planning and constructing the project. I can certainly tell you budgets should be lived by and a little overage is expected, but to go from $7M to $11M that is over double the original amount. Invite Don't know Year-round i would like for them to slow down the growth of events every summer. Cleanup Gore Cr. Invite Don't know Year-round I would like the council to advocate for more services for local residents, including more affordable housing, increased discounts on parking, maintaining/expanding the trail system, and potentially adding more bus routes. Invite Don't know Year-round Increased communication and transparency. LISTEN and ACT on owner's suggests and requests. Invite Don't know Year-round keep pot shops out Invite Don't know Year-round Keep property taxes low. Invite Don't know Year-round Make visting Vail a quality experience, not alot of hassles! Invite Don't know Year-round Please give locals a break on parking. Invite Don't know Year-round Status quo. I really like the way Vail has progressed recently, and I like the direction the city is moving. No drastic changes!! Invite Don't know Year-round that it doesn't take forever for them to make decisions. Invite Don't know Year-round That they address unsustainable growth issues and housing. Invite Don't know Year-round That they consult homeowners more and have a more approachable way of interacting. I went to an environmental committee meeting and I had to wait two hours before I could say anything when in fact we might have had a more constructive dialogue if I had been able to comment on the presentation which was terrible. Invite Don't know Year-round That they deal with the issues which detract from the Vail experience such as parking. Invite Don't know Year-round That they should truly consider the needs and concerns of the public and not put their own personal agendas first. Invite Don't know Year-round They establish a clear vision for Vail that includes the existing community's view and how it is going to be achieved. Do not be distracted by everything else. Invite Don't know Year-round To be progress, but keep in mind a 'small town', if possible, feel. STOP giving everyone in Colorado easy access to the mountain via EPIC pass. Invite Don't know Year-round To do what is right for the town of Vail and its locals Invite Don't know Year-round To listen to the concerns of the citizens. Invite Don't know Year-round To make decisions that keep Vail current as a resort town but not unapproachable and too ritzy. Invite Don't know Work only To make decisions that best reflect the greater interest of the Year -Round *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 62 July 5, 2016 - Page 142 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? Community here in Vail. Invite Don't know Part-time Add more public parking and roll back overly restrictive building codes. Invite Don't know Part-time do something about east vail highway noise Invite Don't know Part-time Don't know. Invite Don't know Part-time Focus on environmental issues. From California where projects all require environmental documentations (CEQA). I know Colorado has NEPA - would hope large documents do detailed NEPA reviews Invite Don't know Part-time For them to maintain and promote the Vail experience for both residents and visitors. Invite Don't know Part-time I hope they will make decisions that benefit the people who live in town and not just focus on the tourists who come and go. Invite Don't know Part-time I wish I could comment but as a part time resident I would prefer locals to weight in on issues that they deal with everyday. Invite Don't know Part-time I would like the Council help Vail be a more live and let live community. Stop passing rules and regulations which are intrusive to people's lives. Invite Don't know Part-time Kim Langmaid will be great. Her mother is our neighbor in Boulder and we know her personally. Invite Don't know Part-time Less skier lines Need to regulate number of people on the mountain Invite Don't know Part-time Not sure how any of this is communicated to new residents. The only mailings we have received were to let us know that if we VRBO our place we better pay sales tax. Invite Don't know Part-time Preserve Quality Invite Don't know Part-time That the Town Council solicits the input of as many residents as possible and is not swayed by the more vocal special interest groups. Invite Don't know Part-time That they will balance the needs of the residents with the desires of Vail Associates. Invite Don't know Part-time That they will be good listeners and will be respectful of the needs of all of their constituents. Invite Don't know Part-time the needs of full time residents seem to diverge from the needs of part- time residents. Since most residents of the Town of Vail are very high income, there seems also to be a difference between those who live in Vail, and those who work in the TOV. not sure the council is doing that good a job of getting these divergent interests to converge. Invite Don't know Part-time To help expedite Never Vail Invite Don't know Part-time Too early for us to say. Sorry. Invite Don't know Part-time Work to solve problems, keep water and air quality standards high, maintain excellent transportation system and do everything possible encourage recycling. Invite Don't know Get mail None only Invite Don't know Get mail proceeding with using sales tax revenues for expenses rather than only increasing property taxes Invite Year-round Hoping there will be a new chapter of representation, transparency, a Council who flexes some muscle and does not merely react but moves forward with decisiveness and thoughtful decisions. We have long *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 63 July 5, 2016 - Page 143 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? needed 'new blood' and back bone. Invite Year-round That they focus on the greater good and not their own agenda's. Invite Part-time make improvements that maintain character of the town..Keep small town atmosphere Open Right Year-round As a resident of Eagle I don't keep up with Town of Vail issues Open Right Year-round As quoted before, that we continue to try to be a town, not just a resort. To continue to work on solutions for the housing problem and how to keep year-round residents living in Vail. Open Right Year-round Be more sensitive to resident issues and concerns. Open Right Year-round Continue careful governance. Open Right Year-round continue on with the great progress of the past councils (8 years) Open Right Year-round Continue revitalization and more cohesiveness in our community. Open Right Year-round Continue to bring the small town feel to our community and make Redstone Elementary a major focus Open Right Year-round continue to look for ways to make Vail a sustainable community Open Right Year-round Continue to support changes which will attract both existing and new guests, both North American and International, and which at the same time will keep life interesting and affordable for locals living here Open Right Year-round Continuity with keeping vails spirit alive. Open Right Year-round Finding creative solutions to problems like the housing shortage while maintaining the quality guest experience that visitors who come here have. Open Right Year-round Fresh ideas! Open Right Year-round Further implementation & if needed improvement of infrastructure for recycling & composting and other 'green' measures. This is a beautiful place that we need to actively take care of. San Francisco could be a good precedent to study. Make plastic bags in stores illegal.... Open Right Year-round Get Chamonix moving forward and then seek out the next opportunity. Figure out more parking! Open Right Year-round Get Gore Creek cleaned up; make progress on housing. Open Right Year-round Getting Vail Resorts to pay more of their fair share with the parking situation; focus on affordable housing for families. Open Right Year-round Good money management. Look ahead. Do your homework Open Right Year-round Grow the sense of community and build more services & housing for the working class of people in Vail Open Right Year-round Help Vail Resorts return Vail to its prior esteem, we're #7? Encourage VR to eliminate Epic Local Pass Vail tickets. The days we're parking on the frontage road and the mountain experience is too crowded for the vacation skiers Open Right Year-round hold more community forums such as the neighborhood picnics Open Right Year-round Hopefully, solidarity and the common goal of making Vail a great place to live, work, and visit for all will keep them focused and productive. Open Right Year-round Housing issues being resolved. Affordable housing Open Right Year-round Housing, events, bike paths *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples RE July 5, 2016 - Page 144 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? Open Right Year-round Housing, parking, less events in summer. Every week in summer now it feels like the town must have some event it's gotten to be way too much. Some peace would be amazing!!! Open Right Year-round I am excited about the direction of the new council especially with Kim Langmaid Open Right Year-round I am not a resident, so I did not vote for the Town Council. Open Right Year-round I expect the Council to take a leadership role in addressing climate change through reducing or offsetting the 'carbon footprint' of Town of Vail's activities, services, and operations, including dialog with VR to do the same in a significant way. Open Right Year-round I find the new Council members to be either too strongly opinionated to listen or not willing to put in the effort to truly understand the issues and vote intelligently. I am concerned that they will vote on important issues without being fully informed. I have very little faith in their ability to make good law. I hope they work hard to learn and recognize what they don't know or what they are unwilling to know. Open Right Year-round I hope that the council can keep moving forward and not get stuck in the past. I'm worried a bit because there are two council members who tend to default to 'NO.' Open Right Year-round I hope that the Town Council will maintain a positive outlook and not be overly influenced by negative attitudes of other Council members who hold themselves out as experts or as being well seasoned. Open Right Year-round I hope they keep the good work and see results to improve our community. Open Right Year-round I hope they support local businesses. Look for growth opportunities and keep the infrastructure strong so that we can continue to grow. I hope they recognize that a huge part of our income comes from tourism so the guest experience needs to be a top priority. They need to spend money to make money, but avoid frivolous spending. Does art in public places really need that much money? Open Right Year-round I hope they will be proactive when thinking about environmental concerns and initiatives in the valley. I also hope that they continue to place emphasis on affordable housing for locals. There is a lot of concern about making Vail desirable for visitors, but we can't forget about locals along the way. Open Right Year-round I hope to see the town usher in a new dawn of environmentally friendly initiatives. Open Right Year-round I want to see Vail as a town aggressively move (like Aspen) towards a sustainable future, and to have multiple public forums throughout the year to demonstrate progress on making Vail a carbon neutral community. Open Right Year-round I would expect council to take a leadership role in mitigating and reducing the carbon footprint of town activities, services and operations, including dialog with VR ( indirectly and directly, one of the largest emitters in North America) to do the same. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 65 July 5, 2016 - Page 145 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? Open Right Year-round I would like to see the town and Vail resorts make a concerted effort to get Vail back up to the top three on the Ski magazine survey of resorts. We've done a great job broadening our appeal with the events geared to younger visitors, now I'd like us to refocus on customer service and making our town the premier North American ski resort for every type of skier. Open Right Year-round keep it going strong. Open Right Year-round keep on the same track Open Right Year-round Keep taking great care of this community and make sure keeps been a great place to live. Open Right Year-round Keep the small town feel. Keep our community safe. More housing options for seasonal workers. Open Right Year-round Keep the town moving forward, safe and peaceful Open Right Year-round Keep up the good work. Make the Chamonix development available to young, first time homebuyers. Open Right Year-round Like the youth on the council. I feel they may be more engaged with the populous. Open Right Year-round Listen, learn, lead Open Right Year-round Main goal supporting businesses and trying to improve the guest experience while balancing owner resident needs. Need a plan for affordable housing and timely transportation (bus) in Vail for seasonal employees. Affordable Housing for the seasonal employees within the town, is a Town of Vail responsibility (and it's business owners). Residents/owners/developers can not be allowed to consume all the available land until this need is satisfied. How many seasonal employees work in Vail? How many affordable housing units for seasonal employees are in Vail? Make it balance. Open Right Year-round Maintain interest in all aspects of vail when deciding changes, not only fiscally, but for health, safety, aesthetics, and for the majority of the people of vail. I have lived here my entire life and I like the changes, but I also would like to see it maintain what keeps vail so unique. Open Right Year-round make Vail a community, not just a second home/retirement and tourist resort Open Right Year-round Make Vail welcoming to the rest of Eagle County. I used to go to Vail a lot and frequent Vail businesses, restaurants, skiing- but not so much anymore because I just can't pay for parking- don't see the value of paying for parking in addition to the Open Right Year-round making more bike trails around here. Open Right Year-round More employee housing (affordable for purchase) Adequate staffing and resources for fire department, in line with industry standard and equivalent to other county departments. Open Right Year-round more focus on environmental programs Open Right Year-round More of the same. Open Right Year-round Move Vail ahead, help get some locals living close by Open Right Year-round No opinion at this time. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 146 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? Open Right Year-round Not sure Open Right Year-round Not sure what they do Open Right Year-round Nothing specific Open Right Year-round Open lines of comunication Open Right Year-round Open mindedness and dedication to our Town. Open Right Year-round Progress on cultural center Open Right Year-round Since we live in Edwards, we have not really followed the Vail Council issues. Open Right Year-round Solve parking problems. Open Right Year-round Stop the underpass Create master plan for West Vail North Allow redevelopment of West Vail Mall Don't listen to Vail Homeowners Assn. complaints & demands Open Right Year-round That the new town council ( with a returning member) hopefully will bring a fresh and new approach to the town and its residents. Open Right Year-round That they address the lack of parking for everything to events to normal ski days. Open Right Year-round that they bring a fresh perspective to the town but also continue the work of the previous councils as far as paying attention to what matters (e.g., stream health, good entertainment opportunities, etc.) Open Right Year-round That they can look to the future growth of Vail as far as events are concerned to make this a fun place for people of all ages. I hope they can work well with Vail Resorts. Open Right Year-round That they continue the policies of the previous council. Open Right Year-round That they will focus on improving the breadth of offerings in the area and make locals feel more At home in a ski town. Open Right Year-round That they would expand the recycling initiative and began to enforce the code that is on the books. Increase their support of new small businesses. Open Right Year-round The ability to work together and build a consensus on key issues that face Vail. Open Right Year-round the new members are GREATHH Open Right Year-round The town lacks a community feel if something could be done for people with family's here that would be a major improvement Open Right Year-round they need to host more community forums Open Right Year-round They will improve the parking situation in the winter - totally ridiculous. Better enforcement of driving laws - speed limits in neighborhoods. Open Right Year-round They'll give out beer, Starbucks and hugs. And, that they'll continue to make this town a healthy place to live with the locals that live here year round in mind. Open Right Year-round To assist with employee housing which has clearly been an issue this year as well as moving to push employers for higher pay and/or higher taxes. Open Right Year-round To continue pushing for innovation and hopefully draw more summer business and a year round consistency. I would like to see more live music besides just the few free Tuesday night concerts. I don't think residents would mind paying a ticket fee to see someone amazing at the *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 67 July 5, 2016 - Page 147 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? amphitheater. Open Right Year-round To continue the direction the TOV is headed. Open Right Year-round To continue to move but I would like see affordable housing be afordable Open Right Year-round To help address the land lease issue for Vail Commons owners at $150.00 each quarter and the maintenance of Zermatt lane which leads to the child care facility and City Market. I was also hopeful there would be movement on the Chamonix affordable housing project. Open Right Year-round To keep pushing Vail to greatness. Open Right Year-round To make sur this does not become a retirement community, we already have Beaver Creek down the road. Moving forward with new trails and caitering to a younger crowd will keep our town vibrant. Enough with the Betty Ford Gardens, lets see some fun trails and activities for our kids, they are our future. Open Right Year-round To support the businesses of Vail. Help maintain a healthy economy year round. Open Right Year-round To think of Vail residents as shareholders in the 'company' that is the Town of Vail. If we were shareholders in a public company, what would we want? The answer is return on investment. In other words, things that make Vail a desirable, well-run and solidly grounded place to live will increase our property values and also provide residential opportunities for seasonal and service level people, making it reasonable for businesses to be able to find employees. I feel that this view is shared by the council, as far as I can ascertain. Open Right Year-round Unfortunately the Town Council over the years has been dominated by 'The Good Old Boys/Girls' Club 50 types who believe the way it was is the way it should be. But, on the other hand, many of the younger residents don't want to serve. A tough issue. Open Right Year-round Work hard for our community, keeping safe and fun Open Right Year-round Work toward improving the parking situation, making affordable housing situations available (including helping the working class who run Vail), and influencing Vail Resorts to get involved with Eagle County's impact goals, in particular, it's Aging Well initiatives. Open Right Year-round Would like them to focus on the businesses that are here in Vail. Revisit the marketing and the brand. The Town in the past few years has focused on the millennial generation which, do not spend money, they pay for an experience. Open Right Work only -Better Stormwater regulations and systems to support the health of Gore Creek -Follow through implementation of Gore Creek Strategic Action Plan -Construct more reasonable and affordable housing units in Town... Vail is missing the mark by suggesting that they need to build higher end affordable housing to attract candidates for future upper management level vacancies on town staff -Stay at the forefront of mountain recreation activities, and work with Vail Resorts to encourage that. I feel that Vail Resorts' current summer recreation initiatives are sorely missing the point by catering to tourists with zip lines and other *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples Z] July 5, 2016 - Page 148 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? 'lazy' recreation, when other mountain ski towns are building better mountain biking trails. Vail's corporate goals are clearly at odds with what locals would prefer to see happen on our pubic land. Open Right Work only Dedication and consistency Open Right Work only I hope the newly elected members can bring fresh ideas to keep Vail moving forward in a positive way and to not forget the locals who work hard keeping Vail functioning. Open Right Work only I hope the town have more solutions for housing for the upcoming years. Open Right Work only I hope they bring new ideas in which to continue moving Vail forward but, not to forget the locals who also help make Vail successful. Granted we do not bring the large dollars to town but, we are the ones who make those people welcome and provide the service. Open Right Work only I hope they disengage with owning housing. They were slum landlords at Timber Ridge. Open Right Work only I like the makeup of the new Town Council except for Kevin Foley who will forever hate Vail Resorts and is incapable of being objective! Based on their diversity, I would hope they bring some different perspectives other than that of the wealthier point of view which has dominated in the recent past. Open Right Work only I really hope they make sure to understand the past and how we got to the place we are in now. Both for things that are going well, but also for the areas that could use improvement. It's important to understand the history of decisions to better inform decisions about our future. Open Right Work only Improve affordable housing Open Right Work only Keep looking for ways to diversify Vail. I think 'more is better'. The more there is to offer to 'everyone', the better off everyone will be -(attitude and happy wise). I feel that the council should stress their willingness to appease all types. Open Right Work only keep moving in the right direction and focus on our local work force, the seasonal workers and tourist will still be here but our local workers make the town Open Right Work only Keeping up with fresh new ideas. Keeping the village core area spotless Open Right Work only N/A Open Right Work only Personal agenda items aren't a priority, they look at the community and its needs first, and they are receptive to community input. Open Right Work only Stay cohesive Open Right Work only Stay cohesive Open Right Work only The new council members are a breath of fresh air! Fantastic. Open Right Work only To bring culture to the Town that is sustainable. Continue upkeep of the town. Address the pot issue. As a mother of small children, I am very worried about the Vail Village parking structure always smelling of pot. Open Right Work only To know and understand what it is like to live and work in Vail and help make it a better community Open Right Work only To make intelligent fiscal decisions for the town. Open Right Work only Work to create a sense that Vail as a year round destination market. This *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 149 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? requires ability to house strong employee candidates who live here year round rather than seasonally. Open Right Part-time Again, continued improvement. Open Right Part-time Be inclusive to all ideas and maintain high standards and ethics. Open Right Part-time Continue to make Vail a first class place to live. Open Right Part-time Continue to make Vail and place people want to live and visit Open Right Part-time Continued support of the arts. Staying strong on the side of employee housing and very strong on limiting huge condo and hotel developments along the South Frontage Road. Continued inclusion of citizens to voice their views. Open Right Part-time Develop better air transportation from cities to Eagle Restoration of Gore Creek Continue strong relationship with Vail Corporation to remind them of their namesake resort and 'mother lode' Open Right Part-time Don't allow short-term emotional decisions lead to long-term financial problems. Open Right Part-time EMPLOYEE HOUSING. Also bring back Ford park concerts Open Right Part-time Help solve the parking problem and affordable housing for employees of town businesses. Open Right Part-time I hope it's more of the same. Open Right Part-time I would hope they continue to work on making Vail a world class destination and think outside of the box to be innovative and responsible at the same time. Open Right Part-time Keep progress going - see my comments above. Stay collaborative. Engage with the full time and part time residents. Open Right Part-time Logical and realistic approaches to financing in the town. Non wasteful uses of monies collected. I would like to see more hiking and pedestrian paths around vail. Not just trails for the bikers. Very little has been done on the mountain by the new gondola. better lighting on pedestrian path from Lionshead to Cascade. Open Right Part-time New Blood and a younger group. Younger town citizens getting involved in town politics. Open Right Part-time New younger council Members - maybe a tilt towards young families - Trying to work on the housing an parking problems.. Off season activities / events Open Right Part-time No opinion Open Right Part-time that they keep vail as the family friendly place it is now and to offer amenities that are available to all locals and visitors alike Open Right Part-time That they take into account all Vail residents, not just full-time residents. Open Right Part-time The issues stated above are dealt with in a positive manner. Open Right Part-time To do good things and be smart Open Right Part-time to improve the town Open Right Part-time Try to stay on track and balance needs and wants Open Right Part-time Vail is the best mountain resort community in the country. Keep the town moving forward. Keep investing. Keep listening. Be opportunistic and *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 70 July 5, 2016 - Page 150 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? capitalize on those services, technologies, and events that make Vail the gold standard and envy of other mountain communities. Open Right Part-time WORK HARD TO PRESERVE OUR SMALL TOWN COMMUNITY WARMTH AND RESPECT. Open Right Part-time Younger members added to council who actually grew up in Vail an want to make it better for a younger family generation. Open Right Own Be careful with remaining areas of developable land in Vail; Work to keep business Vail in a leadership position which includes resources and amenities; only Remember Vail isn't just a place for the wealthy; Open Right Own delete waste of funds.. business only Open Right Own Get re-elected business only Open Right Own I am not a resident so it's not very important to me. business only Open Right Own I hope they keep listening to what the people want business only Open Right Own Keep up the good work. business only Open Right Get mail I hope that they continue down the path of being transparent and only working closely with the citizens. Open Right Get mail I hope they look to include people who live down valley in events, looking only for ways to get people back home after events, shuttles or buses, etc. Continue the free summer concerts and perhaps expand to weekend events or cookouts. I'm looking forward to more family centered events. Open Right Get mail I know Vail is growing and keeping up with other towns, whether they be only ski related or summer and off season but keeping some icons like Pepi's and other 'early Vail' are important to those of us in our 60's that are now bringing grandchildren to enjoy the town that we knew as well as the town that is now. Generations will come back if they have stories from us that connect to what they see and experience in Vail. Open Right Get mail Keep forwarding thinking and moving in the right direction only Open Right Get mail Tackle the known housing problem, and address the never talked about only parking problem in vail. Open Right Get mail The parking garages are often filled with cars and trucks that take more only than one slot; tickets should be issued to those who ignore the spaces Open Right arent aware of them Open Right continue with the 'Vail experience' concept Open Wrong Year-round Address special event issues. Provide parking solutions at Ford Park for *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 71 July 5, 2016 - Page 151 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? Garden access. Encourage more diversity in shop ownership. Continue looking at housing. Open Wrong Year-round Environmental projects, trail expansions, affordable housing. Open Wrong Year-round Focus on getting the middle class back in town, focus on residents, not sales tax. Open Wrong Year-round Focus on keeping the locals happy, we are the ones working the jobs that make highly profitable tourism possible Open Wrong Year-round Happy that some are long time locals ... and will keep the locals in mind when they making decisions. Remember we raise our children here, pay a lot of taxes and should have some say in what happens here. Open Wrong Year-round Help save Gore Creek from road waste and town waste. The fish are all dying due to lack of food source due to contaminants. Create a no parking policy on Vail Roads for epic pass holders. If locals can't park on the road than why should Denver residents be able too? Open Wrong Year-round I have lived in Vail off and on since 1986. 1 would like to see the town work more collaboratively with commercial property owners, in both the Village and Lionshead, to create a better 'story' in each of these areas. With a long background in resort deveopment, the lack of a cohesive plan is apparent. To fair, this has been the case for sometime - long before the current council members were elected. Open Wrong Year-round I hope they can help to overcome the rift between VRI and TOV and I hope that they realize that locals - especially those of us that run businesses in Vail, never deserve the rude disrespect that I have experienced. We are supposed to be on the same team, I do not appreciate being treated like an 'outsider' due to some simple, innocent ignorance. Open Wrong Year-round I know a city needs income to sustain, but c'mon now! Nobody in the working class can afford to live anywhere near the vicinity of Vail. I've been living in Eagle county for 10 years, and am on both the town of vail housing lottery, as well as the Edwards lottery- unfortunately, my family and I are still not a priority for assisted housing. Vail will continue to cater to its billionaire clientele, and, very soon, the working class will disappear and all that will be left are the billionaires but no one to cater to them. I just hope that the Council will realize the importance of its workers and will figure out a way for them to actually live there. Open Wrong Year-round I would hope the Vail Town Council once again bring the TOV back to fiscal responsibility (as was the case when Kent Logan was on the council). If a council member doesn't understand or have knowledge of what they are voting on, then they should either get educated before the vote, or recluse themselves from the vote. Too many major decisions (ie moving the 18th green at the golf course, to which 2 members voted for it and admitted publicly they didn't play golf, so it didn't really matter!) are being made, without being really informed. I believe this Town Council has a good chance at being more educated, informed and not just do what the'good old boys and girls' want. Open Wrong Year-round I'd like to see the council concentrate on sustainable events (mtn games) *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 72 July 5, 2016 - Page 152 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? housing for locals (which is abysmal) and better code enforcement (poop pick up,parking) Open Wrong Year-round Keeping the integrity of Vail Village in good order Open Wrong Year-round Make a focus on locals and those who make this place function. We are often looked over for the sake of making more money for a corporation. Open Wrong Year-round New eyes and ears Open Wrong Year-round Reduce the rules of variance/real estate upgrades. Open Wrong Year-round Remove the land lease for Vail Commons as has been done with the other affordable housing units in our community. Open Wrong Year-round Representation of the community; including the neighbors in the mid - valley; and who is coming to Vail to ski, go to restaurants, and access community events. Summer free parking is a major bonus for locals to attend these venues. Open Wrong Year-round Thank you, you are the Guardians. Open Wrong Year-round That they continue to try to solve problems with parking,employee housing,etc. Open Wrong Year-round The Town is supported by an entire valley of jobs, homes and institutions. Council should not be myopic in recognizing we have partners in the valley better suited to meeting housing and education needs on a larger scale. Living outside of the town but working in Vail is not the hardship council presents. I would desire council to work collaboratively as a valley for housing and transportation needs. Open Wrong Year-round They create a vision for the town to attract and improve tourism... you are a resort town and there are several of them between here and deriver ... what attracts the weekend traveler to sit in traffic another 40 min to come to vail over the many resorts before it??! Open Wrong Year-round Think younger. Open Wrong Year-round To clean up our roads and Gore Creek. Also, to inform us ahead of time of costly controversial projects like the golf course clubhouse/ wedding center. We all have email. Open Wrong Year-round To communicate better, maybe to have events where they can mingle with people (not only formal meetings) Open Wrong Year-round To help make it easier to live and work in this valley Open Wrong Work only -cost of living affordability -sustainable and reasonable growth Open Wrong Work only Don't sit on the town's money, invest it in the community and valley. Council members can disagree but they don't have to have obstructionist attitudes Open Wrong Work only Fix parking issues. More frontage / free parking in town or change to costs for parking in structure. Actually get moving on develpoments of new housing for local businesses' employees. Open Wrong Work only Hope they change the management structure Open Wrong Work only Open-mindedness Open Wrong Work only That the town will focus on the needs of its workers - housing, parking, etc - and less on the needs of private interests. Open Wrong Work only I think about the locals. I lived in vail for 12 years living hand to mouth and *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 73 July 5, 2016 - Page 153 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? helping build this town and all that it offers. I just recently moved to gypsum for a more affordable housing situation as well as a better overall lifestyle. Vail seems to just want 2nd homeowners with big fancy houses. Open Wrong Work only To have a higher regard for the employees and their well being. Just because the manager and directors are paid a large salary doesn't mean the rest of the employees are earning a living. Most can't even afford to live in town. The employees that are living in employee housing have their rent raised every two years whether it needs to be or not. Between the increase in rent and insurance you never get ahead. How much money does the council need from the employees to support their housing program? Enough is enough. Get control of the cost of capital projects. Cost overrun money could go to support wages and benefits. How big an overrun was ford park? How much extra is the clubhouse costing? Who's held accountable for these overruns? Open Wrong Part-time A more professional approach with an open mind towards the future. Open Wrong Part-time Better interaction with the community. Listen to the needs and concerns of the homeowners. Do not make decision based on their wants and pet projects. Open Wrong Part-time Develop more common use space. Develop more mountain bike trails on both side of i70 in Vail, not just down valley. Push forward covering or burying i70 (I know, I know, this is a big one, but where is it on the list?) Open Wrong Part-time For many years, I think there has been an assumption that most of the time what's good for VR is good for the town. I would like the council to spend some time carefully analyzing that assumption, identifing where interests diverge, and considering appropriate policies in those cases. I am NOT suggesting developing an adversarial relationship with VR, just a more interest based relationship. Open Wrong Part-time Time will tell, but not hopeful. Open Wrong Part-time To find ways to manage the increase in traffic on 1-70, offer parking that isn't a blight on Frontage Rd, not to mention dangerous, and just stop offering events that aren't appealing --loud bands in downtown and excess at the top in the summer. Open Wrong Part-time To respect the citizens and voters of Vail who voted to trust the city with their tax dollars and if you are not sure of what the majority wants, to put it to a vote, otherwise it looks as though special interests have corrupted city government. Open Wrong Own A sense of frugality, service, listening to the needs of residents business only Open Wrong Own To make the town the #1 ski destination. business only Open Wrong Get mail Allow Vail to continue to be a mountain resort leader without only compromising quality of experience. Allow for more breadth of retail options. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 74 July 5, 2016 - Page 154 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? Open Wrong Get mail That they try to make Vail less for the super -rich snobs and more for the only average person. Open Wrong change Open Don't know Year-round A less progressive and liberal agenda. Open Don't know Year-round A more balanced focus on how we take care of our Ilocals + grow the town business of tourism, they can't exist exclusively. Open Don't know Year-round Affordable housing Open Don't know Year-round Be more progressive with a common sense approach concerning rules on real estate to be able to upgrade/modify older housing stock to meet current residents needs. Open Don't know Year-round Communications, prudence, practicality, listen to community, consider both long- and short-term implications of decisions. Don't swing in the wind as we have on employee housing: Act, back off and then complain we have no affordable housing. Example (1): first build housing with transfer of ownership at end of contract term, then buy it back for $20M, then replace half the units with almost no increase in capacity, sell that half again for $5M so we can buy it back again. Example (2) encourage EHU's and grant extra GRFA, then allow EHU's to be re -absorbed for personal use in the now increased GRFA Drop 'world class' and 'iconic' from vocabulary and focus on what the community and guests need and what we need to be competitive and functional, not necessarily showy, iconic, world-class (which no one can define anyway). Step up to the parking problem. Recognize that Ever Vail may be Never Vail and that the parking promises there will be inadequate to eliminate the Frontage Road parking. Open Don't know Year-round Fresh approach to employee housing and the never ending winter parking issues. Open Don't know Year-round I am looking forward to some new faces, especially the people that have been newly elected Open Don't know Year-round I don't know what the council does. Open Don't know Year-round I hope that a strong, long-term vision for Vail will be established. Vail does not feel like a town when you compare the nearby towns of Aspen and Breckenridge. I was really excited to move into Vail last fall, one of the main attractions being the free public transportation I could take advantage of. I parked my car and planned on not driving all winter --i have done that. What has been disappointing to me has been the lack of variety of 'local' businesses that provide things the locals need/want. There is no bookstore, thrift store, place to buy art supplies or crafts. feel a lack of culture in Vail; there doesn't seem to be a dominate personality of Vail. Open Don't know Year-round I hope that they can consider those that reside and Vail, those that work in Vail, and those that employ within Vail into the decision making process Open Don't know Year-round I hope they continue to move Vail forward into the future, not just stay in neutral because the name carries itself. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 75 July 5, 2016 - Page 155 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? Open Don't know Year-round I think the Council was overdue for some fresh faces and, overall, I'm optimistic. Our new mayor is providing very good leadership. Open Don't know Year-round keep original charm of Vail while still making improvements to infrastructure Open Don't know Year-round Keep the local flavor of Vail in mind in all decisions while keeping town expenses within a manageable budget. Open Don't know Year-round looking forward to new views to age old problems parking, lack of housing Open Don't know Year-round More information to residents. Open Don't know Year-round NOISE control for those of us who live North of 1-70 over looking highway. Better enforcement of speed limit on 1-70 and N Frontage road.Better enforcement of Jake Brake usage. Let people build noise barriers without going through DRB Open Don't know Year-round Not applicable Open Don't know Year-round Please also keep local families in your thoughts in your decision making process. Open Don't know Year-round Spend some of that reserve money! Open Don't know Year-round That the Council realize that residents DO care about budgetary and development decisions and look for ways to engage. How about online surveys on important issues? Open Don't know Year-round That they continue the tradition of doing what is best for Vail. Open Don't know Year-round That they take a step back and look at how far Vail has come. And then do everything they can to ensure this positive momentum continues forward. Open Don't know Year-round To encourage more local events that are not mass socialized. keep it local. Open Don't know Year-round Zoning changes to my neighborhood are announced and made public. Much like neighborhood picnics. Huge signs are put up for this --picnics; but a zoning change -- where perhaps 20 units can go into what is currently 5 units is swept under the carpet. Open Don't know Work only ? Open Don't know Work only Continue to assist business's to help their employee's afford to work in Vail Village. To market and plan town summer events, winter events and encourage new client base. To urge Vail Resorts to take a bigger interest in the happenings of our town, not just their bottom line and skier numbers. To be a leader as a GREEN town, doing thing right and enforcing stricter green rules on VR. Open Don't know Work only Hope they think of themselves as agents/representatives of the people's individual interests as opposed to agents of the town government entity. Open Don't know Work only listen to the citizens. Seems the town makes up its mind before citizen input, then has convinced itself it is right, other opinions are considered non- informed... Open Don't know Work only Road conditions/pot holes. Open Don't know Work only Since I don't live within the town limits, I don't feel that I have any expectations. Open Don't know Work only That they will continue to move Vail forward, and continue to enhance *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 76 July 5, 2016 - Page 156 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What are your hopes and expectations of the current Council? the guest experience. Parking will always be an issue, but would really love it at some point for someone to address this. Open Don't know Work only Town Council need to continue to represent all the stakeholders of the community... this expands beyond Town of Vail residents. Open Don't know Part-time A focus on types of businesses offered to guests would be good. We dont have a good grocery store or a good place like the Rucksack used to be offering useful items to people who are staying more than a day or two. I recently found the bodega which helps some, but is still quite limited in its offering. Open Don't know Part-time More seasonal housing for employees with less income restrictions. Open Don't know Part-time Not to make Vail to commercialized. Don't run the little guys out. It takes all kinds to make a balance community. Open Don't know Part-time Solve parking Open Don't know Part-time That they get the Chamonix parcel built as soon as possible as not to annoy the the surrounding homeowners for 5 years. Open Don't know Part-time they will focus on affordable housing not more hotel projects , and not housing that a developer will own in the future or be moved to market rate like Pitkin Creek Stop wasting money on the 1-70 underpass tax Vail resorts more & be less beholden to it change or end the RETT we don't need more open space we are next to lots of it, spend the money on the community, get rid of fire danger dead trees, reinvest in Vail DO NOT spend anything on the trail into East Vail , leave the trail as it is mountain bikers have lots of places already we need a nice walking only dirt trail in nature for citizens and visitors Open Don't know Part-time To continue to go forward with what the old Vail Town Council was working on. Open Don't know Part-time Vibrant community that is a pleasure to be a part of with numerous activities, events, etc. Open Don't know Own To work on affordable housing solutions as well as solving parking business problems. As a business owner I would love to afford to live close and only would love to have employee housing available for staff. Always hard to find enough employees because of lack of housing. Plus, I pay a lot to have a parking spot since I don't live close. Open Don't know Own Well run, fiscally conservative business only Open Year-round That they would be more responsive to the actual residents of Vail and more fiscally responsible with projects ie: The Club House!!! Open Work only Stop with decisions that do not help community - wages are hugely out of sync with costs of living. No employee parking. Health care costs too high. Real change to make living and working in county - available. Real wages/ real health care that is affordable to citizens who are not wealthy. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 77 July 5, 2016 - Page 157 of 433 Q.7: Rate your satisfaction with Public Works services in the Town of Vail. Survey Direction Resident Comments about Public Works Invite Right Year-round Bassingdale Blvd is in terrible shape all winter and dangerous for both pedestrians and vehicles. Invite Right Year-round Cleanliness is important and overall things are good. I believe that it is important to maintain the restrooms throughout the day. The cleaner they are, the cleaner they will stay. Invite Right Year-round Dogs, leashes, cleanliness, picking up etc. always needs to be montored/cleaned up. Invite Right Year-round East vail is always last for the plow, but again, it's why we live here Invite Right Year-round For the number of people that pass thru the town some days, the public works department does an amazing job. These individuals need to be recognized, because the job they do is often thankless and you can tell they take pride in what they do here. Invite Right Year-round Glad to see updates on fire station in town. Invite Right Year-round great job overall Invite Right Year-round Great job snow plowing and timing, but excessive followup with large front end loader/scrapers. They dig too low and costly scrape off the road surface which has recently been chip sealed. They also needlessly come to widen the road (as Davos Trail) when the road oftentimes is clear and wide enough. You may want to keep your existing crews busy but this does not account for the time, wear and tear of the machines.... waste of money. Also will they stop applying cinders of the flat part of Davos Trail which is not needed and accumulates on the sides of the road. Thank you for listening! Invite Right Year-round Great place to live but I / we made money on the East Coast and runour own business. time to focus on making this a truly liveable place for everyone. Invite Right Year-round Great snow plow services. Public works department very responsive Invite Right Year-round I am in favor of improvement or redevelopment of some of the older Town -owned facilities, such as the Municipal Buildings and Dobson Ice Arena. Invite Right Year-round I continue to chafe at heavy use of cinders on snowy roads as these are swept to roadside after storms winding up in storm sewers and eventually our degraded watershed. Invite Right Year-round I live on Buffehr Creek Road. The town does a good job maintaining the road in the winter. Almost as good as Arturo Chavez did --not quite, but almost... Invite Right Year-round I would love to see the bike path shoveled in winter. Especially this up coming winter while the construction of the round about is under way. I plan on using my bike or walking to avoid the anticipated congestion that comes with these big projects. Invite Right Year-round It's disgusting to walk thru Vail in the morning and see vomit on the walk ways, and often in quite a few places. Ugly,... and gross. One day I saw the street sweeper coming and thought that might fix the problem. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 78 July 5, 2016 - Page 158 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Public Works Nope,.. still here. Invite Right Year-round maintenance is so important. take care of what we have Invite Right Year-round Need new Municipal Building. Invite Right Year-round No Invite Right Year-round Please add baby changing station to bathrooms in lionshead next to ice rink. Parks are amazing in the TOV - great amenity, very clean and creative! Please add year-round bathrooms to the next Booth Ck park. Sweeping could be increased on the roads. Invite Right Year-round Public works makes me proud and makes me happy to pay my property tax bil. Invite Right Year-round roads are hard to maintain. that is why a 4 instead of a 5. but very pleased. Invite Right Year-round Seems like the roads were only repaired for the world championships; need more streetlights, especially at the intersection of north frontage road and red sandstone drive (light pollution reducing lights would be great! ); better signage at roundabouts and more enforcement/education about what lane to be in and using turn signals! Invite Right Year-round Snow clearing on my street seems to have been given a slightly lower priority than in previous years. We used to be one of the first streets cleared in the morning, now it happens after I leave for work. This despite the plows getting a very very early start on Bighorn Road Invite Right Year-round Snow removal in East Vail is excellent!. ..plow drivers are very courteous and wait for those walking dogs or whatever to clear before driving through! It would be tough living in E. Vail if they weren't really terrific Invite Right Year-round Snow removal in East Vail is excellent ... plow drivers are courteous with traffic, dog -walkers, but still get the job done. Invite Right Year-round Team does a great job with the resources they have. Invite Right Year-round Thank you for your hard work. I really appreciate the small gravel on the recreation path . Invite Right Year-round The end of Black Gore Drive had a large build up of hard ice with deep ruts and potholes for most of February. Seemed worse than in year's past. Invite Right Year-round The municipal building and the community development building are not to Vail standards Invite Right Year-round The snow is always gone when I drive to work around 7:15ish. Also the parks are always in good condition. Invite Right Year-round They do an outstanding job providing impressive outdoor spaces (playgrounds) and keeping them well maintained. What a treasure this town has. Invite Right Year-round this department does a great job! Invite Right Year-round This is an amazing place to live!!! We have small children and we LOVE to take advantage of EVERY SINGLE park in town. Every weekend we go to a different one and they are all incredibly maintained. We often see workers discussing equipment safety, blowing leaves and debris from the play area or mowing the lawn and they are all friendly and lovely. AND *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 79 July 5, 2016 - Page 159 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Public Works the bathrooms are fantastic. They are always clean, safe and they don't smell unpleasant ever. I, personally, would rather go to the bathroom in one of our parks (and I have!) than at the grocery store or even at some of the local restaurants!! Also, the gentlemen who drive the plows and street equipment are just that.... gentlemen... in every sense of the word. They are kind and courteous and friendly... especially to my children who race outside whenever they hear a plow or street cleaner. I try to give them beverages and baked goods whenever possible to thank them for their service. Is there another way we can express our thanks??? Invite Right Year-round This is the cleanest town!! I love the flowers in the summer as well as the lights on the trees. It looks beautiful! Invite Right Year-round This winter, I feel we've seen less snow plowing and cinders on days we've needed it compared with previous years. Conversely, in the summer, sometimes it seems our street is cleaned daily which is waaaay overkill. Buffehr Creek Road. Invite Right Year-round TOV public works always appears to be working hard and getting the snow removed early in the morning! Much appreciated! When I see them in town they always say hello. Invite Right Year-round Town hall is getting tired. Invite Right Year-round Town seems perfect to me. Invite Right Year-round Town snow plows bury my driveway after I sent all day digging out. Empty field across from me .... why not plow the snow that way???? Need to do better job of cleaning up gravel after storms - its hell on y car and windshield. Invite Right Year-round Very icy road morning and evenings between Dobson and Lionshead.- dangerous walking - need cinders applied when sun goes down Invite Right Year-round We are very pleased with the process leading to re -building Booth Creek Park. Todd and the Council listened to the concerns of the neighborhood and tried to accommodate as many people as possible. Invite Right Year-round Welllll. the town hall and police station buildings are dated. Invite Right Work only no Invite Right Work only TOV workers seem to do a fine job. I'm glad to see that their benefits help compensate them for all their hard work. One of the best benefits pckages in Eagle County. Invite Right Part-time after a major storm, I believe the Town does an amazing job clearing the streets! Invite Right Part-time Anyone who doesn't think the town is doing a good job of keeping the place clean needs to travel more Invite Right Part-time Anyone who has complaints hasn't spent much time anywhere else. Invite Right Part-time Appreciate that care is given to keep Vail standards high but there are little things that need some improvement. Mostly streets that get damaged Invite Right Part-time approach ramp to pedestrian i-70 overpass, south side, often too icy. Invite Right Part-time Bald Mountain Road isn't in great shape. Huge amounts of traction sand slide down our hill. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples Ell July 5, 2016 - Page 160 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Public Works Invite Right Part-time Big Horn park has too much dog waste, as do all the parks. Could a citizen patrol be used or better monitoring to keep clean. Invite Right Part-time Compared to other places I have lived, Vail does an AMAZING job. Invite Right Part-time Doing a god job Invite Right Part-time I always run into city workers getting trash at trailheads and they are always great! I love in Boulder where we don't have trash at trailheads which is a huge pain. Thanks too for all the dog waste bags brilliant idea! Invite Right Part-time I am particularly proud of the lights that are put up each year for the holidays that stay until the area closes. They add much ambiance and cheer to the town. Invite Right Part-time I think the town does an excellent job and all the employees I have met from clerks to police to greeters to snow plow drivers are friendly, happy people. They project a great image for Vail. Invite Right Part-time i will now register with the Town of Vail for updates and information regarding current issues. Invite Right Part-time I'd be impressed by carbon emissions reduction while doing all of the above services Invite Right Part-time Keep services at high quality and retain unique destination qualities. Our family loves the holiday appearances. Invite Right Part-time keep up the good work Invite Right Part-time Keep up your diligence Invite Right Part-time Molly Eppard that does the art walks is such a great ambassador for the town. Invite Right Part-time No Invite Right Part-time no,thank you Invite Right Part-time None Invite Right Part-time Since Vail embarked on the'Billion Dollar' make -over some years ago, the appearance of the town has been greatly upgraded. This has left the Town -owned buildings lagging behind in style and appearance. They are becoming eyesores and need to be upgraded. Invite Right Part-time Snow plows fill our driveway with snow. We have enough space on our property to remove the natural snowfall from our driveway, but not the extra snow that gets plowed into it every time they plow. Invite Right Part-time Snow removal is the best I've ever encountered. Invite Right Part-time Snow removal is the best I've seen! Kudos! Invite Right Part-time Someday, I would like the Town Offices / Police get a new building. Something really beautiful. Invite Right Part-time The main town offices needs a facelift, other than that Vail is great! Invite Right Part-time The transportation site by the Ritz Carlton looks awful. Invite Right Part-time this winter has caused lots of potholes. I hope Public Works will do a quick and thorough job of repair. Invite Right Part-time TOV does a great job in all the above specified areas. My extended family visits us in the summer and we use all the public areas. They love it and the TOV does a great job maintaining it *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples F:ili July 5, 2016 - Page 161 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Public Works Invite Right Part-time Town of Vail business offices are dated, but I understand that the TOV priorities lie elsewhere in the village. Invite Right Part-time Vail does a great job on all of these items Invite Right Part-time We only became aware of the parking pass administered by the city that offers small discount to residents. I wish for the city to expand to more public parking areas. I love the free grocery bags encouraging people to use re -usable bags and cut down/ban plastic shopping bags. Next step would be to reduce disposable water bottles. Perhaps some really cool/free bottles with more filling stations? Invite Right Part-time When they were repairing Chaomnix last year the incompetent workers let people drive on the newly repaired road and much of the repair work was undone. They came back the next day but did a poor job of fixing it. Invite Right Own I love the bus services, It is the best ! 1 1 love the Library business only Invite Right Own Still issues with the wayward pet dog. business only Invite Right Get mail Town hall needs improving only Invite Right Over 50% of private snow plow operators do not display flashing lights, names or phone numbers. Operators plow snow onto public streets as much as six feet, and the town does nothing. Invite Right There is a problem of non-compliant dog owners in Big Horn Park not picking up their dogs waste. When I walk my dog, I usually pick up extra waste to keep the place contamination free. Invite Wrong Year-round *1 believe we are polluting the water with mag chloride and with snow removal salt. They should both be banned from town grounds. Summer care at parks is beautiful. Invite Wrong Year-round Bus system needs tweeking. Times on some routes. In town drivers should not be allowed to play and make others listen to their loud music choices. They often are not responsive to the public and there questions when loading or unloading. Invite Wrong Year-round Cleanliness: I don't believe this is because the Town is not cleaning. I think as you have more people in a 'festival, free for all manner' it is hard to keep things clean. Invite Wrong Year-round Everything is fine. I wonder though if they could use less rocks during the snow season? Invite Wrong Year-round Failure to remove cinders put on road after winter end. It just lays on the side of the road until the plant growth hides it. Failure to penalize individuals that do not pick up after their dogs. Failure to catch and treat urban runoff. Invite Wrong Year-round hard to maintain the dog park in my area as people who bring their dogs to the park DO NOT clean up after their dogs - the areas that are designated leash areas in the park seem to be just as bad - people do not *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 82 July 5, 2016 - Page 162 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Public Works leash their dogs where they should and the majority of them do not have enough control over their dogs to know where they defecate, let alone pick up after them. Invite Wrong Year-round I don't see many officials out and about, at least I am not aware of who they are. They could be nice. Some departments are definitely not nice.... Invite Wrong Year-round I'd like to see the town cleanups take place earlier in parks, bike paths, river, etc. It's a mess here all the way up until summer just starts after the snow melts. The highway, on the other hand is cleaned up more frequently, but I'm sure that's due to access because it's not frequently covered by snow. Invite Wrong Year-round I'm tired of having the dig out my car every morning it snows because the town plow had pushed all the street snow onto my driveway. In Aspen and Glenwood, they plow toward the center of the street and then remove the snow. Novel idea!!! In Vail, they clear the streets by pushing the snow onto private property. Invite Wrong Year-round keep driveway entrances on private property clear. Generally does great job Invite Wrong Year-round Most of the bus drivers no longer announce the stops. How hard can that be? Many of our guests don't know the look of every stop. I ride the bus to work and back 3 days a week and have noticed that the driver's are not very accommodating - except for the few who are exceptional! Invite Wrong Year-round Need to improve snow removal on frontage road, at times the snow banks are so high you can not see traffic coming from either direction Invite Wrong Year-round Really need to work on the bathrooms in the structure. They are used non stop all day and are almost never clean. Poop on the doors for weeks straight!?! WEEKS! How do you not see a smear of shit going across the door for a week?!? Invite Wrong Year-round Snow removal could be better between 10 pm and 6 am. Invite Wrong Year-round Snow removal was best ever this year! Especially in east vail Invite Wrong Year-round STREET SWEEPING MORE OFTEN IN SPRING. MORE SNOPLOWING ON VAIL VALLEY DR. Invite Wrong Year-round The end of South Frontage Road W never gets plowed past the Intermountain bus stop - why is that? Invite Wrong Year-round The parking structure is quite often a mess. Especially on the west end. Lots of stuff on the sidewalk. It should be cleaned with water at least every month. Invite Wrong Year-round The town is well kept, however for the amount of revenue it generates, it could be better spent. Invite Wrong Year-round These guys generally do a good job. Invite Wrong Year-round Time to redo the town hall and community buildings to match the Vail brand. Looks outdated. Invite Wrong Year-round While the snow is cleared efficiently, residents yards ar ripped up in the process. Invite Wrong Year-round why do we allow delivery trucks and garbage trucks to leak on our streets *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 83 July 5, 2016 - Page 163 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Public Works with no recourse Invite Wrong Year-round Workers are doing great job. Invite Wrong Work only Wondering why all restrooms at parks need to be closed in the winter as they seem to be heated? Invite Wrong Part-time 1. Why is there no snow removal on the road off Vail Valley Drive from VVD to behind the tennis /pickle ball courts to the rear gate at Manor Vail? It is slippery all winter. 2. see comment above re unjust conversion of the second Golden Peak tennis court to pickle ball courts at Golden Peak. Invite Wrong Part-time Actually we are pretty shocked. We would think that considering the amount and frequency of snow that road conditions would be better and safer for drivers than everywhere else. We actually find it more dangerous. Invite Wrong Part-time How about a sign identifying the police station? Making the town smoke free would also be a huge improvement, especially in the parks. Invite Wrong Part-time I find the town does very well with basic services. Invite Wrong Part-time Install solar electronic speed signs to reduce traffic speed including the Vail buses speeding through the neighborhood. Invite Wrong Part-time Need to do a better job putting out dog pick up bags. Invite Wrong Part-time Need to make the golf course a great facility. Take better care of greens - roll or mow more. Invite Wrong Part-time Roads encompasses more than just snow removal. You do not treat the maintenance of all roads equally. Invite Wrong Part-time The folks doing the snow removal on town facilities are great. Invite Wrong Part-time The snow removal on walkways, particularly around the Dobson Ice Arena should occur on more regular intervals. Invite Wrong Part-time The town buildings look a bit old and worn. But, honestly, if Vail Resorts has so much power in the town then have them build you new municipal buildings. It's the least they can do. They take a lot from the town as it is already. Have them give back. Invite Wrong Part-time TOV does a wonderful job. Wish Safeway and City Market parking lots would be cleaned up regularly, which we know is not TOV, but all garbage is unsightly and reflects negatively on our town. Invite Wrong Part-time Your dog parks are almost second to none. Vail isn't Disneyland but Disneyland always felt almost TOO spotless, TOO perfect. Vail Village & environs are just right. Invite Don't know Year-round I am impressed with the efficiency of snow removal, even in neighborhoods off the main roads. Invite Don't know Year-round I like the up grades to bike path and like the new proposals for a trail through town we need more. More trails better access means less cars ect Invite Don't know Year-round meadow ridge road usually has a very big build up of ice, it does not get plowed very well. Most other streets seem OK. Invite Don't know Year-round Municipal building is tired. Invite Don't know Year-round Overall, I think they're doing pretty well. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 84 July 5, 2016 - Page 164 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Public Works Invite Don't know Year-round Please clean the trash hiding over the wall (south side) adjacent to the central bus stop, Le., the transportation center. Invite Don't know Year-round Snow removal is a huge issue where we live. Our driveway goes down, steeply, from the main road. When the TOV plows, they leave a 2-3 foot pile of snow at the top of our driveway making it difficult and unsafe for us to enter the street. Invite Don't know Year-round The town does a great job providing great services, especially the free bus! Invite Don't know Year-round The town does well on services! Invite Don't know Year-round This year the snow removal crew have been outstanding. In years past they have usually snowed us in as we live at the end of a cul de sac that they normally just sweep round and leave us with 18 inches of snow to clear ten feet from the end of our drive. This year they have taken the extra 3 minutes to back hoe the snow away from the drive way. Invite Don't know Part-time I live on Sandy Lane. It is often cleared with a plow. There is no good turnaround for them. The plow is often driving on private property to get out of our cul-de-sac. Last year a plow slid back into our garage causing damage. The street should be cleared with a front end loader or smaller plow. Invite Don't know Part-time not sure where maintenance of Vail Associates begins and TOV ends. Invite Don't know Part-time The town of Vail uses my property to dump snow on. Invite Don't know Part-time Truly amazing how the town keeps things so clean and organized. Best plowing I have ever seen .... and lets not forget the great bus service. Invite Don't know Get mail None only Invite Don't know Get mail parking structure needs to be cleaned more frequently. The build up of only mud makes it feel so dirty. Also, the elevator buttons while waiting for the lifts... many times I see footprints on them and the walls surrounding Invite Year-round Always have had good service with Vail Transportation service Open Right Year-round Bathrooms need more attention are locked too often Open Right Year-round During high volume times, the public restrooms could use extra attention. Open Right Year-round For the 19 years I have lived here, Vail has always been run very well, by an unusually attractive and efficient set of friendly employees. Open Right Year-round Garden crew should not be smoking and sitting cross legged while on the job. Open Right Year-round Good snow handling!!! Open Right Year-round hate paying to park. Open Right Year-round I am very happy with TOV Public Works! I only wish the park bathrooms were open in the winter. Open Right Year-round I don't think scraping winter streets to the pavement 2 - 3 times a year is necessary unless there is a net savings in street maintenance costs. I would like to see an effort made to educate dog owners to clean up after there pets. Dog shit is everywhere, its a public health issue, left on the ground it ends up in Gore Creek. Open Right Year-round I don't think the streets need to be scraped to the pavement 2 -3 times *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 85 July 5, 2016 - Page 165 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Public Works each winter unless there is an net maintenance cost savings by doing so. I think storm water runoff and non -point source pollution need to be addressed. I think a strong message needs to be sent to dog owners about taking responsibility for disposing of THEIR dog's shit.... it's everywhere. Open Right Year-round I feel very fortunate to live here. Open Right Year-round I live on grouse lame in east vail and sometime when I leave for work the plow truck has not been down our road. It's only a problem on very big snow storms. The other roads will be perfect to the pavement. As wide as the road is. All we would need is one pass to the bottom to get us out. We are at the bottom of the hill so with more then 8 inches with late plowing it's hard to get out for work by 6am Open Right Year-round I think it is a travesty that they allowed the green construction wall to be present on Bridge street for the entire ski season. This is supposed to be a world class resort and we have that eyesore for our tourists? Most of the winter they has been no work going on. Open Right Year-round I would love to know how we can get people to stop smoking and throwing down their used cigarette butts onto public walkways. I think there are a good number of disposal bins, but many people are not using them. Open Right Year-round I'd like to suggest two things: 1) give merchants and restaurants the ability to validate our parking, at least with some discount. (It's obnoxious to go spent $1000 at Gorsuch or host group for lunch and have to pay full parking) 2) put toilet seat covers in the bathrooms THANKS Open Right Year-round Improvement of Transportation building restrooms is great. Snowplow drivers should be taught how to drive, and what the speed limit is - I've come close to being run into by them several times. Open Right Year-round It might be helpful to have a little more town information in the newspaper. The bus schedule change was not in the newspaper this winter and that seemed to throw a lot of people. Maybe a weekly article of town happenings would be a good idea. Open Right Year-round lionshead foot bridge across 1-70 is very slippery - many pedestrians fall in the snow on the down slops of the bridge and the walkway east into lionshead - these need to be heated walkways like the rest of town Open Right Year-round My recent trips to the public restrooms and parks have been underwhelming in terms of cleanliness. Open Right Year-round need quicker response times fro snow removal on Garmisch Drive Open Right Year-round New Town buildings are excellent Other facilities showing their age i.e. Town offices, police station, rest rooms on the golf course. Open Right Year-round Overall, great job by Public Works! Really exceptional and outstanding in comparison to other communities. I never have to worry about the roads not being taken care of, the village always looks pristine, the parks are always beautiful and well maintained. Well done. Open Right Year-round Parking is expensive. Open Right Year-round People that work for the TOV are generally pretty happy and helpful *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples E. July 5, 2016 - Page 166 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Public Works when asked appropriate questions. Open Right Year-round Please try to monitor the Lionsridge construction mess. They have a huge disgraceful trash pile the size of a building from the snow melt and construction trash. Open Right Year-round Public works does a wonderful job. The town looks beautiful most of the time. Open Right Year-round quicker resonse times needed for snow removal on Garmisch Drive Open Right Year-round Snow removal is amazing. I watch the public works employees sweeping Meadow drive and am so proud of the job the town is doing. Landscaping in the parks is outstanding. Now, if we could just get every dog owner to pick up... Overall, amazingjobH! Open Right Year-round Some of the side streets take. Bit but they do a fantastic job very quickly. I love the snow removal when it piles up too much Open Right Year-round street signs seem to be taken out each winter by plows. Driveway often plowed in by plow drivers. Open Right Year-round The culverts on the north side of Garmsch need attention ASAP Open Right Year-round The employees do a great job of keeping Vail beautiful Open Right Year-round The existing Municipal building and Village parking structure are very tired and need to be replaced and upgraded. Open Right Year-round The on and off ramps for i70 need more road maintenance as does South Frontage Road. Also, the Parking Structures need more maintenance (especially by the TRC and La Cantina) and surveillance for drug use. Open Right Year-round The quality and lighting of the interiors of the parking structures is horrible. Its creates a bad image of the Town as a quality place. Solaris is a good example of a light and clean facility. I think you need add more lighting, paint and ceiling treatment would be very welcome enhancements. Open Right Year-round The transportation center is not so nice, and there are cigarette butts everywhere. Can't we please make that nonsmoking so that those of us who take the bus don't have to inhale secondhand smoke? Open Right Year-round The use of the street cleaning machines is way overdone. Sometimes 3x a week in Sandstone area? Save the money! Open Right Year-round There are some bus stops in East Vail with no over head street lights making it hard to see pedestrians at night. Particularly at Bighorn Rd and Juniper Lane. Open Right Year-round There is a huge pothole on Zermatt Lane as well as smaller ones on other side streets. Also, I am not sure how far the TOV extends on the freeway, but there are also potholes in the westbound 1-70 lanes near Dowd Junction and the connecting points between bridges and roads are not smooth. Open Right Year-round They do a great job! Open Right Year-round TOV workers do a great job. flowers are always awesome. Open Right Year-round We are all very privileged to live in Vail. Open Right Year-round What can be done to enforce dog owners to pick up after their pets? All parks, children's playgrounds and hiking trails are littered with dog poop. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 87 July 5, 2016 - Page 167 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Public Works It's disgusting and unsanitary. Open Right Work only Bus drivers need to be more friendly Open Right Work only I do not think TOV employees have coaching to provide courteous service. Typical government employee disinterest prevails. Open Right Work only I think the PW department is a very hard working, caring, efficient group. As a whole, they are top tier. Open Right Work only No matter how fantastic of a job is done there is always room for improvement and change Open Right Work only Our public works department is the best they are on call from Oct - April to make sure TOV is running perfectly during winter month especially. Open Right Work only Public Works does a great job. Open Right Work only Some of the Public Works employees are not the most curtious drivers and lack using signaling for the most part. Open Right Work only The public works department does an fantastic job. Reminds me of my first visit to Disneyland. Open Right Work only The snow plowing on Meadow Lane near the hospital and Dobson arena can be quite rude as they do not slow down for cars approaching Open Right Work only They do a wonderful job with keeping our parks, playgrounds, parking structures and villages clean year round. Open Right Work only Vail manages to present very nicely with the lights in the roundabouts and other details. Open Right Part-time Better Snow and Ice attention on west Lionshead Streets and Frontage Roads Open Right Part-time it would be nice to have a community pool or tennis courts on the south west side of town or maybe a locals discount at some of the resorts like cascade club etc Open Right Part-time More attention to West Lionshead roads after snow falls. Ice mitigation. Open Right Part-time Snow plowers clean Lionsridge Loop very nicely, but always spray some of the snow into our driveway, sometimes a foot or more in height. Open Right Part-time Snow removal is always an issue. Any way to use less of the black rocks that seem so ugly in the spring. Open Right Get mail The appearance of Vail (flowers to AMAZING Christmas lights) blow me only away every year. The improvement around bus stops and more directional type signs has also added to the surroundings. Open Wrong Year-round Bus stops have become primary smoking facilities to the dismay of guests and residents. Bus stops should not permit smoking and areas that do permit smoking should not be in main traffic areas such as the entrance of the covered bridge. Open Wrong Year-round Charlie's crew is great! I greatly appreciate their efforts to not leave wind rows in front of driveways on meadow dr! Open Wrong Year-round Cigarette butts in front if Pepi's. What happened to fines for littering? Open Wrong Year-round I feel like the TOV public works employees are AMAZING! They do an excellent job cleaning up after all the dirty, lazy tourists that seem to lack the common decency to throw trash away in one of a million trash cans within arms reach- every night during the busy season, Bridge Street *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples :: July 5, 2016 - Page 168 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Public Works especially turns into a wasteland of cigarette butts, plastic cups, and other miscellaneous garbage- but the public works guys work hard so that the even the early morning skier rush the next morning never has a clue about the debauchery that occurred the previous night. Open Wrong Year-round If we could figure out how to make dowd junction safer that would be nice. Thank you for getting this underpass going. It's going to be awesome Open Wrong Year-round Jeremy that does parking lot maintenance is amazing. Open Wrong Year-round Municipal Building and Vail Parking structure are tired. Need to add more parking in structure and Ford Park. Glad to have a new golf course building. Open Wrong Year-round Other than my unfortunate run-ins with the housing coordinator, most every other interaction I've had with TOV employees has been nothing but spectacular. Open Wrong Year-round People need to keep their dogs on a leash Open Wrong Year-round Regular snow removal is good, Basingdale Blvd in particular is a major pain. The snow is not removed but moved and blocks our entire parking lot and at time damages vehicles. Open Wrong Year-round Snow removal in our area has been great! especially in this adverse heavy snow. Thank you, gentlemen!. Open Wrong Year-round The parking structures are pretty grimy with all my he black coal, or whatever it is, spread about. The Parking spaces are only 7' 6' wide in most cases. This is nowhere near wide enough to open the doors without dinging the adjacent vehicles. Thus many spots are wasted as the vehicles overflow their lines. Open Wrong Year-round The questions above were a little too broad -- making them difficult to answer accurately. Open Wrong Year-round The restrooms in the Village Parking Structure sure could use an update and good clean. The Parking Structure itself needs to be painted inside. The snow removal people are great, friendly and helpful. Great job! Open Wrong Year-round The snow removal this year was awesome - great job thanks Open Wrong Year-round There's not one reason a town with 2 roads should have potholes. Open Wrong Year-round We live in West Vail ... high up ......and have great crews! ....we are always able to get out and get to work/school in the mornings. Well done Open Wrong Work only Public works does the best job for the least pay. Why are they held to such a low standard of pay? Open Wrong Work only Sewage smell in covered bridge area has been coming and going for years Open Wrong Work only Vail has too many cops, and meter maids/parking fairies. It is very transparent that this is an issue, not of safety, but just another way to pad the coffers of the town. I personally will avoid vail because of parking issues at times, and the excessive police presence i am sure deters some tourists from returning (like the ones given traffic and parking tickets). But the towns gotta make their money someway i guess. Too bad the chosen method is to tax the tourists that the towns economy is based around, and to tax and inconvience locals that make the town work. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples m July 5, 2016 - Page 169 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Public Works Open Wrong Part-time Depends which Public Works employees. Some are so awesome and some... not. Open Wrong Part-time Public Works does a very good job. Thank you! Open Wrong Own Public Works has a halo effect for me. They have always been courteous business on phone, responsive to fix things, diligent cleaning up after the only inexplicable slovenliness of visitors and employees, and a friendly presence on the street/mall. Open Don't know Year-round A little more traction sand would help - there've been some hyper slippery days this winter with plenty of plowing happening but no traction sand in the known danger spots. Open Don't know Year-round parking is a problem. also limos and hotel shuttles double parked blocking traffic in the core and supermarkets Open Don't know Year-round Snow removal on Town -owned sidewalks is inconsistent: e.g., the sidewalk west of the Medical Center, South Frontage Road sidewalk. The pavers on the south side sidewalk at Golden Peak between Mill Creek Circle and bus entry have been in poor condition for two years. Kudos to the Town of Vail flower crew: they always look fabulous! Open Don't know Year-round There are parts of Vail that are aging that should have a defined plan. Additionally, while some workforce housing is underway, a more concerted effort should be in process. Open Don't know Year-round This department is outstanding! We are very fortunate to have such a clean town! Open Don't know Year-round Too much rock is being used for traction in East Vail. Operators need to be a little more careful of when and where it is being distributed. Also instead of sweeping it over, compacting it and creating a shoulder remove it, go into the yards more, etc. No wonder Gore Creek is needing help! Open Don't know Year-round Vail does an exceptional job. It's difficult to keep things pristine 24 hours a day, but Vail and it's employees have done a great job doing the best they can. Thank you for your hard work! Open Don't know Year-round You should have a list like this for the town council so I know what they do. Open Don't know Work only Need to consider impacts to buildings and environment of using gravel and rocks for traction. Because its on the road it goes everywhere. Not sure of there are cleaner alternatives. Open Don't know Part-time terrible ice build-ups allowed to be created on small roads at bottom of hills, drains not kept open Open Don't know Own Highway litter is a disaster business only Q.8: Rate your satisfaction with the following aspects of Fire Services in the Town of Vail. Survey Direction Resident I Comments about Fire Services *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 170 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Fire Services Invite Right Year-round Back in 2002 the fire team saved my home from a fired am still thankful forthat. Invite Right Year-round Enjoyed the open house in the Fall and touring the facility and meeting the fire crew Invite Right Year-round Excellent work! Invite Right Year-round Great fire departments/ firemen Invite Right Year-round Have wonderful people in Fire Services ... we've had great response to medical emergency situations/ gas leak situations in the past. Great response to businesses with alarm issues, etc. Invite Right Year-round I attend the open house at the West Vail Fire Station last fall and thought it was excellent!!!! It was so child -friendly and my Grandchildren had a blast! What a wonderful teaching tool and experience for everyone. Invite Right Year-round i believe more should be done to remove dead trees around Vail Invite Right Year-round I feel very safe and 'taken care of living in Vail. We OFTEN visit the fire station, always chat the firemen at the grocery store and are constantly observing them working on their equipment, doing 'drills' and staying on top of their duties. They are helpful, competent, approachable and, obviously, capable. Invite Right Year-round I seem to be missing communications from this team. I'm sure all of the above is done, but I'm unaware of it. Invite Right Year-round I think there can always be more done in regards to wildfire mitigation and education regarding wildfires and preparedness. Invite Right Year-round I think we are overspending on the fire department, as they are primarily needed for issues on 170 Invite Right Year-round It would be better if this town hired from within the community or the personal live within the community, Eagle county. What would happen if a fire broke out and most of the firemen live in Denver. This would be a disaster. Invite Right Year-round Liked the open house in WV for the kids - thank you. Invite Right Year-round Lots of fire mitigation in my neighborhood. Quick fire response to alarms at my business. Invite Right Year-round Luckily have not had to use 919 services, but their response seems to be quick. Invite Right Year-round NA re. Fire/medical issues Invite Right Year-round Need more planning and information on emergency exit plans in case of fire or other emergencies. Especially needed for East Vail residents. Invite Right Year-round No Invite Right Year-round Sometime our firefighters have a real arrogant attitude. Invite Right Year-round The imminent danger of resident/tenant created fires, house fires, and chimney fires is virtually nonexistent. Invite Right Year-round The limited interactions I have had have been positive. They have been given the necessary tools to perform their jobs and I hope they are well maintained. Invite Right Year-round The Town has had strong leadership in this area the past several years Invite Right Year-round There are ugly woodpiles above Buffehr Creek Rd that have been there for *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 91 July 5, 2016 - Page 171 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Fire Services 5 years and need to be burned. Invite Right Year-round These services have an excellent reputation but we have not used them. Invite Right Year-round They seem to be doing a good job, luckily havenot had to use them. Invite Right Year-round Very approachable and helpful Invite Right Year-round We are going to experience a wild fire therefore we need extensive mitigation and information to mitigate the results. I NEED MORE INFORMATION. Invite Right Year-round We have such an outstanding professional fire fire staff. love meeting them all in the summer at the free luncheons. Very approachable when you go to the station as well. Invite Right Year-round We haven't had any problems Invite Right Year-round We took out family to the open house this fall and everyone was so helpful and fantastic with the kids. Keep up the great work! Invite Right Year-round We were recently involved in a renovation, and rightly or wrongly, delays and cost overruns were, without exception, attributed to rulings made by 'the fire department.' If the contractor wasn't lying, it seems like the inspector/plan reviewer should have made at least some of these requirements at the front end of our job. Invite Right Year-round why do fire engines need to run lights and sirens to all calls? many times the VPD vehicle and ambulances run without lights and sirens but just expedite and only use lights and sirens if caught in traffic. All of the research shows that the few seconds that are saved does not make any difference. The old 'seconds save lives and property' is not true. Invite Right Work only As for fire mitigation - only time will tell if the buffer works. Invite Right Work only Thankful for our emergency services that work hard to ensure the lives and safety of others. Invite Right Part-time Again, the DRB forced us to install (at our expense) a fire alarm and sprinkler system. These people are not elected. Invite Right Part-time Appreciate how involved the fire department is as citizens and their high profile in our community. Invite Right Part-time Great staff Invite Right Part-time I fear that because of the beetle kill, there will be a bad fire in the future. I think that all mitigation efforts are good Invite Right Part-time I had the need to dial 9112 years ago and the ambulance was not able to find my condo in East Vail in the Timber Falls complex. It seems like the address mapping is an ongoing problem for other services as well. We have 2 address, one is the legal address and one is the postal address which causes confusion. Invite Right Part-time I have had no experience with Vail Fire Dept. but have never heard anything negative. I am glad West Vail has a new station. East Vail next? Invite Right Part-time I think I know Wildfire Mitigation is ongoing but I am not aware of Public awareness! Invite Right Part-time Love the boot drive my kids look forward to it each year. Invite Right Part-time no Invite Right Part-time No *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 92 July 5, 2016 - Page 172 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Fire Services Invite Right Part-time no,thank you Invite Right Part-time None Invite Right Part-time Prompt and courteous response to fire alarm in condo community. Invite Right Part-time Recently needed EMS --response and expertise were excellent Invite Right Part-time Staff were helpful with questions regarding compliance/requirements related to fire alarms. Invite Right Part-time The guys came out to help me with an accident in September. Could not have been nicer. Tell them Thanks from me. Invite Right Part-time We recently had a flooding problem in our home and the nearby East Vail fire house team responded and could not have been more helpful and professional. Invite Right Get mail New chief is engaging and approachable only Invite Right Working with our construction, the building department was very helpful and on time. Invite Wrong Year-round Luckily I have not been aware, or part of any emergency operations to be able to answer this question Invite Wrong Year-round More beetle kill pine needs to be removed. A fire west of Vail will burn us down. Invite Wrong Year-round Need to invest more in wild fire prevention. Invite Wrong Year-round no Invite Wrong Year-round The fire department in Vail and supporting stations down valley is exceptional. The staff are well trained, dedicated and friendly. They perform their role with skill, dignity and professionalism. They are an asset to Vail. Invite Wrong Year-round The new fire houses look pretty sweet. Did I hear that someone over there just got fired for miss using funds? Invite Wrong Year-round The wildfire mitigation efforts undertaken will not adequately mitigate any large conflagration that approaches town lands. More coordinated and focused efforts with the USFS and homeowners are required. Invite Wrong Year-round Town is not safe from forest fires west of the town. Invite Wrong Part-time fortunately, not a lot of experience with Fire Services but when I do run into employees, very friendly. Invite Wrong Part-time I haven't had enough or any experience on the above to comment. Invite Wrong Part-time I haven't interacted with them. Invite Wrong Part-time luckily have not had a reason to interact with the fire department Invite Wrong Part-time Need much better clean up of streets in the spring. The sides of the roads have way too much sand and gravel. Invite Wrong Part-time Not the sure what is going on. Invite Wrong Part-time We had fire mitigation on Buffehr and the firemen were fabulous! I have lung cancer and the Chris (?), the guy in charge would give me a 24 hour heads up when they were to burn so I could leave. They are all amazing - we appreciate the work they do. Invite Don't Year-round Do not work with these *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 93 July 5, 2016 - Page 173 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Fire Services know Invite Don't Year-round I don't have experience with fire services, but I always hear good things. know Invite Don't Year-round in the past the fire department has taken a ridiculous amount of time to know respond to several instances at Middle Creek and Red sandstone school. There was no major fire but they don't know that until they get there you would think they would be a little quicker getting to an elementary school especially because its so close to it. Invite Don't Year-round sorry I have no interaction with the fire services know Invite Don't Year-round What I do know is that Vail has the fanciest firehouses in probably the know world. Does a town ten miles long need THREE fire stations? No but we have them. Invite Don't Get mail Have never had interaction with fire department know only Invite Don't Get mail None know only Invite Year-round Have had more interactions with public safety officers than with fire safety officers Invite Part-time The rotaries are dangerous. So many drivers have no idea how they work. Could more signs be put in place and more indicators put on the roads? Also, how about designated lanes for left and right turns at the parking garage exits? Open Right Year-round Always super friendly! We had a CO alarm go off, and their response time was quick, and the firefighters couldn't have been more courteous! Open Right Year-round Always very willing to educate the youth in our valley. Open Right Year-round Are we still running our tree clearing crews at same levels as drought? Should be. Requiring wet pipe fire suppression in single family residential is a ridiculous waste of money. People would rather spend their money on other things. Putting a waterline in a ceiling cavity with no antifreeze is a really bad idea.. Open Right Year-round Continue the wildfire mitigation to keep our community ready, alert and out of harms way Open Right Year-round fire department is great. They were very quick to respond to a CO alarm we had going off and were super friendly! Open Right Year-round I don't have any experience with fire services in Vail Open Right Year-round I know they are frustrated with visiting our neighborhood so much ... I appreciate their visits and their patience to make us safe. Open Right Year-round I loved the Open House put on by the fire department last year. The kids were so excited. I also appreciated talking to the wildland team out from of station 2 on Farmer's market days. Open Right Year-round I think we need the new station in Avon Open Right Year-round Mike Vaughan has been great to work with. Open Right Year-round My only contact was for a Car Seat and was unable to get their help in a timely fashion. Also, there could be more enforcement on head -counts at *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 94 July 5, 2016 - Page 174 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Fire Services hotspots in the Village. Open Right Year-round Need trees/bushes etc removed within some agreed on number of feet from homes and buildings. Everyone must participate. Need to require wildfire mitigation efforts. Open Right Year-round Sorry, there are a number of these topics for which I have no interaction or information. Haven't had to use firefighter services. Open Right Year-round Thankfully, haven't needed the services of the fire department. Open Right Year-round Thanks for remembering to do annual inspections at RSES. Open Right Year-round Thanks for the info about the south side of 170 beetle kill mitigation Open Right Year-round They are fantastic and friendly! I wish they would do some outreach on smoking safely, etc. Open Right Year-round they have always been very helpful when my husband called 911 Open Right Year-round When we remodeled, there were way too many rules which cost a lot of $ Open Right Year-round While living on Casolar Dr. in Sandstone, the fire dept was very helpful in directing us to cut trees and brush in order to reduce the fire hazzard in the neighborhood. Open Right Work only I think all spaces in town should have sprinkler systems. Open Right Work only luckily I have not needed the services of Vail Fire Dept. Open Right Work only Thank you! Open Right Work only The Vail fire department reaction time is awesome. Having worked in the village for 14 years , top notch response time for hotel guest issues is fantastic. Open Right Part-time I did a very small renovation on my condo several years ago (removed closet doors and put a ski bench in the closet), and the project was delayed for ten days awaiting fire department approval. Open Right Part-time I had one incident in a condo building where it took way too long for the fire dept. to respond. Open Right Part-time I had to call 9113 years ago. The EMT's were fast and very caring. I was so happy to see them. Open Right Part-time I really have not had any experience in this area Open Right Part-time No Open Right Get mail I am very pleased to hear the involvement that the Fire Department has only with RSES! It is so great that they are going into the school and educating the kids on various household hazards as well as how to calmly evacuate the school. My daughter came home and taught us what she learned ... one of the most important lesson being to NEVER hide from a firefighter because they are there to help you! Open Wrong Year-round Amazing..... I'm a property manager who deals with them often. Fast response time!! ALWAYS they are professional, courteous, helpful ......... these guys are the best and go way beyond the job description. Open Wrong Year-round cut logs are piled, just above Northwood, the snow load has flatten the piles and the logs are rolling toward the drop, into the trench, and glass walls. I am always concerned about kids playing in the trench, under the *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 95 July 5, 2016 - Page 175 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Fire Services retaining wall. Open Wrong Year-round Glad firefighters go to schools. Open Wrong Year-round Have not seen a wildfire yet, so good work. Open Wrong Year-round Still waiting on dead and diseased trees to be removed along the creek, please get the woodland fire team more help! Open Wrong Work only Often use trucks for personal activities. Realise they are on call but this is an expensive use of equipment. Open Wrong Part-time I needed medical services late one night in January and called 911, the response was excellent. Fast and very courteous and very attentive. Open Wrong Part-time Need more emphasis on clearing dead or dying trees in the Vail Valley. Open Don't Year-round I have not had interaction with their services know Open Don't Year-round I think inspecting non -remodeled homes is very important as well. Keep up know the good work! Open Don't Year-round I'm glad I don't know about response times. I am aware of and have been know tracking a fire system permit still open for over a year. Open Don't Year-round Lesson the Fire Dept's involvement in the building of private residences know Open Don't Year-round luckily I haven't had the need to interface with firefighters know Open Don't Year-round We've spent a fortune on a new fire station and the remodel of the village know station, yet the department pushes for sprinklers and other measures that are cost -prohibitive for remodels, etc. I'm sure Vail has the highest per capita fire department in the universe. The department seems to want it both ways - the best resources in the world and, simultaneously, impose the highest possible cost fire mitigation measures on its residents. Open Don't Work only Vail fire has come to my place of work for both informational sessions and know to aid us. They have been very helpful and responsive to all our needs and requests for help. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 176 of 433 Q.9: Rate your satisfaction with the following aspects of Police Services in the Town of Vail. Survey Direction Resident Comments about Police Services Invite Right Year-round All recent interactions have been positive and timely. Most of my recent experience has been with Code Enforcement. Invite Right Year-round Anytime I have spoken to a police officer on the street they have always been very friendly and approachable. Invite Right Year-round Could use some help letting people know not to get on 1-70 when traffic is backed up (when pass is closed). Invite Right Year-round Dont see them very often, but when I do they appear friendly and wanting to help. Invite Right Year-round Dwight has the BEST team of all! Invite Right Year-round Dwight is great and very approachable. Wish we used Lonestar less; and TOV police more. Invite Right Year-round for the Burton concert on Saturday night - marijuana was everywhere - I was with visiting families. they were shocked as was I. There was no police foot presence and if there had been a little more, perhaps that would have stopped so much pot being imbibed. I understand you have to pick your battles and that was one that obviously was too big to control. Invite Right Year-round Great job keeping us safe! Haven't had much personal interaction with the personnel. Invite Right Year-round great job --fell very safe Invite Right Year-round I appreciate the need for speeder control at the entrance to town. However, it seems as a very not nice 'welcome to Vail!' Invite Right Year-round I don't do a lot of driving in town, but have not seen the police vehicles in West Vail, but once in the past four months (how I know that is it was notable to me). The focus may be more on the village than outlying areas. I'm sure they'll be more visible as construction on the new round- about begins. Invite Right Year-round I feel Intermountain has been vastly ignored over the past year regarding traffic patrolling. I seem to remember passed years where police parked along south frontage road specifically between the two kinnikinnick entrances. Speeding has gotten out of control and frankly dangerous for those walking, running, biking in the area. Invite Right Year-round I have not had to use them, but they have come to our school for discussions on an emergency response program for an active shooter. Invite Right Year-round I know code inforecment has to inforce the parking rules. Such as no parking on Frontage roads except on the weekends (in some locations). However, they should do more to educate people before they ticket. I watch them drive down the street regularly waiting for people to park (espessially on Mondays) to issue tickets. They will drive right by someone pulling to the side and putting on their ski boots and not stop and tell them they can't park there, but come back 30 minutes later and write a ticket. It they have time to come by at 10 am to write tickets, *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 97 July 5, 2016 - Page 177 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Police Services why can't they be there at 9 am directing people where they can park. Especially since the sings are often very misleading. A GIANT parking symble, then small print that says only certain days. Quite tyring to use parking tickets as such a budget source. Invite Right Year-round I think we are again overspending on Vail PD, to many officers, cars etc. to primarily hand out speeding tickets and other driving infractions. Invite Right Year-round I would like to see officers more often in Vail Village (Bridge Street, Gore Creek Drive, and Meadow Drive), on foot or bike, but NOT sitting in the cars. They are great when they are there, but we need them a little more often. And Vail officers are substantially better than other neighboring jurisdictions, we'd massively prefer them. If we need to 'borrow' officers, they should be in backup positions, not front and center to our guests. Also, special events that require extra police should be paying (aggressively) to get them. Invite Right Year-round I would rather see more speed control on North Frontage road and the Chamonix neighborhood than on the interstate. There aren't pedestrians or children playing on 1-70. Invite Right Year-round In years past (10+ years) I used have direct contact with VPD foot patrols far more often. I was able to have brief discussions with officers and they could inform me directly of issues that may be affecting certain areas of town. This personal contacts seems to have diminished significantly and I really do not feel as though I really know many people at VPD. The risk of'emergency/crime' only contact could create an environment where people do not feel connected to the police and begin to see the department as separated from the community. I do how to contact VPD if needed and they are always friendly and responsive. Invite Right Year-round It is really crazy to have speed limits of 15 on some residential streets and to get ticketed. Need to think about updating that and along the frontage road to 30 from 25. 1 never see the patrol cars in neighborhoods. Invite Right Year-round Love to see police presence more. Hate to see public intoxication, marijuana use and public urination in our community. Invite Right Year-round Love VPD! Invite Right Year-round need more police on the streets Invite Right Year-round No Invite Right Year-round No need for Police services in last year- a good thing. Don't ever see any routine patrols through the neighborhood. I wish the no on -street parking rule was better enforced on holidays when the kids in the house across the street arrive for party weekends- especially on July 4th when they tend to shoot fireworks well into the early morning hours. Invite Right Year-round Off hours response needs better faster communication. Invite Right Year-round On -road parking has been a problem in my neighborhood in the past year. I would like to see more consistent patrol/presence of Code Enforcement in the residential neighborhoods so as to prevent and resolve parking issues. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples �-1 July 5, 2016 - Page 178 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Police Services Invite Right Year-round Our business has had several occasions to work with the Police who are always courteous and helpful to 'troublesome' guests and restaurant patrons. They understand the business we are in, and do their'policing' accordingly. Invite Right Year-round Overall I would say the police are friendly but not like they used to be in years gone bye. Spend a ridiculous amount of time on speed enforcement. I don't really understand why the TOV police spend so much time enforcing 1-70 speeders. Spend more time walking Vail Village Invite Right Year-round Parking and traffic in town continues to be more and more of a problem. Parking prices for local employees are too high. Exiting from the east end of the Lionshead parking structure is dangerous - there is a crosswalk there but no drivers can see the fading paint, especially under snow and there is no other indicator there that pedestrians have the right of way Invite Right Year-round Police are unfailingly courteous and helpful in dealing with guest or dining room issues... Invite Right Year-round Road capacity limits ability to deal with traffic flow, parking at peak times. Would it be helpful during closures or restrictions of 1-70 due to truck chain up, CDOT maintenance, etc., following accidents for police to be a bit more involved in re-routing traffic or alerting public of such issues. Once on the scene they are quite helpful. A lot of delays & stoppages could be lessened with quicker response, as when 170 chain up clogs entire highway. With construction of new chain up & underpass, these problems will greatly intensify isolating the Village & various neighborhoods one from another. Invite Right Year-round selective code enforcement Invite Right Year-round Sometimes traffic control seems to add to the chaos instead of smoothing it. Invite Right Year-round Speeding through East Vail neighborhoods is common. Don't see patrols often. Invite Right Year-round Street lights would be nice when walking home from work to the parking garage, Four Seasons to Lionshead parking lot. At night it is very dark. Invite Right Year-round Thanks for serving our community and keeping us safe. I know this community is small and safe in so many eyes and with the interstate and amount of tourists, I know this presents so many challenges. Invite Right Year-round The managing of the parking situation is not consist. Some neighbor get tickets, other neighbors are overlooked. Either ticket everyone or don't ticket at all. Think the police are horrible in this area. Invite Right Year-round The police force in Vail is incredible. They are polite, kind, effective and responsible. Invite Right Year-round The speed limit in the Intermountain neighborhood was changed from 20 to 25 about 15-20 years ago. The police told us at the time it would be easier to inforce. However I've only seen police out here after I've made phone calls. It is 20 in the Matterhorn area and all areas of Eagle -Vail. I feel it needs to be put back to 20. There are so many families with young children walking to Stephens Park and so many people walking their dogs and with the narrow streets here it is unsafe. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples July 5, 2016 - Page 179 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Police Services It's an accident waiting to happen! Why can't we have the flashing sped sign that they have on Stone Creek Dr. in Eagle -Vail??? The other area that is so unsafe is the South frontage road in Intermountain. It has so many walkers and cyclists and cars exceed the speed limit! Please address these issues!!!! Thank you Invite Right Year-round The Vail police department strikes the right balance of presence, safety and security for a world class resort like Vail Invite Right Year-round There are always people double parked in the parking stuctures and I never see tickets for them. It is very frustrating to find a space when others have two. Invite Right Year-round There could be improvements on monitoring parking in the structures on busy days so that drivers don't abuse the parking spots (covering 2 spots, offering directions on open spots). Invite Right Year-round They do a great job and I appreciate their outreach to the immigrant community Invite Right Year-round They don't seem to be as good this winter as in the past at stopping traffic jams at the East Vail exit and on the frontage rd when 170 closes. Invite Right Year-round Very little presence in east Vail..... Speeding is a problem that continues to exist with little traffic control signing. Invite Right Year-round We come from an urban private school in Hoboken NJ. We had no police presence in school. Our daughter is at RSES and the police presence was a surprise (shock may be more accurate). It has been a very positive experience for her. The police are now just part of life and normal human beings. Lovely. Invite Right Year-round We haven't had any problems. But, we hardly ever see any police around (and we live at the Four Seasons --right across the street from the police station) and never see any police around on foot. Once in 8 years, we saw one of the Vail Police person skiing on the mountain. More visibility would be great. We do hear sirens and see flashing lights from time to time (why do we need sirens? --Singapore never uses them). The same shops --fur shops --seem to be targeted year after year. Can anything be done to prevent that? Parking is a HUGE problem. Why not use the lawn where the Roost used to be for daily parking, for example? Invite Right Year-round Would like to see more patrols off Chamonix for speeding vehicles. Invite Right Work only Great officers! Invite Right Work only not much interaction with police personally Invite Right Work only Traffic control - Would like to see better signage / surface painting for use of round a bouts. How about a sign 'please use blinker' at entrances. Invite Right Part-time Again, compared to where I live the other half the year...... Invite Right Part-time By virtue of never feeling unsafe or experiencing anything negative during my intermittent visits Invite Right Part-time Despite all the people and the challenges that come with that, the policemen are always polite, helpful and friendly. Invite Right Part-time Frustrated when I see cars taking 2 spots in the garages. Also sometimes not clear about spots on top of paring garage in Village. Think guests get *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 100 July 5, 2016 - Page 180 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Police Services confused about street parking especially in neighborhoods. There is signage but sometimes not noticed and feel bad if they get ticketed. We live on Boothfalls Rd. and parking minimal for trail and many use street or frontage road out of frustration and if school parking not available it creates a problem. Use of temporary signage would be nice to make it more noticiable and clarify the 'rules'. Invite Right Part-time Honestly I don't see the police much. I really do believe that they are doing a great job without being seen. I never hear of any problems from any of my family, friends or guests. I am thankful for that!! When I do see them patrol - I always wave and they are very friendly in return. It is a difficult job and it seems that are professional and effective. Invite Right Part-time I feel safe so I guess they are doing a good job Invite Right Part-time I had a very satisfactory experience in 2015 with Vail Police in handling a property crime in which I was a victim. It resulted in convictions of all 3 people involved because of the good investigative work of the officer involved. Invite Right Part-time I like the fact that Vail police are responsive and are willing to handle situations like loud and rowdy renters in the complex and other things where it's difficult for residents to walk into questionable situations. Invite Right Part-time I love seeing the Vail Police on Vail Mountain when the officers are skiing. In the summer, are they on bikes? I like to see police around. Invite Right Part-time I think they hang out of the frontage roads too much writing tickets to raise money. It's the same with parking. They are very quick to hand out tickets. Again, it's revenue generating. It is not very friendly to visitors or residents. Invite Right Part-time Last summer I had to stop into the police station to get clarity about the new bag law/. They were very curtious and helpful. Also had to call them about a very loud party that raged late into the night. They were right on it. Invite Right Part-time more leash law enforcement please . I am tired of dodging charging dogs while walking my dog on a leash.. the excuse'don't worry he's friendly' doesn't help. My dog is old and cant see very well and , I walk her on a leash as required but other dog owners seem to think the leash law does not apply to them. Invite Right Part-time Need to aggressively enforce no parking on city streets. Need to aggressively enforce speed limits in the village on city streets. Invite Right Part-time Need to continue to monitor Gore Creek Drive east of the core - it is a mess or reinstitue a one way from Mill Creek west. Hotels and people are acting like it is a bus station! Invite Right Part-time No Invite Right Part-time no,thank you Invite Right Part-time Officer Wiberg--give him an'attaboy' Invite Right Part-time parking tickets in the village and on the Frontage road, even if warranted does not send a welcoming message. Couldn't we try first time warning with alternative parking information on their windshields? *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 101 July 5, 2016 - Page 181 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Police Services Invite Right Part-time Please see above related to pot use on the slopes. Invite Right Part-time seems like the amount of traffic parked at no cost on frontage roads is increasing. this is lost revenue for the town of vail and it congests roadways and seems generally suboptimal. a study on adding a deck or two on the parking structures might be indicated Invite Right Part-time The police might be a bit too active regarding speeding. I see a lot of tourists pulled over. We have the speed limits set very low and going a bit above that wouldn't cause much of an issue. It sure makes the full/part time people stay within the posted speed limit. Invite Right Part-time The Vail PD is useless. My wife has called them twice to deal with trucks that have tried to run her off the road. Once they took the trucker's side (even though he forced her onto the shoulder on purpose) and once they refused to show up at all. That budget would be better spent buying everyone in town popsicles. Invite Right Part-time There is no skier drop-off or parking on Mill Creek Circle -- yet every weekend, there are plenty of cars dropping right off in front of the gondola. Invite Right Part-time Vails police force may be the most approachable in the US. They go out of there way to assist and be courteous, while still doing there job (whether people like that or not :-) ) Invite Right Part-time We are very satisfied with the work of the Police Services. Some of the 4 ratings are because we are not familiar ... Invite Right Own Some of the police at check point Charlie are great.... while others can business be rude and on some sort of power trip. Definitely happy Moses is gone, only the older gentlemen with gray hair, thin, (not sure of his name) is my favorite. He treats everyone with respect and the new recruits could learn from him Invite Right Get mail Dwight and his team are approachable, friendly, professional. They do a only great job. Invite Right Get mail Police need to help manage the parking situation! Someone is going to only get hit on the frontage road Invite Right Get mail We have not had any interaction with police, except for a driving only violation. He was very courteous and only gave us a warning. Invite Right Not nice to start speed traps the day after the season. Invite Wrong Year-round Called police twice: Stolen packages at my house - very helpful Mountain lion hit in Dowd Junction - 1 dead, 1 alive - very helpful Invite Wrong Year-round cops do a great job at check point charlie at the same time it is a parking lot in front of Buzz's parking tickets should be $75 Invite Wrong Year-round Eliminate parking on the frontage road. Invite Wrong Year-round Excessive speeding continues to be a problem in our residential neighborhoods, and the police department and chief don't seem to care. Invite Wrong Year-round I have foundnpolice appear friendly, however I suspect they indulge in some unnessary drama. Invite Wrong Year-round I'm not sure if this is police or road construction issue, but the roundabouts MUST be turned into one lane. No one understands how *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 102 July 5, 2016 - Page 182 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Police Services to use them. I've asked a police officer his opinion, and have seen city vehicles doing the complete opposite. Additionally, the lanes can't be seen in snow, and the faded paint is always difficult to read what lane is which. I frequently get cut off and sometimes forced into the medium. I've actually disconnected my horn because I found I was using it daily and now I am just more aware of people doing the wrong thing. Take a tip from Avon on their first exit on that roundabout by Northside Cafe. they switched it to one lane and it's so much more efficient. Invite Wrong Year-round Lets try redeploying our troops. 4 cars in vail village all at once. That's every car on duty in the exact same place. Police Cars parked directly in front of businesses front doors even though there is no emergency scaring away customers. Watching tourists run stop signs and go the wrong way in roundabouts in front of police cars and not being stopped because they have out of town plates or in a car that would cost a local 6 years salary. Invite Wrong Year-round Many people park illegally on the street in our area, Alpine Drive, and create dangerous situations Invite Wrong Year-round My bus stop is on a street that has a speed limit of 15 mph. People regularly drive much faster (such as 45 mph). I have lived here almost 20 years and have never seen anyone pulled over for speeding on that street. After all these years I have to assume the town of Vail does not really care about safety on that particular street (though it is obvious that care on other streets). The street is Main Gore. Invite Wrong Year-round Need to provide more parking! Invite Wrong Year-round No Invite Wrong Year-round Officer Marc Antonio helped me by checking and securing some hand guns that belonged to my ex-husband. He couldn't have been nicer or more helpful. Invite Wrong Year-round Our police and firefighters rock! Invite Wrong Year-round parking structure should have emergency call box..Blue box?? they do not enforce the no public smoking areas and actually just ignore it! Seems as all they want is to make parking tickets for no reason. Blocking off golden peak on Saturdays is too much and causes more traffic. Vail needs better and more drop off parking for cars and shuttles! the parking on frontage road is so unsafe!I Invite Wrong Year-round Police checked cars for terrorists activities but not foot traffic at some big events. That seemed neglectful if there was an actual reason to be concerned. Invite Wrong Year-round Police need to be more aggressive at young adult events. Drinking and pot smoking is out of hand and the police just watch. Invite Wrong Year-round problems with illegal on street parking in East Vail Invite Wrong Year-round See my original comment. Lots of time to sit in a speed trap, but never seem to see them in town unless its a concert on a Fri night Invite Wrong Year-round So-so response from police regarding a stalker - initially seemed great, but no follow-through. Wish they would actually enforce parking rules in *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 103 July 5, 2016 - Page 183 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Police Services the Vail garage - ticket all of those cars taking two spaces! Invite Wrong Year-round Spend less time sitting at check point Charlie and walk around town. If dogs are running loose, give the owner a ticket. If people drive the wrong way down a street, give them a ticket. If people park in no parking zones, give them a ticket and raise the ticket price so it is a penalty and not just a few dollars over the parking structure fee. In other words just enforce the laws. Invite Wrong Year-round Stop signs and speed limits are optional in west Vail. The speed limit on Chamonix should be 20 mph on all of Chamonix not just the west end. Invite Wrong Year-round The police need to spend less time enforcing 1-70 speeders and more time walking Vail Village. Why are town resources being spent to do state troopers job. Invite Wrong Year-round When calling the police for a noise disturbance this earlier this year the staff were courteous and efficient and the matter was resolved quickly and effectively. Invite Wrong Year-round Would like to see more patrolling of frontage roads. Have seen numerous cars going 60 + mph on these roads . People driving in the turning lanes of north frontage road in front supermarkets. I am sure the revenue generated through these traffic violations would benefit the town greatly as apposed to sitting with their lights off in front of the parking garage waiting for someone to not use their turn signal Invite Wrong Part-time Again. haven't had to use the police services. Feel very safe in town and have had no problems with our property. Invite Wrong Part-time As I have said before - do the police ever give tickets to truckers or loud motorcycles???? Invite Wrong Part-time Crime is low and police behavior is good. They must be doing something right. Invite Wrong Part-time I don't really see police on foot/vehicle through the village. I do see them quite a bit parked on 1-70 in watch for speeders. Invite Wrong Part-time I would like to see more police visibility in the neighborhood (east Vail). Invite Wrong Part-time In nearly 30 years of skiing in Vail and 9 years of home ownership in Vail, I have never seen a policeman on foot, only in cars. Invite Wrong Part-time My only score lower than 'S' is for the parking structures, where all too often people hog enough space that there is room for only one car rather than two. I would like to see more frequent, and maybe more costly, enforcement. Invite Wrong Part-time The parking structure still remains unsafe for women at night. CHECK POINT CHARLIE safety staff need to re-educated on handicap persons and what is illegal when asking questions. I actually had someone ask me if I were handicapped when I clearly have a handicap placard visible in vehicle. Invite Wrong Part-time There seems to be a general sense within the police dept that the officers have a chip on their shoulders. It shows. Invite Wrong Part-time Too much presence at some events, such as blocking off some routes for (unneeded) crowd control at concerts. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 104 July 5, 2016 - Page 184 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Police Services Invite Wrong Part-time Vail has turned into a speed trap. Parking on the streets is very poorly managed. Invite Wrong Part-time Visibility of Police is thin in East Vail. A prominent sign in front of the municipal building would help visitors locate the police station. Invite Don't know Year-round I am concerned with the moose and making sure the police are available to help keep people away from it. I am also concerned with having a wild animal with her two babies in such close proximity to people who don't always respect that this is a wild animal. I have also come upon the moose by accident in the center of town with a dog and luckily she remained docile but I think this is an accident waiting to happen. Not sure what you do though. Invite Don't know Year-round I only see police out looking give tickets for traffic violations. I never see them on the street. Invite Don't know Year-round I see little to no enforcement by police or public safety officials in two areas: First, with respect to the TOV leash law. On any given morning, I nearly hit (and possibly injure or kill) at least one dog because very few people have there dogs on leashes in the West Vail North neighborhood. It is dangerous and disrespectful. Not to mention the waste the dogs leave in my yard. Second, speed patrol in West Vail North seems very minimal. As a household with children, I do not feel safe allowing them to walk/ride bikes to the park in our neighborhood due to the reckless and unsafe driving of many residents. Invite Don't know Year-round I think Vail Police are in general excel. Very friendly, informative. One of the best public services in Vail. Invite Don't know Year-round My interaction was purely professional. All officers were respectful and fair. Invite Don't know Year-round Police dept doing a good job thanks Invite Don't know Year-round The Vail police are always very friendly, professional and quick to respond they do a great job. Invite Don't know Part-time Enforcing the electric vehicle parking spaces would be appreciated, so that the spaces are available for EVs to charge. Most of the time these spaces are filled up by gas -powered cars who don't need the chargers and could have parked elsewhere. Please start ticketing/towing. Invite Don't know Part-time I have been visiting Vail bars for decades. There is clearly more drug and prostitute (not including marijuana) activity in the last five years. There needs to be more undercover pressure on these activities. Invite Don't know Part-time Parking in Vail is the biggest issue too many of us have with many condo owners only having 1 spot per condo. In Dec 2015 moved my car to roadside Vail View Dr. hill top parking across from Sandstone Creek Club because I had family coming to town. I waited till 11:40am(8-12 is the time period 2 days a week for snow removal). The town snow removal company finished the job and there was no more snow coming down. The snow removal operator waved at me and my neighbor(who also was trying to park) an 'all done' wave. At 11:50 we both got tickets. I understand what you need to do but in light of how hard it is to find parking in Sandstone I view this as the town of Vail looking at a new way *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 105 July 5, 2016 - Page 185 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Police Services to make money. The snow truck was not coming back. These tickets are very very unfair to residents who are patient and do not leave their cars for the town to shovel around. Invite Don't know Part-time Traffic and parking are a mess on big snow days and during holidays! By 8:45am on a powder day there was NO parking available anywhere in Vail or Lionshead, in any lot, on the street, or parking structure. Invite Don't know Get mail Good only Invite Don't know Get mail no interaction with police only Invite Year-round Have much peace of mind with public safety officers of the calibre of those in Town of Vail Open Right Year-round A routine drive thru of every neighborhood would be nice. Also a text # or email address to send photos or concerns of parking issues would be helpful Open Right Year-round Dispatch is awesome. Daric Harvey is awesome. Police explorer program is super. Open Right Year-round Do not feel Vail is a safe place. Crime rates and locations of crimes should be published. Seems like Vail hides the facts in this area. Open Right Year-round Doing a great job Open Right Year-round East vail chain up area needs more police direction Open Right Year-round Have always felt extremely safe in Vail. Open Right Year-round I am in and out of Vail often and occasionally see police patrol. Open Right Year-round I had a small request this past week with regard to code enforcement and the officer was very prompt and courteous. His name is Miguel. His level of service was exemplary. Open Right Year-round I never see patrols in Intermountain. People driving too fast on snow bank narrowed streets where there are no sidewalks...... loud, unlicensed dirt bikes going 50+ mph on residential streets. Open Right Year-round I never see patrols in Intermountain .... people driving to fast on narrow snow packed streets..... unlicensed, loud dirt bikes at 50+ mph on residential streets. Open Right Year-round I rarely see them in east vail Open Right Year-round I would like to see more speed regulation on alpine drive. Mainly the lower section. There is tons of traffic accessing the higher homes that does not respect the speed limit. Open Right Year-round I'd like to see more ticketing of cars parked in more than 1 space (especially during ski season) inside the parking structures. There is really no reason to allow it when parking is so limited. Open Right Year-round It would be nice if the cars that spent days and weeks in the North Trail lot got ticketed or towed so that those of us who live in Potato Patch could park there... Open Right Year-round Luckily I think we live in a pretty safe town. Open Right Year-round Meter maids are a little too aggressive Open Right Year-round My bag was stolen through the employee entrance at my work, while *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 106 July 5, 2016 - Page 186 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Police Services they didn't say anything before it happened, 12 others had theirs stolen previously apparently from the same area. But they caught them and got me restitution. Very well done, and so nice! Open Right Year-round Need more parking! Open Right Year-round Our police officers are great. Chief Henninger has to put up with a lot and does it in a professional and competent manner. Open Right Year-round Parking in the town of Vail with small children is a nightmare. Open Right Year-round Parking is always a mess, and the charge is kind of ridiculous. Would like to see a better year-round resident rate or discounts. Maybe spots dedicated to residents even if they are the last spots coming out of the structure on the east end which are the last spots to fill up. Open Right Year-round Please monitor the handicap spots in the Vail Parking garages. We cannot take our handicapped family member into Vail when it is fuller because there is not parking.... because of people who don't have handicapped stickers!!! It is practically impossible for someone with a walking disability. Also, please deeply consider providing Timber Ridge with Security at night during the ski season ... it feels unsafe. Open Right Year-round Skier Parking at Spraddle Creek is out of control. Open Right Year-round The Police Department has helped to provided us a very safe and friendly place to live. Open Right Year-round The Vail PD is always very helpful! Open Right Year-round The Vail Police Department is always extremely friendly and helpful. Open Right Year-round There are times that code enforcement drives on my street, and sees a car running at the front of my house/driveway-- while someone drops something at my front door, or i am shuttling cars around to get 1 out of the garage, and they proceeds to start writing a ticket. Open Right Year-round They are very nice and super friendly. Open Right Year-round Vail PD is always helpful and friendly! Open Right Year-round We have too many police and we are now renting police (Lone Star) and they think and act like police. I feel we need less of a presence in our sleepy town. Open Right Year-round We live in a duplex next to were the Garmisch drug bust took place in the middle of the night with a very loud noise bomb. My 6 yr old son's room is right next to the unit where the drug bust took place. Guns were out right by his window. He still has nightmares. They should have let us know a couple mins. Beforehand. My son shouldn't have to go through that. Open Right Year-round We live in a duplex on Garmisch Dr next to where the drug bust took place in the middle of the night with a very loud noise bomb. Unfortunately my 6 yrs old sons window is next to the unit where police were in full gear with guns drawn. He has nightmares because of this and is scared of police. Open Right Year-round With robberies becoming more frequent, patrolling more often is necessary Open Right Work only Erick Bensen ROCKSH H *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 107 July 5, 2016 - Page 187 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Police Services Open Right Work only I do have a growing concern about pot smoking in the Vail Village parking structure -- I hope for more of a police presence there. It is a gateway to the ski day and often sets a poor tone for a family starting their ski day. Open Right Work only I have not had a lot of contact with the police and the few that I have encountered seem friendly and approachable. I'm not in town much so I rarely see foot patrol but I do see the vehicles out and about. Open Right Work only Love the TOV police they are the most approachable in the valley and most of them don't have an 'I am god' attitude that is nice. Keep it real. Open Right Work only Need to improve road markings in traffic circles Open Right Work only Thank you Open Right Work only The bus circle at Lionshead is not monitored. The cars are loading and unloading all the time preventing the busses to keep schedules. Open Right Work only The Vail PD has amazing reaction times. Open Right Work only The Vail PD has been extremely supportive of assisting my business in a number of different areas. I view this department as one of the most friendly and collaborative departments I've seen. Open Right Part-time I liked it when they drove Saabs Open Right Part-time I've almost never seen any police on foot patrol Open Right Part-time My response is based on personal experience along with those I have heard of other people. I am told that the safety of the village is because some of the steps taken are not obvious. As a woman alone at times (even at night), I feel safe in the village. Open Right Part-time No Open Right Part-time Safety and security is of paramount concern as we have younger daughters that use our home and it's also a part time residence that we trust is protected with our security alarm service, property manager and local officers. If this trust/ sense of safety is ever compromised we would move to another area. Open Right Part-time Thankfully we haven't needed much from the police/fire/emergency here in 40 years but we know they are ready and able to help if we did need them! Open Right Part-time The Vail police force is way to overzealous, there visibility is disconcerting it feels like an armed police state after 11pm in vail village. It does NOT make me feel safe. I was pulled over'as a courtesy' by two Vail police for having a headlight out. They were just fishing for a drunk driver and I don't drink and drive. They even pulled over a friend of mine for not using his blinker exiting the structure. Because of this I don't even want to go into town for dinner. Many of my friends feel the same. If someone is driving dangerously pull them over. The Vail police force is way out of line and needs to be reined in. Open Right Part-time We were served with a notice to remove 3 small stone pavers which were on town property. Believe it or not, three police officers came to the door. What a waste of manpower, not to speak of how frightening. No effort was made to notify us that the Town would be sending out *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 108 July 5, 2016 - Page 188 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Police Services troops to give us a piece of paper! Open Right Own Lone Star represents TOV. While they do a good job they and their all business black uniforms look like they are somewhere from other than the only mountains. Open Right Own The TOV is very helpful with the Devo drop program on Sunday mornings business that I was a part of. only Open Right Get mail Again, very happy that the Police Department has such a strong only presence in RSES! One area of improvement would be to monitor the parking structures and issue tickets for vehicles that are taking up more than one space... Open Right Get mail Why is nobody talking about parking? the structures are now full all year only around Open Wrong Year-round Devo dropoff is tough! Open Wrong Year-round Great group that understands 'serve and protect'! Daric and Craig are great. Open Wrong Year-round I feel the Vail 'speet trap' just gives us a bad reputation. Better to go after all the truckers violating the noise ordnance. So easy to enforce as they have no mufflers; mostly independant flatbeds and livestock haulers. Open Wrong Year-round Need to have more speeder control on Frontage Roads. Need to enforce Village NO PARKING zones more often. Open Wrong Year-round Not even the town buses observe stop signs. Pedestrian traffic has increased significantly and many intersection are dangerous or blind. Open Wrong Year-round So many police at all times all Over town. Has crime risen so that we need a constant presence of police in full gear and bullet proof vests? Open Wrong Year-round The Police Officers are excellent ....... so grateful for them. But some of the 'peace officers' are rude, with bad attitudes and not very helpful. Open Wrong Year-round This is a working village ...inventory has to get in and out of stores... they have leaned heavily on our UPS and Fedex trucks and they are the life line for the stores. Some help here would be great! Open Wrong Year-round Vail PD does a great job at making people feel very safe and secure, especially for the tourists. However, I feel like they lack sympathy for the working class, especially during the off season when they are so bored they are just waiting for something to happen. Open Wrong Year-round Vail Police has always been wonderful in my interactions with them. Open Wrong Work only Police never seen or parking officers often sit in their trucks watching violators drop off passengers and take no action They do not confront drivers. They are happy to book parking violators when no person is in attendance. Open Wrong Work only See previous comment Open Wrong Work only The police in Vail are great - not aggressive jerks like Avon police, but they get the job done. They could go easy on ticketing in Ford Park during the winter. Isn't it possible to verify through a license plate that someone is allowed to park? Just forgetting to use your hang tag can *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 109 July 5, 2016 - Page 189 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Police Services result in a ticket. Unfair for having already paid $150 for a pass... Open Wrong Work only They need to get back to community policing and enforcing town regulations and stop chasing down the mythical rash of drug dealers, enforce wildlife regulations year round. Magpies, raccoons, crows and Ravens are just as bad as bears in dealing with trash. Open Wrong Work only Why do they do such little speed control. Only time you see them is on the interstate. Open Wrong Part-time Need more enforcement of visitors (and locals) using drugs. Open Wrong Part-time The two way stop sign at the Tyrolean is a disaster. I was almost T-boned by someone who blew through the sign. I did not have to stop. I understand it's a difficult area but it's got to improve. You need to put the stop sign back going into town on Vail Valley Drive and Homestake. It served a purpose. Open Wrong Own Sometimes they catch the bad guy, sometimes they don't. Respect and business appreciation that they have such inherent risk in their job. Especially only glad they don't have a reputation for being overbearing. Expectations of a resort police force require a delicate touch, and as a group, the VPD has been good at that. Open Don't know Year-round I am appalled that during the Vail Village concerts, police allow people to smoke pot in public. My children, 12 and 14, go to these events and they don't understand why the police allow the cloud of pot smoke where minors are present. Open Don't know Year-round I appreciate that the police send out bulletins regarding threats to businesses - counterfeit money, thievery activity, etc. It helps put us all a bit more on our guard. Also great that police conducted the CELL training and should keep it up ('see something, say something') The traffic control in the roundabouts when the various events come through is a herculean task for which we should all be grateful. Dispatch services and the volunteer program are excellent. Open Don't know Year-round I hate the Vail Police, I think that they don't do anything, they sit on their asses and don't do shit. Open Don't know Year-round I haven't seen any police officers. I'm sure they're around, I just haven't seen them! Parking enforcement in the Vail village garage and at lionshead seems to be lax. I always see huge vehicles parked inter compact car only spots, and regular cars in the electric car spots, and people parked crookedly or taking up 2 spots. Aggravating. Open Don't know Year-round I live on Arosa. I have to walk from the nearest bus stop of Chamoniox. There are no sidewalks, no street lights, so what I would appreciate greatly is a focus by the Vail PD to patrol the neighborhoods for speeding. If a car is parked illegally or someone leaves their trash can out an extra day, Vail code enforcement is VERY quick to come write tickets. I have yet to see a police officer sitting and pulling people over for speeding. I spend a great deal of time walking my dog throughout the neighborhood and am VERY tired of the number of people speeding through the streets. The speed limit is 15MPH! Enforcing the speed limit is a matter of public safety. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 110 July 5, 2016 - Page 190 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Police Services Open Don't know Year-round More Police!!!!! Better enforcement of speed limits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!HHH! Open Don't know Year-round Parking on streets not enforced equally. Some times vehicles are parked and get tickets other times they don't get tickets. Need to be consistent. Open Don't know Year-round Speeding in residential areas is a huge concern. Control of this problem is unglamorous but affects every resident where he lives. When I've called to report rampant speeding in Matterhorn, for instance, officers seem concerned, yet nothing seems to be happening as far as sitting in an area and observing, posting more signage where it will do the most good, perhaps adjusting 15mph to a more realistic 20mph. Both long - and short-term renters seem to think that there are no speed limits. Open Don't know Year-round Thank you for all that you do! Open Don't know Work only Need code enforcement to adopt pragmatic approach to parking enforcement, especially with respect to deliveries. Focus on best solution to problem not letter of the law. (Law is theoretically adopted to help solve problem). Police should continue to make effort to connect with citizens and businesses in person. Establish more first name relationships. Officer Chad Henninger is a rockstar! Open Don't know Work only the only reason I gave managing parking and traffic control issues is that I feel that it is a battle they can't win. People park places they shouldn't, but by the time someone responds, the car is gone. During 170 shut downs, there is only so much you can do with the cars and trucks. Over all I think that things have improved over the last few years, but I don't know if it will ever be to the point that we would all like it to be. Open Don't know Part-time only place I see them is sometimes check point cjharlie Open Don't know Part-time The vail police force to an armed police state. They are overzealous, and way to ubiquitous. There is a feeling of if you go out to dinner and have a glass of wine you will get arrested. The visibility is intimidating and unsettling. I am a law abiding citizen and their presence makes me not want to go out and spend money. I had a headlight out and two Vail policemen pulled me over 'as a courtesy' it was not a courtesy they were fixated on drunk drivers. I was not breaking any laws (I also had two driving lights). Being pulled over for not using your blinker when exiting the parking structure is just plain harassment. I also had a break in and the police basically accused my tenant (who is a close friend of the family) of being guilty. My place was for sale and they asked for a list of everyone how viewed the home, now that will really help me sell my place. If someone is driving dangerously pull them over, the Vail police force is way out of line and need to be reined in. Business owners are suffering because of this. Open Don't know Part-time used to see police in town walking have not seen one policeman this year except at Check Point Charlie Open Don't know Own Still hate the crime scene tape designating parking on frontage Rd business only Open Year-round They are very available to write tickets. They should be available to *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 111 July 5, 2016 - Page 191 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Police Services Resident direct and help our guests. Q.9: Rate your satisfaction with the following aspects of the Community Development Department. Survey Direction Resident Comments about Community Development Department Invite Right Year-round All employees at Community Development have been friendly and helpful. Invite Right Year-round enforcement should not be left in the hands of code enforcement as it is selective Invite Right Year-round frustration with timeliness Invite Right Year-round Have gotten conflicting answers to questions and code questions from different people at different times. Invite Right Year-round Have NOT found the com dep manager to be very friendly. He seems quite arrogant. I have heard comments from other folks that are building in town that he has his own agenda and is difficult to work with. Invite Right Year-round My experience in purchasing two deed restricted homes in the last 6 years has been a very positive one. The Community Development team has provided excellent customer service and are truly helpful in the home -buying experience. I was truly impressed with the knowledge of the buying and selling process and the ease at which the team helped us along in our purchases and sales. Invite Right Year-round Our dissatisfaction lies totally with the citizen DRB. Often DRB members force their personal opinions regarding colors, taste, applicability, etc. regarding plans vs. just sticking to the Town codes and regulations. With a rotating citizen DRB membership, and allowing each person to implement their own personal preferences will, over time, lead to a hodgepodge of designs, colors, materials, etc. which should NOT be the objective of the Town. Invite Right Year-round Thank you Invite Right Year-round The process, while occasionally hugely frustrating, works. We are a better project for having been through the process, and the town benefitted. But the town benefitted from our project being given reasonable opportunity to succeed, too. Invite Right Part-time Being in the construction business back home, inspection is a very subjective activity and that goes for TOV as well. Occasionally the inspectors go a bit crazy in there interpretation of regulations. Challenging unreasonable interpretation of building regulations is fraught with danger and tend to go unchallenged. This only drives up costs needlessly Invite Right Part-time I have had a very good experience with Todd Oppenheimer and the planning of the redesigned park on Manns Ranch Rd. I got emails, plans, photographs, invitations to on-site meetings, invitation to brain storming event at the Grand Review. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 112 July 5, 2016 - Page 192 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Community Development Department Invite Right Part-time Staff are wonderful, but the volume of items that must be approved must be more than staff can handle at times. It takes way to long to get a permit, which includes approvals for many, many items unnecessary for the safety and security of the community. Invite Right They were easy to work with and very knowledgable and helpful Invite Wrong Year-round Construction fees are a rip off Invite Wrong Year-round The DRB staff has been inconsistent, not helpful and generally shows preferential treatment to certain individuals and entities. They are not helpful and hence the numerous aging residences are not being allowed to upgrade or update their property. Encourage and fast track small and non structural projects. This department is a major problem affecting much of Vail Invite Wrong Year-round View corridors should not be sold off to those who want a minor infringement Invite Wrong Work only The Vail Trail 'Renovation' plan has not been communicated to the community in an open and transparent fashion. It seems like the process is being 'fast -tracked' through the system before REALLY listening to the Vail residents. Because of that, it has become a contentious project ... with people getting ugly and impolite about it. More research needed to be done on the part of the TOV 'developers' of this project. Invite Wrong Part-time WE LOVE STAR Invite Don't know Year-round George Ruther is rude and arrogant. Shelly is a unfriendly welcome at the front counter. Invite Don't know Year-round I came to the office in regards to a neighbor that has done some construction, which I believe isn't to code. They arrived at the residence and were allowed to go in per the owner but never went to the third floor.they did send an inspector back the next day but I was also concerned about illegal structures on the third floor. The third floor has multiple bedrooms sectioned off probably illegally. Living underneath them, I just want to know what they are doing up there is to code. Invite Don't know Year-round they were very helpful and quick to respond and provide us with the permits we needed. Invite Don't know Part-time DRB process was relatively smooth and approval time was reasonable Invite Part-time permits required for small jobs that shouldn't require permits Open Right Year-round Caroline is a great representative for the building department Open Right Year-round How can the PEC rezone a home on Garmisch that clearly doesn't meet the criteria. It it was not for the efforts of a town councilman and many neighbors, the issue on Garmisch may have passed. The training and education of the PEC staff needs to be addressed ASAP. Glad we have checks and balances Open Right Year-round I think the update web site is more difficult to navigate than the previous version. Open Right Year-round Of the major Town government elements..1 think CD has improved the most over recent years. Their attitudes are better as is their flexibility on issues before them. It used to be 'NO' don't even think about it..to a *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 113 July 5, 2016 - Page 193 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Community Development Department 'Lets see what we can do about this.' which is much better. There's less of the '..the citizens of Vail are trying to put something over on us'...type of thinking. Open Right Year-round Sometimes, when a renovation to the outside of a home is desired, it is difficult to know why or how decisions are made by comdev on the need to match or not match neighbor's homes, in color and style. Sometimes, matching is required, sometimes not, and sometimes decisions seem arbitrary. The one part of the TOV government I have not fully understood. Open Right Year-round Takes too long to get building plans approved. Open Right Year-round Very excited about the new development in Chamonix. Open Right Year-round We are going through the DRB approval process now for redevelopment of our townhomes- early in the process now, but it seems balanced thoughtful. Open Right Part-time Excellent now. Don't ask us about the past. Open Right Part-time I haven't needed their help regarding permits or inspections Open Right Part-time Not sure if this is the proper place to note this. One of the reasons Vail is so charming is the unique Alpine feel that it has based on some of the original buildings. Although impossible to control throughout the whole town of Vail, I would think that the Village and Lionshead areas should be somewhat controlled to keep that original feel. In my opinion there is starting to be too much of a 'mountain modern' feel which will make it look like any other high-end ski resort. Let's keep the quaint feel of the Alps! :) Open Right Part-time We want to consider a simple expansion of our property within our existing footprint so we trust this process will be simple and we will make every effort to comply. Open Right Own The community development group is a very good team. business only Open Right Own Website aprrovals, building permit submittal process is not efficient. business only Open Wrong Year-round Called to ask a question about a new roof and what we need to do. The woman who answered was very rude. Gave me the information but seemed annoyed that I called?? Open Wrong Year-round For older buildings there are a lot of missing records. Open Wrong Year-round It took many meetings with staff to get them to change the rules on duplex upgrade process. It should not have taken as much time, energy and money to get this done but I am grateful that it was accomplished. Open Wrong Year-round our building site was red tagged for an inappropriate and unreasonable excuse Open Wrong Year-round The Town ignores the rights of condominium residents claiming they are private entities. CCIOA requires all associations to adhere to local codes and residents should be supported by local law enforcement when *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 114 July 5, 2016 - Page 194 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Community Development Department Invite Right Year-round managing condo entities ignore codes and laws. Open Wrong Work only this dept. makes it difficult for the homeowner or small job builder to do Invite Right Year-round business Open Wrong Part-time They disregarded major inputs on the risk of the helicopter landing areas Invite Right Year-round and ingress/egress routes proposed byVVMC! Open Don't know Year-round Front desk, building permit and inspections staff are very helpful and Invite Right Year-round responsive. Don't know the new planning staff well enough to Invite Right Year-round comment. Open Don't know Year-round There are way too many obsolete rules that require costly irrelevant Invite Right Year-round studies, consulants and reports. Building is already costly in the Valley. Invite Right Year-round Decreases the hoops one has to jump thru to upgrade their home. Open Don't know Year-round While design review has to make decisions based on TOV codes and Invite Right Year-round approved materials they do need to take into consideration the cost of Invite Right Year-round renovating older buildings so it is affordable for existing property Invite Right Year-round owners to upgrade their condos and townhomes for the benefit of the Invite Right Year-round whole TOV. Q. 15: Why do you not buy a parking pass or value card? Survey Direction Resident Why You Don't Buy a Parking Pass or Value Card Invite Right Year-round As a retiree I avoid the Village at peak times altogether. What good is a pass if structures are full? Invite Right Year-round at this time we do not need one and it is a little costly Invite Right Year-round Because I can walk or take the bus to town. Invite Right Year-round because I don't know the details about it. Invite Right Year-round Both of our workplaces provide parking. Invite Right Year-round bus Invite Right Year-round Bus is very effective -- Booth Creek area. However,.. the summer months it's not very frequent. But then, free summer parking is VERY HELPFUL! Please do not change that, especially for locals. Invite Right Year-round Did not know about it Invite Right Year-round didn't need to this year Invite Right Year-round Do not need one. Invite Right Year-round Do not need one. Do not ski or work in the village. Invite Right Year-round Don't need it. Invite Right Year-round Don't need it. Walk to town or take the bus. Invite Right Year-round Employer has parking. Invite Right Year-round expense plus I take the bus to ski Invite Right Year-round Expensive and as a local I have found ways around having to buy a pass. Invite Right Year-round free parking at work; and use free bus service to access villages Invite Right Year-round get less expensive options at Vail Mountain View or Solaris... Invite Right Year-round got a less expensive option through Solaris and Vail Mountain View Invite Right Year-round Have a friend that has condo in Villlage and we park there! *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 115 July 5, 2016 - Page 195 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Why You Don't Buy a Parking Pass or Value Card Invite Right Year-round have another parking option Invite Right Year-round have in town parking or use bus Invite Right Year-round Have our own parking. Invite Right Year-round have parking at my office. Invite Right Year-round Have parking provided at my residence and employer and utilize the bus system often. Invite Right Year-round Have parking. Invite Right Year-round i did not know about it. Invite Right Year-round I did not know it existed Invite Right Year-round I do not go into the town of Vail very ofter. Invite Right Year-round I do not work in either village and when I come in, I take the bus. Invite Right Year-round I don't need one. Invite Right Year-round I don't have a car. Invite Right Year-round I don't know about it Invite Right Year-round I don't need one Invite Right Year-round I had one while working in vail, no longer work in town. Invite Right Year-round I have a parking space at my office in Lionshead Invite Right Year-round I have free parking at my work in lionshead. Invite Right Year-round I have my own parking in town Invite Right Year-round I live in sandstone,the bus is great! Plus, I work in eagle 5 days/wk Invite Right Year-round I park at Solaris. Invite Right Year-round I receive one through work for a private lot. Invite Right Year-round I ride the bus or park at work. Invite Right Year-round I ride the bus to town. Invite Right Year-round I take the bus Invite Right Year-round I take the bus! Invite Right Year-round I take the bus. Invite Right Year-round I take the bus. Invite Right Year-round i use the bus Invite Right Year-round I use the bus Invite Right Year-round I use the bus to get to work Invite Right Year-round I use the bus when parking fees would be charged. Invite Right Year-round I wasn't aware of a parking pass or value card discounts for residents Invite Right Year-round I wasn't aware of the details of this program and the bus system is fantastic. Invite Right Year-round I would like to have one. My friend has one and it sounds like a good deal. Invite Right Year-round I'm a year round bicycle commuter! Invite Right Year-round It is still TOO expensive for residents, local taxpayers to park here .... There is no love for the local. Invite Right Year-round Live on bus route. Invite Right Year-round My employer provides a parking pass for me. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 116 July 5, 2016 - Page 196 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Why You Don't Buy a Parking Pass or Value Card Invite Right Year-round My office is now in Avon so I only park after 3 or for less than 2 hours. Invite Right Year-round No need as the bus service is adequate in Intermountain. Invite Right Year-round No need. Have parking at work. Invite Right Year-round no not need. park at work. take the bus for skiing. Invite Right Year-round not enough information Invite Right Year-round Not in town that much Invite Right Year-round Not needed as I take the bus when I go to town. Invite Right Year-round Other options Invite Right Year-round Own space in the Founders Garage. Invite Right Year-round park at my home Invite Right Year-round Parking provided Invite Right Year-round Parking provided at job Invite Right Year-round RARELY PARK IN TOWN Invite Right Year-round Take the free shuttle Invite Right Year-round Too expensive Invite Right Year-round Too expensive. Invite Right Year-round use bus Invite Right Year-round Use public transportation. Invite Right Year-round Use the bus Invite Right Year-round We don't drive into town often. Invite Right Year-round we have a good bus system Invite Right Year-round We have a parking space in town. Invite Right Year-round We have parking through our business Invite Right Year-round We have parking through work Invite Right Year-round We live at the Four Seasons in town. Invite Right Year-round Work in eagle-vail Invite Right Year-round Work provides one. Invite Right Work only Can park at condo building. Invite Right Work only Employer provides parking Invite Right Work only I have parking provided by my employer Invite Right Work only I work at VVMC and ride the shuttle to work (free) Invite Right Work only NA Invite Right Work only Parking available at my place of employment Invite Right Work only Parking is provided by my employer Invite Right Work only Parking offered through business Invite Right Work only The rent for my store space includes a dedicated parking spot Invite Right Part-time Am on the Bus Line Invite Right Part-time Because I don't park in the parking structures during the day except in the summer. Even if I did, the passes are much too expensive for the number of times I could use them. Invite Right Part-time Because our condo is right along the bus route and we have a parking space already *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 117 July 5, 2016 - Page 197 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Why You Don't Buy a Parking Pass or Value Card Invite Right Part-time bus schedules Invite Right Part-time Bus system works great don't need to pay for parking. Invite Right Part-time depends on terms Invite Right Part-time Did not know about it. Invite Right Part-time Did not know about the program. Invite Right Part-time Did not know about them. Invite Right Part-time did not know about this program. Invite Right Part-time Did not know it exist. Need info. Invite Right Part-time did not know it was available Invite Right Part-time did not know one existed Invite Right Part-time Didn't know about it Invite Right Part-time Didn't know about it Invite Right Part-time Didn't know about it. Invite Right Part-time Didn"t know about it. Invite Right Part-time Didn't know about them. Invite Right Part-time Didn't know there were parking passes and value cards Invite Right Part-time Do not need one because of buses. Invite Right Part-time Do not need to park in town. Invite Right Part-time dont have enough need for it Invite Right Part-time Don't know about it. How do you purchase --through the city? Cost? Invite Right Part-time Don't know about it. Use bus. Invite Right Part-time dont know enough about the value proposition Invite Right Part-time Don't need it. Invite Right Part-time Don't need one. Invite Right Part-time Don't need. Invite Right Part-time Fallridge has available parking in the garage and we the use the bus Invite Right Part-time get free at my condo Invite Right Part-time Have access to the Hotel courtesy Shuttle Invite Right Part-time have home in town ..... no need. Invite Right Part-time Have not been up there enough Invite Right Part-time have other parking arrangement Invite Right Part-time have our own parking Invite Right Part-time Have parking with club membership at Sebastian Invite Right Part-time have parking. Invite Right Part-time honestly wasn't aware that I could but would be very interested in that Invite Right Part-time I dont need it. Invite Right Part-time I don't pay to park in Vail. Invite Right Part-time I have my own parking space Invite Right Part-time I have parking Invite Right Part-time I have parking at lionshead Invite Right Part-time I need to but they need to allow phone/email/fax options or increase office hours to a weekend or evening. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 118 July 5, 2016 - Page 198 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Why You Don't Buy a Parking Pass or Value Card Invite Right Part-time I own a parking space Invite Right Part-time I park my vehicle on my private property then walk or take the bus. Invite Right Part-time I ride the bus Invite Right Part-time I use the bus much more than park, so pass not cost effective. Invite Right Part-time I use the bus. Invite Right Part-time I usually use the bus for transportation. In the summer I drive into the Village more often and then there is free parking. Invite Right Part-time I utilize the bus service during the ski season. It's more convenient and creates less traffic in town. Invite Right Part-time I was not aware of discount parking programs. I usually take the bus to avoid parking prices. Invite Right Part-time I was unaware of the opportunity. Invite Right Part-time I was unaware that they were available. Invite Right Part-time I wasn't aware of it. Invite Right Part-time lack of knowledge, and requirement to go to city offices on a weekday when I am in vail on weekends only Invite Right Part-time Limited time in town Invite Right Part-time live on bus route Invite Right Part-time Live the bus system and free after 3pm. So this all works for me and my guests. Invite Right Part-time member of the Vail Mountain Club Invite Right Part-time Mine expired and didn't get around to renewing. I've been utilizing employee parking when in town. Invite Right Part-time Never got around to it. Use local bus service instead of car. Dinner hours parking is free Invite Right Part-time No need at the resent. Had one in the past and rarely used it. May need in the future however. Invite Right Part-time no use Invite Right Part-time None of them seem to be ones that I can use. Invite Right Part-time Not a full time resident. We have 1 parking spot in our building. Invite Right Part-time not a fulltime resident Invite Right Part-time Not aware of availability. Invite Right Part-time Not aware of availability. Invite Right Part-time Not aware of this offer. Invite Right Part-time Not in Vail enough. Also, buses are so convenient on busy parking days that it's easy to take the bus and avoid the parking hassle. Invite Right Part-time Not likely. I have an assigned private parking spot. Invite Right Part-time Not needed at this time Invite Right Part-time Not there long enough. Invite Right Part-time Our building has underground parking so there is no need Invite Right Part-time Parking available at Ritz Carlton Invite Right Part-time Parking spot in Founders Invite Right Part-time Quite frankly, we are not aware of the pass/value card and their savings *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 119 July 5, 2016 - Page 199 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Why You Don't Buy a Parking Pass or Value Card benefits. Invite Right Part-time Ride the bus Invite Right Part-time Take bus Invite Right Part-time This is the first I've heard about it. I'll look into it. Invite Right Part-time unfamiliar with program Invite Right Part-time Use shuttle service instead Invite Right Part-time Use the bus mostly Invite Right Part-time Use the bus service in winter Parking is free in the summer Invite Right Part-time we are in the village and have a parking spot for our unit. there are 12 spaces at the Villa Valhalla and during off season there are alway outsiders parking in our spots. our rental company does not monitor. it is annoying. have asked them to be ticketed but usually the reaction is light. Invite Right Part-time We ride the bus. Invite Right Part-time we take the bus to the village Invite Right Part-time We use the bus service provided as we find it more economical. Invite Right Part-time We utilize the bus system and have no need to drive/park Invite Right Part-time We utilize the free bus service and keep our rental vehicle in our own garage. Invite Right Own Don't live in Vail. Own rental property. business only Invite Right Own I park at Solaris business only Invite Right Own Not aware it was available business only Invite Right Own not aware of the availability of such business only Invite Right Own Only visit Val 1 week a year business only Invite Right Own Our condominium association has parking for us. business only Invite Right Own our property is close enough to not need public parking business only Invite Right Own walk and take bus everywhere business only Invite Right Own We come to Vail sporadically so a parking pass just isn't cost effective. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 120 July 5, 2016 - Page 200 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Why You Don't Buy a Parking Pass or Value Card business only Invite Right Get mail only Because I worked for someone for many years and I was graciously granted access to parking lot for the times I am in and out of Vail Village. Invite Right Get mail only don't need it. Invite Right Get mail only Not working in Vail this year Invite Right Get mail only Overpriced for all the options Ive checked into in the past. Invite Right Get mail only Ski mainly BC Invite Right Get mail only We aren't aware of any parking passes or discount parking programs for residents. Do we qualify if we own a home in Vail, but only spend approximately 50 days there per year? Invite Right I didn't know about it.... Information please! Invite Right Rarely park in town. Invite Wrong Year-round Because I take the eco bus. Invite Wrong Year-round because we have a free bus and that is a lot of money to spend on parking Invite Wrong Year-round Bus works fine. Invite Wrong Year-round DO NOT NEED TO Invite Wrong Year-round don't know about conditionsalue Invite Wrong Year-round Have free parking in Vail Invite Wrong Year-round have parking at condo building Invite Wrong Year-round I live on the Bus Route Invite Wrong Year-round I use the bus. Invite Wrong Year-round I work at an establishment with employee parking so I don't need it. Also, until just now, I didn't even know that was an option. Invite Wrong Year-round Im not offered one. Cant afford one. Invite Wrong Year-round live in town Invite Wrong Year-round live in town Invite Wrong Year-round Live on bus route. Invite Wrong Year-round Not likely at this time. We live on the bus route Invite Wrong Year-round Not needed as I use the bus service. Invite Wrong Year-round Other parking arrangement Invite Wrong Year-round own a parking spot Invite Wrong Year-round park at solaris Invite Wrong Year-round Parking provided by employer Invite Wrong Year-round Purchased my own private parking and moved my business outside the Town of Vail. Invite Wrong Year-round Really know nothing about it Invite Wrong Year-round Take the bus or walk when possible *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 121 July 5, 2016 - Page 201 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Why You Don't Buy a Parking Pass or Value Card Invite Wrong Year-round The parking structure is full on the days that I need to drive in, rendering a pass useless. Invite Wrong Year-round To expensive Invite Wrong Year-round Too expensive Invite Wrong Year-round too expensive for a local's family budget and too crowded anyway .the spaces are too small ;then you guys allow selfish, bonehead people to park overlapping into another space rendering it useless. there should be a monitor who issues a ticket to that person but in truth the spaces are too small and way too few .this severe parking problem (it is very present problem downvalley too so I am not just lambasting Vail) is going to be our resort's downfall and we will lose our business, and the older devoted Vail customer, and new customers to the Salt Lake City area because it is better laid out and their progressive thinking and they're more action oriented. don't you guys see this or do you think we're just magically going to stay no. 1 or 2 or - [gasp!] even 3. the skiing/mountain experience is overcrowded and not as enjoyable as it use to be, especially w/ overpriced food and tickets ...but Vail Resorts will continue to stuff 10 pounds of shit into a 5 pound bag in order to drive profits. to borrow from the Geico commercial,' that's what they do.' if more numbers is way of the future of the valley , then the working person/family needs more benefits including better insurance. and this may sound like heresy, but we need to support an effort to expand more skiing territory either in Vail or downvalley perhaps another base lift, because increased numbers w/ current conditions is going to be dangerous for safety(parking,crime,on-mountain crashes, frustration spilling into conflicts) and quality of our reputation and guest experience thus losing our 'moneyed' guest.as bad as it may sound or the architectural eyesore you think it might be,building a nice ,huge parking structure close to the bottom of the mountain is the solution. parking on both shoulders of both frontage roads is an accident waiting to happen and looks like hell and degrading to our area. Invite Wrong Year-round Too expensive, especially when the bus is free Invite Wrong Year-round use bus system instead of dealing with parking structures Invite Wrong Year-round Use bus. Invite Wrong Year-round We have parking at Passport Clubhouse, If we had another parking structure I might consider buying a parking pass, but we nee the parking in the structures for our seasonal people. Invite Wrong Year-round Yes now that I know there is discounts for residents! Invite Wrong Work only I do not need one Invite Wrong Work only I pay privately for parking. Invite Wrong Work only Too expensive, no one patrols the structure, it's dirty and cars always park over the designated lines Invite Wrong Part-time Bus service from East Vail very good in winter. Free parking in summer and free after 3:00 works other times. Invite Wrong Part-time Cost prohibitive for our usage. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 122 July 5, 2016 - Page 202 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Why You Don't Buy a Parking Pass or Value Card Invite Wrong Part-time Didn't even now they were available Invite Wrong Part-time Didn't feel the value was there for our situation Invite Wrong Part-time Do not need. Invite Wrong Part-time Do not use it enough. Invite Wrong Part-time For our purposes, the 2 hour free parking during the day and free parking in the evening is very adequate. If we need to be in the Village longer than 2 hours during the day, we use the Cascade Resort shuttle. We walk to Chair 20 to ski. Invite Wrong Part-time Had one in the past which didn't seem worth the effort given restrictions Invite Wrong Part-time I don't know anything about them including benefits and cost Invite Wrong Part-time I have a parking in my complex Invite Wrong Part-time I know very little about this program and did not get around to looking into it. We always take the shuttle into town for skiing and when we come in for dinner, it is late enough in the day where the parking is free. Invite Wrong Part-time I like to take the bus Invite Wrong Part-time I purposefully bought a place on the TOV bus line Invite Wrong Part-time I use the bus Invite Wrong Part-time I use the bus Invite Wrong Part-time My condo has plenty of parking. Invite Wrong Part-time not likely Invite Wrong Part-time Own a place in our residence. Invite Wrong Part-time Too expensive so not of value Invite Wrong Part-time we have a garage. we use shuttle bus Invite Wrong Part-time We have a private spot at our condominium. Invite Wrong Part-time We were not aware of this option. Invite Wrong Get mail only High cost Invite Wrong Get mail only not likely Invite Don't know Year-round Because I can ride the free bus and/or my employers provide me with parking Invite Don't know Year-round because I have parking at my property and I walk everywhere if I know I'm going to need to park Invite Don't know Year-round Bus Invite Don't know Year-round Cost Invite Don't know Year-round Did not know about it Invite Don't know Year-round Did not know about it Invite Don't know Year-round Did not know they existed. Invite Don't know Year-round Don't go into the Village very often. Invite Don't know Year-round don't need Invite Don't know Year-round don't need one Invite Don't know Year-round Don't need one. Invite Don't know Year-round Employee of ski school, Lionshead. Utilize the maintenance lot. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 123 July 5, 2016 - Page 203 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Why You Don't Buy a Parking Pass or Value Card Invite Don't know Year-round Have parking at work and leave next to tov bus stop Invite Don't know Year-round I am able to park at my place of employment. Invite Don't know Year-round I am on the free line which suffices for me. Invite Don't know Year-round I do not need to come into the Village very often at this time. When I park, it is usually for just a few hours or I park at Solaris for a movie. Invite Don't know Year-round I have lived here 15 years and just learned residents can get value cards. Usually I use the town bus, or just pay the fee if I can't use the bus. Invite Don't know Year-round I have parking where I live. Invite Don't know Year-round I park for free at work in Lionshead Invite Don't know Year-round I ride the bus Invite Don't know Year-round I use the bus Invite Don't know Year-round ride bus or drive Invite Don't know Year-round Since I don't work in Vail on a regular basis, I don't need to park in Vail during the day, usually. Invite Don't know Year-round We have a parking pass at Solaris Invite Don't know Year-round We park at the Passport Club Invite Don't know Work only Too expensive Invite Don't know Part-time Because we most often use bus transportation. Invite Don't know Part-time Did not know Invite Don't know Part-time Didn't know about it Invite Don't know Part-time Didn't know about it Invite Don't know Part-time Didn't know about it. Invite Don't know Part-time Don't need one. Invite Don't know Part-time I do not know anything about it Invite Don't know Part-time I have an employee pass but don't know what kind it is. Ford park. Invite Don't know Part-time I have my condo parking available and I'm next to a in -town shuttle bus stop and wiothin walking distance to gondola. Invite Don't know Part-time I may next year but this year I did not have a need for it. Invite Don't know Part-time Mainly use the bus but am unaware of the pass/value card as well. Invite Don't know Part-time no car. Invite Don't know Part-time no knowledge Invite Don't know Part-time Not aware of them Invite Don't know Part-time Not aware. Invite Don't know Part-time not sure where to buy one and just heard about it in the past month Invite Don't know Part-time own a condo in Lionshead and there is parking there. With the public transportation system, no need for other parking Invite Don't know Part-time Private parking is sufficient Invite Don't know Part-time Take the bus when we're travelling into town Invite Don't know Part-time TOV bus is very close to my house. I prefer to ride the bus. Invite Don't know Part-time We are often able to park free (limited time or after 3) Invite Don't know Part-time We didn't need one. Invite Don't know Part-time we have parking at the Vail Mtn Club *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 124 July 5, 2016 - Page 204 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Why You Don't Buy a Parking Pass or Value Card Invite Don't know Part-time we like using the bus .... its convenient, always on schedule Invite Don't know Part-time Will not need winter parking until next season Invite Don't know Own business only Am not in town enough to use it and when we are there parking is either free or we take the bus Invite Don't know Own business only I have parking at my condo. Invite Don't know Get mail only Don't live there full time Invite Don't know Get mail only Live in avon Invite Year-round Have not had the need Invite Year-round No need Invite we park at the house and use the bus Open Right Year-round Because I can use the bus system Open Right Year-round Because I take the bus Open Right Year-round bus service provided Open Right Year-round Carpooled or took the bus Open Right Year-round Cost Open Right Year-round Didn't know about it Open Right Year-round Don't drive Open Right Year-round Don't need it Open Right Year-round Don't need it. I use public transit. Sold my car. Open Right Year-round Dont need one, have parking Open Right Year-round Don't need one, I can use the bus system to go into Vail. Open Right Year-round don't need one. Open Right Year-round don't need one. on bus route Open Right Year-round Employee parking is provided at my work Open Right Year-round Expensive Open Right Year-round Have membership at The Sebastian, so I valet there. However, before I took the membership I had heard from friends that there was a gigantic wait list to get anything of discounted price. Open Right Year-round Have parking with work. Open Right Year-round I can park at my office in Lionshead for free Open Right Year-round I can usually make do with the great bus service or the 2 hour free parking. Open Right Year-round I did not know it was available until a month ago. Open Right Year-round I did not know that I could Open Right Year-round I did once and it was a waste of money --never used it Open Right Year-round I didn't know about it. We just moved here in August 2015. Open Right Year-round I don't go into town enough to make it work the money. And we have a Passport Club spot. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 125 July 5, 2016 - Page 205 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Why You Don't Buy a Parking Pass or Value Card Open Right Year-round I have a parking spot at Vail Manor/ Park Place and another one at Vail Mountain Club. Open Right Year-round I have a private parking spot Open Right Year-round I have access to free parking close to the village and also live on the West Vail Bus routes. -It's not worth it for me to pay to park in parking structures. Open Right Year-round I have heard through word of mouth that a pass is extremely expensive Open Right Year-round I have not needed it in the past but after trying to find free parking with easy access to the mountain, I will seriously consider it for the upcoming season. Open Right Year-round I have parking at my job and ride the in town bus as needed. Open Right Year-round I have parking provided at work. Open Right Year-round I live on the free bus Open Right Year-round I park there for skiing, but not on a regular basis. Open Right Year-round I ride the bus, plus why take a discounted space when the town can get a guest to pay full pop? Open Right Year-round I ride the bus; too expensive to park Open Right Year-round I take advantage of the great free public transportation. Open Right Year-round I use the bus or walk. When I decide to drive it's when parking is free or it's just for a short period of time. Open Right Year-round I walk to work most days. Keep it green! Open Right Year-round I'm on the bus route. Open Right Year-round It's just become to easy to park for free at Beaver Creek. Why pay? I LOVE to ski Vail and if it was easier to park in Vail I'd always go to Vail and use businesses and restaurants there (Spend money in Vail) but don't want to spend money to park- but on those goods and services. Open Right Year-round Live outside of TOV and do not work in TOV Open Right Year-round My employer offers parking (thank goodness because even the town 'discount program' would cost an arm, leg, and my first born child!) Open Right Year-round No need Open Right Year-round No need - on bus route Open Right Year-round NO need--- I ride the town bus!! Thank you!!! Open Right Year-round no need. Open Right Year-round Not need one Open Right Year-round Spent $1100 last season on one last season... When I got'parked in' (multiple times, always on powder days) I had no recourse and had to wait longer to get home than if I took the bus. That really sucked. It was NOT good value. Open Right Year-round Take advantage of wonderful bus service. Open Right Year-round Take free bus Open Right Year-round take the bus Open Right Year-round Take the bus and have parking in town Open Right Year-round They cost too much for local tax payers. They used to be $5 and now there're $12. Not going to happen. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 126 July 5, 2016 - Page 206 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Why You Don't Buy a Parking Pass or Value Card Open Right Year-round To expensive also I live on bus route so take the bus Open Right Year-round too expensive Open Right Year-round Too expensive Open Right Year-round T0000000 expensive Open Right Year-round town of Vail bus system seems to be adequate. Open Right Year-round Town of Vail busses Open Right Year-round Use the bus Open Right Year-round We lease parking spaces in private garages to insure that staff has a designated place. Open Right Year-round We live close enough to walk into Lionshead... or we catch the bus! Open Right Year-round We live close enough to walk or ride the bus Open Right Year-round What is a parking pass or value card? Open Right Work only Because they are expensive and I do not park when you have to pay Open Right Work only Have parking at my job site. Open Right Work only I am able to park in Vail at a business Open Right Work only I am an employee of the Town and I don't need one. Open Right Work only I am employed by Vail Resorts Inc. and they provide my parking Open Right Work only I didn't get around to it. Open Right Work only I do not need to park there. Open Right Work only I drive to work. Open Right Work only I have access to vail parking. Open Right Work only I have free private parking where I work Open Right Work only I have parking at my place of business Open Right Work only I have parking at work. Open Right Work only My work supplied me with parking. Open Right Work only No need Open Right Work only not, I have parking by my employer Open Right Work only Parking available at work. Open Right Work only Provided by employer. Open Right Work only solaris parking Open Right Work only Work pays for my parking pass Open Right Part-time because we can walk to town, ski out, or take the bus! Open Right Part-time Bus service is quite satisfactory Open Right Part-time didn't know about it Open Right Part-time Didn't know about it Open Right Part-time Didn't know about it. And wasn't in town during ski season Open Right Part-time Don't have a need. I ride the bus or walk as much as possible Open Right Part-time Don't need it. Have parking at my condominium. Open Right Part-time Don't need one,have free parking. Open Right Part-time Free parking at our home. Open Right Part-time HAVE PARKING Open Right Part-time Have parking at Condo residence in Lionshead *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 127 July 5, 2016 - Page 207 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Why You Don't Buy a Parking Pass or Value Card Open Right Part-time Have private parking Open Right Part-time I didn't know about them. Open Right Part-time I don't know anything about it. Open Right Part-time I don't ski anymore. I'm presuming the reference to a 'value card' means a ski pass. Open Right Part-time I have private parking. Open Right Part-time I know nothing about the program Open Right Part-time I ride the free bus daily Open Right Part-time I take the bus. Open Right Part-time never knew about it till now Open Right Part-time only park in parking structure for short time periods, prefer to walk from our home. Open Right Part-time Owner parking on site at Lionshead residence Open Right Part-time Parking provided Open Right Part-time Take the bus Open Right Part-time Take the bus, or park only for short times during the day Open Right Part-time Use bus Open Right Part-time We have Parking at our Lionshead Residence Open Right Part-time We live in East Vail where the bus stops right at our property. Open Right Part-time we ride the bus Open Right Part-time We take the bus. Open Right Own business only no need Open Right Own business only Use outlying parking Open Right Get mail only I can park during the winter at friend's house Open Right Get mail only I no longer work within the Town of Vail limits Open Right Get mail only I'm not always in town with a vehicle. When I am I have parking. Open Right Get mail only Ive had one in the past and still cannot find a parking space Open Right Get mail only There was honestly no need for it. My husband has year round covered parking through his employer so we used that as needed for activities in Vail. Open Right Get mail only We ski Beaver Creek mostly Open Right Public buses meet my needs and the free parking for dinner hours works! Open Right take the bus Open Wrong Year-round Because I have parking provided by my employer. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 128 July 5, 2016 - Page 208 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Why You Don't Buy a Parking Pass or Value Card Open Wrong Year-round Do not own a car. Open Wrong Year-round Don't ski and don't need to park in the village during the day. Open Wrong Year-round Have parking at my house. Open Wrong Year-round Have private parking in Founders Open Wrong Year-round I do know that the parking costs are a huge consideration for the day trippers ...and parking costs seemingly keep going up for average skier plus the ticket cost is high Open Wrong Year-round I get parking with my job- unfortunately, they almost think of it as a bonus for myself. So, instead of getting paid more, I get a parking pass just so I can work in the village... Open Wrong Year-round I have parking Open Wrong Year-round I know of free places to park. Open Wrong Year-round I live in town, and don't need a parking place. For short errands to town the 2 hour free parking in the structures is sufficient Open Wrong Year-round I park at my work Open Wrong Year-round I use the bus system - very nice perk of living in Vail - thanks Open Wrong Year-round I was unaware it was available. Open Wrong Year-round It's WAYYYYY too much. Probably works for business owners and home owners. But anything in the structure is too rich for me Open Wrong Year-round Never heard of them? Open Wrong Year-round not likely Open Wrong Year-round Not worth the money Open Wrong Year-round park at building where I live/work Open Wrong Year-round Too expensive and inaccessible Open Wrong Year-round We purchase a valet pass at Golden Peak. Open Wrong Year-round We walk Open Wrong Work only Can't afford one. The parking structures are cash generators. The town does not want employees parking there. They want the $25.00 every day from the visitor. Open Wrong Work only Not needed Open Wrong Work only parking in Vail is a nuisance and expensive, which is a deterrent for us (a reason not to ski here in the winter) Open Wrong Work only Parking provided by my company Open Wrong Work only Value isnt worth it. I still cannot afford to park on weekends, and i take eco bus to and from town instead. If parking passes for locals became competitive (read: not cheaper than bus, but close) i would use it. Paying 20 dollars to TOV to ski at vail is not on my to do list. Open Wrong Part-time Didn't know about it until 1 week ago. Open Wrong Part-time Have private parking in Vail. Open Wrong Part-time I have a parking spot. Open Wrong Part-time I have my own parking at our condominium. Open Wrong Part-time I take the bus when we go into town. Open Wrong Part-time I use the bus. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 129 July 5, 2016 - Page 209 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Why You Don't Buy a Parking Pass or Value Card Open Wrong Own business only haven't needed to , luckily. In the old days $5 coupons were a big help. Now that my children are old enough to be seasonal employees and need to park in town occasionally, there are no good answers. They have paid for the privilege of remote parking that sometimes doesn't exist and walk in the dark. Open Wrong Own business only I get free parking with my work Open Wrong Get mail only Because I live in Wyo. & ski so little any more that I don't need it. Open Wrong Get mail only Live and work in Avon. Just occasional meetings in Vail. Open Wrong way to expensive Open Don't know Year-round Bus Open Don't know Year-round do not ski Vail that often Open Don't know Year-round Don't need one - live in town. Open Don't know Year-round Easier to use the East Vail bus Open Don't know Year-round Expense. Not a guaranteed spot. And there is a free bus close by. Open Don't know Year-round Free parking with Vail Mountain Club membership Open Don't know Year-round I can park at my place of employment without needing one. Open Don't know Year-round I do not have a vehicle Open Don't know Year-round I don't park in town Open Don't know Year-round I don't work in town. Open Don't know Year-round I have private parking Open Don't know Year-round I live in Sandstone, I don't need to drive to the village Open Don't know Year-round I parked my car and decided to utilize the vail bus system this winter. Both of my jobs are in Vail so I didn't need to drive. Open Don't know Year-round I take the bus every day Open Don't know Year-round I use the great bus system. Open Don't know Year-round I work at night. i.e. its free. Open Don't know Year-round I work in a restaurant with a 4pm in time. Thankfully, parking is free after 3! For all the days I snowboard or work early, I take the free busses. Open Don't know Year-round It is easier for me to drive as the bus schedule is not convenient for my needs. Open Don't know Year-round no need Open Don't know Year-round not at all Open Don't know Year-round Take the bus into town. Open Don't know Year-round The TOV bus systems are great. Open Don't know Year-round Too expensive Open Don't know Year-round Walk or bus to work. Open Don't know Year-round yes Open Don't know Work only Have in the past and it has been hard to find parking even with the pink pass. Lots of events or issues closing down the lots too. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 130 July 5, 2016 - Page 210 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Why You Don't Buy a Parking Pass or Value Card Open Don't know Work only I park at the ABC lot Open Don't know Work only I take the shuttle that VVMC offers Open Don't know Work only Parking included at place of employment Open Don't know Work only Parking provided for my job Open Don't know Work only Parking purchased through Solaris this year. Open Don't know Work only Work provided a parking pass. Open Don't know Part-time because you oversold the permits in previous years. I bought the pass and was never able to use it due to inadequate number of parking spaces, so it was a complete ripoff. Open Don't know Part-time dont need one Open Don't know Part-time Have a parking spot at Passport Club at Golden Peak Open Don't know Part-time Have parking at my vail residence. Open Don't know Part-time I can walk or take bus to work Open Don't know Part-time I have parking in village. Open Don't know Part-time Not necessary Open Don't know Part-time the bus is better, parking should cost more to discourage driving Open Don't know Part-time We have parking with our condo Open Don't know Own business only Don't need it Open Year-round Because I do not have money to pay for parking. Open Year-round have parking at work Open Year-round I use the Bus service *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 131 July 5, 2016 - Page 211 of 433 Q. 16: How likely are you to buy a parking pass or value card? Survey Direction Resident How Likely to Buy a Parking Pass or Value Card Invite Right Year-round Again,.. rather take bus Invite Right Year-round Do not need one because of our situation! Invite Right Year-round Good, like the way the parking guys are working to try help people park especially when Burton here. Also can be receptive to innocent/lack of common sense mistakes. Do VRD need all those spaces reserved all the time? Invite Right Year-round Great pass system but cannot find parking spots many times during the key ski and summer seasons. Invite Right Year-round Have my pass via being a TOV Information volunteer Invite Right Year-round Have the pass but never use it, always take the bus. More free parking needed during ski season, it is wrong that those who show up late get free parking on the frontage road Invite Right Year-round I appreciate the discount. I try to use the bus service, but I am happy for the savings when I need to take my car. Invite Right Year-round I take the bus! Invite Right Year-round I use the bus system some days Invite Right Year-round I was glad that I had the option of parking at Lionshead for an affordable rate when I was unable to carpool to my workplace. I would however like the rate to be a bit lower for Fridays - say $15. Invite Right Year-round I will always need a pass since I work full time in Vail Village ... would consider a pass for my spouse if more affordable. Invite Right Year-round I work Mon- Fri so a parking pass would be a real luxury item. Invite Right Year-round if I knew the details maybe i would. Invite Right Year-round No Invite Right Year-round No Invite Right Year-round Parking continues to be a significant issue for the Town, but unfortunately I don't have any solutions to offer. Invite Right Year-round Parking in the structure can be very challenging and I do wish there would be warnings or courteous notices placed on cars that take up more than one space, which happens on a frequent basis. Also, remind users that driving in the garage should be one-way. Invite Right Year-round parking passes are too expensive for full time residents (or at least for me), but I understand that parking is quite limited and in high demand. The bus system is fantastic Invite Right Year-round See previous comments. $1100 for a local to park? For 5 months? Really? Invite Right Year-round Short term parking in Lionshead was a great addition. Let's us run to library or other short errands if we're in the car. Free after 3 remains important! Invite Right Year-round Thank you for giving the locals a discount to park! It is much appreciated Invite Right Year-round The kiosks at the structures do not provide good instructions for re- loading money on a pass. This comes from someone who is usually quite *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 132 July 5, 2016 - Page 212 of 433 Survey Direction Resident How Likely to Buy a Parking Pass or Value Card adept at following instructions and reading signs. We had to request assistance the initial time to recover our pass from the equipment and we were lucky that someone was still working during regular business hours. Clearer instructions would be helpful. Invite Right Year-round The newest software is a significant improvement over previous versions. Invite Right Year-round The parking passes are a good value Invite Right Year-round We buy the pink pass because the timing of the busses do not coincide work starting hours. The busses get into the structure on the hour and half hour but most jobs start on the hour or half hour. We ride the bus for leisure but it is also difficult to make it to day care pick up on time if riding the bus. All other passes are too expensive to purchase. Invite Right Year-round We don't need it. Invite Right Year-round We pay from them for our employees. Invite Right Year-round Wish Town would reinstate 3 hours free. Invite Right Work only Very expensive parking pass costs. Invite Right Part-time Again, I use the bus Invite Right Part-time as above Invite Right Part-time Currently the bus serves my transport needs during the day and having free after-hours parking in the structures is a nice evening option. Invite Right Part-time Depends on the price. Invite Right Part-time Don't know about parking passes. Invite Right Part-time Excellent program Invite Right Part-time Have now rented a parking place in the Village. Disappointed that a refund cannot be granted on my existing credit. Invite Right Part-time Having to 'renew' this pass each year is a bit of a bother. Invite Right Part-time I do park in the public parking structure on occasion but not very often Invite Right Part-time I don't remember the card I have. It is the one for discounts except for certain days and it didn't cost anything -just proof of owning property. It seems like the benefits were better in prior years than for the 2015/2016 season. I like getting a discount but I think it should be more than it is and it should be better on weekends when the bus gets so full. Invite Right Part-time I have had a home here for 15 years and only this year acquired a Value Card for use in the garage. This and other programs could be better advertised. Invite Right Part-time I love the Value Pass. Very easy to use and on the expensive days, I take the bus and leave parking for our guests. It's a great system. Invite Right Part-time I need more information. Invite Right Part-time I will definitely get the parking pass if I was aware of it. Please give me more information. Invite Right Part-time In the past there were specific areas for those of us have in the past there was a reasonable discount off the regular parking. Recent years the discount is almost nonexistent as is the parking Invite Right Part-time Need more info *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 133 July 5, 2016 - Page 213 of 433 Survey Direction Resident How Likely to Buy a Parking Pass or Value Card Invite Right Part-time need to learn more about them.. Invite Right Part-time No Invite Right Part-time no, thank you Invite Right Part-time Once I receive more info about the passes (pricing, parking options, etc.), I may be more likely to purchase a parking pass. Invite Right Part-time Only thing is make online card refill available. Invite Right Part-time park at our house and take bus Invite Right Part-time We are moving - otherwise we absolutely would pay a pass if possible. Invite Right Part-time We find we don't use the parking as much as we thought. Simba Run has a shuttle and our parking needs aren't that great. Invite Right Part-time We live up a hill, so using the bus for skiing does not work well and I appreciate the ability to use the Value Card; The current system works well Invite Right Part-time We love the program! Would like to see it expanded to all public parking spaces and better discounts! Invite Right Part-time Will have to look into. Invite Right Part-time would need to know more Invite Right Own Don't need a pass. business only Invite Right Own We already have parking available at our property business only Invite Right Own We currently long term lease our property. business only Invite Right Get mail Need more information. only Invite Right Get mail Parking passes should be available for athletes at Ski & Snowboard Club only Vail Invite Right So far, parking is only a problem on rare occassions. Invite Wrong Year-round Have had parking pass problems - VISA was billed more than the credit given on the pass. Employees won't print out a statement or let you see your charges. Also, it is very difficult to do volunteer work when you have to stop before your two hours of free parking are done. Invite Wrong Year-round I try not to park in the structure as much as possible. I think the rates are rediculously high. Also, spaces are cramped and many people take up two spaces and I don't see anyone enforcing the 'one space per car' rule. Also, drivers damage cars parked next to them and apparently the security cameras don't seem to be able to define the offending vehicle. Yea, I feel 'safe' Invite Wrong Year-round if the structures are full when you get there , what's the use ! then you get a ticket if you park somewhere else, that's b.s. ! prove me wrong ,oh brilliant town council and town mgr. ! Invite Wrong Year-round Keep free summer parking. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 134 July 5, 2016 - Page 214 of 433 Survey Direction Resident How Likely to Buy a Parking Pass or Value Card Invite Wrong Year-round Need outlying employee parking with frequent bus service Invite Wrong Year-round Parking is always an issue in Vail. Invite Wrong Year-round Parking is Vail is a nightmare. Invite Wrong Year-round parking seems so unsafe in structure. And I see people lost all the time. Invite Wrong Year-round Should not charge for parking until the town busses are running on a full time schedule in the early season. Invite Wrong Year-round Thank you for making the Value Pass easier and easier to use. I love the new system that tells you plainly how much you have on your card and the efficient way that the machine reads your card. Invite Wrong Year-round These parking discounts are poorly advertised!! Invite Wrong Year-round Too expensive. Invite Wrong Work only Bought in Solaris, it's clean Invite Wrong Work only It is expensive for us workers to park in Vil to go to work. I would like to find more work down -valley. I am tired of driving to Vail to pay for parking, to get paid unlivable wages in a town I cannot afford to live in! Invite Wrong Part-time I would have to find out more information on the pass. Invite Wrong Part-time I'm only eligible for a value card be I own property in Vail. However, the fact that the parking charge is different depending on the day of the week is quite ridiculous. Vail residents should have 1 set parking rate regardless of the day of the week. FYI, most Vail residents do not ski Friday, Saturday, Sunday and holidays anyway because of the mountain overcrowding. Invite Wrong Part-time WE LOVE STAR Invite Don't know Year-round Depends on the cost Invite Don't know Year-round don't need to buy one Invite Don't know Year-round Free bus system works great. Extra buses help alleviate overcrowding, and even more buses will need to be added in the future as more people use free park and ride options from outlying parks and Frontage Road. Invite Don't know Year-round I have no use for one is why I wont purchase one. Invite Don't know Year-round I no longer own a business in the Village although I still own property in the Village Core. I do not routinely need to come in to Vail Village. If I ever move my business back into the Village I would purchase a season parking pass Invite Don't know Year-round I wish that the on street parking was not so strict as many homes and townhomes have limited parking and when I have people over or go to someones house it has happened more than once that I have had to park on the street. I unfortunately have gotten a parking ticket for this and wish there was a way around this. Invite Don't know Year-round If Ever Vail happens, then I don't know what I'll do. Invite Don't know Year-round It would be nice if the parking pass rates were more discounted for residents or employees that also work on the weekends, not just Mon- Thurs. Invite Don't know Year-round Would highly depend where I was still living. Invite Don't know Work only I work for the Hospital and I'm extremely appreciative of the flexibility *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 135 July 5, 2016 - Page 215 of 433 Survey Direction Resident How Likely to Buy a Parking Pass or Value Card and consideration the TOV has provided VVMC during our construction. Star has been wonderful in assisting with our parking needs.Thank you! Invite Don't know Part-time Discounts should be higher for residents. Tax money already is used to maintain the parking garages and lots. Invite Don't know Part-time I appreciate that the town of Vail offers free parking after 3:00. Invite Don't know Part-time I would only buy a pass to be used by my guests and if parking becomes even more difficult in the garages. Invite Don't know Part-time I'd like to know price and usability before I commit. Invite Don't know Part-time If you can't park, why own a pass? Invite Don't know Part-time Would like to know about it. The cost and where can you park! Invite Don't know Part-time Would like to know more about what the parking pass gets me as a part time resident Invite Don't know Own If we spend more time in Vail next year, it will make sense to purchase business one only Invite Don't know Get mail I'm not a fan of the minimum $50 re -charge fee at the automated only charging stations, but other than that, the new system is great! Open Right Year-round Add more free parking Open Right Year-round Again, would like to see a better rate for year-round residents. Open Right Year-round Bus Open Right Year-round I applaud the effort for down valley residents. Open Right Year-round I can park at my office in Lionshead for free Open Right Year-round I dont need 1 Open Right Year-round I get my parking pass because of volunteering as a Vail Host. Open Right Year-round I have my license plate checked almost every time I use my value card - ridiculous. Open Right Year-round I live in East Vail and i have the priviledge of having the vail transportation services. Open Right Year-round I pay a lot of property tax and unlike my neighbors cannot afford the Vail Mountain Club. I would buy the pass if it was MUCH cheaper. Open Right Year-round I take the shuttle from work. Open Right Year-round I think the parking in Vail is one of Vail's greatest weaknesses. I would not come here if I didn't already live her based entirely on the parking situation. Why can Breck and Beaver Creek come up with great free parking options and Vail can't? It's crazy and its lazy and it is most certainly affecting Vail's bottom line. Fix this problem. Open Right Year-round I try and use the buses Open Right Year-round I use it only for work, but it's still too expensive to use often. And the satellite lots are no closer than my house. Open Right Year-round I would like to learn about the parking pass. Open Right Year-round It is not clear to me how the Parking Dept. justifies a 'no return' policy on cash held in a Value Pass account. Further, the methods available to add cash to a value card are outdated and should be modernized so that the process can be completed over the Internet. I should add that the staff *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 136 July 5, 2016 - Page 216 of 433 Survey Direction Resident How Likely to Buy a Parking Pass or Value Card is always helpful and friendly. Open Right Year-round It would be awesome to have just a Lionshead parking structure pass! Open Right Year-round Lived here for 32 years and have bought 1 once a long time ago and it was only a discount card Open Right Year-round Love the value card -- helps make the daily parking fee more affordable on ski days. Wish we got the bigger discount on Friday and Saturday too! Open Right Year-round Love the value pass! It has allowed me to reasonably affordably park on the occasional day that I wanted/needed to. Would love a greater discount J Open Right Year-round My membership to The Sebastian (mentioned above) was a long term commitment. Open Right Year-round My parking pass is provided by my employer. Open Right Year-round no Open Right Year-round parking is too crowded to be favorable by local employees / it's not a convenience when I already live here and can store my ski equipment in my place of business. Open Right Year-round Parking is very expensive in Vail for locals in the valley during the winter season. Open Right Year-round Parking passes were purchased for employees to utilize. Open Right Year-round The busses should run on the winter schedule as soon as the mountain opens. Open Right Year-round The winter bus service to East Vail is great, as it was when we loved in Sandstone. Open Right Year-round Too expensive. Should lower rates on low traffic days Open Right Year-round We walk into town... Open Right Year-round Will probably carpool and/or take the bus again during the winter months. Open Right Work only Have a Vail Mtn parking spot Open Right Work only I feel that Vail should offer the men and women who serve in the armed services some kind of discount. Open Right Work only I have not sought out information regarding parking passes / discounts, but I understand it is available. It might already exist, but I would love a pass / sticker on my car and just have the cost deducted from a credit card. Open Right Work only I will not need a pass for next year either. Open Right Work only If I live in Vail. Open Right Work only Love the pass parking options. Really appreciate that the price for the green pass has not gone up in many years. Open Right Work only not quitting my job will need a pass for next winter Open Right Work only they are WAY Too expensive Open Right Work only Your disabled parking pass is not advertised. this survey does not show the disabled parking pass. The town has two or three disabled parking spaces near the Tree Tops building and does not advertise them. The handicap parking on the top level of the Lionshead garage is caked in ice *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 137 July 5, 2016 - Page 217 of 433 Survey Direction Resident How Likely to Buy a Parking Pass or Value Card most of the winter. These spots can not be used safely. We need more handicap spots because the number of people who do not ski but come for the experience is increasing. Open Right Part-time Generally efficient though I'd prefer to not have to visit your office every year to prove residency and renew. The staff is very friendly though. Open Right Part-time I need more information Open Right Part-time I will be becoming a full time resident in the near future which will make it more useful Open Right Part-time It would be awesome if residents could reserve a parking spot for those heavy demand days Open Right Part-time It's my back-up plan when the buses aren't running on a full schedule in the early season and I have to go to Beaver Creek for World Cup Races(volunteer). Open Right Part-time No Open Right Part-time Owner parking on site at Lionshead residence Open Right Part-time We tried it once and did not have good results. Lots of building going on in town and over busy ramps. also too difficult to access and no refund on card. Not worth the cost and trouble to us. Open Wrong Year-round Free locals only parking lot Open Wrong Year-round If it was free then I would purchase it. All other resorts on the epic pass have free parking options always, frontage road should not be in this conversation as that is a joke. Open Wrong Year-round many of the locations are not convenient so we pay for private parking ..it is a huge issue for those employees working in the village Open Wrong Year-round Parking is ridiculous- I know there isn't that much anyone can do to make it better. I am blessed to park right in village center for my job - but, with all the events going on, I have to remember to move my vehicle to the structure after 3pm so I don't get blocked in for the entire night. There have been several times that I was either physically unable to find a parking spot in the structure, or even within several miles of vail village. Open Wrong Year-round Parking should be free for employees Open Wrong Year-round Residents and visitors of most municipal entities expect to pay for parking. Open Wrong Year-round The Value pass definitely facilitates going into town for lunch, etc. Open Wrong Year-round We walk, we live nearby Open Wrong Work only Buy one if the cost was reasonable. Open Wrong Work only Make a true local parking pass. 10 dollars all day, any day. This would help businesses in the village too, most locals arent about to nor able to spend 25 to park! Open Wrong Work only More frequent ford park shuttles would be nice. Open Wrong Part-time I'd be more likely if the weekend discount was larger than 20% like the weekday rate is. I suppose you do this to reduce the demand and keep us on the busses, but it sure leaves a bad taste in my mouth as tax paying resident. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 138 July 5, 2016 - Page 218 of 433 Survey Direction Resident How Likely to Buy a Parking Pass or Value Card Open Wrong Part-time More needs to be done on illegal parking in private condo spaces. Open Wrong Own coupons for those emergency days or the holiday part time worker business would help only parking is great and easy to use for the amphitheater events. Please Open Wrong Get mail I would buy a pass if it was reasonable to make it easier to attend work - Invite Right only related meetings in Vail. Open Don't know Year-round Don't need one - live in town, Open Don't know Year-round Free after 3 is a great policy and don't ever change it! Open Don't know Year-round I don't know what those different parking passes mean. Open Don't know Year-round I will continue to use the Value Card, very much appreciated. Can't afford any other kind of pass. Open Don't know Year-round I would like Vail to focus on being pedestrian friendly. There are not sidewalks along most streets in Vail, nor are there street lights; if you are trying to be environmentally friendly and walk and use public transportation I feel like safety isn't on your side. There are too many people getting away with speeding through residential areas. Open Don't know Year-round I'd like to know more about the passes available. Open Don't know Year-round parking department employees could be more friendly Open Don't know Year-round Prices are a little steep for parking. Open Don't know Year-round see above comment Open Don't know Year-round We buy one at Solaris instead. Guaranteed availability, which we were uncomfortable with at the main Vail structure with a Gold pass in the past. Didn't have to scrounge for a space, either. Open Don't know Work only I work in Vail and think I should be able to access the Vail structure 7 days week. Again the TOV puts profit ahead of the core of the town ..... the employees! Open Don't know Work only If you have to pay for parking, then parking should be monitored. Many are double parked taking up what limited parking there is. Open Don't know Work only Will need some parking pass. Open Don't know Part-time good deal could be cheaper. Open Don't know Part-time People should Take the bus! Q. 17: Rate your satisfaction with public parking services in Vail. Survey Direction Resident Comments about Public Parking Services Open Right Year-round I do use the free parking spot options occasionally but only when other options aren't available during the winter season. I would like to see the Donovan parking option easier to view on the Vail website. Summer parking is great and easy to use for the amphitheater events. Please continue to offer free parking during the summer! Invite Right Part-time Simply early bird catches the worm come late no parking Open Right Year-round There is always a very nice parking attendant name Jimi Foley who is always super helpful! Open Wrong Part-time A very tough issue.... We keep building and adding visitors without *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 139 July 5, 2016 - Page 219 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Public Parking Services making parking a priority. In summer how will golfers and hikers and an event all fit into the parking lot at the golf course when on a weekend it is already on overflow.?? Invite Don't know Part-time Actually provide free parking after 3, without requiring us to enter after 3. If we enter around 2:30pm, it's really not convenient to have to come move our car out and then back into the garage to avoid being charged for what is supposed to be free parking. Invite Right Year-round After consulting with a member of a larger construction firm, I believe that the best solution to the parking problem is to expand the Vail structure over Frontage Road. There is more than enough capacity available, and it is unusable for other purposes, and would not obstruct any view or interfere with any business. Open Wrong Year-round Again, this is the only place that charges for parking. Invite Right Year-round All passholders should be allowed into the structures when they are full to allow them to look for parking. They have paid for parking and should be able to look fo spaces. Open Year-round Appearance and identification of employees should be better Invite Right Part-time Appreciate the special buses you use for events. Know it is hard in Winter to keep it clean. The town did widen the roads for street parking but is a bit dangerous when driving by and people are exiting their cars. Invite Don't know Part-time As a tax payer, it would be nice to get an amount of courtesy passes (half dozen?) to share with guests to enhance their experience. Invite Wrong Year-round as a taxpayer I do not like giving away free parking to those who use the town Open Right Year-round At Vail Mountain School it would be nice to be able to park on the frontage road when the parking lot is full. Open Right Work only Being such a world class resort you would think we could invest in the rebuild of Lionshead structure and add more parking to keep cars of the roads (or at least reduce). It is sue an eye sore and i am sure it could be redone to accomodate more vehilce. With the plas for EverVail coming out we are just going to add to the parking problem even if they offer private parking for theri buildings it doesn't help with basic skier parking. Open Don't know Year-round Build a few more floors on the structures Invite Right Year-round Build parking garages! Invite Right Part-time Compact car section not enforced. Poor parking robs extra spaces with no consequences. Need to open short/narrow sections now marked 'no parking' to small vehicles (Smart Cars) and 2 wheeled vehicles to open more spaces for regular sized cars. (TOV could mark off dimensions in which the vehile must fit to park in mini spaces) Open Right Year-round Construction vehicles take entire parking structure during construction seasons. Open Right Year-round Construction workers take up too many spots in the garage in summer - companies should be required to provide parking on site or shuttle them in. The overflow parking in winter on South Frontage Road is an accident waiting to happen and totally unfriendly for our guests. Can't *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 140 July 5, 2016 - Page 220 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Public Parking Services believe how far they have to hike to catch a bus. Invite Don't know Part-time Costly Open Don't know Year-round Decreasae amount of Frontage road parking, and NO PARKING on Frontage road near Safeway Invite Right Year-round Do not use structures. Invite Wrong Work only Don't really use parking structures or road as I have a place to park at work. The frontage road parking is out of control - in that it is normal almost daily event it seems. Also, the change put into place years ago to use park and trailhead parking lots for free parking has made it impossible for users of those places to actually use them any more during a ski day. Invite Don't know Part-time Eliminate the frontage road parking - Open Right Work only Encourage car pooling/alternative transportation solutions as an incentive to reduce parking issues. It's never going to be financially responsible or feasible to build enough parking spaces for everyone coming to Vail, nor is it the highest and best use of the limited land resources in Town. Vail leaders need to be more forward thinking in this regard. Invite Right Part-time Enforcement of parking in structures needs to be enhanced. Too many instances of individuals not parking appropriately (i.e. using more than allotted space). Open Right Part-time Every new building in Vail should be required to have an underground parking structure. Also why can't we have parking in the side of the mountain like in Europe. Only a matter of time before someone dies parking in the frontage road. Open Right Part-time Fees seem a little high Invite Don't know Part-time Fees too high. Invite Right Year-round Ford park tennis parking sometimes ridiculous. Open Right Year-round free parking in the summer is great! Open Don't know Year-round Free parking in the summer is HUGE. Living in Sandstone makes a commute to work difficult on a bus in the summer since it's only once an hour. I understand the parking fees in the winter time, but in order to continue drawing people to town for events in the summer I believe it is important to keep parking free. As for ease of parking in the winter, there are a lot of vehicles that do not park properly in the spots. I'm not sure if there is a way to 'ticket' those cars, but some days there are easily 2 dozen cars taking up more than one spot. Open Don't know Year-round Frontage rd. parking is awful experience for guests. Rob Katz should park on ft. rd and walk to lifts with kids. Maybe then VR might build some more parking!! Invite Right Part-time Frontage road overflow seems to be a necessary evil but definitely a safety issue as it constricts the roadway. Invite Right Year-round Frontage road parking is hazardous ... I always buy a permit privately because of the cost of TOV convenient parking in the Village ... not interested in outlying parking, as work requires me back and forth and in *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 141 July 5, 2016 - Page 221 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Public Parking Services and out several times in a day. Invite Right Year-round Frontage road parking is not great. It would be very easy for someone to get hit. Not sure there are better options but it isn't safe. Open Don't know Year-round frontage road parking is not safe in my opinion Invite Right Year-round Frontage Road parking remains dangerous, though no one has been hit there ... there must be a better way, but I don't know what it is... Invite Right Year-round Good job in managing a tough issue! Open Wrong Work only Have to walk to far to get to town. Invite Don't know Year-round hugely expensive, frontage road overflow seems discombobulated, Lionshead parking structure is difficult to use with the lower floor seemingly aborted to the general public.. Open Right Work only I am concerned about pot smoking in the Vail Village parking structure. Invite Right Year-round I am concerned there will be an accident on Frontage Road, particularly when it's slick out ... this would be tragic in our town and (I would imagine) put an immediate end to parking Frontage Road. Invite Wrong Part-time I am never sure if I am actually allowed to park along Frontage Road or not (i.e., during the summer concerts). I believe there are No Parking signs but I might be wrong. I simply park there because so many others have parked there as well. Open Right Year-round I am not happy with lack of enforcement of the use of parking spaces by large trucks. These vehicles -because of their width- often take up two parking spots. The extra long trucks often make it very difficult to back out of a space when they are parked behind you. Not sure how to resolve this issue as the structure was built before these oversized trucks appeared on the road. Open Wrong Own I appreciate that we as a town have done our best to get by with what business we have available for some free parking on the fringes of town and on only the frontage roads. Formalizing or least continuing utilization of these resources is probably our best bet to not take on enormous debt and to continue to accommodate as many people as practical. I wouldn't allow VR to build another neighborhood just for their developmental profits on the promise that another parking structure of their building and control would alleviate the big picture. Open Don't know Year-round I appreciate the free after 3:00 rule. Invite Don't know Year-round I appreciate the value cards, but it would be nice if the discounts applied to Friday to Sunday also. Invite Right Part-time I don't know where the town expects people to park. Skiers can overflow onto the frontage roads which can mean miles of cars lined up. No one can park on residential streets, though. Why is that? I know the town wants everyone to ride the bus but you can't always do that and you have to get to the valley somehow. Open Right Own I don't mind Frontage Road parking. It doesn't make Vail's appearance business more or less attractive. It adds a lot of capacity when needed. only Invite Right Year-round I feel like the parking lane paint is lost very shortly every year after lanes *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 142 July 5, 2016 - Page 222 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Public Parking Services are painted in the vail parking structures Open Right Year-round I feel like we should be able to develop a better system than parking on the frontage road. It is dangerous for individuals to be crossing the road. Especially during snow Open Wrong Get mail I find there is limited desire to want to conduct work meetings in Vail only given the parking difficulty (availability and price). Usually compromise with Vail based businesses/workers to meet mid -valley (usually Avon). Invite Right Year-round I generally very much admire the programs, the enforcement and the education. I think that much of the complaining is done by residents of the county, but not the town, who feel that they should have special treatment, sometimes at the expense of our touring guests. I don't agree. I do really wish that signage could address the paid parking at Solaris in the summer, as guests are surprised and angry when they are charged, and it is a permanent and really distasteful impression. Invite Don't know Year-round I hate the overflow on the frontage road because the people that park there don't pay attention to the people driving on the road and it just seems very dangerous. Invite Don't know Year-round I have always felt that overflow parking on the Frontage Road is a bad idea. Invite Don't know Year-round I have been to other major ski areas where they don't charge for parking and also have shuttle lots to get people to the ski area quickly. Invite Right Year-round I have learned that public parking to meet friends or visitors for lunch at peak times, even for concert parking is sometimes impossible. Invite Don't know Year-round I have my own arrangement for parking for skiing Invite Don't know Part-time I just had one issue with an attendant when I was picking up my family, and I seriously didn't realize that it was two minutes to three and I parked in the structure to grab them, and help carry their stuff. The supervisor acted like I should have known ... we usually take the bus during daytime hours, but I was trying to be nice and pick them up ... she practically ripped me a new one and wanted to charge me for making that error... Open Right Year-round I like the open air in the lionshead structure, but I HATE cigarette smokers in public. Open Right Part-time I like the signage on lot capacity and the website showing % capacity is very user friendly... I check often .. Nice job. I'd promote the self service website on your large parking signage boards. Open Right Year-round I live close to Vail and when my family comes to visit parking is a real issue, if all the spots are taken here where I live there is no where else my parents can park their vehicle when coming to visit me which is a complete hassle Invite Don't know Year-round I LOVE the two hour free. I use it for when I'm just doing guest service in the mornings. Open Right Year-round I often choose not to do activities in Vail because of parking trouble. Open Right Year-round I often drive on the Frontage Road to east Vail in the winter. The overflow parking on the street doesn't always seem safe, and visitors *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 143 July 5, 2016 - Page 223 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Public Parking Services who have parked there often have no regard for vehicles that are driving on the road. Open Don't know Year-round I only use the parking garage in Summer and after 3 PM Invite Wrong Part-time I realize that parking is a 'damned if you damned if you don't' situation for the town. It is basically fine. Winter parking fees are high but not a deterrent considering how often the garages are full Open Right Year-round I really like the program that helps prevent people from driving drunk by letting someone leave their car overnight and if they parked AFTER 3 PM and pick their car up before 11 AM, they can get out of the parking structure for free. I have used this several times when I take a taxi home and it is a safe way to have fun at dinner or in town at the bars and have a few drinks and not get a DUI. Invite Right Year-round I see people (and kids), running in ski boots across the Frontage Road on overflow days. Put some temporary speed bumps on the Frontage road to slow traffic on the overflow days so people can cross the road safely. Invite Right Year-round I take the bus! Open Wrong Work only I think employees working in Vail shouldn't have to pay for parking. Period. Open Right Year-round I think our taxes should allow us to park in the structure in the winter for free, and a minimal charge Fri Sat. Proof of employment is available, etc. Invite Right Year-round I think that parking in Vail is really expensive, so I try to use the free bus to go to the village. Invite Right Year-round I think the fees for parking in the winter encourage car pooling. Rusty at the parking structure is great! Open Right Year-round I think the overflow parking on frontage road is the only option, but some drive way too fast during these times. We need to keep our guests safe. I also feel that parking tickets shouldn't be given so often to our guests. We do wish them to return. Invite Right Get mail I think the parking is expensive for skiers who have likely already bought only season passes-- OR, those who are coming to Vail for the day and will be buying a very expensive ski pass to get on the lift! Invite Right Part-time I think the Vail Frontage Road parking needs flashing 20mph zones when cars start lining up on the road. Just like school zones have. When light flashes, you must go 20 mph. Wouldn't it be awful if a child, dog, adult were hit by a car? Open Right Work only I think there should be a flat rate for every vehicle. Invite Wrong Year-round I travel in a wheelchair accessible van that is too tall to fit into the parking structures. I need to unload the wheelchair in a van accessible space. I have found very few van accessible spaces. I know of the ones at the two parking garages, but they are often occupied. Open Right Year-round I use the parking structures in summer and use the bus in winter. I think parking prices are quite high. I know that space is limited and for that reason I think there should be reduced rates to incentivize carpooling. Open Right Year-round I use the parking structures sometimes after 3pm, when it is free. Invite Right Year-round I use the structure to visit the library and at times for a ski day or quick *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 144 July 5, 2016 - Page 224 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Public Parking Services trip into a shop or restaurant. Open Wrong Year-round I volunteer at the Garden in the summer, and can't park because of special events. More parking is needed. Open Wrong Year-round I wish there was discounted employee pass. Just learned there might be one. Also I would like a bit more flexibility in timing i.e. 3 hours free so I could get a few more runs in and still have lunch. Open Right Work only I would be a good idea for the parking structure to have the parking lines painted better so people will park between them, leaving the possibility of ticketing people inclined to use two spaces. its very frustrating when I work at night and enter the structure and cant find parking because the lines are hard to distinguish and people use two and sometimes 3 spaces for their vehicles. so, on that note I would appreciate better enforcement for bad parking. Open Wrong Year-round I would come to vail more often if parking and access to the mountain was easier Invite Wrong Year-round I would like to see a 'grace' period of 10 minutes for the 'free after 3' so that those of us on night shifts could get to work on time if we have to park in the structure. The parking structure late at night is not safe. We have lots of drunk and high people loitering in the structures. Open Right Year-round I would like to see at least two additional decks of parking in the Village structure if, and when, it is replaced or renovated. Open Right Year-round If I park in a structure at 2:30 and parking is free after 3:001 should be charged for 30 mins. Need to repaint the lines in the parking structures so the can be seen. Need to ticket people who park outside the lines. People taking two spaces is a horrible, happens way too often Invite Wrong Year-round if you don't understand what I'm saying in above boxes ,then you'll never get it. thus , prepare for Armageddon.... Open Right Year-round If you start paid parking in the summer, you might as well close up the businesses and lock the doors around town. The demographic for summer will ABSOLUTELY REFUSE to pay to come to Vail. Invite Wrong Year-round it always smells of drugs and/or smoke. I do not feel safe! parking on the road is so very unsafe!! someone is going to get hurt. And it is not very guest friendly. Build the parking structure up 3 levels. It will add parking and block highway noise to town ! Invite Wrong Part-time It is a disgrace to have parking on the frontage road Invite Right Part-time It is costly in he winter. Invite Don't know Year-round It is extremely helpful to have access to the parking structure occupancy via the Vail.com app in both summer and winter. Please keep that up! Small annoyance - very hard to reach the new ticket dispensers in the structures. Who decided to put them so far back? Invite Right Part-time It would be good to explore additional agreements with CDOT to use the frontage road and possibly set up a charge for the use - otherwise the latecomers get free parking which would be good revenue for the city; Some negotiated use of the road (paid would be fine) when the parking is full at the summer Bravo and Dance concerts *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 145 July 5, 2016 - Page 225 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Public Parking Services Open Right Year-round It would be great if you could put another parking structure located at Ford Park or the EverVail location. Invite Right Part-time It would be nice for folks with passes to cut off fees at 5. By the point the garage is emptying, so you are motivating people to leave as opposed to stay and spend money with the businesses. Invite Wrong Year-round It's only a matter of time before someone is seriously hurt. Speed limit 45 on s frontage road, families coming back to their cars after dark Invite Right Part-time Just a feeling with more hotels ... I think there needs to be more parking ... including the trailheads Invite Right Year-round Just not enough public parking facilities. How many years does it take for the council to finally act? It's a major problem which never is addressed or even tried to be solved. Wake up and try to solve real issues! Open Right Own Keep parking free in the summer. Maybe have a few free parking days business during the winter too. only Invite Right Year-round Keep summer parking free - Thanks:) Invite Wrong Part-time KEEP summer parking free. Invite Right Part-time Keep the short time free parking and the after 3:00 free parking. This is important Invite Right Part-time Lack of parking during busy summer times - 4th of July, Sunday mornings. Invite Wrong Year-round Lines on top deck Vail Parking structure are difficult to read when they're faded, causing people to park at the wrong angle, causing a domino effect. I've gotten a ticket for parking how everyone was parking. It was reversed, but I was treated like a baby which I didn't appreciate. End of the day it'd Vail's fault for not maintaining the paint lines. Invite Right Get mail Locals should receive discounted parking. only Open Don't know Year-round Looping for locals should be allowed. They are making the effort to loop, which is not as easy as you think. Invite Right Part-time Love the bus in winter though they do not run enough in early season. Open Right Year-round Major problem, keeps guests away. Open Right Year-round Make parking more expensive for Denver residents (Beaver Creek charges $35!) and less for Vail home owners. Open Right Year-round maybe you could have used the 9M for a new parking level or 2 on the existing structure. Open Right Part-time More public parking would be appreciated Invite Right Year-round NAn Invite Right Year-round Need longer free parking in the winter - 3 hours would be good again. More time for people to actually do things in town and spend more money. Or lower hourly rates. Yes, we keep seeing an increase in business, but were also getting more and more poor reviews on our parking. I believe that Vail is the ONLY ski area in Colorado NOT to actually offer some kind of free parking lot - even if its a bus from down *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 146 July 5, 2016 - Page 226 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Public Parking Services valley. Open Right Part-time Need some sort of control when frontage road used for parking. Open doors, people wandering between car in to traffic. Occasional use of frontage road is acceptable , If there is enforcement of common sense procedures like watching out for others and vehicles traveling on the roadway. Maybe something more like the chain up areas with a patrol presence when visitors are parking, not after they are on the mountain. Open Right Year-round no Open Right Part-time No Invite Wrong Year-round No Invite Right Year-round No Open Right Year-round No one checks how cars are parked in the winter - so many cars use 2 spaces. There is a sign that one spot per car will be strictly enforced - it's a joke because it never happens. But the employees there do make sure you don't park in the 30 minute spot for 31 minutes or more. That's all they do! And why don't you have one way and no entrance signs EVERYWHERE in the structure? I've seen cars going the wrong way about once a week - no employee to stop them either! Invite Right Part-time no, thank you Invite Right Get mail Not a fan of frontage road parking but understand it is necessary only Invite Wrong Part-time Not an issue for us or our guests. Invite Wrong Part-time not applical Open Wrong Year-round Not enough and too expensive Invite Right Part-time Not enough parking in peak seasons. Vail is popular! Open Right Part-time Obviously there is not enough parking. Especially during the Burton Open. Invite Right Year-round Obviously, it becomes a hindrance when the structures fill up on busy Winter days. Having the numerous short term spaces in Lionshead is a huge benefit when I have to visit that part of Town- wish there were more of these in the village structure- ones by the Welcome Center just too short term. Invite Don't know Part-time Obviously, no one checks or writes tickets when cars take more than one parking space in the structures. We pass 4-5 'double parked' cars while looking for a space, even early in the morning. Luckily, I have a 3 -year handicapped hang tag, which I hate to use, but I'm left with no choice. Open Right Year-round On any given day in the Vail Parking Structure there are a minimum of 4 cars taking up 2 spaces.... sometimes 10 cars taking up 2 spaces. The Town is loosing revenue because of this. Please start ticketing these cars. Invite Don't know Year-round Our lack of public parking is shameful during our busy seasons and public events. With all of the money that the Town brings in it is beyond my understanding why they are not focused on increasing the amount of parking spaces. The danger and inconvenience of parking on the street should be a #1 concern for our town. Gazillions of money are spent advertising Vail and inviting people to come and then, when they get *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 147 July 5, 2016 - Page 227 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Public Parking Services here, we do not treat our guests with the courtesy of ample parking, which should be easy and convenient. To accept that they may have to walk a mile or more on the Frontage Road - with ski equipment! - is an outrage. It also seems to me that Vail Resorts should participate in the solution of this problem, as well!! Invite Don't know Year-round out pricing locals in winter Invite Right Year-round Overflow parking on the frontage road is a liability and an accident waiting to happen. Invite Don't know Year-round Overflow parking on the south frontage road is an accident waiting to happen. Money trumps safety. Invite Part-time Parking continues to be a big problem. There are not enough spaces and It is really expensive. Invite Wrong Part-time Parking continues to be a growing problem for the Town. Frontage Road parking is now a common occurrence instead of an exception - both winter and summer. The Town needs to find a sustainable and longer term solution than just dumping cars on the road. Open Right Year-round Parking continues to be an issue and is an inconvenience for many during high season/over flow and is a major safety concern. Invite Wrong Part-time Parking costs is too high. Really, it is too high. The frontage road parking is a safety issue, especially at night during events such as concerts. The present structures need to be expanded, or consideration given to building additional parking lots or structures on the other side of 1-70. Invite Don't know Part-time Parking for Vail residents should be less expensive. Invite Right Get mail Parking has been and always will be a major issue until a solution is only found. Vail Parking structure is dirty, leaks and smells like sewage. Not the first impression guests should get when arriving in town Open Don't know Year-round Parking in the structures is most often impossible from Friday through Sunday in the Village structure. Thank goodness for great bus service. Invite Don't know Part-time Parking is a perpetual issue, don't know if there is an easy solution with out spending much money Invite Right Year-round Parking is a tough area now that Vail has become so vibrant in the summer and the winter for both residents and guests. Look at park and rides outside the town limits Invite Right Part-time parking is always the challenge in vail, especially in winter but summer is getting challenging as well Invite Right Part-time Parking is an issue and expensive. Invite Right Work only Parking is at a premium. Any specific plans in place to alleviate parking on frontage roads? Open Right Year-round Parking is impossible... build more ... that is the only solution. Invite Right Part-time Parking is pricey but always full. Get what you can I guess. Open Right Year-round Parking is still a problem, grateful for our free bus system. Bus times should be more frequent on the Summer especially on weekends. Invite Don't know Part-time Parking is the single biggest problem in Vail. Keeps many visitors away which is OK for me but bad for retailers, hotels and day visitors. Invite Right Part-time Parking is very expensive in winter if you want to ski, and if you don't get *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 148 July 5, 2016 - Page 228 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Public Parking Services to the garages early, they fill up. Open Right Part-time Parking needs to be addressed! It is way over due! Invite Don't know Year-round Parking on frontage road is dangerous especially at night maybe better lighting if cannot find a better parking solution Invite Right Year-round Parking on the frontage road is fine. The widening of the road has made it safe. Safety is not a concern. You should charge something for it.(I realize it is a state maintained road, but it probably could be worked out. In Chamonix area, let the street be used 7 days per week. Invite Right Year-round Parking on weekends in the summer in town has become as bad or worse than in the winter. Parking on frontage roads and walking on them to town with kids is very dangerous Invite Wrong Part-time Parking prices are still high. Invite Don't know Year-round Parking prices seem fair. There needs to be more convenient parking. Open Right Work only Parking should be built and people shuttled to the resort. Open Wrong Year-round Parking should be free all year for employees Invite Wrong Year-round Parking structures are filthy and dated. Get VR to assist with new parking and improvement. VR continues to increase visitor numbers and push all parking and infrastructure to the TOV. Devise a long term strategy with VR slowing any Town approval until a more accommodative and cost sharing approach on any VR project increasing business is in place. Invite Right Year-round Parking to ski is our biggest complaint in Vail. The free parking options on the outliers is very time-consuming and challenging especially with children. The parking structures cost for locals can be prohibitive even with a value pass. We love to ski Vail but parking is less than desirable. Wish there was a better solution! Invite Don't know Year-round Parking will always be a challenge. It seems that there have been more days with Frontage Road overflow this year and previously, certainly more days in the summer. I think this will get worse with our Epic success. It's not convenient to walk from a car parked on the frontage road to ski or attend an event. I like the idea of utilizing underused parking spaces such as those at City Market. Invite Right Part-time Parking, in Vail, continues to be an issues. Been a resident owner since 1999 and we've seen little or no improvements Open Right Year-round Parkinig on the frontage road is not the greatest solution. With all of the amenities that Vail offers, the parking solutions offered are inadequate and do not live up to the level expected at Vail. This is Vail's big deficiency. Vail could fix it if they wanted to. Open Right Year-round Pedestrians crossing the frontage road on overflow days can be dangerous for drivers and pedestrians. Perhaps more staff and traffic control on those days Invite Don't know Part-time People car in overflow before parking lots are fun - it is frustrating Invite Right Year-round People complain about cost of parking in Vail - however it is cheaper than Beaver Creek. I think the parking structures are managed very well. I do get tired of the cars stuck out in the road in West Vail. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 149 July 5, 2016 - Page 229 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Public Parking Services Open Right Year-round people need to be cited for using 2 spaces Open Right Year-round Please do not charge for parking in the shoulder and summer seasons Invite Right Part-time Please keep free summer parking Invite Right Year-round Please keep summer parking free! Open Right Work only Please keep the prices the same for next year. Invite Right Year-round Please maintain free summer parking!! It encourages people to come to the village. Vail is already very expensive and it is not necessary to bleed guests of all their money. Invite Right Part-time Please see previous comment on parking availability and ease of use - under the section for Expectations of our new Town Council. Invite Right Year-round Prices are very high. Many visitors complain. Invite Right Year-round rates could be lower Open Wrong Year-round See above response. Invite Right Year-round see above, makes no sense to me that on busy days those who show up late get to park for free on the frontage road. can a deal be made with CDOT to require purchasing parking vouchers that are placed in the windshield for frontage road overflow parking? Invite Right Year-round Seeing as how the parking structures have been paid off for years, prices at least for locals could be lowered. Many parking spots are not effectively used because the lines disappear after a month or so. I do understand they paint them twice per year. Could they use something like they do for the streets or highways and have them visible for the whole season. Invite Wrong Year-round Seriously, when are we going to let the parking employees ticket people for parking like dicks in the structure? Space is so limited and we let people get away with parking in two spaces. How much $$$ do we lose in a year because there are people that cant figure out that they are in 2 spots? There is one young lady that works in your parking department that has been especially helpful over the last few years. I think her name is Kelsie. I havent seen her that much this season but she was always so helpful and courteous. Invite Right Part-time Should build a garage and feeder Gondi at ford field Invite Wrong Year-round Should build an additional parking structure or add more parking spaces. Open Don't know Work only Some of the card readers are too hard to reach. Also have had it spit back card and blow away in wind. (Top of village structure). Also need more enforcement of long trucks and vans. Or paint section for them because often there is not required maneuvering space to leave spot if neighboring spaces have exceptionally long vehicles. Open Right Year-round Someone is going to get hurt. People are walking in the middle of the road and have not a clue on the traffic coming Invite Right Year-round Sometimes West Vail gets messy, especially when there is snow, but the improvements to construction are noticeable. Invite Right Year-round staff is friendly --facilities clean --spaces a little too close --NOT ENOUGH PARKING SPACES Open Right Part-time still a dangerous intersection where traffic is allowed to not stop coming *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 150 July 5, 2016 - Page 230 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Public Parking Services uphill and traffic on main frontage road has to stop. Lots of confusion from visitors. Needs to be redesigned intersection. Invite Wrong Part-time Summer parking is crazy and the buses only run every 30 min to an hour in East Vail. The parking garages fill up by mid-morning and then the overflow parking fills up just as fast. So either you have to charge parking in the summer or the buses have to run more frequently to relieve the parking situation. Invite Don't know Part-time Thanks for the free parking for under 2 hours. My family does like to come into town for dinner and not having to pay for parking in that window is very helpful, particularly for residents. Invite Right Year-round The 2 hour free parking is great for shopping! 3 hours would be even better! Open Right Year-round The booth attendant with the guitar is awesome. Always super friendly, and if you're lucky, he'll play you a song! Invite Right Year-round The capacity of the mountain has exceeded the capacity of the town (in terms of parking). This issue will not change and will only get worse. I better solution than frontage road parking needs to be found ASAP. Invite Right Part-time The charges for public parking in the winter are excessive. Open Wrong Year-round The controversy of parking on the frontage road is senseless. Most municipalities offer parallel parking of this kind. Unfortunately Vail does not provide appropriate sidewalk locations and foot patrol to ensure the safety of pedestrians and realistic ease for drivers. Open Don't know Year-round The expensive prices of parking are a turn off for people coming to Vail. I don't understand why parking along North Frontage road in West Vail is not a year-round, 7 day a week option with limited hours in the winter to allow for the snowplow to clear the snow at night --other than vail wanting people to go pay at the parking structures. Open Wrong Year-round The gaps in the pricing are too late. It goes from $10 to 25 very fast Invite Right Year-round The garage is so dirty with puke and pee in corners. The parts that were painted look better but overall it is gross. Bathrooms are good. Invite Right Part-time The inability or unwillingness to add a new parking structure under Ford Field seems like a lost opportunity to improve safety, gain additional revenue and reduce the frontage road parking lot syndrome. Open Don't know Work only The only time I use downtown is during the summer when the parking is free. We ski Beaver Creek because the parking and busing are so much better than Vail. Invite Don't know Year-round The overflow frontage rd. parking is getting out of hand! Its 2 days now every wk. Invite Right Year-round The overflow parking is very convenient but VERY dangerous with skiers running across the road to get where they want to go. This is especially dangerous at night because you can't see them. It would be great if they had a place to cross the road that was visible. Invite Right Part-time The overflow parking situation on the frontage road MUST be addressed. The problem seems to be getting worse each season. More off-street parking must be made avaialble. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 151 July 5, 2016 - Page 231 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Public Parking Services Open Don't know Year-round The parking seems confusing to those visiting from out of town. I live here and watch people regularly get tickets for parking on frontage road when it's closed. I think a lot of this stems from the same people parking on the road the day before when it was open, and them not realizing it's not legal to do today because the structures aren't full. The signage is confusing. Open Wrong Year-round The parking spaces are too small (i measured 7' 6' for a 'normal' spot in Lionshead). Vehicles now are now jumbo sized, unfortunately. Open Right Year-round The parking structure needs some help. There is a white substance that occasionally drips onto my car and is fairly difficult to get off. Takes a little scrubbing but no damage. Parts of the garage look like they are falling apart. Parts of the garage smell like urine. The lines are scrubbed off by mid -winter then all the visitors park like yahoos and take up spaces to park when they park in the middle of two spots because they can't see the lines. Open Right Year-round The smell of marijuana has gotten increasingly bad over the last two years. Also, it's frustrating to see cars taking up two, if not three spots in the structures. Does Town of Vail ticket these people? It's gotten really bad. Open Right Work only The Town of Vail takes in a large amount of revenue from parking fees each winter. While the upgrades to the Lionshead parking structure were very positive, the fact remains that there's still not enough parking. This is a TOV issue, not a business issue. The entire town benefits from having more people visit Vail. The more the structures fill the more direct revenue and tax revenue are generated for the town. The town has made small improvements on the frontage road and secondary locations outside of the village, but it's not enough. Where has all the revenue over the years gone? It certainly has not been put back into parking as there could have been additional parking/structures added years ago. Until the town can explain and justify where these dollars have been spent, they need to look in the mirror before blaming anyone else for the parking woes. Invite Right Part-time The towns plan to use the frontage road for a parking lot is messy at best with pedestrians walking around in ski boots making for a dangerous environment Invite Part-time The value card is an option for condo owners in the village proper. It would have made more sense to stick to the rule that the condo builders provide parking for the units they are building and not opt out with cash payment to TOV. Invite Don't know Get mail The village parking structure wastes about 10% of total available spaces only as the paint has worn so badly that drivers don't have a clue where to angle their car. I also feel (especially during high -seasons) that the free parking should extend to 2.5 hrs as getting in and out for lunch is not possible within 2 hrs during those times. Invite Wrong Part-time There are no parking signs posted along some of the frontage roads so I am never sure if I will get a ticket if I park there yet everyone else seems *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 152 July 5, 2016 - Page 232 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Public Parking Services to be parking there. Open Right Year-round There is often ice in the public parking lots when you go to you car. Fully understand how difficult that is to manage, but I've had some close calls with wipe outs! Open Right Year-round There needs to be a better way to communicate to visitors what to do when parking structures are full. Also, they need to be cleaner. Open Wrong Part-time There shouldn't be overflow on Frontage Rd. It's dangerous! Open Right Year-round This is not the parking department's fault, I am sure they get tons of unhappy customers all day every day.... this is a town problem. Invite Don't know Year-round This remains a huge issue and problem for our town. Open Right Year-round ticket cars parked in more than one space. Open Don't know Part-time TOV Should charge more for ski day parking, with perhaps a residents getting a discount for only a few days per month & down valley not at all, Take the BUS Invite Right Part-time TOV should support a monorail to Eagle and DIA to ease all of these concerns Invite Don't know Year-round TOV structure smells like a urinal. Lionshead structure is well- maintained. Invite Right Year-round Town has done a good job widening roads and putting in bus stop on both sides of the road in front of Safeway, greatly increased safety of drivers. Need to push back parking on Frontage Rd where Chamiox comes downs. I've seen cars not able to stop there. Slippery at times, just extend it further down the road on either side. Open Don't know Year-round Town needs to enforce one vehicle per space in the structures and issue tickets if not in compliance Invite Year-round Usually have no need for parking services as I can take bus into village, run my errands and take bus back home all for free, thank you very much Open Right Work only Vail fails by not offering the men and women who serve in the military some sort of discount. Invite Wrong Part-time Vail has a serious parking problem. You need to fix it. I know lot's of people that avoid skiing in Vail and avoid the Sunday market because of parking issues. You don't need a survey to know TOV has a serious problem. Build another ramp ... now. Invite Right Year-round Vail must do something about building more parking as the overflow on the frontage road is a safety issue. Especially when all we talk about is safety on the mountain Invite Right Part-time Vail needs more parking structures Invite Wrong Year-round Vail Resorts is not taking responsibility for the increase in parking needs Invite Right We have only parked on the road once with everyone else on the 4th of July & got a ticket.... I did not understand??????? Invite Right Part-time We need more parking (or fewer people I guess) Invite Right Year-round We need to control summer parking I think their should be a cost to park in the summers with the Epic Disovery and construction parking I think it will be a problem *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 153 July 5, 2016 - Page 233 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Public Parking Services Invite Right Year-round We need to find a better coating for parking space ines. The are completely erased early in the season, so people park badly and take up extra spaces. Also, I never see badly parked cars ticketed/towed. Invite Wrong Part-time We only use the parking facilities for special events and after 3pm. I am concerned about the frequency and rate of the overflow parking along the frontage road. Our townhouse is located directly on the south frontage road and it is difficult to access the road at times. The overflow parking makes a bad situation worse. Open Right Year-round We should have some 'cheaper' days for parking in the beginning of the winter season. It would be nice to see some park for $5 Monday through Thursday for the first few weeks to bring some people and business into town, especially when the bus schedule is not full winter yet. Invite Wrong Part-time We use the Vail buses Open Right Part-time We worry about parking on the frontage road. It is questionable that a family with little kids can be safe to cross the street to come to town. But what choice is there! It is a terrible problem which will only be solved with more parking, but where? In Dallas, they have reclaimed by covering the freeway. That might be a great idea for Vail in the future. That is if some high powered real estate people don't build even higher condos over it! Open Don't know Year-round When I use the structures, it's for very short term parking - never have had to pay. We should keep free summer parking and winter short- term parking. Don't know about winter fees, but nearest winter competition is Beaver Creek with free managed and off-street overflow parking and free point-to-point shuttle buses. Makes Vail fees and on - street parking with long walks to slopes and town not look so good. I see the signs for bus stops on the Frontage Road out to the east and hope we run a shuttle bus any time overlow parking goes out to/past Ford Park. Invite Right Year-round When the frontage roads are full I think of prosperity, not congestion. Open Don't know Part-time Will it be another decade of discussion or can we invest in Vail's number one problem? Invite Wrong Year-round Will you wait until there is a death on the frontage road before you force Vail Resorts to build a parking structure on their land? Open Right Year-round Winter parking in the trasportation center is unpredictable. With all the mag chloride is damp,dirty and stinky. Frontage Road parking - DANGEROUS.... Invite Wrong Year-round Winter parking is a zoo, the free summer parking is nice. The 'don't drink and drive' parking policy is magnificent. Invite Right Year-round Wish there was some kind of parking option closer to the mountain Invite Wrong Year-round With the parking garages paid in full. I think the cost for locals parking could be reduced. Lines in the garages need to be stripped better Invite Right Part-time Would like to see even lower rates for residents; longer free parking (perhaps extended to 3 or 4 hours; free after 2pm in the winter; etc.) Open Don't know Part-time you obviously don't drug test these folks *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 154 July 5, 2016 - Page 234 of 433 Q. 18: Are there any specific concerns or considerations that influence your use of bus services? Survey Direction Resident Concerns or Considerations Influencing Use of Bus Service Invite Right Year-round Appreciate provision of wintertime Lions Ridge Loop bus service. Invite Right Year-round Arrival time time at structure coinciding with work start times. Invite Right Year-round Bus service seems to be doing a great service, myself and many use this. Invite Right Year-round Don't use Invite Right Year-round Due to parking on frontage road. Busses are sometimes overcrowded when they get to my stop Invite Right Year-round Easier to walk in town - Buses have become really crowed Invite Right Year-round Extra buses has helped a tremendous amount. Thanks!! Before the Bald Mountain pick-up very often get passed by, especially on busy/powder days. But also to that point, many people will drive from Denver/Front Range, find a place to park -- often illegally --- and take the free bus. Why don't you implement a parking fee for parks/frontage roads, where people would need to buy a pass and put in their car. Many places do this and it would generate more income. Not talking about a high fee, maybe $10, and shouldn't be that much to pay someone to 'make the rounds'. Invite Right Year-round Great service times, and ease. Invite Right Year-round Guests who are staying with us use the Bus and seem happy with the service. Invite Right Year-round I appreciate the great service provided by the bus system and the bus drivers. Keep up the good work! Invite Right Year-round I could use it more if dogs were permitted, though of course I understand why that is impossible. The Sandstone loops are great. Invite Right Year-round I don't use the bus service. Invite Right Year-round I really like the gps time signs that show when the next bus will arrive. Lets people decide if they want to walk or wait for the bus. Invite Right Year-round I use it at times during peak times or to return from skiing to East Vail. Invite Right Year-round I use the bus more when the schedule runs more frequently. (less during mud season) Invite Right Year-round if parking wasn't expensive i would use my car more. Invite Right Year-round It is the BEST!!! Invite Right Year-round It would be nice if the winter bus schedule started a few weeks earlier. Invite Right Year-round Its a reliable bus service and I like having the ability to use the free bus system. Invite Right Year-round Love our TOV bus services! Invite Right Year-round Love the bus. We don't use it much. Invite Right Year-round No Invite Right Year-round No, I try to use it as much as I can in vail Invite Right Year-round No. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 155 July 5, 2016 - Page 235 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Concerns or Considerations Influencing Use of Bus Service Invite Right Year-round No ... we frequently have guests in East Vail that use the bus, more than we use it, and their experience has been good Invite Right Year-round No. Don't use the bus much in the summer/fall. Too infrequent. Invite Right Year-round Not adequate during the early ski season. It should continue on full schedule any time that the TOV is charging for parking. This seems like an obvious choice. Invite Right Year-round Not enough service in spring, summer and fall Invite Right Year-round Some drivers could be more courteous Invite Right Year-round Tell the drivers to slow down, obey all traffic laws Invite Right Year-round The bus service is fantastic, We use it all winter. However in seasons other than winter it only runs hourly. It would be great if when there are events the bus could run more frequently though I realize this would pose a staffing challenge. Love that you put extra busses on the route when needed in the winter. Invite Right Year-round The expanded bus service should start when Vail Resorts opens, not weeks later. Invite Right Year-round the main comment I have is that the town of Vail bus schedule needs to change to the full Winter schedule the minute the town of Vail parking structure goes to pay on the first day of the ski season. Invite Right Year-round timeliness, crowding Invite Right Year-round TOV bus service is terrific Invite Right Year-round use during the winter daily Invite Right Year-round Use the E Vail bus daily... great service during peak times but one hour service in off season is inconvenient Invite Right Year-round Very dependable Invite Right Year-round We are very impressed and grateful for the bus service, especially during the winter. TOV is on top of the winter ridership and adapts accordingly to bring the guests to the village in a timely manner. We depend on the bus service daily to get to work and to come for recreation. The fifteen - minute interval for buses is crucial. Thanks. We are also impressed with the quality of the bus drivers who are courteous, helpful and friendly at all times and are conscientious in assisting the riders when needed. Invite Right Year-round West Vail service is not easy with children and ski equipment. Also it is time consuming. Invite Right Year-round Yes, we like to park on the north frontage road west of the Shell station but limited parking available Mon. to Thurs. It's too far uphill for us seniors to walk back up the hill with gear after skiing. You should open this section 7 days/week to make bus service more convenient to visitors and particularly locals. Instead during the week we oftentimes drive down valley to ski or have lunch. Lost sales tax revenue for Vail. I know others do the same thing. Invite Right Work only no Invite Right Part-time as cost of parking goes up, busing becomes necessary Invite Right Part-time Best system in the country. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 156 July 5, 2016 - Page 236 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Concerns or Considerations Influencing Use of Bus Service Invite Right Part-time bus service has been great Invite Right Part-time Bus service is great! I love sending my gun -ho guests out early . Invite Right Part-time Busses can be packed so I tend not to use the service at the peak times Invite Right Part-time Crowdedness make use difficult at times. Invite Right Part-time Footing can be dangerous at time. Outside racks not available on most buses. Invite Right Part-time Frequency of stops. Invite Right Part-time frontage roads parking fills up buses for neighborhoods Invite Right Part-time I enjoy riding the bus. However, sometimes the busses are very crowded. Invite Right Part-time I find that as I get used to the altitude -- I walk more. Invite Right Part-time I really like the bus service. But sometimes they are not well paced. Invite Right Part-time I would really like to see every half hour bus service to the golf course from 11 am to 2 pm. Invite Right Part-time It is an easy way to access the ski lifts, restaurants, and shops. Invite Right Part-time It is GREAT and very convenient Invite Right Part-time It's a steep walk up the street from the nearest bus stop to our house. Invite Right Part-time keep up the good work Invite Right Part-time Love the bus and only when they get busy sometimes they have not added an extra bus... Lighting at stops important, seem to pretty much keep it clean but our bus stop at Boothfalls has a drainage issue for snow melt and gets flooded. Invite Right Part-time More frequency in winter? Would love it if the bus will go up Bald Mountain Road in the winter -- it does have to be every bus, it could be every other, as long as there is a schedule and the bus runs on schedule. Would the city every work with the ski resorts to install overnight ski lockers that charge reasonable rates to the masses? Invite Right Part-time no Invite Right Part-time Not as convenient early season and summer. Invite Right Part-time Parking prices Invite Right Part-time please allow leashed pets on the busses, would be nice to take bus to village for lunch or dinner in summer and take old dog who is too old to walk that far. Invite Right Part-time Seems like if the slopes are open for skiing, the buses should run on the winter schedule. Invite Right Part-time The bus is a fabulous service and keeps the parking lot use down Invite Right Part-time the bus is extremely convenient and we appreciate it's timeliness. we will continue to take it, along with all of our guests. Invite Right Part-time The bus stop at Booth Creek is far from my home. The bus station in Vail is a fairly long walk to the ski resort. Invite Right Part-time The drivers a re great and busses are dependable. Invite Right Part-time The TOV bus service is a gem. No other resort or town has such convenient, effective and actually pleasant service. Invite Right Part-time They have been very close to estimated schedule which is nice. At peak *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 157 July 5, 2016 - Page 237 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Concerns or Considerations Influencing Use of Bus Service times leaving main structure Sandstone bus can be very crowded but we have always got everyone on with standing room. Invite Right Part-time Too slow. Too crowded. Difficult to navigate with skis. too infrequent in summer Invite Right Part-time Use Uber more. Invite Right Part-time We are on the Lions Ridge Loop bus and it is outrageous that this is only once an hour service. It is time to increase this to twice an hour. I have been driving in more due to the poor bus service. Invite Right Part-time We prefer that the frequency of the Sandstone bus be increased in the summer months. With service only scheduled for every other hour, it is difficult to schedule trips into town and back. Invite Right Part-time We use it all the time. It is great. Invite Right Part-time Wish it ran more often before busy season. Invite Right Part-time Would like more frequent and more stops on the red/green route. Every 20 minutes during peak hours and every 30 minutes in not peak hours. More stops in heavily populated areas. Invite Right Own Have not used the bus service business only Invite Right Own How crowded the bus gets. business only Invite Right Own No business only Invite Right Own Shuttle bus is great! business only Invite Wrong Year-round although there is room for improvement, thank God for a bus system to make an outreach to Leadville to Gypsum. Invite Wrong Year-round Answered in public works section. Invite Wrong Year-round Bus system schedule is still difficult to read - no change in the past 4 years. Some busses go too fast in residential areas. Sometimes I have to motion for them to slow down in the matterhorn to Ptarmigan stop areas while I'm walking my dog. Invite Wrong Year-round Buses are too crowded - need more service at peak times. Invite Wrong Year-round during summer and shoulder seasons the bus is not frequent enough to be practical Invite Wrong Year-round Expand winter season schedules to match open/close of skiing. Invite Wrong Year-round Great bus system and nice drivers. Invite Wrong Year-round I use it to avoid parking structure fees on weekends or week day business Invite Wrong Year-round need more seats Invite Wrong Year-round need to review schedules? Need more buses in afternoon in town! In town drivers should not play music. Be more aware of incoming and out *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 158 July 5, 2016 - Page 238 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Concerns or Considerations Influencing Use of Bus Service going guest questions. Invite Wrong Year-round no Invite Wrong Year-round No Invite Wrong Year-round None. I use it when I need it and it's always good. Invite Wrong Year-round Not always on time.... Invite Wrong Year-round The bus service is becoming increasingly crowded, but it is the only option. While an upgrade to bigger buses would be great, understandably probably too expensive at this time. I would start saving Invite Wrong Year-round The bus service is fantastic. Everyone has been tremendous, helping me in so many ways. I can't tell you how much I value the service that is provided. Invite Wrong Year-round The buses are very overcrowded this year. There have been multiple times my husband and I have been left at the stop at our house... both going to ski and going to work. Invite Wrong Year-round The lack of service in November and middle of December. The Sandstone Bus runs every 2 hours.... Invite Wrong Year-round The Sandstone line needs to run more frequently Invite Wrong Year-round This current ski season (2015-2016) has seen a significant reduction in the quality of bus services. Buses run late and at time do not appear at all for a scheduled route. More importantly the new driving staff are terrible. Frequently they are impolite, unclean and drive with a disregard for passenger safety and comfort. I understand it has become harder to fill job opening for Vail but the calibre of this season's new hires is dismal. For year upon year Vail bus driving staff were friendly, welcoming and helpful. This is a value set which now seems to be missing in the Vail bus service staff. Secondly Vail needs to improve the way in which busses approach stops. There are several reasons people may not be aware of the location of their stop. Often busses are packed with skiers and one can not see out the windows due to excessive people, fogged windows, tourists uncertain of their location and night time operation where streets with absolutely no lights and a dark bus make it impossible to see outside. It would be a great asset if the bus driver would announce the stop being approached. Finally there have been many occasions and the end of a ski day where buses to east and west Vail leave the transportation center with people packed in like sardines. This is unacceptable! Not only is overloading a bus dangerous and illegal, but it presents a poor image of Vail to anyone using the bus service. Invite Wrong Year-round Too infrequent Invite Wrong Year-round Transportaion system is poor. I feel they are rude to people, and sometimes do not stop at designated stops, and dont open the doors. Invite Wrong Year-round Vail needs a lot like Beaver Creek where people can park for free - and take a bus to the base of the mtn. Invite Wrong Year-round Would appreciate a 20 -min turnaround on the Red and Green lines in *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 159 July 5, 2016 - Page 239 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Concerns or Considerations Influencing Use of Bus Service West Vail. Invite Wrong Year-round Yes, parking structures are too expensive Invite Wrong Year-round your bus drivers are dicks. Stop calling the cops when someone passes out and wake them up and get them to their stop. Locals dont need a public intoxication ticket because they took the bus instead of driving. Thats the wrong direction. Invite Wrong Work only Do not use the bus service Invite Wrong Work only You need to allow pets on the buses and have them run on schedule which they NEVER do and the digital boxes that say when the next one is coming don't work either, what a waste of maoney Invite Wrong Part-time 1. 1 am at Golden Peak bus stop. when the route changes for events there MUST be better signage to tell us where the stop has been moved. 2. Sometimes the buses stop for almost 10 minutes at Covered Bridge. This makes me get out and walk unless the weather is very cold. Buses need to run their route with just a brief stop at major points. Invite Wrong Part-time Best transportation in Vail is the terrific free bus service. Invite Wrong Part-time In the winter, I prefer the bus service be it comes every 15 min. It's just easy. The route in East Vail is very efficient. But in the summer, neither the bus nor the parking in the village are easy. The bus doesn't come as often and the parking garages fill up so getting around town without a car is difficult in the summer. Invite Wrong Part-time It is the best service offered by the TOV. I purchase our home with the expectation of using the bus as often as possible. The folks that make the bus service work deserve a well deserved thank you. Invite Wrong Part-time It would be nice if drivers would verbally announce EVERY upcoming stop. A lot of people, especially when the bus is crowded and windows are steamy, get confused. Invite Wrong Part-time Love the bus service. The drivers are surly at best. Invite Wrong Part-time My boyfriend and guests use the bus Invite Wrong Part-time No bus service in our neighborhood. Invite Wrong Part-time Not enough buses in east vail. Peak hours are pitfully over burdened. The Bus drivers do a great job. Invite Wrong Part-time Parking is a big problem on busy days. Would like to see more bus service in off winter times (shoulder season and summer). Invite Wrong Part-time Shuttle service is free. Parking during the daytime for skiing is outrageously expensive. Invite Wrong Part-time The bus system is very efficient. We use it all the time. Keep up the good work. Invite Wrong Part-time The East Vail bus has been full with no seats or standing room. Invite Wrong Part-time The service to East Vail is too infrequent after 8 am. Consider extending peak hours to 9 am. Also consider having non peak bus every 20 minutes rather than ever 30. Invite Wrong Part-time The winter schedule on the East Vail route is excellent Invite Wrong Part-time We use the buses in ski season *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 160 July 5, 2016 - Page 240 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Concerns or Considerations Influencing Use of Bus Service Invite Wrong Get mail Service (frequency) of bus routes should coincide w/ski mountain only schedule. Invite Don't know Year-round Every half hour seems not often enough during peak morning and afternoon times, even with double busses. Invite Don't know Year-round Go to full winter bus schedule as soon as TOV starts charging winter fees in the parking structure. Invite Don't know Year-round I choose not to use it much during winter just because the busses are so full and sometimes people are unruly Invite Don't know Year-round I don't know. Invite Don't know Year-round It's very convenient for me, so I will likely continue to use it often. I do wish it wasn't so'messy' in the late afternoon. By this I mean messy passengers (usually seasonal employees enjoying apres-ski on a day off). The loudness and language can be horrible, and I feel bad when guests with children are riding the bus and subjected to the 'colorful' display. It seems to be getting worse ever year. Not sure what a solution might be. Maybe run an express shuttle straight to Matterhorn or Timberridge for messy locals, and let guests ride the peaceful, slow line :) Invite Don't know Year-round I've had too many negative experiences with younger bus -riders being down right crude and disrespectful when I have my children on the bus. I'd rather spend the $20 than try to explain why people use the 'f_k' word so often, have a half smoked cigarette handing from their mouth, or why they smell like skunks. Invite Don't know Year-round no Invite Don't know Year-round No its a great service! Invite Don't know Year-round No. Invite Don't know Year-round Schedule of the buses, I wish there was a little more flexibility in the morning and after work hours during the off season but after the mountain has opened for skiing. Invite Don't know Year-round The bus does not have a line that goes up Buffehr Creek, and due to the walk up the hill (^'1 mile) I am much less likely to take the bus. When I do take the bus, I usually drive and park on the frontage road. Invite Don't know Year-round The bus schedule is not as good as it used to be. Invite Don't know Year-round The real-time timing is not accurate. Invite Don't know Work only I think TOV bus service is excellent. I utilized it more when I lived in East Vail. I miss the convenience of it now that I live in EagleVail. Invite Don't know Part-time Being at Booth Falls we are the last stop and many times bus is crammed full for skiing and at times we cannot get on. I would like TOV to consider running 2 buses to/from East Vail between say 9-11 am and 4-6 since if you miss a bus 1/2 hour wait is excessive. Invite Don't know Part-time I purchased a condo in Lionshead years ago because access from across highway (Potato Patch, Sandstone Dr., etc.) was difficult to the point of being unacceptable. Invite Don't know Part-time I've heard it can get a bit 'iffy' as it gets later at night. I have an 18 year old daughter. Usually we make sure she and her friends are home by ten to avoid her being hassled?? *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 161 July 5, 2016 - Page 241 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Concerns or Considerations Influencing Use of Bus Service Invite Don't know Part-time Last season the Sandstone bus only ran every 2 hours till Dec 15(about) change over. The Mt is open for skiing but to get in and out of town made our trip very difficult and the reason we did not come out in Dec. this year. Then I saw that our bus did go on winter sched earlier than last year. We need the winter service as soon as the Mt. opens. Invite Don't know Part-time Put full service on sooner in winter. Invite Don't know Part-time Schedules Invite Don't know Part-time The bus system is great Invite Don't know Part-time Very convenient. Invite Don't know Part-time Very crowded at peak times Invite Don't know Part-time Very crowded at the beginning and end of the ski day. Invite Don't know Part-time We live on Buffehr Creek road and there is no service - it should be added Invite Don't know Get mail frequency. During early ski season, the Sandstone bus was running only every 2 hrs which was not convenient. Perhaps it could work better to run every hour instead Invite Year-round I have children and need to have a vehicle available. Invite Year-round It's very convenient, timely and FREE! Open Right Year-round Convenient, fun ride Open Right Year-round Convenient, the town should have a ' Bus Drivers Ball' and I will make a contribution, they have earned it and are the best Open Right Year-round during the shoulder seasons it would be great if you would provide more frequent service. In East Vail we would like to see a minimum of half hour service. Also, it would be great if you could provide a bus shelter/stop at the East end of Spruce Way. Open Right Year-round ease of use and regular frequency of bus timetable at Golden Peak Open Right Year-round Hospital employees begin work at 0700, Lion sridge/Sandstone do not bring patrons back into Vail (VTC) until 0700. Unable to use public transportation to go to work. It's unfortunate for locals who cannot park at the hospital due to construction at VVMC. Open Right Year-round how infrequent the Spring bus schedule is! I get it, town is slow, but it's still inconvienent Open Right Year-round I hate the secondhand smoke at the transportation center. Open Right Year-round I have parking in the village so I rarely use it. However I have my kids use it when I can't drive them. Open Right Year-round I try to avoid the bus when I think it will be crowded. I really appreciate the efforts to provide additional bus support to the Matterhorn bus stop. That stop is usually very congested. Open Right Year-round I use it about the same as I always have - and I walk most of the time. Open Right Year-round I use the bus and it is okay.... I truly can't see the clientele of Vail riding it. You want the uber rich to come ski here but then you want them to ride a public bus system? Have you met these people? They don't ride the bus. Open Right Year-round I use the bus service in the winter and am pleased with its frequency. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 162 July 5, 2016 - Page 242 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Concerns or Considerations Influencing Use of Bus Service Not so much in the summer, when it is not needed due to the availability of free parking. Open Right Year-round I wish it would be easier to access the express bus schedule. Could this be printed in the paper or have easier access on the website? Open Right Year-round In East Vail..... ski time and work time collide and sometimes staff are unable to get on bus Open Right Year-round It was frustrating when I caught the West Vail Red line at Lionshead and then realized it had changed to a Green line when we got to Vail Transportation Center. I had done this same thing previously and the route had not changed, so I was surprised when it did this time and there was no announcement from the driver that the route would be changing. Open Right Year-round no Open Right Year-round No. It's a great service given to our community Open Right Year-round no. seems good. Open Right Year-round Once the bus schedules are reduced... there's less interest in taking them as the return trips might take too long as fewer buses on the road. So buses not taken to begin with. Open Right Year-round Signs showing how long until next bus are terrific. Open Right Year-round Sold my vehicle. Very useful. Open Right Year-round The bus schedule needs to go into full winter schedule the moment we charge for parking or the same day as the mountain opens for our guests and for people coming in for the season to work. Open Right Year-round The one thing that is frustrating when using the bus to get to work is when the bus is full and zooms by making you late for work. It doesn't happen often but is frustrating when it does. It would be nice if the drivers could see that you don't have all the equipment and could easily squeeze in. It would also be nice if next bus showed the extra buses that are sent out on busy days so I can tell if I should wait for the extra bus or need to drive to work to make it on time that day. Also, it is really frustrating when the bus is early. It doesn't seem to happen as much in the winter but it does in the off season/late night/summers. I've missed the bus because it has been as early a 6 minutes. Open Right Year-round The schedules should match when the mountain opens. It would make it much more convenient for those of us who ride the bus. Also, the busses to Ford Park in the summer are a great addition and should be continued. Open Right Year-round The summer schedule is rough, and makes me utilize public transit less. Open Right Year-round Very easy, love using the bus service Open Right Year-round We do use the bus ... a great asset for Vail! Open Right Year-round West Vail Red and Green are always overfilled in peak season due to the new parking on the north frontage road. This parking causes safety concerns by passing motorists and also cloggs our busses with non tax paying riders. Open Right Year-round Whether parking will be available when I get there. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 163 July 5, 2016 - Page 243 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Concerns or Considerations Influencing Use of Bus Service Open Right Work only Bus driver friendliness/courtesy Open Right Work only Ford Park is a BUS STOP and busses need to stop there, not just look to see if someone is near the hut. Many times I have been passed by, I'm short and if the driver is just 'looking' and I happen to be behind a van or truck they cant see me and I get passed by. Open Right Work only My pass for Lions head is only valid Monday thru Thursday. It should include Non peak Friday's. Open Right Work only no Open Right Work only The attitude of the drivers is awful. New York City bus drivers are much better. A recording of the next stop and what can be found at the next stop is greatly needed. Open Right Work only The bus schedule can be difficult to understand. Out of town guests ask me questions and I have a hard time answering based on not completely understanding the form. Open Right Work only Timeliness Open Right Work only Yes. I generally will ride earlier in the day so I don't run into possible inebriants. Open Right Part-time As we walk 400 yds to the bus over a hill we tend to drive in when there are more than one of us skiing. We're getting older so less mobile. Open Right Part-time could use more frequent service for the sandstone route especially in early season Open Right Part-time Excellent Open Right Part-time I wish the Lionsridge Loop bus ran more frequently in Winter and at all in Summer Open Right Part-time Love the bus! Open Right Part-time My only complaint is the Lionsridge Loop bus only runs once per hour in winter and there is no service in the summer. I'd really like to see winter service twice per hour at least between 8-10 and 3-5. Regarding summer - some nominal service even if only 4x per day, morning mid- day, evening, night. Open Right Part-time No Open Right Part-time No but some of the new drivers need training when there is a full bus not to slam on their brakes and take corners so fast. Open Right Part-time Right outside our door. Bus comes often and kind bus drivers. Drivers do wait to let approching cars from behind get ahead. They do also look to see if people are running for the bus. It hasn't always been this way. Please thank them for us! Open Right Part-time The bus past the golf course, after 10AM goes to the main bus station, on it's return run, and not past Gold Peak. I'd really like it to go by Gold Peak on all returns, all day. Open Right Part-time The nature Gestapo nature of the Vail police makes me use the bus. Open Right Part-time The only time I use the bus is in the winter. If I go into the Village during skiing hours there's a parking fee and the garage is too full even if there wasn't. So, we use the bus and don't drive. In the swing seasons & summer we use the public garages all the time. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 164 July 5, 2016 - Page 244 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Concerns or Considerations Influencing Use of Bus Service Open Right Part-time The TOV buses have been of great value when the extended 3 generational family is here both winter and summer. Family members can come and go as they please without worrying about driving or parking. Open Right Part-time There are not enough buses to East Vail - even on the half hour would help. My friends and I do not come over to the village for dining or shopping as much due to the hourly bus service at times. This choice is increasing. Also, in the winter the mess of the dripping ski equipment as well as the safety (saw a baby in a stroller almost hit with a snowboard) is not an improvement with the larger buses as they take up the space. I know of two couples who decided not to buy in East Vail because of the poor bus service. Also, some of the drivers are very rude. Twice I have contacted the Transportation Dept. with no response. Open Right Part-time Use is very limited --mainly shuttle buses in center of town and buses to/from Ford Park Open Right Part-time Why drive when there is a bus. Open Right Get mail Friendly drivers and helpful with providing directions to visitors. only Open Right Get mail I do not utilize the town buses during peak times. only Open Wrong Year-round All drivers are courteous & friendly Open Wrong Year-round Crowding. Open Wrong Year-round Do not like drop off during off season, expansion of free routes to eagle- vail and down valley would decrease carbon footprint of commuters and ease traffic issues. Open Wrong Year-round Don't ride bus Open Wrong Year-round I lived in vail for several years and used the bus system multiple times a day. Most of vails bus drivers are great and it's an amazing (but extremely necessary) service that we get to utilize. However, during peak times of the season, I chose to walk several miles home from work rather than subject myself to the craziness and cluster. Open Wrong Year-round It is not safe to walk to my bus stop and no place to park. I think neighborhood parking places near bus stops such as Bald Mountain Rd would work well. I would pay for some kind of identification tag to park closer to home. Open Wrong Year-round Summit stage is free, echo is not. I would use it more if it was free. Not a friendly dui preventative town. Open Wrong Year-round The buses always depart for he transportation center 6 minutes late! Open Wrong Year-round The golf course bus service is too limited to be useful for us. Open Wrong Year-round Usually I use TOV buses a lot in the winter, they are great! This winter I just haven't as I was not on the snow as much as past years Open Wrong Year-round Winter schedule is more convenient. Open Wrong Work only Don't ride the bus. Open Wrong Work only Im not paying to park. At least not 25 dollars. III ride the bus if i go to vail and park on n frontage. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 165 July 5, 2016 - Page 245 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Concerns or Considerations Influencing Use of Bus Service Open Wrong Part-time Frequency of bus to east vail in winter is awesome. Wish is was every 30 min in summer, though. Thank you!! Open Wrong Part-time Would always like them to run more often. Especially a 2:18 going outbound from Golden Peak. Open Wrong Own no. a great resource business only Open Wrong Get mail No only Open Wrong Get mail Our condo is so centrally located that we don't use the bus much. We only walk or ride bikes everywhere. Open Don't know Year-round Bus drivers are the worst drivers on the road. Rude and speed, will cut you off in a minute. Open Don't know Year-round Great service Open Don't know Year-round I love the bus! Open Don't know Year-round I prefer to walk any distance under a mile unless I'm running late for something. Open Don't know Year-round Love the bus. Open Don't know Year-round More frequent Friday, Saturday & Sunday service in the summer would greatly improve bus usage and cut down on car traffic and related impacts. Currently, service is just too sporadic in the summer to be a practical alternative for most guests and residents. Open Don't know Year-round My kids use the bus service and there are a lot of drunk people. Open Don't know Year-round Sometimes too slow. Would rather drive. Open Don't know Year-round The bus was my primary means of transportation this winter. Open Don't know Year-round The service is great ... on-time, quick, comfortable... a wonderful town asset. Open Don't know Year-round to crowded in am Open Don't know Work only I don't like brining children on the bus when it smells like weed at 10am!!!! Open Don't know Part-time Being a golden peak resident, the policy of the buses to stop for quite a prolonged time at the parking structure stop is a nuisance. I gather it's a matter of keeping the buses spread out or something, and sometimes there's a bus ahead we can jump on. But this last week, it was snowing and cold and we were tired but late - it was very annoying to sit and wait to keep going to our stop. Open Don't know Part-time I always take the bus it is the ecological thing to do and convenient enough, my one complaint is the cutback that has occured on the ECOT services on the north Frontage road, making a much longer trip when people in West Vail now have to take the extra time to go into Vail Village to get a bus to downvalley most of the time. The few minutes impact on the ECOT schedule is a poor trade-off for the loss to of convience to folks in West Vail & yet every ECOT bus goes to the Minturn Forest Service even though there is rarely a pick-up /drop off except early in the AM *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 166 July 5, 2016 - Page 246 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Concerns or Considerations Influencing Use of Bus Service Open Don't know Part-time Need to increased bus frequency earlier in winter season. Open Don't know Part-time the underpass construction and the potential of 100 of new residents in the Chamonix parcel might need more service. Open Don't know Own Stops at ridge are too slow business Vail, which is great, but sometimes it seems those buses aren't there only when they're needed most. Also I've noticed some drivers stop very Open Year-round Bus stops are not announced by drivers. I have observed guests miss their stop because they don't know where or when it is- in the grossly under illuminated stop system. ALL STOPS SHOULD BE ANNOUNCED. The Invite Right Year-round bus time schedule in the terminal did not work until into Dec. It is not always current or correct. Q. 19: Rate your satisfaction with bus service. Survey Direction Resident Comments about Bus Service Invite Right Year-round At times the bus from East Vail is so packed we couldn't possibly fit another body in, and yet the bus drivers sometimes stop at each stop instead of continuing on. Perhaps they need a message on the front of the bus that says 'full' at times like these. I notice backup busses in East Vail, which is great, but sometimes it seems those buses aren't there when they're needed most. Also I've noticed some drivers stop very smoothly and others very rigidly. When you're stuffed in with 100 people, this makes an already uncomfortable situation even more unpleasant. Invite Right Year-round At times, some of the drivers are not as courteous or aware as they could be. We have had a few incidents of the door closing while a child is trying to exit. Invite Right Year-round BRAVO buses often packed to limits of being safe. Tottering people toting chairs, bags, etc. bounce about like yo-yos while standing in aisles. Stepping up into bus when burdened by lawn seating paraphernalia is a challenge even for the reasonably fit. Invite Right Year-round Bus drivers can get owly when u pass them if they r stopped. The passengers have responsibility to check traffic. Cars can't b expected to wait for every bus stop and passengers. There's enough room to pass. Invite Right Year-round Bus service is excellent and dependability is reliant on many other factors (traffic, construction, etc.) Invite Right Year-round Bus service is outstanding Invite Right Year-round Buses obviously overcrowded during busy peak times. Hard problem to solve. We don't expect clean buses on the exterior during dirty snow conditions on the road, but sometimes the windows are so dirty that the only way for some passengers to find their bus stop is to look out the nearest open door when the bus stops. Easy solution is for the bus driver to announce each stop under such conditions. Locals know when to get off but guests find it more difficult. Invite Right Year-round Do not use bus system. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 167 July 5, 2016 - Page 247 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Bus Service Invite Right Year-round Frequency of east vail bus in the off season should change. We should be able to take the bus more often than every 2 hours. Sense of safety on buses sometimes is more for the people taking the bus than any other thing. East Vail bus is too crowded at night.. the 2 am bus is impossible to get a seat. Invite Right Year-round Great service in East Vail. maybe the best in the country Invite Right Year-round great service --often too crowded in the morning and late afternoon Invite Right Year-round I appreciate the bus service and most employees. The additional overflow buses has made things much smoother over the past few years. The buses should be cleaned more often. Invite Right Year-round I appreciate the extra express buses at peak times. There has been only one day when a bus has passed my stop, showing a Full sign, and not picking me up. Invite Right Year-round I don't ride busses late at night so can't comment on cleanliness and safety in the early morning hours. Invite Right Year-round I don't ride the bus late at night so cannot comment on safety issues although I have heard that the night club crowd can be very disruptive and unpleasant. Invite Right Year-round I know that friends traveling into Vail, say the buses are just crammed in the morning. Feel the drivers hands are tied. Cannot pass up locals needing to get to work. Consider putting one more bus on for the two early runs. Driver do a great job! Invite Right Year-round I think the town bus system is a real gem. Love it! Invite Right Year-round I would like to see the Green and Red buses every 20mins during peak times Le from 8-10.30 and from 3.30 - 6pm. Invite Right Year-round I would ride the East Vail bus during the summer and off peak times if it was more frequent, but because of its lack of frequency I drive more than I would prefer Invite Right Year-round If there was more frequent outlying service that could be coordinated with ECO I might consider using the bus more often. Invite Right Year-round in general the town of Vail busses are wonderful. Invite Right Year-round Increase outlying bus service in off seasons please Invite Right Year-round I've noticed a couple of grumpy drives this year, as opposed to most before being very friendly. Invite Right Year-round Living in Matterhorn, the bus is very crowded due to Donovan parking. TOV often has two buses come but it is difficult with kids, skis etc. Invite Right Year-round Multiple times I'm at the bus door and driver just pulls away Invite Right Year-round NA Invite Right Year-round Need more frequency of service to outlying areas in spring, summer and fall Invite Right Year-round Nice work adding busses during crowded times - this is a necessary service if you expect us to use the bus! Thanks. Invite Right Year-round No Invite Right Year-round No Invite Right Year-round On accasion have noticed roudy people on bus. Negatively effects *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 168 July 5, 2016 - Page 248 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Bus Service experience for all riders. Not good! Invite Right Year-round On occasion there should be additional buses leaving the parking structure at 2am. For example during the Burton US open we missed the last bus and were stranded along with about 100 other people... Invite Right Year-round Outlaying service should start an hour earlier year round and don't reduce the busses in the off season and winter - some of us still have to work and that schedule can make us go to work over an hour early Invite Right Year-round see above Invite Right Year-round some bus drivers need to be a little more friendly. Invite Right Year-round sometimes in town seems drivers are frustrated by pedestrians and drive too close and too fast to make a point. A few drivers used to dislike bikes in summer and buzz them in past but this year ok Invite Right Year-round The buses who turn from Meadow Dr onto Main Gore Dr frequently pull out in front of cars on Main Gore Dr. When coming down the hill on Main Gore when road is snow packed and icy it's very hard to stop for them. They should be more careful at that stop street. Also the bus stop at the corner of Main Gore and Juniper is very dangerous as passengers waiting for the bus stand out in the street as there is not much room for them to wait off the road. It just seems like a bad place for a bus stop. Invite Right Year-round The TOV bus drivers are not friendly!!! This is such a change from the past few years. I rode the TOV bus many times this winter ( in Vail) and they NEVER announced the stops like they have in the past few years. Many visitors have no idea where to get off and the announcements of the stops always helped. Many visitors don't know that we have an Ice Arena and an outstanding Library. Pleas bring back the fun, informative drivers. I'd like to be a 'secret shopper' on the buses. The good ones need to be recognized and get rid of the other ones with attitude. I think this is a huge problem in the TOV. We need FRIENDLY drivers! The mean drivers can drive the 2am drunk buses! Invite Right Year-round TOV in -town shuttle should extend to Cascade. Invite Right Year-round Very dependable service Invite Right Year-round Why don't we have outside racks for ski/snowboards? Invite Right Year-round Winter mornings can get very corwded. Invite Right Year-round Wish sandstone was more frequent in the summer, every 2 hrs is brutal (weekend specific compliant) Invite Right Work only I was very impressed when a bus driver helped find a lost child and communicated immediately with other bus drivers ... he knew exactly what to do. Invite Right Work only Rude bus drivers seem to be more common these days. When you greet the bus driver, it seems like it is a burden for them just to reply. Invite Right Work only the estimated time for intown bus as showing on the digital screen by bus stop is never accurate . Invite Right Work only The time display for when the next bus is to arrive isn't accurate. Invite Right Part-time A few more buses at peak times on Sandstone route would be nice but *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 169 July 5, 2016 - Page 249 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Bus Service see above comment - it seems to be working. Invite Right Part-time Actually the bus service is extraordinary when you think about it Invite Right Part-time dont use buses Invite Right Part-time good bus service Invite Right Part-time Good job in providing extra busses on the West Vail Red and Green Invite Right Part-time I appreciate the added buses on busy days because I am one of the last stops before the VTC. Invite Right Part-time I appreciate the extra bus that is put on (usually Matterhorn) when there is a lot of demand. The bus I get on is Meadow Creek and it is often full because of people who park on the frontage road near Safeway and get on the red bus. But generally there is room. Most of the buses seem to be like the in -town buses which have a lot of standing room. I would prefer to have the one's with more seats. It is very difficult to stand and hold ski's on the bus. Invite Right Part-time I really like the signage in town that tells when the next bus is coming. That is very useful Invite Right Part-time I use the East Vail bus frequently. they should call out the names of the upcoming stops. Sometimes you can't see out the windows, or at night, and are not sure where you are. Invite Right Part-time I very much appreciate that you can add buses during high volume times. I have to stand sometimes, but very often there are seats available and added buses. Thank you for doing an outstanding job!! Invite Right Part-time In general, the East Vail bus is wonderful. It does seem a bit more crowded this ski season than in prior years, but it seems that extra buses are added when it's really bad. Invite Right Part-time In the off season and Summer, the Sandstone bus only goes every 2 hours. This should at least be once an hour for people to want to use it on a regular basis. It seems like many of the other routes are more often. Why is that?? Invite Right Part-time It is always inconvenient during the shoulder seasons when bus service only runs once an hour. It would be nice if the outlaying bus services were at least extended to include every 1/2 hour. Invite Right Part-time Lights inside some buses need to be fixed Invite Right Part-time Many renters are coming into the area and are disrespectful of the bus rules, bus patrons and the bus drivers. The drivers should be given the authority to enforce the rules. Invite Right Part-time More buses and more frequent service is always a good thing on the East Vail route. Invite Right Part-time Need more east vail times at start of season. Waiting until December does not encourage lodging options in east vail and is very inconvenient especially with the large time gap from 1100 to 130 or so. Invite Right Part-time No Invite Right Part-time no, thank you Invite Right Part-time Overall the system is well run and think it is an asset to our guests and residents. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 170 July 5, 2016 - Page 250 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Bus Service Invite Right Part-time Racks on the outside of all buses would be helpful they get so crowded! Invite Right Part-time Red and Green lines are always on schedule Invite Right Part-time schedule shift from summer to winter should start on the Saturday of the weekend rather than the following Monday. Very good handling of extra crowded days, sending extra buses etc. need extra intown buses on big event days, like go pro summer games Invite Right Part-time See comments above. More frequency would be great. Invite Right Part-time some drivers are great some not. Invite Right Part-time The frequency of bus service drops during the summer in East Vail - the bus needs to come more often in the summer - especially July and August. Invite Right Part-time The Golf Course bus wait can be a little long. But there really aren't enough users to justify another bus. Invite Right Part-time The outlying service is great when it's frequent, and not so much when it's not and the parking and biking is free. Invite Right Part-time This is a great service! Invite Right Part-time Those answers depend on the season and the questions should be tailored to ski, summer, and shoulder seasons Invite Right Part-time Very annoying music playing on the buses frequently. One person's music is another person's noise. Invite Right Part-time We need a shuttle bus that serves Buffehr Creek! Invite Right Part-time We ride the East Vail route, and service is amazing. In crowded times the backup/extra buses are implemented and to be honest It works flawlessly. Invite Right Part-time while I am on the TOV Bus route I have not taken it as I have normally driven Invite Right Own I don't take the bus enough to really comment. Some of the drivers are business great and friendly, some don't say much or seem into it, however only everyone can have a bad day and I am sure overall they are fine. I just don't ride enough to judge Invite Right Own Seems like there needs to be more buses during peak hours. Would love business to see a stop added on Lions Ridge Loop between the west end of Savoy only Villas and the east end of Timber Ridge. Invite Right Get mail I do wish bus drivers would be a bit friendlier and especially announce only stops as they approach. Invite Right It would always be nice to have a bus stop closer to our place, we walk about 3 blocks. Invite Wrong Year-round Bus drivers have been beyond just courteous. The are truly fantastic. Invite Wrong Year-round Buses are filthy. They should be washed daily inside and out Invite Wrong Year-round Can't use bus often because dogs are not allowed Invite Wrong Year-round I think that the in -town buses are very difficult to get in and out of. It is a gigantic step up to get into the buses and an even bigger step down to get off - especially for people with joint problems. I know that the open concept gets more people on the bus but sometimes people need to sit down. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 171 July 5, 2016 - Page 251 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Bus Service Invite Wrong Year-round Inbound red line always reeks of pot and alcohol. I avoid it when able. Invite Wrong Year-round Outlying vail bus routes should offer service starting at 5:00 am Invite Wrong Year-round some bus drivers are very good and some are very bad Invite Wrong Year-round some drivers are great! But others?? Invite Wrong Year-round Some of the newer drivers drive way too fast in the neighborhoods ... People are walking the streets, and walking their dogs... Invite Wrong Year-round The bus service is great! Invite Wrong Year-round The most frustrating thing about the buses is that we start work when the mountain opens in November and bus service is hourly until well into December. Difficult to get to work on a timely basis. I have not had a bus driver ever speak to me or greet me. Invite Wrong Year-round To add to my comments above drivers also needs to take better control of their busses. I have frequently been on busses this season with season staff and tourists speaking loudly and using foul language. It should be the responsibility of the driver to ensure all passengers are comfortable on a bus. Invite Wrong Year-round Way nicer than Chicago and Detroit public transportation, I can tell you that! We have a wonderful bus service here, very thankful for that. Invite Wrong Year-round We still need buses to east vail on a regular basis in the summer. The gaps in service is unacceptable. PEOPLE STILL LIVE HERE IN THE SUMMER! Invite Wrong Year-round Why is there no Wi-Fi on all the buses? Invite Wrong Part-time boyfriend uses the bus and likes it and knows all of the drivers who have been great (in his words) Invite Wrong Part-time Bus service to East Vail is very good. Invite Wrong Part-time Crowding on the buses are pretty bad at certain times in the morning and afternoons. To the point where you cannot get on the bus after a specific stop in the route and people are declined to board. That's not good service and the logistics of the bus frequency needs to be examined. No one should be denied access to the bus be of overcrowding. Invite Wrong Part-time East Vail bus is late very frequently. Invite Wrong Part-time I gave the 'Level of crowding on buses' a 2 simply because there are times during ski season that the buses are jammed packed. This tells me they need more buses to pick people up. Invite Wrong Part-time I like the bus service. Mostly I walk the village, but I use the bus to get to Lionshead and have never had any problems. Invite Wrong Part-time Just terrific! Invite Wrong Part-time see comments in last box Invite Wrong Part-time The Lionsridge Loop has hourly service and Sandstone gets three buses an hour. ANd off season we have no bus service. Invite Wrong Part-time The service to East Vail is too infrequent after 8 am. Consider extending peak hours to 9 am. Also consider having non peak bus every 20 minutes rather than ever 30. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 172 July 5, 2016 - Page 252 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Bus Service Invite Wrong Part-time Winter frequency good, summer and shoulder season bad. Invite Don't know Year-round At my bus -stop, (Vail Commons), the Green bus is always standing -room only Invite Don't know Year-round Don't use bus much, but when I do the bus service is great! Invite Don't know Year-round i avoid in town buses during the busiest times of winter Invite Don't know Year-round I don 't take the bus. Invite Don't know Year-round I had one incidence where a town bus driver cut me off in a traffic circle going much faster than they should have. I had the right of way. However, this was only one incidence. Invite Don't know Year-round I would use the bus more if the routes were extended to my neighborhood in west Vail. Invite Don't know Year-round It seems that this service and other services cater to the core of vail. There should definitely be an BUS ENCLOSURE at the Spruce Creek stop as it currently presents a danger to families and children. This should be prioritized ASAP. The buses at off season to west vail are rarely on schedule. Invite Don't know Year-round Of course on a powder day the West Vail Green into Vail Village is crowded but that goes with the territory. Invite Don't know Year-round See above. When the mountain opens, people need the frequency of the full winter schedule. Invite Don't know Year-round See comments above. How can we improve the experience for guests using the outlying buses? Invite Don't know Year-round the bus drivers are wonderful its really just some of the people on the bus Invite Don't know Part-time In -town shuttle bus service intervals seem much less consistent this season than over the past fifteen years. The bus -stop time predictions have become unreliable. Five minutes will probably actually be ten - especially when it's cold. Invite Don't know Part-time Love the bus service. We use it exclusively during ski season, and often the rest of the year. Glad that there are bike racks. Invite Don't know Part-time See above comments on crowding/availability of buses. Invite Don't know Part-time The in town shuttles seem more crowded to me in the last couple years. To the point that exiting at stops is more of a drill and delays the bus in total. Invite Don't know Get mail almost all bus drivers are great, but there are a few exceptions. only Invite Don't know Get mail As a Wildridge resident, we really have zero options for transportation only to Vail (except for private car, of course) Invite Year-round ALWAYS enjoy the bus, especially the drivers who seem to thoroughly enjoy helping riders as part of their job. Invite Year-round See a lot of empty buses Invite Part-time Buses are usually on time and not too crowded. Most drivers are friendly and helpful. Invite Need more frequent buses on red and green route during peak times - every 20 minutes, not every 30 minutes. every half hour for off peak *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 173 July 5, 2016 - Page 253 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Bus Service Open Right Year-round Again, it would be great if you could put a covered bus stop at the east end of Spruce Way. This is a very dark stop in the winter and seems pretty dangerous at night. A shelter would help ..... It would be pretty easy, just place a culvert and in fill around it, pack it down and then place the covered bus stop there. Open Right Year-round All the bus drivers that service East Vail have been very courteous and patient. Open Right Year-round Bus are great and very convenient times Open Right Year-round Bus is a great asset for the Vail community and its guests. We use the bus or walk into town from the Sandstone area... Open Right Year-round Buses to/from Eagle can be difficult and infrequent. Open Right Year-round Friendliest bus drivers ever experienced. Open Right Year-round Have you ridden the Red at 4 p.m.? It's beyond packed. It is actually something you have to train yourself to do... calmly be packed in with that many other people. The 2nd bus helps, but sometimes even it is packed. Open Right Year-round I beat the in -town shuttle by walking nearly every time. Otherwise, I might hop on. But it's fine. I like walking. Open Right Year-round I don't ride the town bus Open Right Year-round I love the commentary of the bus driver with the Cabella's hat, he makes sure to get a smile from everyone! Open Right Year-round I take the bus to and from work each day - LOVE this service and my drivers (Jean, Nemieus?, and John) Open Right Year-round I think the free bus routes are the best services that Town of Vail offers. Open Right Year-round I would like to see more frequent service to the Golf Course but understand the route is probably underutilized. Open Right Year-round In the summer, the East Vail bus should run every half hour, not every hour. Tourists complain about it all the time. The winter overcrowding of buses is better but still needs work. Bus drivers ignore anyone being loud and drunk, so the rest of us have to put up with them - one reason I now drive. Open Right Year-round Love the fact that bus stops display time of next arrival. Open Right Year-round Lucky to have this survey. Open Right Year-round no Open Right Year-round Peak hours buses have driven by with no other buses in site. Open Right Year-round Sorry, don' ride it enough to feel I can comment Open Right Year-round The bus schedule needs to go into full winter schedule the same day that we charge for parking or the same day as the mountain opens for our guests and for people coming in for the season to work. The lag time in the early season makes it hard to new people to get around town and limits the time people spend in town. Open Right Year-round The bus system in town is amazing, it's part of what makes Vail great. Open Right Year-round The bus -riding experience is excellent. Availability of extra buses during rush hour in the winter is excellent. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 174 July 5, 2016 - Page 254 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Bus Service Open Right Year-round The drunks can be very obnoxious, but I understand that they need to be on the bus instead of driving. Open Right Year-round The green westbound after the mountain closes gets unsafe with how many people ride it. Open Right Year-round The late night buses do not feel safe all the time for women who are alone. Open Right Year-round The long time bus drivers could not be any more unfriendly. Bus drivers act as though the people on their bus are an inconvenience and seem pissed off most of the time. The only reason they keep driving is because you can fire them. Open Right Year-round They are almost always on time, which is unheard of in public transportation. Its great! Open Right Year-round They do allow too many on sometimes, especially on in town busses during peak times. That's a major safety issue. Open Right Year-round vast majority of in town bus drivers are inconsistent and/or not announcing bus stops. it should be job mandatory for in town bus drivers to use load speakers to announce bus stops - our town guests deserve this level of service. the management of the in town bus service requires significantly more quality control. management needs to get of their butts and ride the bus. Open Right Year-round West Vail Express Afternoon bus should make its turn around point at the Chamonix stop, and not the West Vail grocery stores. Is it really that much more $ to go the distance west of the north side west vail roundabout to the Chamonix stop? Open Right Work only don't use the bus Open Right Work only Have not used the bus system for the last few years but, its nice to know it's available if I do need it Open Right Work only I don't use the bus as much as I used to but, it is nice to know that it is available. Open Right Work only I would like to see more regular service to east vail / Vail Mountain School during the school year to ease with their parking situation. Open Right Work only The bus drivers have been disengaged and unfriendly at many times this winter. Open Right Work only The drivers should realize that most people don't know where they are going. The recordings should be welcoming and informative. Open Right Work only The west vail bus on the north side needs to be more frequent, Open Right Work only there are one or two bus drivers that could be a lot more courteous, but I'm sure you know who they are. Open Right Part-time Bus Driver courtesy is uneven. Some drivers will see you running for a night bus at Golden Peak and wait and others will drive off. Too much waiting time at Transportation stop going toward Golden peak. Open Right Part-time Great free service for residence and visitors.. Open Right Part-time I just get irritated when they only run every 2 hours in Sandstone during early season. Open Right Part-time Its a great community benefit and really makes it easy to live in Vail. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 175 July 5, 2016 - Page 255 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Bus Service Open Right Part-time Love those buses Open Right Part-time New visitors notice the bus and driver situation and are very unfavorably impressed. Open Right Part-time Nice free amenity to town that is thought to be very expensive Open Right Part-time schedule of Lionsridge loop and Sandstone loop should be addressed. They overlap too closel Open Right Part-time Thank you! Open Right Part-time The bus forgot to stop at Matterhorn one day and I got a hold of a supervisor and he was very apologetic and even met us at the stop when the next scheduled bus came and apologized again. Open Right Part-time The bus past the golf course, after 10AM goes to the main bus station, on it's return run, and not past Gold Peak. I'd really like it to go by Gold Peak on all returns, all day. Open Right Part-time The bus service is great! Open Right Part-time The in -town shuttle seems to be running less frequently and, as a result, the buses can be very crowded. Open Right Part-time The schedule of the Lionsridge Loop bus should be modified to be more staggered with the Sandstone buses Open Right Part-time We rely on the Lionsridge Loop bus. Full stop. If the service ever was made more infrequent we would likely sell our home. We don't like to drive and find the bus service to be an Eco -friendly asset. Keep investing in it! Key Town of Vail asset we highly value. Open Right Get mail The atmosphere is more regarding the out of town travelers... not the only drivers! Open Right love the bus service Open Wrong Year-round Added buses during peak season was appreciated. Open Wrong Year-round As busses in Vail have grown larger the drivers are less engaged. The abuse of passengers to each other goes unchecked, and the frequency of excess profanity is a turn off to people of all ages. Open Wrong Year-round Bus drivers need to slow down and respect 15mph on meadow dr. Also, they need to obey the stop sign at meadow dr and vail road and wait their turn, rather than pulling out in front of others. Open Wrong Year-round do not use Open Wrong Year-round Free bussing from Avon to vail would be great. Open Wrong Year-round Golf Course service is too limited to be useful for us. Open Wrong Year-round the only problems I have with the bus is if it's to crowded during holidays I never know if there is a second bus coming and I might be late for work. Also, not that I take it often, but the 2am bus leaves hastily and I have had to take a cab. Open Wrong Year-round Why not just run on time!!!? Open Wrong Work only Bus crowding would go down if more locals could afford to park in vail structures. Open Wrong Work only Spend too much money on bus service. Need to charge to ride the bus. It should not be free. Cost too much to be free. It isn't right that you invade my privacy with all the camera's you have on the buses. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 176 July 5, 2016 - Page 256 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Bus Service Open Wrong Part-time Better enforcement of obviously drunk patron on late night bus service. Open Wrong Part-time Most of the drivers are really pleasant. And decent drivers. Open Wrong Part-time You should split this question into winter vs summer. Open Wrong Own employees have a tough time in the off season. Maybe vans could run a business couple late routes only Open Don't know Year-round Bus drivers tend to be jerks. There are definitely a few that are kind enough to help me loading or unloading my stroller, but most will not even acknowledge you. Open Don't know Year-round bus system is great! Open Don't know Year-round Drivers are rude and bad drivers Open Don't know Year-round During peak seasons two buses are sent at high usage times- very nice service. Open Don't know Year-round Having a bus every 30 minutes during non peak times is too infrequent for locals Open Don't know Year-round I use the bus to get to work in lionshead every morning from vail village after I get off the east vail bus. Almost every morning the buses do not line up and I end up having to walk. I often find myself running for the in town bus, but have had moments where the bus driver drives right by and doesn't stop even for a second at the stop to allow me to catch the bus. I am very frustrated with this. Open Don't know Year-round I would like to say that I am happy with the bus drivers in Vail. I would like to give a special kuddos to the bus driver Buck, who was on the LionsRidge Loop route. That was not my route, but while I was waiting for my bus at the Sandstone school Buck would always stop, open up his doors and make sure to get a thumbs up that everything was OK. As a female waiting at night after dark, alone, I appreciate greatly the focus on safety! Open Don't know Year-round Late nights are jammed. Open Don't know Year-round Most of the bus drivers are absolutely great - courteous, helpful, etc. Open Don't know Year-round Thanks for such great in town bus service! Open Don't know Year-round The bus during the day is great, especially when they run a second backup bus behind the main bus in case it gets too full. At night it gets far too rowdy from time to time, mostly during large events in Vail Village. I would like a stronger enforcement of the rules during the late night 'drunk busses' to make it a decent ride for those of us getting off work late at night. Open Don't know Year-round The smell of marijuana in every bus is not acceptable. Open Don't know Work only In town bus tried to block/ram a car which appeared to only be pulling into their own driveway. I'm assuming the bus driver thought it was someone cutting through the bus route. Doesn't seem like the greatest idea with a bus full of people. Open Don't know Work only Some drivers are amazing, others don't seem to like their jobs! Open Don't know Part-time I'd like to see more than 1 bus per hour in East Vail during summer months. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 177 July 5, 2016 - Page 257 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Bus Service Open Don't know Part-time so occasionally the busses are crowded, people should just get friendly and make room. The addition of the buses to fill the AM & PM crunches Invite Right Year-round in the outlying areas as needed has been a great improvement over time there is a very occasional grumpy driver, but rarely instead the drivers Invite Right Year-round are usually a great ambassador for the time, especially those who have been here for awhile, friendly, helpful, knowledgeable, now oif only the Invite Right Year-round clock board would work better Open Don't know Part-time Very crowded between 3 and 4:45. Sometimes cannot get on in town Invite Right Year-round bus at that time. Excellent rest of day. Most drivers excellent Invite Right Year-round sometimes a few are very grouchy! Q. 20: Do you have any comments on your response concerning events? Survey Direction Resident Comments about Events Invite Right Year-round Additional buses and police presence is needed during some events due to the large intoxicated crowds. Invite Right Year-round Better selection and variety of adult beverages at events would be nice - in particular the beer selections could use a lot of improvement. Invite Right Year-round Bravo incredible! Farmers market is a great event to see people, but I hardly ever buy anything, as the prices are very high. Invite Right Year-round Bring back bud light series type concerts! Don't focus on big acts. Solaris stage for championships was much more enjoyable. Invite Right Year-round Crowd control good Invite Right Year-round Did not seem like there were as many as in years past. Invite Right Year-round Events are an economic driver. The town should look to balance quantity vs. quality of events Invite Right Year-round Events are generally positive for the TOV- we should have something special going every weekend in the ski season. Unfortunately, they also tend to bring the hard drinking crowd to the house across the street. These college age kids tend to be very loud well into the early morning hours. Invite Right Year-round Events bring vitality Invite Right Year-round For the most part, we avoid the Village at concert time. We have learned how to counterprogram our time in the Village to avoid crowds. Invite Right Year-round I enjoy the events and appreciate the business and vitality that they bring to the Town. Invite Right Year-round I enjoy the free concerts in Solaris. Love the burton open Invite Right Year-round I have really enjoyed some of the events; Bluegrass series, Go pro games too crowded, farmers market nice. Invite Right Year-round I like the events, however, I do not think the TOV should subsidize the events. Invite Right Year-round I think the venue for concerts (Spring Back to Vail, Burton US Open, Snowdaze) in Vail needs to change. Obviously, Solaris Plaza isn't big enough. Ford Park would be a better choice. Other than that, town *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 178 July 5, 2016 - Page 258 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Events events have been very good & fun! Invite Right Year-round I would like to see more multi day events occurring within the TOV. Invite Right Year-round I would like to see some events become self supportive to make it possible for new events to receive funding. Invite Right Year-round Love the mtn games! Invite Right Year-round More variety is good Invite Right Year-round need more Invite Right Year-round nice job in creating opportunities for local residence and tourists alike... Invite Right Year-round No Invite Right Year-round on of the biggest mistakes vail made was to lose world cup ski racing to beaver creek because we 'needed' a private club in the finish area. Invite Right Year-round Please don't give out free cigars when there is concerts going on at Solaris. Invite Right Year-round Rock concerts aren't in keeping with the higher overall quality of Vail and TOV Vail events. Invite Right Year-round Stop the VIP seating in lionshead for the summer concerts, it is right in front and awkward. Kids/people can't dance and engage and fully experience the concerts when there are tables in the front and ropes. It creates a divided atmosphere. Families often stand by the bathrooms so that kids can dance and see the instruments. It is a really small venue - please keep it open for everyone to enjoy! Love the concerts though. Invite Right Year-round The noise level after 10 PM needs to be lower. Invite Right Year-round The 4th of July parade is great. Everything else is less great. Invite Right Year-round The Bravo concerts and the Jazz series seems to bring a lot of people in during the summer. Also the Farmer's Market and Gourmet on Gore seem to be popular. Burton Championship has been popular with guests. Invite Right Year-round The concerts at Solaris are great. Invite Right Year-round The pot smoking in public, and underage drinking should be more restricted and stopped. Invite Right Year-round the town needs to work out its policy on marijuana at events. generally these are great family events and encourage people to come to Vail. will the town ever enforce these rules? Invite Right Year-round There are too many, and there are far too many that are not top-of-the- line. We work so hard to ensure that our buildings/landscaping/signage/permanent improvements are all truly first rate, then we put them behind 10x10 tents that are often tired, sort of dirty, general festival -going items, a number of weeks a year. A line of white festival tents is not automatically a 'special event,' and doesn't make us seem more special than Breckenridge, or Cherry Creek or Glenwood Springs, or Mlnturn or Edwards or Silverthorne or Georgetown, where you can see those same white tents filled with similar vendors selling food and small items and crafts pretty much every warm weekend. In truly off times, fine. But there is proliferation, and the 'events' seem to be becoming just another opportunity for event organizers to take in just enough money to meet their profit projections, *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 179 July 5, 2016 - Page 259 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Events not to organize a special experience. Also, the set-up and breakdown times really really adversely impact the pedestrian experience. If there is only one change considered, I'd ask that it be that event participants know that they cannot load in and load out at liesure. Each 10x10 tent has, at a minimum, one large truck trip in addition to the tent space. Invite Right Year-round Though the Burton US Open brings a necessary diversity to the Vail event lineup which I appreciate, the Saturday night concert crowd was a drawback. We just became a party destination that had little to do with snowboarding. Invite Right Year-round to much pot smoking at concerts is a concern Invite Right Year-round Too many concerts the attract a drug culture following. Invite Right Year-round Too many events, too many overlapping each other! Invite Right Year-round We don't do a large of amount of going to these experiences. We do attend many Bravo presentations and are very happy with these events. I am beginning to think there are too many concerts, too many sports events, etc. This is a community of people who live here and want peaceful times also. Invite Right Year-round We have enough events in town. Lets continue to grow the good ones. Invite Right Work only Events are the year-round lifeblood of Vail. Invite Right Work only No Invite Right Work only Please keep supporting events. Events are what makes Vail stand out form the crowd. Invite Right Part-time 4th of July is spectacular! love the Farmers Market Invite Right Part-time Big concerts should go back to Ford Park. Solaris is too small. Invite Right Part-time Crowd management - especially on Mountain crowd Management Invite Right Part-time don't like the Burton crowd. Invite Right Part-time enjoyed last summer's blue grass evenings Invite Right Part-time Expansion of the Bravo festival by one week is step in right direction to making it ALL summer Invite Right Part-time Great mix. Seem to run well. Invite Right Part-time I believe it is an economic driver and very important to the town Invite Right Part-time I love the events ! Invite Right Part-time I love the variety of events!! As time progresses, we will be spending more of our time in Vail. We will take a more active role in attending events. Invite Right Part-time I stay away from them --hurts my ears Invite Right Part-time I think the free concerts are great. And, I love the big events that come to town: Burton Open, Go -Pro Games, Pro -Bike Tour, Beer and Wine Festivals, Bravo, of course! Pink Vail Vail Symposium. TEDxVail Invite Right Part-time In the view of my friends, Vail is the top of the heap in events and town. Invite Right Part-time Keep'em coming! Invite Right Part-time Keep them green - the recycling and use of compostable cups, etc is really good Invite Right Part-time Love attending all of them they make owning a home in vail so much *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 180 July 5, 2016 - Page 260 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Events more enjoyable for our family. Invite Right Part-time Love Ford Park concerts Invite Right Part-time Love the concerts in town Invite Right Part-time No Invite Right Part-time no, thank you Invite Right Part-time Not sure where to get the information in advance at lease two months so that I could schedule a trip to Vail if I am aware of the event. Some on line marketing to part- time residents would be helpful. Invite Right Part-time Parking is the issue. Even if you arrive 15-30 minutes early to a Vail Village event, the garage is full and you are sent to Lions Head which is an inconvenience and take a lot more time. Invite Right Part-time Some of the events cause a great deal of congestion and bring in an undesirable crowd. The town fills up with zillions of kids who are not staying/ eating in Vail anyway. I don't see the value in that. I think the farmers market is fantastic and enjoy events like Taste of Vail and Oktoberfest. Invite Right Part-time Sometimes the spring concerts bring a lot of noise especially after the concert is over Invite Right Part-time Summer Dance Festival is wonderful. Invite Right Part-time They seem to be mostly excuses for large numbers of young people to gather and drink. Invite Right Part-time We actively promote the public events to our friends. Who doesn't like 'free' stuff? When Vail does it, it's free and quality! I believe the Town earns it back through tourism, business taxes, and increasing property value. Invite Right Part-time We applaud the growth of events Invite Right Part-time We are fortunate to have such diversity in events. Ford Amph and programs there wonderful. Lots of public parks that offer other opportunities. Donovan Pavilion a big plus. Invite Right Part-time We have not been to very many since buying our home in 2005. Invite Right Part-time We love the festivals and activities. Invite Right Part-time We need a better indoor music venue Invite Right Part-time We really enjoy the summer farmers market and the Spring Back to Vail activities, especially the Lamb Cook Off. Invite Right Part-time We were disappointed when attending some of the summer free concerts regarding the behavior of some of the young adults who seemed to have had too much to drink. Invite Right Part-time When larger events are at Solaris, the streets are too congested to get around. They were better at Ford Park where there was more room. Invite Right Own Most of the events are great, however I could definitely do without the business Burton Snowboard Events. I may be alone in this, however owning a high only end art gallery in this town, this is definitely NOT my crowd. Invite Right Own We love the 4th of July celebration. business only *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 181 July 5, 2016 - Page 261 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Events Invite Right Get mail Depends on ;your genre preferences. I think TOV does a good job with only security, etc. Invite Right Get mail Events are great to spur activity and atmosphere. I appreciate the only commitment from the town to help drive events. Invite Right Get mail Great events throughout the year only Invite Right Get mail Love Bravo Vail-- especially the outdoor concerts at the Betty Ford only Amphitheater. Invite Wrong Year-round as a taxpayer why am I paying to provide entertainment to people who are not returning value to the town Invite Wrong Year-round Can Vail please invest money in better bands for some events. Even if a small ticket fee was charged for this improved entertainment quality. Also smoking at events needs to be better regulated and enforced. Invite Wrong Year-round Concerts, Burton race, youth events brings lots of trash and drinking that is unacceptable. Invite Wrong Year-round I really object to rock concerts or concerts in general being held in front of Solaris building. Invite Wrong Year-round I would think they might to re-evaluate the concerts that you bring here and the crowds they attract Invite Wrong Year-round LIMIT THE NUMBER AND OF QUALITY Invite Wrong Year-round Love the smaller events. I see many of the big events putting drunks on the road Invite Wrong Year-round Many of the events do not benefit the town economically. Huge crowds for some events causing stress on our infrastructure especially parking Invite Wrong Year-round Need more interesting events - too many sporting events Invite Wrong Year-round No Invite Wrong Year-round Often have more than one event at the same time. Seems to cater to 20 -somethings. Create big parking problems. Makes it hard to just go into town for a drink or dinner. Invite Wrong Year-round Only Bravo and Farmer's Market are positive; doubling up events causes overcrowding Invite Wrong Year-round Overcrowding of town bringing in the wrong crowd of people who don't want to spend money Invite Wrong Year-round quantity over quality is not necessarily a good thing Invite Wrong Year-round See earlier comments - tired of the drunk and high visitors wandering streets/at concerts for Burton Daze Invite Wrong Year-round seems the crowds you are bringing in some times create a negative impact. The concerts are too crowded. Too many drugs and smoking! Invite Wrong Year-round To many events. Invite Wrong Year-round Too many events, and a lot of repetition of themes and acts during Vail's showcase 'events' like Snow Daze, Spring back to Vail, and Burton Open. Invite Wrong Year-round too much public drinking and pot Invite Wrong Year-round Vail is the event. Spend less money Invite Wrong Year-round Way too crowded for certain events and concerts *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 182 July 5, 2016 - Page 262 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Events Invite Wrong Year-round Way too many concerts and festivals that appeal to the crowds of very limited means. The word FREE should never be used. If you can't afford to contribute, why as a tax payer should I be providing these services. Invite Wrong Year-round Way too many. Just seems like the businesses want more and more money. Little regard for the tranquility of the full time citizens. Invite Wrong Year-round Whenever any kind of bike race occurs, it makes usage of South Frontage Road very difficult. I live directly on that road so I can't exactly take a different way, perhaps inform bikers to not take up the entire width of the road so that vehicles can at least pass. Invite Wrong Work only Too loud, drug use attracts the wrong crowd Invite Wrong Part-time As weekenders, we are disadvantaged in buying tickets for the 4th of July concert Invite Wrong Part-time Creates overcrowding in the village Invite Wrong Part-time Events are driving a ton of Front Range day traffic with limited benefit to the community. Invite Wrong Part-time Events have gotten less frequent and shorter. Invite Wrong Part-time Events should be non-smoking. The problem of smoke has gotten worse with the legalization of pot. Invite Wrong Part-time I like ballet and symphony. don't like Burton. You can't even get through town to the restaurants . Kids left Solaris area filthy. Do not like concerts in town, Invite Wrong Part-time Only thing I'd change, in everything from dance to music to symposium, is having even more. They all add to how special Vail is. Invite Wrong Part-time overall positive, but too many Invite Wrong Part-time Some of them attract people that are just coming for the event. The smell of Marijuana is not good. Invite Wrong Part-time Some quality events is appreciated. but the saturation of events and often the visitors certain events attract is negative on the community culture. A quality out door experience had been our culture. Invite Wrong Part-time The fireworks over the 4th of July and New Years are outstanding. Invite Wrong Part-time The sheer number of summer events are becoming overwhelming. Invite Wrong Part-time Too much hassle. Invite Wrong Part-time TOV needs to develop an intellectual program like Aspen. Invite Wrong Part-time we love free concerts in winter and summer Invite Wrong Part-time We need more summer events. Bring back the weekly torchlight ski parade at Golden Peak. Invite Wrong Part-time Wish there were more musical events that appealed to a more mellow and/or family oriented crowd. We love the Sonnealp music/ country/western feel as opposed to only music for crowds 18-25! Even our older adult children find the noise level of some of these entertainers a bit much! How about entertainment for the younger crowds too? Invite Don't know Year-round Events are wonderful, but recently some have been so successful that crowding and congestion have put me off and made me stay away. Invite Don't know Year-round For the big events; WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, WORLD CUP- some of the *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 183 July 5, 2016 - Page 263 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Events higher level organizers seem 'insider -focused' and arrogant. There is no room for arrogance in Vail. Invite Don't know Year-round I appreciate the free events offered, but sometimes overcrowding becomes an issue at the Solaris concert stage. Invite Don't know Year-round I love all of the events in Vail its part of why we love Vail. Invite Don't know Year-round Love the summer events at the Ford ampitheatre Invite Don't know Year-round Some events are very over -crowded Invite Don't know Year-round They are all for young people! Invite Don't know Year-round Too expensive Invite Don't know Year-round too many events now, difficult to live in town, burton championships concerts not family friendly, drugs, booze and cigarettes obvious to all. Invite Don't know Year-round Would be nice to spread them out better between Vail Village and Lionshead. Invite Don't know Part-time All seem to be focused on much younger people. I enjoy the village, but avoid it like the plague when the streets have been taken over by the very loud and pushy attendees. Invite Don't know Part-time Sometimes it just gets more crowded than I'd like, and it gets a bit difficult to get in/out, and get basic dinner reservations. Sometimes I just miss the 'old' VAIL. The times we travel are dictated by our kids schedules, and not what happens to be going on in Vail, so we really have no choice when we come ... Also, some of the events that we'd like to addend get REALLY pricy, ie, one of the 'taste of Vail events I just looked at is 185$pp', and the wine tasting event at mountain top is 140$pp Invite Don't know Part-time The artists chosen for Burton Open concerts this year were pretty awful. Invite Don't know Part-time The best events are Bravo Vail and the International Dance Festival. I don't think that the Town has much involvement with those except for funding assistance. Invite Don't know Part-time the events are a significant positive - they make the town more interesting to be in during the non -ski season Invite Year-round There is not enough parking to accommodate the events. Events have taken a turn to attract the younger crowds that do not contribute to the family environment that the Town of Vail was once known for. The crowds that these concerts bring have a negative impact on our visiting guests. Invite Year-round Wish there were more! Invite Part-time The roads are blocked with no car access to our condo for loading/unloading when a concert is going on. The concert goers trample on the irrigation system in the flower beds outside our condo. Even with barriers, they climb over them and the police/security do nothing about it. Open Right Year-round Absolutely love Bravo and the addition of Joshua Bell this season. Open Right Year-round Allow things to occur later in the evening (concerts, shows, other events) Open Right Year-round Concerts for young people don't have a positive impact Open Right Year-round Events have continually increased in number and quality during my 19 *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 184 July 5, 2016 - Page 264 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Events years in vail. Excellentjob! Open Right Year-round Except for drunken idiots acting stupid. Open Right Year-round Gather it's a generational thing..but do we really want those Hip Hop trash groups? Open Right Year-round gives a great sense of vitality. Always something to do. Open Right Year-round I continually hear (and observe) that pot usage at outdoor events is very prevalent. I am not comfortable taking my children to most outdoor concerts due to this. Open Right Year-round I don't feel the Mardi Gras celebration is worth the event. We should focus on more events that bring people here during slow months. Open Right Year-round I like that Bravo! is selling affordable passes for high school students. My kids went to every show last summer. Good clean fun for youth. I also like strolling the Betty Ford Gardens. Open Right Year-round I love all of the events. Tell the Vail Village Homeowners Association that if they don't like having events they should move away. The town would be much better off if that organization disbanded. Open Right Year-round I love the Burton Open and Go Pro Games. Keep those. Open Right Year-round I love the variety! That's why we live here! It's fun to get the sport on the mountain and then a little culture in town Open Right Year-round I think there are too many events sporting and concert. Open Right Year-round I think we could have a greater variety of events at Ford amplitheatre. I also think we have a tendency to try to bring in too large of concert names instead of 'appropriate' bands. Open Right Year-round I'd like to see less alcohol at events, particularly at high profile nighttime concerts. Open Right Year-round Love the US Open of Snowboarding! The event is great and the concerts are usually fantastic ... a great event for Vail!!! Open Right Year-round Many people I have talked to would like to see the lineup for the summer mountain games change; bands like tracksuit wedding are not well known enough to attract people here in hoards. I believe a 'famous local DY could do more to get people in the streets - and showcase the musical talent in this valley. Open Right Year-round More cops availability. Open Right Year-round no Open Right Year-round Nothing Vail can do about it, but the level of crowded venues and the number of dogs brought to events often makes me just stay away. Open Right Year-round Some are good, but a lot of them seem very empty with no available activities in major pedestrian areas. Open Right Year-round The crowds are s0000 crazy for the free events! They aren't even fun to go to! Open Right Year-round The events I like but sometimes the overflow of people make it difficult for everyday needs for my family like buying food at the grocery store Open Right Year-round The Farmers Market is way too crowded and not fun anymore. It should be moved to a less crowded spot - maybe somewhere near Ford Park. Now you can barely move in the crowds. They also need more food *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 185 July 5, 2016 - Page 265 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Events vendors, fewer art vendors. Open Right Year-round There may be a risk over overbooking events. The fact that a lot of people drive or fly a long way to attend events with out even thinking about the climate change impacts of that activity, should be a concern when planning events. Open Right Year-round There was one event this winter with a concert at Solaris, the level of cigarette smoke was intolerable, I expected to smell pot smoke but it was all cigarette smoke. Open Right Year-round They decrease in trems of quality Open Right Year-round To many in summer Open Right Year-round Too much public intoxication and alternative recreational substances during some events that can make a negative experience for guests,families and businesses Open Right Year-round Vail has a lot of great middle of the road events. Where's the big event like Jazz Aspen or Wunderlust? Instead of having a lot of little, good events - why not invest in a fewer events and make them bigger and better? Open Right Year-round Why cant ford amphitheater be used in the winter?? Open Right Work only Events have become the lifeblood of Vail. Please keep supporting these guest -centered attractions. Open Right Work only I'd like to see more diverse events. At least one event per year aimed at 'every' group. Open Right Work only It seems when there are events there is a lot of littering. I usually spend the next day picking up trash surrounding our property. Open Right Work only I've stopped going to concerts hosted in the Solaris Plaza. It's dangerously crowded, and not a safe atmosphere for my kids. Vail needs to bet a better handle on safety, circulation and crowd control at these events, or consider a more appropriate venue for the size of crowds that are being drawn in. Solaris just isn't the right place Open Right Work only Keep up the good work. Open Right Work only Love the eventsM, but please does the announcer for go pro games HAVE to talk continuously, guests complained a lot about that last year. Open Right Work only Really enjoy Go Pro games. Love the Sunday farmers market/ art fair. Bravo and Intl festival of dance are great. Love the Tuesday night concerts summer and free concerts in winter. Open Right Work only The Solaris space for concerts has the worst sound and not enough space for the amount of people coming to the shows .... it seemed like there was more room when the stage was at an angle near the Cinebistro.(how it was setup for ski championships) people could see show from ice rink area which allowed more space Open Right Work only We need to make sure we have the right events drawing the right guests at the right times (non -peak). Open Right Work only Winter concert performance choices could be more family friendly to limit drug use. I do not feel comfortable bringing my kids to a concert in Vail. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 186 July 5, 2016 - Page 266 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Events Open Right Part-time Add a comic festival in the winter and summer. Like a film festival but just comics Open Right Part-time Bravo Vail is an incredible series of concerts that bring us to Vail every summer. Open Right Part-time Especially enjoy family oriented events and free concerts. Would like to see more family fare. Open Right Part-time fewer concerts of Pops orchestras Open Right Part-time I'd prefer to see more of the type of street music one sees in Aspen. It's great to see jugglers and entertainers for children during the day. Open Right Part-time Keep adding more .... We are pleased hence the response below. I'd err in adding more versus cutting back.... Open Right Part-time Love the events but being back Ford big name shows. Solaris is ridiculous when it gets packed!!!! Open Right Part-time Love the Sunday summer Vail Market Open Right Part-time No Open Right Part-time The reason some of our friends visit us! Open Right Part-time There are some events I would never miss, like the Iamb cook -off. Open Right Part-time We don't attend every event, but love the energy it brings to town. We live in W Vail, so if it gets too crowded and we need a break, we just retreat to quiet InterMtn. Open Right Part-time When they are managed correctly (info, parking, agenda, security) which they mostly are they are a pleasure to attend with guests. Open Right Own Vail has great events with a lot of variety. Some of them are very busy business and crowded because they are successful. We need people here to only support our businesses. Open Right Get mail Great variety only Open Right love the art programs Open Wrong Year-round Concerts are great ..... some fun bands. Overall ... They do a good job keeping our visitors happy and busy Open Wrong Year-round I feel some events are great, and some are absolutely horrible. The lack of respect for our town and its full time inhabitants has made me dread going out during any of the late night events. Open Wrong Year-round I get punched everytime I crowd surf. Would be awesome to get more headlining type of artists in Ford Amphitheater. Think about all of the bands who pass Vail on 170 that you could get into Ford Amphitheater. They don't have to be free concerts, but not $100 like the Vilar. No reason that place doesn't have a concert going on 4-5 days out of the week. Open Wrong Year-round Keep up the free concert series Open Wrong Year-round My only complaint is that some sporting tournaments take over Ford Park tennis parking spots. I think tennis should have free parking all season at Frd Park Open Wrong Year-round The World Championships last year could not have been better!!! The concerts are for a younger crowd, but that's fine. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 187 July 5, 2016 - Page 267 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Events Open Wrong Year-round There are too many events, which detracts from the beauty of the mountains. There are too many rock concerts and beer fests. Open Wrong Year-round Things like the Mtn Games are a perfect fit for Vail. I'd concentrate on events of that nature, bike races, whitewater festivals and anything at Hot Summer Nites Open Wrong Year-round Too many events are focused on sheer numbers (go pro games, free concerts for us open, lacrosse, farmers market, etc.) we need the small town feeling back, and focus on quality guests over quantity. The farmers market is the worst, we try to leave vail every Sunday to avoid the clusterf#*k. Open Wrong Year-round Where did all the community events go? No new or interesting events like concerts. Seems to be the same old 'safe' selections in music and even selections, events that appeal to the retirement community. Open Wrong Year-round you used to have these events... you don't anymore compared to other towns. Open Wrong Work only Essential for vail vitality Open Wrong Part-time Beef up the film festival.. It has much more potential than timing or budget it has been given vs partying drinking drugging concerts do. Open Wrong Part-time Bike races and the duckies are great for community spirit and just fun. Get rid of loud bands. Bravo is lovely. Open Wrong Part-time Love the music events summer and winter. THank you! Open Wrong Part-time Outdoor concerts are out of control! Loud, obnoxious patrons after the events. Generally very impressed with Ford Park events and summer concerts there. Open Wrong Own I heard that people were urinating at the side of hotels during the business Burton not good) also heard from owners of the Solaris they do not only enjoy the events (too loud), however that being said I love any event that brings people into town. Open Wrong Own Solaris shouldn't have concerts that draw thousands. Lionshead still business gets the short end. only Open Don't know Year-round Attracting a younger demographic makes sense, but just make sure we're not marketing events as wild parties that attract the wrong demographic. Open Don't know Year-round Events make Vail awesome. Go Pro Games are done so well. Too many Okteberfests. We should have ONE big Oktoberfest in Vail and make it kick -ass. Open Don't know Year-round Everything seems to be packed into one weekend or time span Open Don't know Year-round free public concerts are a nice event Open Don't know Year-round It seems that the majority of events (other than Bravo) are put on the attract large crowds of 17 -20 -yr -olds who crave loud noise and packed space. It has changed the town mightily and seems to cater to the lowest common denominator. Most events do not seem to support the better restaurants and the majority of retail offerings in town. Where do our more well-heeled visitors fit in ... and are they decreasing because the *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 188 July 5, 2016 - Page 268 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Events Invite Right Year-round peace they used to find in Vail is no longer? Open Don't know Year-round It's sometimes a little hard to move around during events, but I try to get to most of them and think they add interest and options for things to do. It's hard to be a host or a guest in a very small community. There's not a lot of 'sight-seeing' per se, as in cities and historical sights. Open Don't know Year-round Limited closing weekend concerts will not bring people here. We would like Street Beat back Open Don't know Year-round Lots of kids smoking marijuana Open Don't know Year-round Provide water fill up stations to reduce plastic bottle waste. Open Don't know Year-round some are great some should be canceled like free concerts that only cater to a younger party crowd Open Don't know Year-round Sometimes, there are too many events. Open Don't know Year-round Stop allowing people to smoke pot in public. Open Don't know Year-round The Gris concert was a mistake Open Don't know Work only Can we encourage more events during the week? Weekends are already busy and many of the weekend events aren't local friendly Open Don't know Work only I think Vail has done a good job of leveraging events to reinforce business at certain times of the year. Open Don't know Work only They are for guests, not really locals. Open Don't know Part-time More free big name concerts Open Don't know Part-time Pink Vail and Taste of Vail should not be the same weekend Open Don't know Part-time too much riff raff Open Year-round Too many people and over crowding experience. Q. 22: Is there a specific type of event you would like to see added to Vail's town - wide program? Survey Direction Resident Type of Event You Would Like to See Added Invite Right Year-round Adult concerts not just ones for young people Invite Right Year-round Bring back the American Celebrity Ski Classic (Korbel?) Invite Right Year-round Bring back the Pro Bike event. Invite Right Year-round cannabis tasting festival. Invite Right Year-round Concerts, rock n roll. Invite Right Year-round Continue to focus on mountain culture. Invite Right Year-round Environmental information events Invite Right Year-round evening concerts, like in years past Invite Right Year-round Events that would actually bring new markets to the village for extended periods, not just weekends Invite Right Year-round family oriented Invite Right Year-round heads in beds Invite Right Year-round I love all the concerts! Invite Right Year-round Large music festival in the fall *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 189 July 5, 2016 - Page 269 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Type of Event You Would Like to See Added Invite Right Year-round More big time bicycle races like years ago! Invite Right Year-round more contemporary music Invite Right Year-round More country concerts! Invite Right Year-round More kid activity events Invite Right Year-round Nice to see more Valor events, but no venue to do that in Vail. Valor is great with lots of options. Invite Right Year-round No Invite Right Year-round No Invite Right Year-round No. Invite Right Year-round Noteworthy speakers Invite Right Year-round pet show Invite Right Year-round ski racing again in town, Invite Right Year-round Smaller, intimate concerts like Minturn Thursday night series in the summer Invite Right Year-round something for memeorial day Invite Right Year-round Something to highlight our Hispanic culture Invite Right Year-round Spring/Fall, when town is not already full, to attract visitors to town Invite Right Year-round St Moritz has visiting chefs events during slow Winter months. This is low key yet does add some va Invite Right Year-round Wish we still had the Pro Bike Races Invite Right Year-round World team tennis CQ Invite Right Work only Anything in May or October/November Invite Right Work only Celtic festival Invite Right Work only More music options/concerts Invite Right Work only More musical events Invite Right Work only not that I can think of! Invite Right Part-time A variety would be best. Invite Right Part-time Environmental fair. Invite Right Part-time How about a 50's or 60's type music once in a while for us older fellows? Invite Right Part-time larger bigger name concerts Invite Right Part-time Liked it when there were big concerts at check point Charlie like blues traveler Invite Right Part-time Love more music - continue with blue grass and jazz, but more classical and rock please. Love the da Invite Right Part-time Maybe evening food trucks/stands and music Invite Right Part-time more art shows Invite Right Part-time more folk or country music events Invite Right Part-time More frequent art gallery events, and markets in the nnon-ski seasonss Invite Right Part-time more fri nite and sat nite programs/events Invite Right Part-time More live music Invite Right Part-time more music - without being snowboard punk.. Invite Right Part-time More music from the 50's, 60,70's *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 190 July 5, 2016 - Page 270 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Type of Event You Would Like to See Added Invite Right Part-time More open forums with timely topics Invite Right Part-time more public concerts Invite Right Part-time Movies in the park Invite Right Part-time nature hikes Invite Right Part-time no Invite Right Part-time Outdoor summer movies would be a good addition Invite Right Part-time outdoor themes Invite Right Part-time Something that appeals to people over 30 Invite Right Part-time The bicycle races in the summer were nice. Invite Right Part-time The return of the ballet Invite Right Part-time there is not Invite Right Part-time Vail village bands Invite Right Part-time We really enjoyed the VVF non-profit fund raiser via American Ski Classic but realize that it is dif Invite Right Part-time Would like to see some of the music at the Villar Center come to Vail. Invite Right Part-time Yes, more quality music acts at our new quality indoor music venue Invite Right Own business only I know we have food events, but maybe another food and wine? Invite Right Own business only Live music Invite Right Own business only No Invite Right Get mail only Community picnic Invite Right Get mail only Love all the family friendly events! Invite Right Get mail only More family friendly free outdoor concerts. Invite Right Get mail only Summer beer festival w/ music (ie/ Telluride Blues & Brews) Invite Wrong Year-round 4th ofjuly, taste of vail and sunday markets are great Invite Wrong Year-round A welcome group for new residents. Invite Wrong Year-round cultural events need to last all summer through Labor Day Invite Wrong Year-round family and activities, athletic Invite Wrong Year-round Family and young couple festivals Invite Wrong Year-round I would like the town to give greater support to the Vail Film Festival. Invite Wrong Year-round Longer hours of the farmers market! I love it! Invite Wrong Year-round middle class tourist events Invite Wrong Year-round more big name concerts Invite Wrong Year-round more events for locals, people who live here and support the community *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 191 July 5, 2016 - Page 271 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Type of Event You Would Like to See Added Invite Wrong Year-round No, no more events... Invite Wrong Year-round Something geared more specifically towards locals and appreciation of the year round people who keep Invite Wrong Year-round wider use of ford ampitheater. IE more ticketed shows Invite I Wrong Work only Local Winter Carnival Invite Wrong Part-time Country western/ Carole King/ type of entertainer- remember John Denver! Invite Wrong Part-time daily jazz/blues in the square Invite Wrong Part-time Higher quality movies? Invite Wrong Part-time lecture series on any variety of topics one in winter and one in summer Invite Wrong Part-time more concerst Invite Wrong Part-time More food/wine events Invite Wrong Part-time More for kids Invite Wrong Part-time More free music Invite Wrong Part-time More ski racing and cycle racing. Invite Wrong Part-time no Invite Wrong Part-time Speakers, current events. Invite Don't know Year-round Big Band Jazz events Invite Don't know Year-round Concerts Invite Don't know Year-round free continuing education and informative programs Invite Don't know Year-round I would enjoy more country music performers. Invite Don't know Year-round Loud rock 'n roll music Invite Don't know Year-round More live music events at Ford Amphitheater, Invite Don't know Year-round No Invite Don't know Year-round No Invite Don't know Year-round Out door games Invite Don't know Year-round Street entertainers? See comments below. Invite Don't know Year-round Weekly concerts during winter again Invite Don't know Work only I would like to see more 'theme runs'. (i.e.- color run type runs) They are fun for all ages, not ju Invite Don't know Part-time I like street festivals, with music Invite Don't know Part-time I like the current mix of events Invite Don't know Part-time I really miss the bigger name music groups that we have had in the past. Invite Don't know Part-time More music - especially new acts Invite Don't know Part-time No more, please! Invite Year-round Events that are more inculsive of all age groups. Invite Year-round Not anything in particular, it's just that I don't seem to have all the time I need to take in more Open Right Year-round A great concert series that doesn't have the same bands that Highline brings year after year and the Open Right Year-round Australian Football Tournament Open Right Year-round Bands that are popular... *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 192 July 5, 2016 - Page 272 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Type of Event You Would Like to See Added Open Right Year-round BBQ challenge at ford park... maybe to coincide with volleyball or soccer tourny Open Right Year-round better/larger iconic music events Open Right Year-round bicycle races Open Right Year-round bring back cycling Open Right Year-round Cycling Pro Challenge Open Right Year-round Doing a greatjob!Top notch!! Open Right Year-round Events on Sundays would be nice. Open Right Year-round events that draw people with healthy lifestyles Open Right Year-round festival, concerts Open Right Year-round Golf Tournaments Open Right Year-round I cant think of any at the moment Open Right Year-round kids Open Right Year-round love the bluegrass series! Open Right Year-round More cycling, anything cycling. Open Right Year-round more diverse musical events on a smaller scale, ie bluegrass Open Right Year-round More family events, less geared to rock concerts etc.. Open Right Year-round More live music. Open Right Year-round more popular music and some comedy Open Right Year-round Music Open Right Year-round not at this time Open Right Year-round Preservation activities Open Right Year-round Recall years ago the Irish Step Dancer's Competition. Wow! Open Right Year-round Renewable Energy Forums (not connected to oil and gas industry) Open Right Year-round Retro music festival yearly Open Right Year-round Show of the power of charity and collaborations in this valley to people who are visiting Open Right Year-round snow kiting Open Right Year-round Sports competitions Open Right Year-round Street Beat should make a comeback Open Right Year-round USA PRO TOUR!! vail-specific MTB race series / Trail run race. Open Right Year-round Way more good music Open Right Work only events for families Open Right Work only I'd like to see the return of the Vail Soul Fest Open Right Work only MORE CONCERTS less tourists Open Right Work only More family friendly events Open Right Work only More music - like the old Street Beat series. Open Right Work only Pro Mountain bike races Open Right Part-time 4PM open air concerts at or near base lifts Open Right Part-time additional food and wine tastings, afternoon events Open Right Part-time Craft beer festival Open Right Part-time free concerts bike rides and running events *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 193 July 5, 2016 - Page 273 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Type of Event You Would Like to See Added Open Right Part-time How about public movie nights. Open Right Part-time I would have no idea. But I don't want to see socially controversial events. I don't want events tha Open Right Part-time more activities for tweens and teens and more in summer Open Right Part-time More family events. Open Right Part-time More for seniors. They have time and money Open Right Part-time More robust, world class Triathlon event. Cross country skiing and snow shoeing. Get the Pro-cycli Open Right Part-time More up and coming bands and a comedy festival(s) Open Right Part-time No Open Right Part-time See above Open Right Own business only Music events other than Bravo (but Bravo is incredible) Open Right Get mail only Farmer's Market Open Right Continue to expand the Summer Bravo Open Wrong Year-round A better women's ski program Open Wrong Year-round better band choices, meaning bigger names Open Wrong Year-round big yoga festival and more soccer Open Wrong Year-round downhill bike racing Open Wrong Year-round I would like to see a better music offering... more on par with Aspen. Open Wrong Year-round Less! Open Wrong Year-round More bands. Open Wrong Year-round Music venue Open Wrong Year-round Neil Diamond! Haha! Open Wrong Year-round No Open Wrong Work only Comedy or ford park concerts Open Wrong Work only Jazz concert in winter Open Wrong Work only Motorcycle race Open Wrong Part-time Anything that is classy and doesn't jam the town. Open Wrong Part-time Expended summer concert season in Ford Park.. Open Wrong Part-time Higher end events less kid rock like events Open Wrong Part-time Led Zeppelin and Viktoriya Yermolyeva Open Wrong Part-time More mountain bike events. And build more trials Open Wrong Own business only Wine and cheese evenings in the summer in the street with live music! Open Wrong Get mail only An ice or snow sculpture competition. Open Wrong Get mail only Bring back the Winter Mountain Games! Open Wrong think telluride, not a horrible blue grass band enery other week *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 194 July 5, 2016 - Page 274 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Type of Event You Would Like to See Added Open Don't know Year-round Art shows. Open Don't know Year-round Bigger, better events. Less small, unattended events. Open Don't know Year-round closing weekend concerts Open Don't know Year-round More events for locals - not just tourists Open Don't know Year-round Mountain Biking Event Open Don't know Year-round Organic fruit and vegetable day! Open Don't know Year-round wider variety of events Open Don't know Work only Add weight to bring back the Colorado Classic Cycling Tour Open Don't know Work only Family programming with time that works for working families Open Don't know Work only Hot air balloons! Open Don't know Work only Wanderlust Open Don't know Part-time free concerts bike rides and running events Open Don't know Part-time More concerts with more popular artists like Aspen Open Don't know Part-time more free concerts Open Don't know Part-time something for families??? Open Year-round Make them more affordable Q. 24: Do you have any further comments on events? Survey Direction Resident Further Comments on Events Invite Right Year-round conference centre would bring more events Invite Right Year-round CSE is a disaster. They don't weigh nonprofit and for profit events. The for profit events get huge monies when the small nonprofit events who really need the money get very little in comparison. Case in point Highline receives large dollars but Farmer's Market which I think across the board brings in as many people to town as all of the Highline events combined receives 1/3 of what Highline does. They may not fill as many beds but shops and restaurants are packed every Sunday from June 20 to the 1st week in October. Why does CSE feel the need to buy a car for James Deighan every year with the money it gives to Highline. My other complaint is the demands that are put on the money that is allocated. Sometimes the money allocated does not cover the costs of fulfilling those demands so what is the point in asking CSE for money? I've seen this with several events. Invite Right Year-round Events bring guests to the TOV but if they do not add significantly to the tax revenue, the TOV should not contribute financially using tax monies. Invite Right Year-round Events in Vail are oriented toward entertaining people already coming, or attracting people from Beaver Creek or Edwards into Vail Village. . .nothing that is going to create real demand for overnight or destination visitation from those not already coming to Vail. Invite Right Year-round Events should stand on their own without financial help from TOV. Money cold be better spent to help residents, Invite Right Year-round For them but need more parking! *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 195 July 5, 2016 - Page 275 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Further Comments on Events Invite Right Year-round Good job on attracting and promoting our events! Invite Right Year-round I appreciate the variety of events. Invite Right Year-round i don't believe most concerts held in Vail Village add to the Vail experience Invite Right Year-round I don't like that the parking lot by Ford amphitheater, by the tennis, baseball now requires a paid sticker for parking. I think it should just be for anyone wanting to pay to park. Invite Right Year-round I like the vitality events bring to the community, but some community visitors need to realize people live here. There are neighborhoods with children and pets. Invite Right Year-round I love that for the most part there is always something free at the events. So despite events taking place in an expensive place, there is something for everyone. I love when everyone that moved down valley comes back for Vail's events;) Invite Right Year-round I support the events as long as we offset the environmental impacts of the crowds, parking etc. Invest in the Gore and educational programs. Invite Right Year-round I think 3-4 events on one weekend like labor day is too many Invite Right Year-round I think it depends on the event and whether it is something that brings people in who will book lodging, shop and use the restaurants. Otherwise you are just spending money with no return on the investment. I think you need to look at each event to see who the spectators or event attendees will be. Invite Right Year-round I think it is time to edit them, and edit aggressivley. I like the local event operators as neighbors and people, but they are absolutely not performing at a level that benefits the experience of the guests or speaks to the quality of the town, and it is well past time to raise the game on individual events or replace them. The Memorial Day event is an embarassment and should have been cancelled at least a year ago; disabled vets gamely positioned for no reason in tents festooned with cammo nets for vendors to whom they had no attachment, it defied reason and offended good taste. Worse, it suggested that the event organizer was actually unaware that the holiday honors those soldiers who didn't come home, and that Vail didn't know any better. I was humiliated. We can do better. And if we can't do better, we should get out of this line of promotion. At once. Invite Right Year-round I think the town does a great job with events in general. Could add a few more, our competitors are Invite Right Year-round I think they bring people to Vail, especially in the summer and off- seasons. I will say though, the Burton US Open a couple weeks ago brought a lot of aggressive people into town. Invite Right Year-round I would like to see the events a bit more evenly spaced out. It seems like there is a lot of things happening on the same weekend and then nothing for a while. Invite Right Year-round It's getting more difficult to navigate around the events. Invite Right Year-round Make sure events become self sustaining so after a few years they will *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 196 July 5, 2016 - Page 276 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Further Comments on Events not need funding. Invite Right Year-round No Invite Right Year-round Quality of music/performers has drastically decreased since I moved here in 2007--I haven't recognized snow daze and spring back to vail bands/performers for a while. We don't need STS9 but there used to be popular performers like The Fray and OAR Invite Right Year-round Should some of the older, well established events become fully self supporting so Town money freed up can go toward new, fresh events? Invite Right Year-round The event buses run mostly empty. They are an unnecessary expense.People should be able to use existing bus system or walk from the parking structures. The business community should share in the costs as they do in most other communities. They have become conditioned to taxpayers picking up the full tab. The recently added season -end new events are a waste of money. Invite Right Year-round The town needs event venues for the performing arts and concerts in winter and summer. Ford Amphitheater is underutilized Invite Right Year-round There's a guy on the summer village event set-up crew that often works shirtless. It is tasteless and unprofessional. Just saying! Invite Right Year-round Vail could use a great venue similar to the Belly Up in Aspen to offer a more intimate (but not too small) music venue to bring in some major performers year-round. Invite Right Year-round We enjoyed when there were weekly concerts in town in the winter with car giveaway at the end. It had a much more local and family friendly vibe. Now that the music is all consolidated into Snow Daze and Spring Back it feels very corporate and flashy and too big. The soccer field/baseball lot should not require a pass in the summer during evening events and Bravo, it should be open to whoever is willing to pay. Invite Right Year-round We have enjoyed going to the various events with our family Invite Right Year-round We moved our IP business here from NJ. We have hired 3 local full time employees and pay them more than average wages. The VVP has been amazing in supporting us. There is a tremendous opportunity for other small to medium sized businesses if someone put some effort into it. But major factors working against it are: affordability of housing and healthcare and a focus on hospitality. Invite Right Year-round We would like to have 'hood parties in Vail to make it feel more like a neighborhood. We looked into having an event at the Grand View room where people bring an appetizer and a bottle of wine and mingle. We learned we'd have to have a liquor license even thought we weren't selling wine (Gypsum doesn't require that, by the way). The fee and the cost for cleaning would require an entry fee. In the end, we decided it was more trouble than it was worth. The town should consider a monthly even of the sort I just described. Invite Right Year-round Wish the events were more family friendly. Too many'hip-hop' events. Invite Right Year-round Would rather see $$ spent on bringing destination visitors, rather than weekenders or people from Summit County. I believe quality conference *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 197 July 5, 2016 - Page 277 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Further Comments on Events space, different from what exists in the individual hotels, that is central to the lodging/commercial cores would have this kind of impact. Invite Right Work only Another indoor venue option is needed. Invite Right Work only Honestly don't know enough about to comment. Invite Right Work only I think it helps bring people to town and boost revenue for businesses Invite Right Work only recognizing that the economics of 'off-season' events (spring & fall) are tough, I'd love to see the ToV do everything they can to support those more Invite Right Work only The Town needs to exercise more pressure on merchants (not the other way around) so that all possible venues are available for use - Checkpoint Charlie, Slifer Plaza, etc. Invite Right Part-time As I stated before, Vail needs an indoor venue for events to be a true cultural destination such as Aspen. Invite Right Part-time Change it up some. Art, science, nature events? Invite Right Part-time Events are a great mix to the ski/snowboard experience. Invite Right Part-time Events do drive revenue and profile of Vail. Need to add broader appeal. Do think support of Bravo and the dance festival important. Also the free Tuesday concerts in the summer, maybe think about adding an additional one each month, maybe somewhere in town. Invite Right Part-time Further partnerships with local businesses in putting on public/free events (to mitigate cost burden to the Town, and to promote local businesses) Invite Right Part-time I might be strongly supportive but don't have enough information. Invite Right Part-time I really don't like events at Solaris that reroute the busses Invite Right Part-time I would like to see more support of natural science education and stewardship of our mountains/forests. Betty Ford Gardens education center, Nature Center, Walking Mountains Invite Right Part-time If you use buses to transport folks, PLEASE be sure you budget to have the windows cleaned every day. This was not the case with the International games last year. The vision that visitors see through those windows are the view that is likely to keep them coming back to enjoy everything thing else our town has to offer. Invite Right Part-time Investing is driving growth and diversification. It may cost the town, but they also benefit in tax and parking revenue. As I stated earlier key point is too grow wisely, which I believe Vail has done a wonderful job of to date. Invite Right Part-time keep up the good work Invite Right Part-time Keep up the great work! They are a huge draw for the town. Invite Right Part-time Maybe wine and yoga events in the summer. Something to attract womens groups. Girl friend get aways Invite Right Part-time No Invite Right Part-time no, thank you Invite Right Part-time Only a word of caution to avoid becoming a victim of its own success. While attracting visitors is good for the local economy, there must be *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 198 July 5, 2016 - Page 278 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Further Comments on Events recognition of the number of visitors that will negatively impact the quality of the town, the mountain and the events. Obviously, the number of visitors that the mountain can accommodate in the summer is much less than that in the winter before the quality of the experience declines. Invite Right Part-time Quality, not quantity is key to success. Invite Right Part-time see comment above Invite Right Part-time The events keep the town busy and improve the quality of life Invite Right Part-time Waive as many town taxes as possible for whomever develops that new indoor music venue Invite Right Part-time Whenever the government puts $ toward events it needs to be a level playing field - I don't want the government picking winners and losers. Invite Right Own business only run more buses during night time events Invite Wrong Year-round Concerts and Bands that appeal to us folks over 50... Invite Wrong Year-round do not give money to the Xgames. Do not give money to lacrosse. Invite Wrong Year-round events bring vitality Invite Wrong Year-round I'm a hippy. So I cringe at our fireworks and super loud outdoor concerts. These events are pretty invasive to the wilderness surroundings and the dogs freak out. So they're not my favorite way to attract and entertain our consumers. Invite Wrong Year-round I'm beginning to feel that there are too many events and festivals - although it may be good for tourism to have something going on all the time. I think the joy of living here is diminished by there always being an event or festival. Invite Wrong Year-round Infrastructure Invite Wrong Year-round Let business pay - not tax payers. And closely supervise their actions! Invite Wrong Year-round Many events seem to be for Visitors, not people who live here. What 'culture' is the town aiming for? Invite Wrong Year-round No Invite Wrong Year-round The economic development strategy from 2007, or the current one? ;) Housing should be the top priority. Not even 'affordable housing' just 'more housing'. It was sad to see Timber Ridge reconstructed without an additional floor. Invite Wrong Year-round The town should phase out support of events once they are working. No more than 3 years of support. Invite Wrong Year-round Think outside the box with concerts .... and who gets brought in Invite Wrong Year-round Too much congestion for most events Invite Wrong Year-round We need a greater variety of interesting events. Invite Wrong Year-round Why give funds to events that can support themselves? Invite Wrong Work only Only in favor of above if it attracts people who spend money Invite Wrong Work only These events would take place whether or not the town invested more than offering the locations to the event holders. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 199 July 5, 2016 - Page 279 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Further Comments on Events Invite Wrong Work only Too much is spent on the really big events which should be able to raise the money themselves. Invite Wrong Part-time I think the level of events in the winter are appropriate. Feel that the Town could scale back the summer events to some degree. Invite Wrong Part-time I think this is a short term strategy and isn't sustainable. It contributes greatly to a feeling of overcrowding and a degraded resident and guest experience. Invite Wrong Part-time Not huge fans of the Budweiser Concerts and the type of person it attracts. Invite Wrong Part-time Select entertainers with wider appeal than the 18 to 24 crowd! Invite Wrong Part-time Too many events, too large of events. Invite Wrong Part-time Too many summer events - the village is too crowded/noisy Invite Don't know Year-round Cheaper beer Invite Don't know Year-round I loved the dog thing last summer. The Farmer's Markets are generally good. Invite Don't know Year-round It seems like events should earn their way. Invite Don't know Year-round It seems like the events used to have bigger names, and now I have rarely heard of the bands. Maybe investing a little more once or twice a year would be more entertaining. Invite Don't know Year-round Keep up the good work. Add a few more real instruments like trumpets, saxes, trombones, rather than only screamers that can play only a couple of notes on their guitars. Invite Don't know Year-round One can never have enough transparency, inclusion and communication. Invite Don't know Year-round Think small, rather than big. I think we could benefit from having some type of street entertainment in the Village and Lionshead. It could be a busker playing guitar, or an entertainer doing magic tricks for kids. I love turning a corner and finding the Dickens Carolers in winter, so I'm thinking something along those lines, but also in summer. Helmut?! Some couples in traditional dress dancing to Austrian music outside Pepi's? Small Alpine charm. Invite Don't know Year-round Why do we have to have events every weekend in the summer? Invite Don't know Part-time All weather (some wind/rain protection, IR heat) venue integrated with ski hill or downtown? Can't think of the space for it, but it would beat all the street concerts. Invite Don't know Part-time I was not interested in this recent event Sat March S for the Burton weekend. I just wanted to go from Pepi's to the Alpenrose and it was a nightmare. I was not allowed to go on any kind of walk way around the event. I am told the event got so big they had to turn people away. There has to be a better way to do these events. But they can be really fun at times. Invite Don't know Part-time Vail is a resort community without the typical resort. The town needs to participate sponsoring these events Invite Year-round We have some many other areas that the town should be investing in. Parking being number one! Invite Part-time The events themselves are not the issue. The concerts at Solaris are the *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 200 July 5, 2016 - Page 280 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Further Comments on Events issue. If you own a condo nearby, the noise is overpowering. Pictures on the walls will rattle. It is difficult to get to and from our condo. It seems that some of these concerts could be held at Ford park/fields having minimal impact on condos owners. Open Right Year-round $400,000.00 to sustain the Burton event, while other non-profit and community requests for funding are denied, makes me question Town priorities. Open Right Year-round Events are very important to the town. However, I think something needs to be done about the widespread pot issue. Open Right Year-round I am sure that the Town is transparent in its subsidizing of events in town. That would be an interesting document Open Right Year-round I got back to my original comment about event - it seems like we continually have the same type of music year after year. Is there another event promoter that has better access to better talent? Open Right Year-round I have always thought that Octoberfest should have sing along venues, as they do at Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany. Not just German songs. In Munich, they play songs from all nations, so that you don't have to be German to find a song to sing along with. To me, this event has always been a little week. Vail should send event planners to Munich to see how they do it!! Open Right Year-round I know they are expensive and stressful for employees, but I think it is some of the best marketing that Vail does. Keep it up. Open Right Year-round I love the alternative events in Vail... primarily the US Open of Snowboarding and the Teva Mountain Games! Would love to see a high profile mountain bike event (downhill) on Vail Mountain! Open Right Year-round I serve on the board of the Farmers Market and in my opinion it gives the town the most bang for its buck for R.O.I. Also, it's family friendly and doesn't involve standing in the street on cold nights drinking beer and listening to loud music. We have to think about the atmosphere our events create in town for our core destination visitors. Open Right Year-round I wish the special events bus would stop at concert hall plaza Open Right Year-round I'm a strong believer in the power of events to promote economic well being as well as community solidarity. Please increase the number of events. Open Right Year-round Its great to have events in our community, it allows us to know each to other better and to make more attractive our town to vacationist during different seasons. Open Right Year-round It's important to bring events to Vail! The quality is somewhat questionable - bringing events that specifically cater to younger crowds and only bring them to Vail for the event do not seem worthwhile for all of the security/safety effort that is put forth. They do not stay in our hotels or eat in our restaurants but only come here get intoxicated (alcohol and marijuana) while couch surfing at a local friend's apartment, see the event, cause trouble and leave. This does not help portray a safe image. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 201 July 5, 2016 - Page 281 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Further Comments on Events Open Right Year-round no Open Right Year-round Pick the right attraction to bring the right crowd. Open Right Year-round Please try to book artists that are more popular than Tracksuit Wedding, or whatever else is going to play during the go -pro games weekend. Last year and the year before were solid. Open Right Year-round The concert venue at the Solaris crossroads it awful. It is not on par with Vail as a world class resort. This venue area becomes clogged and over congested and the sound quality is poor for a majority of the viewing area. Is it possible to use a portion of the Solaris ice rink to help address these concerns? It would give our guests a much better experience in which to enjoy themselves. Open Right Year-round The Town of Vail has seemed to change events often in the past and not quite support ones that work or are well -excepted. I think the Town of Vail needs to be careful about choosing the right events to support, making sure they get the proper support and advertising. I know Carnivail was brought back to the town this year, but I thought there was poor advertising about the event and the band. Open Right Year-round The town should try and get one or two big name bands to compete with all of the other towns in Colorado that have amazing music come through. The amphitheater is very underused especially on the weekends with dance recitals that not many want to attend. Open Right Year-round there needs to be more variety in the music brought to town. too many dj's that often bring a rowdier, less respectful groups of fans. Open Right Year-round They could be geared more towards different groups. It s3ems they are either very old or very bro-young. Open Right Year-round We need another performance space or multi use space in town. Open Right Year-round While some events do increase spending in the Town, they also deter greatly from the overall experience for residents and guests. Open Right Work only I somewhat oppose because it seems as if the Town has more control over the event than the planner/promoter of the event because the Town invested in said event. I think every event should be able to provide food if they want to at their event along with selling merchandise that corresponds with said event. Open Right Work only Memorial Day. BC has added an event that weekend and it seems to have a nice draw where Vail does not have anything to draw guests that weekend. Also, with GoPro moving back a week there's now a gap the first weekend in June. It's weekends like these that should be the focus. The biking event in late September is a great example of adding an event to one of these off peak times. Open Right Work only Please support more events. These have been the tipping point for economic sustainability during off peak periods. Open Right Work only TOV should consider using the Ford Park parking lot for more events so there is more space, most of the concerts held at the Solaris get over packed and make the event not a fun experience. Open Right Work only Vail definitely needs to continue to develop, improve and grow the *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 202 July 5, 2016 - Page 282 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Further Comments on Events events it already has. Open Right Work only We have the right amount now. Open Right Work only We should do a better job of spreading the premier events throughout the calendar year. Too many at the tail end of this ski season... dilutes each in my opinion. Open Right Part-time I lead the city of Chicago's Public - Private Economic Development entity, our economic plan strategies included heavy investments in our tourism arm Choose Chicago and I am a Chciago Sports Commission board member. I'd enjoy comparing notes with my counterparts in Vail. I know there are best practices we can share. Jeff.Malehorn@WorldBusinessChicago.com 312-802-1419. 1 don't think a city can invest too much in these areas. We must stay competitive with other resort areas because they are chasing the same assets. Open Right Part-time I think this keeps Vail in the thick of places to visit. Many major tourist attractive cities offer events to keep people interested in visiting them. We need to do this to maintain our' no other place on earth' image Open Right Part-time Make sure Lionshead is a strong part of events! Open Right Part-time move the film festival to the summer Open Right Part-time Not sure Vail gets value for money out of the Burton Open. Open Right Part-time Our favorite events are outdoor concerts and the Oktober Fest. Open Right Part-time Please remember all age groups. I am in an overlooked segment that is continuously looking for day events -ladies between 40 and 60 who do not ski, bike, hike, etc. Due to the situation, one of our attending events are the medical lectures at the Sonnenalp but it would be nice to have other dining, information, lecture events. Open Right Part-time Sorry you did not do a convention facility Open Right Part-time The parking situation for the amphitheater is atrocious as you know. The bus from Lionshead is fabulous, but most people don't know about it. Bravo to you for offering it. I'm not a marketing expert, but more people need to know that it's available and a great solution to going to a concert. Open Right Part-time There is always something to do in this town. Open Right Own Without events, we would mostly rely on individual guests to fill Vail business which is much harder and more expensive to attract especially during off only peak time periods. People that complain about too many events and people do not rely on visitors to support their businesses or occupation. Open Right Get mail Since I'm not a resident I don't know the financial structure of the town only to answer this. Open Right Get mail only The events need to match the audience Open Right Get mail The Summer Farmer's Market has turned into an Art and Music only Festival ... we need more food booths and fresh produce. We also need more local business participation! I've heard from various business owners that it is very difficult to get a booth space at the Farmer's *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 203 July 5, 2016 - Page 283 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Further Comments on Events Market, so maybe it's time to reduce the number of Art/Music booths each week to allow for more local business opportunities. Open Wrong Year-round I think the Town should fund events with a seed money philosophy, and that these events begin to rely less on town funding and instead find other sponsors to perpetuate their longevity. Open Wrong Year-round If it's sucking money out of housing it is NOT ok. Open Wrong Year-round More bands/concerts. Open Wrong Year-round One of the main reasons I live here Open Wrong Year-round Parking is the biggest drawback to attending events Open Wrong Year-round The pedestrian traffic on meadow dr needs to be controlled, we frequently find guests urinating in our yard, or just wandering on our property during big events. Open Wrong Year-round Too many, too loud, too many beer fests, glad bo more concerts in Ford Park. Open Wrong Year-round Vail is great for events if your old. Vail prefers to discourage young visitors without thinking about who will come to work here and who will buy their businesses and homes in the future if they never come to Vail because the events and the town pushes them away. Open Wrong Year-round Vail Resorts need a well defined women's ski program. The one in January did not make sense and was a failure. Please use the services of ski hall of fame, Jeanie Thoren, to provide clinics specifically for women. Open Wrong Work only Spend too much money on events that should be done by the private sector. Open Wrong Part-time Again, strongly support the summer Ford Park schedule and quality of events. Open Wrong Part-time I am not sure this pertains to this subject or not; but we are in strong opposition to the 'tent retailers' allowed in Vail and do not understand the advantage of allowing then in Vail. Open Wrong Part-time More mountain biking trails so that more mountain biking events happen here. People are driving right through Vail to get to Fruita and Moab. Duh Open Wrong Part-time They seem to appeal primarily to the under 30 crowd. Not my crowd. Open Wrong Own business Dobson seems underutilized for events that would benefit more than a only few. Open Don't know Year-round Economic growth is nice, but so is having the town to ourselves for bit. Open Don't know Year-round HATE the Farmerless Market. Lose the bratwurst and carpetbagger roving junk food vendors, as well as those merely reselling purchased imported items. Encourage actual LOCAL area Farmer's product vendors - no California tomatoes; if they're out of season locally, they're out of season. Don't let vendors compete with services already offered by existing town businesses. Increase event integration with local businesses; stop segregating the event from the town. Open Don't know Year-round I don't know what we invest in to have an informed opinion. Open Don't know Year-round I would like to see the town of vail share the love during the times they *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 204 July 5, 2016 - Page 284 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Further Comments on Events Invite Right Year-round have events. By this I mean that a lot of times the events seem to only Invite Right Year-round have activities in Vail Village, while the red headed step child of Lionshead Village gets nothing. Open Don't know Year-round Just one on concerts: most of the groups brought in for events like Burton, Spring Back to Vail, etc start sounding alike, and I'll stay for one or two numbers and leave. On the other hand, distinct styles of music can really grab a crowd. For example, one Street Beat concert with the Blind Boys of Alabama started with about 20 people, which was sad, but it didn't take long for a huge crowd to gather once they heard the music and just not leave. Really good reggae, blues, country can do that, too. And have you ever seen the Fabulous Femmes NOT have a crowd for their 'oldies but goodies' concerts? Just a thought. Open Don't know Year-round noted above. Question ... who are we losing as visitors and who are we gaining? Are the crowds we're gaining supporting the overall economic life of Vail? How do event planners and those who are engineering the event schedule as representatives of the taxpayers see the town evolving? Is it in the direction that taxpayers would approve of? Perhaps a survey with actual property owners/taxpayers on this aspect of the town's development would be interesting. Open Don't know Year-round people will not come unless the mountain is open and there are events. Otherwise, it is boring Open Don't know Year-round we need another venue to order to bring new events to vail Open Don't know Work only Most events are scheduled at appropriate times to add to the success of the community. I would not like to see events added during traditional off-season periods. Vail is a wonderful place to visit during ski season and during peak summer months. There is a reason that the other times are known as the off-season. The guest experience will be less and to try and artificially create something at these times will generate business that does not benefit the community i.e. it will need to be very low cost - this is inconsistent with building Vail's brand. Focus on quality not quantity. This is what Vail has done to -date. It is an approach that works. Now talk to Vail Resorts about reducing the epic pass days please! Open Don't know Part-time are you trying to be the new lollapallooza or weedstock? thats the market you attract. Open Don't know Part-time I am assuming that there is a positive return on these events and as such it supports Vail outside of peak ski times. Open Don't know Part-time summer Express to Ford Park is a great relatively new feature Kudos to whomever decided on that Open Don't know Part-time Too much spent on art Q. 27: What do you like best about Vail Public Library? Survey Direction Resident Like Best about the Library Invite Right Year-round Ambiance is terrific. Invite Right Year-round Atmosphere *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 205 July 5, 2016 - Page 285 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Like Best about the Library Invite Right Year-round Atmosphere, it is so cozy and guests love it too Invite Right Year-round Availability of digital formats. Invite Right Year-round beautiful and comfortable Invite Right Year-round Books Invite Right Year-round Books nearly always available through inter -library loan if not in collection. Staff invariably friendly & helpful now. Not always the case as in past some seemed intent on saying 'no' before current Head Librarian. Invite Right Year-round Children's programs - Cricket! Invite Right Year-round Children's Story Hour and especially Cricket. Invite Right Year-round Clean and a great service. Invite Right Year-round Comfortable friendly atmosphere. Best library in the country Invite Right Year-round Convenience, ability to access materials from the network of libraries. Invite Right Year-round Convenient location. Access to the network of libraries for broader selection. Invite Right Year-round Cozy, quiet place to spend time in the village with internet access. Great resource. Invite Right Year-round Cricket!!!!! The beautiful building! The kids programming! Invite Right Year-round do not generally use the library Invite Right Year-round dvds, hold/request service from other libraries Invite Right Year-round a -book but need more of them Invite Right Year-round Employees, resources, programs. Invite Right Year-round Excellent service - friendly Invite Right Year-round Friendliness of personnel Invite Right Year-round Friendly and helpful employees Invite Right Year-round Friendly and helpful staff. Invite Right Year-round friendly and helpful staff. Good variety of materials Invite Right Year-round Friendly helpful staff. Invite Right Year-round Friendly staff. Invite Right Year-round Great facility with very helpful staff. Ability to pull books, DVDs, etc from other libraries. Invite Right Year-round Great library. Staff very nice. Many selections. Invite Right Year-round Great people. good selections. Invite Right Year-round great selections, responsive staff, lovely, quiet environment. Invite Right Year-round I do like that there is a good, useful available library in Vail. I think libraries are a necessary pillar in a living community. Invite Right Year-round I like knowing that it's there! Also that they put on great events and that I can utilize their many offerings. Invite Right Year-round I love the children's room! Invite Right Year-round I think its a great facility but I don't use it much mostly because use my Kindle. Invite Right Year-round Innovative and current on what people are looking for. Invite Right Year-round It is all around a great library with good programs for the local kids and interesting speakers etc. The library is a great source for books, movies *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 206 July 5, 2016 - Page 286 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Like Best about the Library and music, it is a jewel of our community. Invite Right Year-round It is well run ...... a real asset of the city Invite Right Year-round It's a cozy spot to enjoy. The Library staff is outstanding. I like the workshops that Jacqui does too! Invite Right Year-round It's just a wonderful library Invite Right Year-round Its so peaceful and the location is perfect! We're lucky to have it. Invite Right Year-round kids area Invite Right Year-round kids story hour Invite Right Year-round Locatiion Invite Right Year-round Location and ambiance Invite Right Year-round Location, beautiful setting, wonderful building, helpful staff, everything! Invite Right Year-round Love it. Great space and love the community programming. Invite Right Year-round Many resources, fun programs and events, and the wide source of knowledge it is for locals, guests, and the community in general. Invite Right Year-round nice atmosphere Invite Right Year-round Nice location, friendly staff, beautiful facility Invite Right Year-round Programming for children, Inviting nature of the Library, Magazine section Helpfulness of staff Invite Right Year-round reading programs for kids Invite Right Year-round Staff Invite Right Year-round Staff and Collection are excellent. Invite Right Year-round Staff is exceptionally friendly and helpful! The staff helps me select the best books for my 2 and 4 year olds. The Library holds great events for my children! Thank you for all the hard work! Invite Right Year-round Staff is nice. Nice environment Invite Right Year-round that the people that work there are always willing to help, and that also if you need anything like books, movies, cds, print out papers, make photocopies they have all that and if also accessible. Invite Right Year-round That they will order books for you if they don't have it on the shelf Invite Right Year-round The atmosphere Invite Right Year-round The building and location Invite Right Year-round The children's room is well provisioned and welcoming, the kids volumes are great and broad in selection. I look forward to reading grownup stuff again soon, but for now, its all children's use for us. Invite Right Year-round The cozy atmosphere including the fireplace sitting area. Invite Right Year-round The ease of getting books from other libraries if they are checked out at our library. The children's room and the baby story time. Invite Right Year-round The fireplace! The Children's room and the children's programs. Cricket is wonderful!!! Invite Right Year-round The friendliness and support of staff. Invite Right Year-round The friendly staff, video and book options. Plus the spaces to work and meet with a student or friend are an added plus. Invite Right Year-round The information available and the helpful staff. The conference room *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 207 July 5, 2016 - Page 287 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Like Best about the Library usability. Invite Right Year-round The internet and the people there are friendly. Invite Right Year-round The library is great, a well run wonderful source of materials and events. Invite Right Year-round the setting is very peaceful. Invite Right Year-round The staff Invite Right Year-round The staff is greatH Invite Right Year-round The variety of resources. Love the DVD selection as well. Invite Right Year-round They readily accept book donations. Invite Right Year-round They will get you anything you need. Very polite. Invite Right Year-round Toddler reading Invite Right Year-round used it more when kids were young, but very little now. Invite Right Year-round very friendly and knowledgeable staff Invite Right Year-round views Invite Right Year-round Warm, welcoming atmosphere and excellent programming. Invite Right Work only Ease of access Invite Right Work only Everyone that works there is nice, knowledgeable and friendly. Have visited the library for children's functions, to rent DVDs, books for school and recently have gone there for the adult stress(less) coloring station. Creative and fun Invite Right Work only fireplace Invite Right Work only Free Invite Right Work only I love the building, both inside and outside. Invite Right Work only It's a beautiful facility --but since my children have grown and I now live in Avon I don't utilize the facility -I do recommend it to my guests Invite Right Work only Story Hour Invite Right Work only The programs offered as well as movie rentals. Invite Right Work only The staff are friendly and courteous. It is easy to request a book from another branch and to put items on hold. It is nice to be able to return books via the return box in West Vail. Invite Right Part-time A beautiful library. I did not realize that I could check out materials as a part time resident. I'll be getting a library card! Invite Right Part-time Accessibility - hours. Invite Right Part-time Beautiful place with good selection. Invite Right Part-time Central location. Not overly busy. Generally a quiet space with great view over the river. Invite Right Part-time comfort of the building ... low key feel of the building. Invite Right Part-time Comfortable setting Invite Right Part-time Courteous staff. Great setting and layout. Favorites are the leather chairs and the fireplace (in the winter). The periodicals are also great. Invite Right Part-time ease of access Invite Right Part-time Easy access, good drop off locations, friendly staff, nice facility. Invite Right Part-time Easy to get to Invite Right Part-time Friendly staff Great play room for my grandchildren Great, diverse, *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 208 July 5, 2016 - Page 288 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Like Best about the Library extensive collection Far better than my local library which is actually quite good Invite Right Part-time Friendly, good for children, and excellent diversity of books, magazines, etc. Invite Right Part-time Good meeting area for seminars Invite Right Part-time Good selection just never have time to use it Invite Right Part-time I do like that we have one available even though I have not yet used it. Invite Right Part-time I have never visited. Invite Right Part-time i keep saying I should go to the library but I read eBooks and buy books. To tell you the truth I don't know what the library has to offer. Probably eBooks to borrow. I also get Netflix and Amazon Prime so I have so much at home ....... and then there is Google and Google Earth. I wish the library had a small cafe looking out toward the Creek.... maybe a deck in summer. Invite Right Part-time I like the use of the Marmot system to be able to get ebooks. It is a great asset and the library is quite an asset. I have taken a class on making a dish garden and would love to take the knitting classes, but I am not there much during the week. Invite Right Part-time I think the library is a fine facility. I don't use it except to buy books when they have a book sale. Invite Right Part-time I used to frequent the library when my children were little but have not set foot in it in probably 15 years. Invite Right Part-time It is a wonderful comfort zone Invite Right Part-time It's a beautifully maintained facility. We don't use it as often because we are busy being outdoors! Invite Right Part-time It's beautiful and peaceful. Invite Right Part-time it's beautiful and there's quality features for my children Invite Right Part-time it's central location Invite Right Part-time It's location. Invite Right Part-time It's the most comfortable of any library I've ever used. Invite Right Part-time It's the right size and a beautiful structure to visit with just the correct size of boob storage Invite Right Part-time Kids programs, movie rental, internet access Invite Right Part-time Large movie and book collection. Invite Right Part-time Like having one. Usually use before a trip for research or take little kids to use. Invite Right Part-time location Invite Right Part-time location Invite Right Part-time Location Invite Right Part-time location, selection, friendliness Invite Right Part-time love the location. Invite Right Part-time movies Invite Right Part-time Nice atmosphere. Good napping area Invite Right Part-time Pleasant calm space to visit *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 209 July 5, 2016 - Page 289 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Like Best about the Library Invite Right Part-time Staff and facilities Invite Right Part-time staff support.... friendliness Invite Right Part-time Terrific library with a lot of depth (books, cds, programs) Thanks for having a great library Invite Right Part-time The atmosphere, friendliness and helpfulness of staff . Great selection of magazines and comfy chairs. Invite Right Part-time The beautiful location Invite Right Part-time The staff and the facility. Invite Right Part-time The staff is wonderful, great selection of books, and a lot of interesting events. Invite Right Part-time travel section Invite Right Part-time variety of books Invite Right Part-time warm, friendly Invite Right Part-time we are only in vail a few times a year. we use the library only when grandchildren are visiting Invite Right Part-time We use the library when we are in town. Especially in summer when we are here for a long period of time Invite Right Part-time Welcoming atmosphere. Quality & range of books & other materials. Invite Right Part-time Wide selection of audio CDs. Invite Right Own business only Ease of access Invite Right Own business only everything, Love the children department, and just everything Invite Right Own business only It's beautiful and a wonderful place to get away from the hectic cramped space in the condo, as well as to read a newspaper. Invite Right Get mail only Access and friendliness Invite Right Get mail only If I lived in Town, I would use it again. Invite Right Get mail only The atmosphere Invite Right The quietness of it and the children's programs. Invite Wrong Year-round a quiet place Invite Wrong Year-round Ability to request a large variety of materials through Marmot and EVLD Ability to check out EBooks with Overdrive Invite Wrong Year-round Access to items through inter -library loan. Invite Wrong Year-round atmosphere, new book choices & kids room Invite Wrong Year-round Availability of just about any book Invite Wrong Year-round Availabilty of ebooks and DVDs Invite Wrong Year-round comfort and location. Invite Wrong Year-round cozy,fireplace ,kid -friendly, periodical reading section, and friendly *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 210 July 5, 2016 - Page 290 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Like Best about the Library helpful staff. also like the meeting/speaker/art gallery/classes room across the hall, Invite Wrong Year-round Fabulous and diverse inventory for a small town. Invite Wrong Year-round Fireplace... peace and quiet to read Invite Wrong Year-round Friendly, quiet. Invite Wrong Year-round Helpful service. Invite Wrong Year-round How easy it is to find what I need. Invite Wrong Year-round I enjoy the library atmosphere and the selection they offer. Invite Wrong Year-round I need to use the Library more. Invite Wrong Year-round I used it 10+ years ago but my current career development has changed Invite Wrong Year-round its location and setting Invite Wrong Year-round location Invite Wrong Year-round location Invite Wrong Year-round Location and atmosphere. Ability to borrow books from other libraries through Prospector. Invite Wrong Year-round Location and space Invite Wrong Year-round Nice setting and up to date inventory Invite Wrong Year-round Staff Invite Wrong Year-round Staff is exceptionally nice and helpful. Atmosphere is nice. Invite Wrong Year-round that it is there Invite Wrong Year-round The kids' area and the children's story hours. Invite Wrong Year-round The staff, the ease of getting resources Invite Wrong Year-round Well kept, friendly, great views, great facilities Invite Wrong Part-time comfort, convenience, staff, selection, ease (mainly for my wife, a more frequent user) of renewing online, etc Invite Wrong Part-time Comfortable and quiet Invite Wrong Part-time DVD collection, wonderful atmosphere for reading/computing, on-line services Invite Wrong Part-time Friendliness, design Invite Wrong Part-time Great staff. Good selection of recently published books. One of the best libraries in the state. Invite Wrong Part-time I don't visit the library. Invite Wrong Part-time Location Invite Wrong Part-time Staff, children's programs, books available Invite Wrong Part-time The ability to borrow books electronically Invite Wrong Part-time The building, the children's activities. Invite Wrong Part-time the staff (cricket, lori, and jo!) Invite Wrong Part-time Use it to borrow kindle books all the time. Beautiful place to spend a couple of free hours. Invite Don't know Year-round Convenient location. Invite Don't know Year-round cozy atmosphere, friendly staff Invite Don't know Year-round Easy *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 211 July 5, 2016 - Page 291 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Like Best about the Library Invite Don't know Year-round Friendly, easy to use. Better than Avon. Invite Don't know Year-round Great facility Invite Don't know Year-round I like that they offer things to do for children Invite Don't know Year-round I love the various programs for the kids especially during the summer Invite Don't know Year-round its a cozy library and like the special events put on there Invite Don't know Year-round It's quiet and the library has a grand selection of periodicals. Invite Don't know Year-round Love the programming! Staff is excellent. Invite Don't know Year-round N/A Invite Don't know Year-round Staff is super helpful and friendly Invite Don't know Year-round That it is there. Invite Don't know Year-round That we have one. Invite Don't know Year-round The employees at the front desk are terrific, helpful and really make the library special. Computer availability is very helpful. Somewhat unrelated to the library- There should be stronger and free internet access outside of the CORE VAIL. ie. West Vail. Reception is pathetic. Plenty of long term tax payers here. Invite Don't know Year-round The friendly staff, and the large source of materials. Invite Don't know Year-round The friendly staff, the wonderful ambiance of a beautiful building in a tranquil setting. The fantastic programs - music, yoga, financial wellness classes. Activities for kids - story hours, 3D printer. Invite Don't know Year-round The location and setting. I rarely us the Vail Public Library at this time. Invite Don't know Year-round The location, the people. Invite Don't know Year-round The programs offered to the community Invite Don't know Year-round the space Invite Don't know Year-round They have great programs and a great library collection. Invite Don't know Work only My Mother visits often and has her own Library Card. She loves it. I have not utilized it as much as I should. I do appreciate the availability of the meeting rooms that can be reserved for use. Invite Don't know Part-time Don't use it. Invite Don't know Part-time Fireplace Invite Don't know Part-time Location Invite Don't know Part-time Location Invite Don't know Part-time Story time for kids, newspapers/magazines for adults. Invite Don't know Part-time When my kids were smaller they had really nice programs for them Invite Don't know Get mail only atmosphere. Great library for the size of the town. Invite Don't know Get mail only location, staff Invite Year-round Convenient Invite Year-round easy access Invite Year-round People! Invite Part-time We like their selection of audio books. Open Right Year-round Ability to get books from other participating libraries *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 212 July 5, 2016 - Page 292 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Like Best about the Library Open Right Year-round ability to get books from other sites Open Right Year-round atmosphere Open Right Year-round Atmosphere Open Right Year-round atmosphere and cleanliness Open Right Year-round Atmosphere and librarians and events Open Right Year-round atmosphere, setting Open Right Year-round Atmosphere, setting, convenience, inventory, services. Open Right Year-round Being able to get books from other locations. Open Right Year-round Books and events for kids and adults . Staff are nice too. Open Right Year-round Children's Programs Open Right Year-round Convenient and nice space Open Right Year-round Everythimg!!!!!!! Open Right Year-round Everything Open Right Year-round Free books! Open Right Year-round Friendly staff, good variety/selection Open Right Year-round Good place to study or work. Open Right Year-round Great book selection! great group of librarians! Open Right Year-round Great selection of DVD films for folks staying in condos, magazine selection, friendly staff, great setting and seating for relaxation—the library is one of Vail's greatest assets. Open Right Year-round Great variety Friendly librarians Open Right Year-round How cozy and clean it is. Children's programs are great. Open Right Year-round I am used to libraries in much larger cities / counties that would normally have everything I am looking for in stock. What I love about VPL is their effort to bring in anything it is that I may be looking for whether it is in stock or not. I can always count on getting the book I want within a few days - which is fine with me! Open Right Year-round I like the email reminder service about when my items are due. I also like that the 'new releases' in the movie section are separated out from the general collection. Open Right Year-round I love the Vail Library. It's beautiful. However, I'm more likely to use the Avon / Eagle library because they are on my regular route. Open Right Year-round I use Avon Libery Open Right Year-round It belongs to the inter library loan system and you can access materials through other libraries. Open Right Year-round It is a beautiful, friendly, comfortable and welcoming libtary Open Right Year-round It's a great facility Open Right Year-round its a peaceful atmosphere by the river Open Right Year-round It's atmosphere Open Right Year-round It's beautiful Open Right Year-round It's comfortable, Great Kids section, Friendly staff, community gathering & carried events are wonderful. Open Right Year-round It's location, internet access, and surprising variety of books. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 213 July 5, 2016 - Page 293 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Like Best about the Library Open Right Year-round Kid Friendly atmosphere with activities for children. Open Right Year-round Kindle books Open Right Year-round Lori Barnes and the Staff ... their outreach into the community!!! Open Right Year-round Lori is an excellent director and advocate for the library. The staff is incredible. The library building is an excellent asset to the community. Open Right Year-round Mrs. Cricket Open Right Year-round nice location and environment. Open Right Year-round Sadly, I have not been to the vail library in a few years. Open Right Year-round Staff is very friendly and helpful. Open Right Year-round the atmosphere Open Right Year-round The atmosphere and the staff. I am impressed that the Library has engaged in other activities to bring in more residents. Open Right Year-round the bathroom Open Right Year-round The building is beautiful and we have an excellent collection Open Right Year-round The Children area. It is great for our 3 year old son. Open Right Year-round The children's programs Open Right Year-round The childrens room and free wi-fi Open Right Year-round The children's section Open Right Year-round The collection is excellent, the programs offered are valuable; the staff is very knowledgable and helpful. Open Right Year-round The facility is amazing. The staff is friendly and dedicated. It's a quiet sanctuary for visitors, workers, and residents. Open Right Year-round The free computer access, access to online books, videos, etc through Hoopla. And being able to get books from other libraries. Open Right Year-round The knowledge and friendliness of the staff and the children's programs. Open Right Year-round the Liberian's Open Right Year-round The new Tech center with 3D Printing and Photoshop. Open Right Year-round The newly remodeled building is great as are the staff. They always are willing and able to assist me. Open Right Year-round The online selection of books and the classes they bring in. Open Right Year-round The play area for children Open Right Year-round The selection of materials Open Right Year-round The service, the facilities, the clean areas, and the variety of books. Open Right Year-round the staff Open Right Year-round The staff Open Right Year-round The staff is very helpful and the resources are more than adequate. base this on rather limited use of the facility. Open Right Year-round The town librarian and her staff do excellent work. She brings in all of these speciality forum groups for seminars type programs. Just terrific!! Open Right Year-round They have great programs, Lori Ann Barnes and her crew do a great job, such variety! Open Right Year-round Very cozy and welcoming. Great place to work quietly. Open Right Year-round What's not to like. Pretty, comfortable and accessible *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 214 July 5, 2016 - Page 294 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Like Best about the Library Open Right Work only An option for locals and visitors. Open Right Work only Atmosphere Open Right Work only Easy parking, friendly staff. Great selection of new books. Open Right Work only Everything, we are blessed Open Right Work only great staff Open Right Work only I am concierge here in Vail and often suggest the Library's events to our families in house and or non skiers. Open Right Work only I like some of the staff at the library, others -not so much. I had a not so nice experience at the library and as a result I don't really have an urge to go back. Open Right Work only It is small and welcoming. Open Right Work only Location Open Right Work only The assistance and the comfort it provides. Open Right Work only the bathrooms Open Right Work only the kid room is AWESOMEH! a highlight for many of our littlest visitors. Open Right Work only The quietness of the library, the helpfulness of the staff, and the overall warm atmosphere Open Right Part-time A quiet place to read newspapers and magazines. Free remote access to books. Open Right Part-time art spaces Open Right Part-time Availability of materials, internet access, special programs and speakers Open Right Part-time Convenience, helpfulness of staff, computer availability Open Right Part-time Ease of access, long hours, a quiet place to go and relax. Open Right Part-time Frienly, provides easy access Open Right Part-time Great place to relax and take in a newspaper and coffee. When we were renovating our home we spent a lot of time there. Open Right Part-time Helpful staff Open Right Part-time How peaceful and wonderful it is to go there and look for books on travel, children's books and DVDs Open Right Part-time It is a terrific facility and the Director is knowledgeable and enthusiastic and always bringing in new programs! The collection is superior and it is a welcoming place. Open Right Part-time I've owned property in Vail for 20+ years, and I have been to the library when my kids were still living with us, but as empty -nesters we don't use the Library. Open Right Part-time like it all Open Right Part-time Lori and the other librarians. The Best! They are always there and willing to help in any way. The many programs offered for the many residents and guests and volunteers that come to the library. Kudos!! PS the wonderful Pam Hopkins building! Open Right Part-time Movie and TV series selection. Also free computer use. Open Right Part-time Quiet place to catch up with newspapers and magazines Open Right Part-time Some of the art exhibits *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 215 July 5, 2016 - Page 295 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Like Best about the Library Open Right Part-time The librarians are great. Friendly. Helpful. My grandson enjoys the children's area. Open Right Part-time The movie collection. The availability of new books. The atmosphere, so warm and cozy. Open Right Part-time The people and their helpfulness. Books on CD. Open Right Part-time The staff is very helpful. Open Right Part-time Videos, lounge, art and convenience of hours Open Right Part-time WONDERFUL LIBRARY AND STAFF Open Right Own business only access to books, magazines, etc., evening programs, Sale Nook, Open Right Own business only kids area, art across the hall Open Right Get mail only reading nooks Open Right Get mail only The friendly atmosphere and ease of using their services. Open Right Get mail only The staff! Amazing book selection and I enjoy the inter -library system. My children also love the library and I see the value it has added to their reading selection which is partly due to the partnership with RSES. SO GREAT that the children get to visit the library once a month. Open Right art programs Open Wrong Year-round Audio books Open Wrong Year-round Awesome staff! Open Wrong Year-round Building..... peaceful and good location...... nice employees Open Wrong Year-round Easily accessed. Open Wrong Year-round Easy availability of computers and easy to use book look -up Evening events at the library Open Wrong Year-round Everything Open Wrong Year-round It's comfy. Great place to chill. It needs a Starbucks though in there. Open Wrong Year-round It's ease of access of everything. Open Wrong Year-round Kids offerings Open Wrong Year-round Location, setting along the creek, the over -flow rooms for meetings and events. Open Wrong Year-round music and lecture Open Wrong Year-round The staff, the collection, the ambiance, programs, being welcomed and appreciated as a volunteer. Open Wrong Work only its location Open Wrong Work only Material good Open Wrong Work only the view Open Wrong Part-time Comfortable. Open Wrong Part-time It's peaceful and in a lovely setting. Open Wrong Part-time Location and periodical/papers. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 216 July 5, 2016 - Page 296 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Like Best about the Library Open Wrong Part-time That it's available as a resource for our visitors. Open Wrong Own business only beautiful location. Kids programs. A place for visitors or locals when not much else is available, so hopefully available in the off season. Open Wrong Get mail only Nice location & size. Open Don't know Year-round Great selection. Friendly staff. Quiet study rooms. Open Don't know Year-round I have heard that the children's programs are good. Open Don't know Year-round I have only used the library when babysitting Open Don't know Year-round I love the atmosphere of the library: the seating to hang out and read, the art, the fireplace. I know i said earlier that vail had no book store, but the used book nook in the library is the closest thing we have in vail, so i do purchase books there quite frequently. Open Don't know Year-round location and selection Open Don't know Year-round Location and the helpful staff Open Don't know Year-round Location, helpfulness of staff. Open Don't know Year-round Magazines. Online presence. Yoga. Book and art and knit events. Staff is really nice. Comfortable place. Easy to get to. Open Don't know Year-round Nice staff. Clean. Quiet. Open Don't know Year-round Peacefulness Open Don't know Year-round Selection Open Don't know Year-round small, quiet, peaceful like a library should be Open Don't know Year-round Story time. Windows! Nice furniture. Friendly people at front desk. Open Don't know Year-round The facility Open Don't know Year-round The selection of books, DVDs, CD's and especially audio books is great. The programming is something I try to take advantage of as much as I can. The art exhibits Open Don't know Work only Everything Open Don't know Work only Everything. Open Don't know Work only Friendly welcoming staff that don't mind having children around Open Don't know Part-time All excellent, like programs, books, librarians very positive, excellent on line program Open Don't know Part-time Friendly service, film availability Open Don't know Part-time I love the library and did use it when my kids were younger. I almost went there this last visit, but didnt end up needing to. Open Don't know Part-time Location Open Don't know Part-time the staff is very friendly and helpful. For our size the resources are great, It is a pleasant place to be in , so I recommend to non -skiing visitors that they go there to take advantage of the papers , magazines, pleasant place to read by the fire„ interesting programs Great job by all Open Don't know Part-time wonderful programs, great book and movie selection, very inviting Open Don't know Own business only cleanliness and staff. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 217 July 5, 2016 - Page 297 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Like Best about the Library Open Year-round easy access Open Year-round Employees are very knowledgeable and helpful Open Year-round The friendly staff. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 218 July 5, 2016 - Page 298 of 433 Q. 27: What would you like to see us add/offer/change at Vail Public Library? Survey Direction Resident What Should We Add/Offer/Change at the Library? Invite Right Year-round Add borrowing magazines from the library like the Avon Library allows. Invite Right Year-round ALL full time residence should be able to check out the same number of items as land owners. I probably provide more for the town than most property owners, but I'm discriminated against because I can't afford to own my own place (though I'd like to). Pure discrimination. Invite Right Year-round better library exchange services with State-wide libraries. Invite Right Year-round Continue with the forward thinking of the Library, its programs and initiatives. Invite Right Year-round free movies Invite Right Year-round Great. Invite Right Year-round I find it objectionable that the entire library staff is female. Our town should be embarrassed by the obvious sex discrimination going on in the library. Invite Right Year-round I think its great! Invite Right Year-round I think that the library's location is amazing and that they should put a little cafe in the back that has tables out by the creek. It could serve coffee and sandwiches or something and would probably do really well especially in the summer. Invite Right Year-round I wish the fireplace was bigger and there was more seating inside. Invite Right Year-round It would be nice if the staff members would identify themselves when they answer the phone as other TOV departments do. Invite Right Year-round Just be who you are , a great public library. Invite Right Year-round More cd audio. Invite Right Year-round More classes for kids! Invite Right Year-round More classes/ lectures Invite Right Year-round More a -books Invite Right Year-round More evenings with authors, or lecturer -lead book discussions. Invite Right Year-round more up to date movie selections, also available online. Invite Right Year-round More young adult/teen books. Selection is low lately. Invite Right Year-round Nothing Invite Right Year-round remodel the entry to the library. Invite Right Year-round seems good right now Invite Right Year-round Some more guest lecturers possibly actors !! Invite Right Work only I would like to see an expansion of the'honor system' book case Invite Right Work only more children's events Invite Right Work only More children's programs, speakers, authors etc. Invite Right Work only NA Invite Right Work only Nothing Invite Right Work only Nothing, it's great. Invite Right Part-time Continue adding e -books Invite Right Part-time Don't have any ideas. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 219 July 5, 2016 - Page 299 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What Should We Add/Offer/Change at the Library? Invite Right Part-time I don't know what the future of libraries is. I don't think people use books much any longer for research as newer data is available on line. Even literature is downloadable. Reading to children is still very important but you can't base a library system on just that. Invite Right Part-time It's very nice now, and I wouldn't change much Invite Right Part-time Like being able to check out e -books. Invite Right Part-time More artwork Invite Right Part-time More drop offs for videos/books places in Vail area. Invite Right Part-time More ebook offerings. Invite Right Part-time more maps Invite Right Part-time more movies for kids Invite Right Part-time nothing Invite Right Part-time Nothing Invite Right Part-time Perhaps moving the internet computers to a more enclosed corner, so as to keep the solitude in the rest of the library. The users of the computers tend to be a bit louder than patrons browsing or reading. Understanding budgets are sometimes limited, perhaps do a DVD drive to increase the number of movie/TV offerings. Lots of people have converted to streaming and are likely to want to find an outlet for their old DVDs. Love the honor books. I'm certain that there are more out there than are offered at any one time in the front of the library. Invite Right Part-time possibly promote classes for possibly yoga or hobby activities Invite Right Part-time Variety of classes Invite Right Part-time With the internet, I frankly don't see the need for the library Invite Right Part-time Would love to see more educational talks about geology; book meetings (i.e. librarian recommending 6 summer reads for children ages 7-9, etc.); authors' talk; how-to seminars (home renovations, maintaining a vacation home, etc.) Invite Right Own I don't know if you have ebooks for lending - that would be good in case business you can't finish the borrowed book prior to the end of vacation. only Invite Right Get mail More children story hours only Invite Right Get mail nothing..... its a great facility across from the ice arena. I did take my only grandchildren there last summer and they have library cards Invite Right I never have the correct information when I am there to get a card. Invite Wrong Year-round A better web site. I would like a better way to search for books. Invite Wrong Year-round Any chance of specified library parking? Invite Wrong Year-round Continue to add more electronic content (books, movies, magazines). Also, keep adding events and courses to learn how to use information resources. Invite Wrong Year-round Easier parking. Better website - very difficult to navigate. Ability to check out a book even if you forgot your library card - give name, address, show ID. Allow more than the homeowner on the deed to have *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 220 July 5, 2016 - Page 300 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What Should We Add/Offer/Change at the Library? the resident privileges - my long term partner is not on the deed, so he does not get the same terms I get for borrowing materials. Invite Wrong Year-round Free coffee Invite Wrong Year-round I know its the digital age... but more books... less computers Invite Wrong Year-round Let locals put a hold on DVDs. Invite Wrong Year-round More current books Invite Wrong Year-round More movies Invite Wrong Year-round Nothing Invite Wrong Year-round please ask them to not be so rude about closing time. they are always trying to get you out 30 minutes before closing. closing means the library closes. Not employees leaving. Invite Wrong Part-time In today's world the library is of reduced value... Invite Wrong Part-time More and finer books. It takes a long time to get books through the library's inter -library loan system. Invite Wrong Part-time More children's story times Invite Wrong Part-time No Invite Wrong Part-time Offer a book return receptacles in Vail Village and Lionshead. Invite Wrong Part-time Perfect! Invite Wrong Part-time things are okay Invite Wrong Part-time Wait times for electronic books are often quite long - more copies should be allowed Invite Don't know Year-round Author meet and greets? Keep yoga, and offer it on different days and times Invite Don't know Year-round Increased time limits for internet if there are computers available. I understand the need for limits to offer access to the maximum number of patrons, but if that's not an issue I would like to see time limits extended based on the librarian's discretion. Invite Don't know Year-round nothing Invite Don't know Year-round Nothing Invite Don't know Year-round Time for programs changed to a time more convenient. Not at the dinner hour. Invite Don't know Year-round Validated parking as an option when using the library; or a designated free parking area for the library Invite Don't know Part-time I frankly forget about using them. Some e-mail or outreach as reminders would be nice. Invite Don't know Part-time The library is perfect as is to me Invite Year-round It would be nice to have a quite experience at the library. The front desk staff talks so loud that you can hear their conversation throughout the entire library. Also whoever works in the back office conducts their phone calls on speaker. That also echo's throughout the back reading areas. It is distracting. Open Right Year-round ? Open Right Year-round a quiet area for studying Open Right Year-round Add a coffee bar *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 221 July 5, 2016 - Page 301 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What Should We Add/Offer/Change at the Library? Open Right Year-round Additional free courses in languages and technology. Open Right Year-round Being able to check out items even if I've forgotten my library card. At the Avon library, they can look my card up by my driver's license and still check things out without having to get a new card. It would also be REALLY nice to increase the number of checked out items allowed from 5 to 10 for those who do not have a Colorado driver's license but are more than just tourists or vacationers (e.g. seasonal workers who are here for a few months, interns who are here for a year, etc.). A corresponding increase in the movie checkout limit would be a bonus. Open Right Year-round can't think of a thing Open Right Year-round I miss the old homey feel of the library Open Right Year-round I think it's great! Open Right Year-round I wish it was connected to the Avon, Eagle, Gypsum library system. Open Right Year-round I would like to learn more about the libraries 3-D printing services. Open Right Year-round I would like to see the Vail Public Library join the Eagle county library system. Linda Tillson does a great job. Open Right Year-round Like it as is Open Right Year-round Longer hours on weekends and Fridays. Open Right Year-round Meeting spots for small meetings... maybe an attached cafe? Open Right Year-round More books availability Open Right Year-round More books in different languages. Open Right Year-round more classical/string quartet music throughout the week, maybe outside on the lawn by the river? Open Right Year-round More evening programs. More effort to get under -50 crowd interested. Open Right Year-round More kids events Open Right Year-round More new releases Open Right Year-round More winter activities. I love the garden programs and building activities. Programs that connect the professionals of vail to the kids here would be nice. Open Right Year-round Multiple copies of popular films to prevent huge waiting lists for new releases. Open Right Year-round No snoring Open Right Year-round None Open Right Year-round nothing Open Right Year-round The movie rental can get expensive if you keep the movies too long. We stopped borrowing movies from the library because we were always late & ended up paying too much. Perhaps more movies could be purchased & the return policy could be loosened up. Open Right Work only N/A Open Right Work only nothing Open Right Work only Nothing. Open Right Work only Treat all guests with openness/respect. Don't look at a person and make assumptions about them or have negative thoughts because that person looks different than they do. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 222 July 5, 2016 - Page 302 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What Should We Add/Offer/Change at the Library? Open Right Part-time Access to 3D printer once instructed on it's use. Open Right Part-time Add a coffee shop. Open Right Part-time Great folks Open Right Part-time I can't believe they do as much as they do. Amazing resource !! PARKING for handicap. Open Right Part-time I would like there to be a free magazine bin outside where the free books are so I can recycle my magazines to another person. My library at home has a whole shelf where they put books for free and users also take and leave books and magazines. These are taken out of circulation books that they don't think would sell In their books for sale area. Open Right Part-time Keep on doing what is being done! Open Right Part-time More access to 3D printer, Maybe a programing class Open Right Part-time More availability to 3D printer. Possibly classes on 3D programing Open Right Part-time More basic computer courses for Dynosaurs' Open Right Part-time more cd movies to loan out Open Right Part-time More computer courses for older citizens. Open Right Part-time Not a thing! Open Right Part-time Nothing Open Right Own business only I go to the library about 4x a year but the question above only asks per month Open Right Own business only More online access when getting books. If I don't have my card I am out of luck. Open Right Get mail only I think the team has done a wonderful job of balancing the number of additional activities offered at the library. Open Right Get mail only more book options, larger variety of music CDs Open Wrong Year-round book clubs/discussions ... maybe some classes?? Open Wrong Year-round Kids programs... Open Wrong Year-round more Open Wrong Year-round More access to rent a space for 1 time meetings or events. Open Wrong Year-round More adult daytime programs Open Wrong Year-round Nothing! Open Wrong Year-round Nothing. Open Wrong Year-round Staff is not always friendly Open Wrong Work only Better axcess Open Wrong Work only more research specialists who can support local schools Open Wrong Part-time It's fine the way it is. Open Wrong Get mail only Nothing. Open Don't know Year-round Be able to borrow more items at once. Encouraging the book club more. Open Don't know Year-round I would like to see some desks in the far back computer area. There is *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 223 July 5, 2016 - Page 303 of 433 Survey Direction Resident What Should We Add/Offer/Change at the Library? Invite Right Year-round space to put some. I like to go to the library to write and sometimes it can be challenging to find a desk that doesn't have a computer on it to just set up my stuff, Open Don't know Year-round Maker space later I'm day I'm season. Earlier in summer Open Don't know Year-round Sounds shallow, but increase number of available e -book subscriptions for currently popular books. Open Don't know Work only NO Open Don't know Work only Same opening hours every day. Open Don't know Part-time more a -book offerings Open Don't know Part-time more funding. I don't have a specific idea what to spend it one, but rather trust the staff to spend it well since they keep adding more good things Q. 28: Do you have any further comments or suggestions concerning library services? Survey Direction Resident Further Comments/Suggestions about Library Services Invite Right Year-round Because of my background as a librarian at public libraries prior to moving to Vail, I think it is a great facility for the size of our Town. Invite Right Year-round Children's and family programing is priceless! Also, love the art displays in the community room! Invite Right Year-round Good job! Invite Right Year-round I enjoy the yoga and the concerts. I am lucky to have such a good library. Invite Right Year-round I have friends that use and LOVE our library. Thanks for making it such a wonderful place. Invite Right Year-round I left my library card at home one day, the librarian knew me, and I have my library card memorized but she still would not let me check out anything. I rode my bike in from home just to go to the library and she was super rude to me. I just didn't expect her not to let me check out any materials when I have my library card memorized and my taxes pay for her services. I've lived here for nine years and owned a home for seven years so I expected a higher level of service. Invite Right Year-round I use the Avon one! :-) Invite Right Year-round just don't use very much with google searches and online reading material Invite Right Year-round More instruction on how to better use the computers. Invite Right Year-round My dad uses the library often and speaks very highly of it. Invite Right Year-round No Invite Right Year-round No, keep up the good job! Invite Right Year-round Sometimes the librarians aren't very friendly Invite Right Year-round The library should give me a job so it would have at least one person who speaks Spanish on staff. Invite Right Year-round The Vail public library is a jewel in our town, we have enjoyed it through many years as our children have grown up here. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 224 July 5, 2016 - Page 304 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Further Comments/Suggestions about Library Services Invite Right Year-round They do a great job. Invite Right Work only no Invite Right Work only none Invite Right Work only Our staff uses the library extensively and it is VERY MUCH appreciated Invite Right Part-time I do not often use it - mostly during summer visits. But I do appreciate it. Invite Right Part-time I feel like a small ad in the paper with a blurb about a book. Maybe written by a local upon returning a book. How about a quick voluntary interview, 2 min. Did you like the book you are returning. If yes, why? Just a sentence. And, then ask if you can quote with name OR quote without name. The quote would go in the same little corner of the Vail Daily so people could get used to looking for it. OR just use quote that comes with the book. Focus on adult books but maybe a childrens' book would get some parents in. Or, how about: Let's do SUDUKO night! Or, let's do KEN KEN night. Or, Put on a TEAM crossword puzzle contest. 3 or 4 on a team. Bring your team of form one at the library. Invite Right Part-time I strongly support the Library even though I do not use it regularly. Invite Right Part-time Im part time and with the internet really haven't had a need to use the library. Invite Right Part-time keep up the good work Invite Right Part-time Know it is a changing use so stay with the times. Invite Right Part-time No Invite Right Part-time no, thank you Invite Right Part-time Sometimes the high number of people sleeping in the library is a little strange. Invite Right Part-time We will have to take advantage of the library and what it has to offer. Invite Right Get mail Would like more information on events occurring at the Vail Library. only Invite Wrong Year-round Every time I have used the library it's been great! Invite Wrong Year-round Great staff and I liked that AARP offered tax help last year. Why are they not here this year? Invite Wrong Year-round Keep up the good work! Invite Wrong Year-round printing never works and no one knows how to help? Invite Wrong Year-round Terrible lighting; a major oversight by those planning. Moving the check out desk to a position crowding the entry and in a confronting position to guests, just bad planning. Invite Wrong Year-round There used to be more interaction between librarians and patrons. Now they rarely even say'hi' to you. Invite Wrong Part-time I never think to use the library even though I use the library system in Denver a lot. I will have to remember the Vail library. Invite Wrong Part-time I would love to use the Vail library but I honestly don't even think about it. My only concern would be if I could return a book somewhere in Denver through my local library system. Invite Don't know Year-round Love it! Invite Don't know Year-round no *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 225 July 5, 2016 - Page 305 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Further Comments/Suggestions about Library Services Invite Don't know Year-round Tell the librarians to smile. Some of them need to visit The Green Mile and get their happy funk on! Invite Don't know Part-time Can a part time resident get a library card and use the Vail Public Library Invite Don't know Part-time I fully support funding the Library even though I rarley use it. Invite Don't know Part-time the library staff is wonderful and helpful..... this past year I have not been in there but have had houseguests use the library ... one actually booked a conference room for a conference call..... its a great asset Invite Year-round None Invite Year-round See above Open Right Year-round A gem for tourists and locals! Open Right Year-round Don't cut a single cent from their budget! Open Right Year-round I am sure that I can download to my kindle but I have not done so using the Vail Library. I have do it using the Eagle County Library system Open Right Year-round I like watching Lori Ann Barnes on TV8 talking about their upcoming events, speakers, programs, Children's story time, etc. Open Right Year-round I should use it more! Open Right Year-round I use Eagle County Library District because I drive right up to Avon Library. Park & walk in Vail is more of a hassle Open Right Year-round Just needs to have a better overall collection. Would also like it (the Library) to focus on a specific topic to increase visibility... like an expert area in ski/snowboard or mountaineering or exploring the west. Something that gives it distinction! Open Right Year-round Lori Barnes does an excellent job running the library. Open Right Year-round LOVE the library!! Open Right Year-round More computers for children Open Right Year-round no Open Right Year-round nope. Keep up the great work! Open Right Year-round Perfect Open Right Year-round They are very friendly and there is always space available when I want to do some studyi,g there. Open Right Year-round We love the Vail Library. Open Right Work only No Open Right Part-time An asset we will use as we spend much more time in Vail in the near future. Open Right Part-time DON'T CHANGE A THING Open Right Part-time I have been going to the Vail Library for over twenty years and it is better than ever!! Open Right Part-time I want to volunteer there. Open Right Part-time Keep it up! One of the very best parts of Vail! Open Right Part-time No Open Right Part-time Sometimes I think books are taken out of circulation too quickly especially when there is plenty of shelf space. Open Right Get mail only Even though I have gaps between visits in Vail, they make it very easy to renew my card when I return to Vail. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 226 July 5, 2016 - Page 306 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Further Comments/Suggestions about Library Services Open Right Get mail Parking can obviously be an issue in the winter months. I try not to park only at the structure very often because I find that 2 hours can fly by when I'm in the library enjoying the quiet time. Open Right Year-round i have used it about once every six months Open Wrong Year-round Keep up the great work Open Wrong Part-time Change the policy to look up members card -- wouldn't allow checkout Invite Right Year-round when card forgotten. A simple lookup on the computer would be easy for them to access! Open Wrong Own the availability of digital services for those who wouldn't otherwise have business access is a great egalitarian function of libraries today only Chamonix project, please keep the momentum going and trying new Open Don't know Year-round I would like to see the library open earlier during peak season. If you have to rely on the bus as your transportation source that usually means it doesn't coincide with your schedule. It would be nice to have a place Invite Right Year-round to go and wait before you have to go and work. Open Don't know Part-time WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT LIBRARY AND STAFF Q. 29: Any comments on your responses about community priorities, issues and opportunities? Survey Direction Resident Comments about Community Priorities Invite Right Year-round 3. Budget & Capitol Mgt 4. Parking opps for Residents 5. Economic Vitality 6. Tie: Transportation needs Guest Relations Customer Service Invite Right Year-round Affordable housing is in my mind the biggest issue. VRBO has replaced a lot of the long term rentals in Vail. It feels like every year there are less families living in Vail. Invite Right Year-round After my first 2 priorities it was not possible to bring any others from left to right.... Invite Right Year-round Again, Vail has a huge opportunity to create housing solutions that work and can be modeled throughout resorts communities. Don't stop at the Chamonix project, please keep the momentum going and trying new things. The county needs housing, be sure to have the next plan in the works. And without a healthy financial climate, the rest of the programs can't be a priority. Keep it up! Invite Right Year-round All of these could and should be priorities... good list. Invite Right Year-round by heating intown streets the town is not setting a good example for environmental responsibility and energy use. Invite Right Year-round Didn't show on my phone properly! Invite Right Year-round Environmental issues encompass Gore Creek enhancement and protection. Invite Right Year-round Housing for locals in Vail is critical to maintain the future of Vail as a town and not just a ski resort. Invite Right Year-round I think that the Town may have to do more to support a vibrant business *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 227 July 5, 2016 - Page 307 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Community Priorities community in Vail as VR focuses more on Utah, which I expect to be about a 10 year window; we have a gem, but we may need to promote and protect it more carefully as the ski operator focuses elsewhere. I support facilities and services investment, and events also, to the extent that they *demonstrably* enhance our national and international reputation (i.e. Burton and ski racing), our long term guest goals (Bravo) , or are otherwise truly first rate. Also, the protection of Gore Creek was a VERY close 3dr place choice. Invite Right Year-round Lived in a Vail for a while- have noticed lots of impacts to the Gore, cutting trees, poor restoration after bridge construction on TOV projects. Please invest in riparian restoration and creek habitat restoration post - construction. Invite Right Year-round No Invite Right Year-round The economic vitality and fiscal management are critical to keep Vail in a leadership position Invite Right Year-round The other BIG ISSUE I see is the 170 highway noise. Invite Right Year-round Vail housing in Eagle -Vail will never happen. We need to find spots in Vail or build existing higher Invite Right Year-round Vail is a resort town and because of that it needs to focus on developing events and increase visitors to the town. I do feel that real environmental sustainability efforts (Gore Creek, Air Quality) need to have real teeth behind them. We cannot simply call our community 'environmentally friendly' or'pristine' if we are not prepared to mitigate the negative impacts of increased visitors and traffic. Invite Right Year-round Vail should become a leader in environmental and conservation programs. This would include the Gore Creek program. Invite Right Year-round We live in the mountains and must learn to honor the animals and plants that live here. Invite Right Year-round with the chamonix property going in (a good thing) I am concerned with impact to those of us who live on Chamonix to the east. There has been and big increase of traffic. People who live to the west of the chamonix property avoid the roundabouts and drive to buffer creek on chamonix. The speeds through there need to be controlled. Also no sidewalks are available so people walking to the bus stops from safeway and city market are always on the lookout for fast vehicles. someone is going to get hit. Invite Right Work only Environmental Sustainability is right there Invite Right Work only Health of Gore creek is essential to our town and it's health. Employee housing continues to be problematic as rents rise and the town needs more workers seasonally and year round. Invite Right Work only i would like to not sell out Vail to the Mexican residents. They're not the friendliest people Invite Right Part-time All are areas of importance but feel we need to make the town accountable for expenditures and keep the budget! Also if guests are hassled by parking before they even get anywhere than you start off on *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 228 July 5, 2016 - Page 308 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Community Priorities the wrong foot. They come here to avoid the hassles in bigger cities so lets give them a small town good experience. Invite Right Part-time Does not seem to be working Invite Right Part-time For Vail to remain attractive, protection of its best assets, the environment and the creek, is essential Invite Right Part-time HOUSING FOR LOW -MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES AND SEASONAL EMPLOYEES Invite Right Part-time I know housing for local workers has to be a priority but you specify Chamonix which is going to affect the bus I use (Meadow Creek). I would rather see the town invest in something down valley (Eagle Vail or Edwards) for the workers and provide bus service. Invite Right Part-time It seems to me that Vail's financial situation is good at the moment, so I put these improvements as highest priority. Also, I think that these 2 things can be improved without huge expenditures, are very important to the success of Vail. Invite Right Part-time It's tough to just pick two. A successful government takes care of ALL important issues and strikes a good balance addressing all of them, while dealing with limited resources. Invite Right Part-time Keep Vail fiscally healthy by keeping the budget down - not by raising taxes. Invite Right Part-time No Invite Right Part-time no, thank you Invite Right Part-time Our most pressing environmental problem is the noise pollution from the highway. Invite Right Part-time Protect the environment Invite Right Part-time The environment is our future Invite Right Part-time There MUST be increased affordable housing available for the talented and hard-working employees or the Town and Vail Resorts. If they cannot find safe and affordable housing, the quality of the TOV experience will decline. There will be a worker shortage and therefore a service issue if people cannot afford to live close to where they work. Invite Right Part-time To me, without guests and economic vitality, you won't have the funds to meet all the demands of the town. Invite Right Part-time Vail should have as much free parking as Avon does for BC Invite Right Part-time We're building way too much; at this rate, it won't be any open space left from East Vail to the Dow Junction! Invite Right Own So many of these are important, but economics (wide gamut of issues business impact this) and environmental sustainability (to include taking care of only Gore Creek) are at the top of my list. Invite Right Own Vail mountain ticket prices are to high. They are making it too business expensive to come to Vail to ski. Rentals have decreased. only Invite Right Get mail Keeping Vail competitive and people visiting the town are a large part of only Vail's vitality-- and the creek is one of Vail's greatest assets. Invite Wrong Year-round I find it troubling that even workers who apply for, and own, deed *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 229 July 5, 2016 - Page 309 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Community Priorities restricted housing are still renting out rooms to assist with their mortgage. Vail Mountain should worry about keeping Vail competitive, the Town of Vail should be supporting the existing residents. Invite Wrong Year-round No Invite Wrong Year-round parking for visitors/guests would be like 1b ! but you don't offer the 3rd choice . Invite Wrong Year-round The more people who visit Vail the bigger a strain is put on gore creek and the environment here in general. Glad to see the town offers these subjects as priorities. Invite Wrong Year-round The setback from Gore Creek and creeks feeding the Gore should be at least 50 feet Invite Wrong Year-round Tired of 'guests' being the priority'. There is no community in keeping guests happy Invite Wrong Year-round Town should be involved with housing on land outside of Vail. Invite Wrong Year-round We need parking We need to be able to live in town Invite Wrong Work only Government should not be in the housing business or legislating much of how the public lives in town (i.e. forcing people to recycle) Invite Wrong Work only Please SLOW down Vail Trail 'Renovation'. The focus has always been on Vail's economy, it's time to please focus more on the local PEOPLE. You are losing many great people from working here!! Invite Wrong Part-time At present, I place a very high priority on the planting of evergreen trees in front of the new & old employee housing and along the highway on both sides in West Vail. Please do something to improve the beauty and wholesomeness of this side of town. Invite Wrong Part-time Gore Creek is a high priority but I am concerned the Town is going to go after the resident because that is easy target versus taking on CDOT, the town itself, and Vail Recreation District which is probably 95% of the problem. Invite Wrong Part-time The town has focused on Vail Resorts for so long and has ignored the residents of the town. It is time the town begin to refocus on the needs of its residents. Invite Wrong Part-time Vail is getting overburdened. It's time to focus on what made Vail such a beautiful valley and get back to basics. Invite Don't know Year-round Full winter bus schedule as soon as the mountain opens. Invite Don't know Year-round It is important to keep in mind the full time residents when building new structures and not just how much money and taxes can be made. Invite Don't know Year-round no Invite Don't know Year-round The actions being taken re Gore Creek are inconsistent and do not take sufficient notice of the pollution from the 1-70 particularly all the mag chloride mountains on the bike path. Invite Don't know Year-round We need housing options and have needed them since I moved here 20 years ago. Not just in Vail. It only seems to be a priority when it becomes a crisis and then we still have to wait for solutions to come to fruition which is too late. Invite Don't know Year-round Without parking or the environment there is no Vail. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 230 July 5, 2016 - Page 310 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Community Priorities Invite Don't know Part-time Above question would only allow me to drag 2 choices; 3. Transportation needs. 4. Gore Creek. 5. Environmental sustainability. 6. Guest relations. 7. Budget, etc. 8. Economic vitality. 9. Housing Invite Don't know Part-time If the voting residents of Vail do not see the community as a resort community, but rather as a retirement or vacation community, then town goals and objectives will change. Invite Don't know Part-time There was no cost effective way to get from Vail to the front range before Bustang. Invite Don't know Part-time will not let me add the rest of the reply's in order but parking is my highest priority then transportation (buses) Invite Don't know Get mail Vail is nothing without continued strong visitor numbers only Invite Year-round Not really, only that we MUST maintain the environment in order to attract guests to the area AND we must treat the guests properly in order to get them to return WITH their friends Invite Year-round The other items are equally as important. However, if you can't provide the parking and transportation for all the guests, visitors and residents you leave guests and locals with a negative experience. I hate seeing our guests walking in ski boots up and down the frontage roads. Some as far as Donovan park. Invite Year-round Wildlife is still being slaughtered on i70!!! Fences!!!!!!!! Open Right Year-round By parking opportunities.... I don't mean build another structure and charge them $100/car... I mean build something FREE. 2nd. It doesn't make sense that most of the people that work in Vail have to live in Gypsum. Seriously, Gypsum and Eagle have built thriving communities using the money the Town of Vail pays its employees since they had to move down valley and spend it all there. It was a bad move from the start. One section of Vail should be entirely reserved for employees (and it can't be trashy apartments, this are high quality employees and they will need nice housing). Open Right Year-round Economic Vitality is a tie with environmental sustainability. would like to see TOV develop wildlife corridors along Sandstone Creek under 170. Open Right Year-round Great transportation systems should alleviate some of the need for more and more and more parking. Open Right Year-round Housing has become a huge issue with rent prices sky rocketing in the past 2 years. Affordable housing is IMPORTANT. Gore creek is also a great natural and economic resource that needs to be managed and sustained more efficiently. Open Right Year-round I am perplexed by the seeming lack of coordination and cooperation between the TOV and VR. VR seems totally uninterested in providing affordable housing for it's employees. In a perfect world this should be a symbiotic relationship. I don't understand why the old, and decaying, employee housing units remain standing. The construction of the new units was long overdue and should be expanded so as to replace the remaining older buildings *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 231 July 5, 2016 - Page 311 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Community Priorities Open Right Year-round I feel that Aspen, Telluride, Summit, Winter Park, and even Avon have more going on than Vail. More live music! Open Right Year-round Let's impress our guests when they come and keep them coming back. A fiscally strong town can afford to be generous when it counts most. Keep the town financially strong. Open Right Year-round Let's keep this Mountain environment alive and thriving. Open Right Year-round Many working class citizens have no where to live. I've noticed the quality of workers has gone down because we don't have the pool of workers to choose from because there is no where for them to live. I know many people who didn't stay this winter from last because they couldn't find or afford housing. Without workers, service will suffer, business won't be able to stay open, tourists will try another resort if the level of service isn't there. Open Right Year-round More than just houses for middle income families, middle income apartments would also be nice for those who live and work here but could afford an entire house. Open Right Year-round no Open Right Year-round Not really sure if we need the 1-70 underpass at its cost. Not the best decision as we all know there will be added budget expenses as well. Also, the new Golf Course building was a total bust..probably more a criticism of poor leadership at the time with the Vail Rec Board. Open Right Year-round Staffing is difficult because parking and housing is tough. They're related. Open Right Year-round The other items seem to take care of themselves. It is these two areas - because they have 'less of a voice' that should be given more weight in the coming years. Open Right Year-round Two of my co-workers in my department of the school district are homeless. Housing and homelessness issues are significant enough that middle class people are homeless. (According to McKenny-Vento definition. Open Right Year-round Vail needs to house its workers! Open Right Year-round Vail should take a leadership role in environmental sustainability, which automatically includes the protection of Gore Creek and what is left of the 'natural ' character of the Gore Range. People come here to find and appreciate these qualities. If we come to resemble the places these visitors come from we loose our SOUL. We should strive to inspire our guest to return to their homes with more respect for nature and the geophysical systems that make life on this planet possible. Open Right Work only can we get some signs for International and covered bridges telling people the river is not a wishing well, its probably THEIR drinking water so please don't pollute it with coins. Open Right Work only Guest relations and service will naturally become better with more housing and year round employees. Open Right Work only I think that housing should not be provided in town. As i mentioned earlier in the survey the TOV has operated a slum for years they owned Timber Ridge. There are options for housing out by gypsum. Nothing *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 232 July 5, 2016 - Page 312 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Community Priorities says housing has to be on million dollar property. Open Right Work only like any business Vail has to be fiscally responsible. The town also needs to continue to evolve to stay in a position of competiveness Open Right Work only Most important thing I see for Vail is, that like any good business, the town must remain fiscally responsible. Vail must also keep improving, reinventing and investing in events that help with that Open Right Work only No Open Right Work only The project on the gore will not go away as long as we are putting chemicals on our roads. We need to find other organic solutions to ice & road maintenance to keep our water clean. Open Right Part-time More frequent bus service (at least on the half hour) for East Vail - it is growing and needs it! It would mean more business in Vail village! In off season, my friends and I sometimes don't make even one trip over. Who wants to finish dinner at 9:05 and wait an hour for a bus?! Open Right Part-time My third choice is making sure employees can commute within a reasonable distance to Vail with cheap Transpo and reasonable housing costs. Do not become Aspen. Other areas are rated neutral because I think TOV is doing a decent job so keep it up. Open Right Part-time No Open Right Part-time Ten years ago Vail always ranked 1 or 2 in skier surveys. It's slipped considerably. That's why I put an emphasis on guest relations. Open Right Part-time We have to make a good work force possible and without housing, this cannot happen. We need places for people to congregate for entertainment and meetings. That will keep visitors coming and the economy continue to grow. Open Right Own Hello ... where is the housing for seniors? business only Open Right Get mail I feel it's necessary to maintain natural resources so those who enjoy the only mountain life and it's beauty continues even at the expense of commercialism. Safety, beauty of the natural resources offered in Vail are what I call 'my happy place' Open Wrong Year-round Again, the roads in this town are an enviormental bad joke! Use the street sweeper in E Vail in winter when roads are not snow packed. Also it n the parking structures Open Wrong Year-round Fire creek is up there. It's already pretty awesome, we need to keep it that way Open Wrong Year-round Housing and parking for employees should be a priority Open Wrong Year-round Housing is in a crisis. If it is not fixed, eventually, we will not have a functioning community as workers cannot afford to live here. Open Wrong Year-round Please note my first comment of this survey- vail does not care enough about providing housing for its working class families. You might get lucky and find a studio or 1 bedroom condo somewhat close by, but you literally have to move to Gypsum or Dotsero to find any sort of proper family living. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 233 July 5, 2016 - Page 313 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Community Priorities Open Wrong Year-round Taxis should not be $80 to get from Vail to Avon. Open Wrong Year-round The town needs to walk it's talk on the creek. The problems were Invite Right Year-round exacerbated when the heated streets went in. Going after homeowners Invite Right Year-round for the 'riparian area' while allowing the golf course to fertilize and mow right up to the bank is bullshit. Open Wrong Work only It cost to much to live and work here. Minimal effort is put in to help the resident workers. This needs to change. Open Wrong Work only The visitors will continue to come, but you need to make things affordable for the year round community in order to create a 'real' and established community that will anchor and keep this community healthy and stable. Open Wrong Work only Vail has to start caring more about service and low/middle income residents sooner than later. Costs of living are spiraling. Does TOV want all employees to have to live in leadville? Open Wrong Part-time Subsidized housing is a joke. Why do our tax dollars go to subsidize Vail Resorts et al because they don't pay their workers enough to live here? It's real simple - if people can't afford it, they won't stay and the rates will increase. Open Wrong Own actually, my number one priority would be to have a rec district that business would allow us to have a disc golf course like a real town. The one on the only mountain is wonderful but is private. A town course would allow a lot more use. The Peninsula in Frisco administered by their rec dept is a wonderful place with an incredible amount of use. Open Wrong , dumb survey, did you hire the Fail daily to make this survey? Open Don't know Year-round Can't see a right-hand list. Highest priority is local mid -income housing. Open Don't know Year-round I-70 NOISE MITIGATION!!!!!! ENFORCE THE SPEED LIMITS!!!! Open Don't know Year-round The survey would nit allow me to drag budget and capital management to the right as the third priority. Open Don't know Part-time if parking cost more it would dampen demand and make it more available for those who truly need it Open Don't know Part-time it's tough to rank these. Economic vitality is of course very important as well. Open Year-round Senior housing needs should also be included. They may now be retired and not working. They still should be able to qualify for housing opportunities. Q. 31: What type of enclosed community/cultural facility would you like to see created, and what types of activities would you want to accommodate there? Survey Direction Resident Enclosed Community/Cultural Facility Type and Activities Invite Right Year-round A community rec center. Gym, pool etc. Invite Right Year-round A conference center, arena, multi purpose facility. Invite Right Year-round A cultural, educational, performing arts, concert venue, enclosed, theater style seating, state of the art technology Invite Right Year-round a multiuse convention facility *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 234 July 5, 2016 - Page 314 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Enclosed Community/Cultural Facility Type and Activities Invite Right Year-round A place to be able to hold concerts indoors with a stage and also to hold workshops. Invite Right Year-round An enclosed year round event/conference center that can be used for concerts, corporate events, and community events. Invite Right Year-round As mentioned before, a Vilar type facility, but that may be not feasible when Vilar as it is. Something bigger than Donavon, which is a great facility to many events. Invite Right Year-round Attractive and centrally located conference facility, not an over size convention center. The best location is the east end of the Lionshead parking structure - centrally located and convenient to both Vail Village and Lionshead. Invite Right Year-round Better /more affordable gym Invite Right Year-round between lionshead and cascade conferences Invite Right Year-round builidng that could have multiple purposes, including large meeting spaces. Donovan is really the only space we have right now, except for hotel ballroom space. Invite Right Year-round Center for Seniors Pool Invite Right Year-round Concerts Invite Right Year-round Concerts, Lectures, Speakers, Conferences that bring visitors to Vail during non -peak times. Invite Right Year-round Conference center with breakout rooms so that groups could hold regional and national meetings in Vail. Invite Right Year-round Conference center, which has been brought up numerous time over the past couple of decades. Invite Right Year-round Conference with high tech capability to accommodate medical and technical meetings. Location should be on the east end of Lionshead parking structure - centrally located between Vail and Lionshead villages. Invite Right Year-round Don't know Invite Right Year-round Educational/Cultural facility. Invite Right Year-round Even though it has been voted down before, the TOV needs a modest Rec center with pool. We have to drive to Avon or Gypsum for our kids to access a pool. As for the Congress Hall, I'm not sure that we need to become a town dependant on the large convention business. Invite Right Year-round Expand Donovan Invite Right Year-round Flexible Meeting Space different in size to what is offered in hotels, so as not to compete, but enhance their efforts ... not too 'specialized' or to 'world class'...this limits usability, either because of cost or because of the needs of group. Invite Right Year-round I don't know Invite Right Year-round I think of the amazing opportunities that the Ford Amphitheater provides in the summer, and how amazing it would be if there was a place to provide that year round. The space between the lions head parking structure and the ice area could be utilized perhaps. I know this is expensive and there are many wonderful facilities already though. Invite Right Year-round I think we need some sort of gym/rec center in Vail. It would be *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 235 July 5, 2016 - Page 315 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Enclosed Community/Cultural Facility Type and Activities something for tourist to do on a bad weather day or when they need a break from skiing but also a place for families to hang out and build a community. Right now we have to drive to Edwards or even Eagle/Gypsum to attend any large family events or use the pool. When you go to those events or rec centers you feel a sense of community that Vail seems to lack. Invite Right Year-round I would like to see a recreation center most of all. Invite Right Year-round I would want to accommodate recreational activities., and maybe family activities, community activities to interact with other people from the community Invite Right Year-round If you are talking about a convention or conference center, we've already gone that route. As a property manager we collected a lodging tax for the Town to fund it and the community voted it down. The feeling was that the conference center could not support itself and would be too expensive to maintain and run. I don't know that anything haschanged. Invite Right Year-round If you make a convention center, make it big enough to work. Invite Right Year-round Indoor tennis! Indoor pool! Invite Right Year-round It would be nice to have a facility that could accommodate speakers and musicians Invite Right Year-round It would be nice to have a place like the Vilar Center in Vail. Cascade has the empty space which has been empty for years. Not sure why? Maybe there is not enough need for this in Vail since we have one in BC Invite Right Year-round Multi-purpose recreational space with meeting areas and pool. Invite Right Year-round Redo Dobson! Invite Right Year-round Something similar to the vilar center/conference center. Invite Right Year-round Stage/Theater, community gathering place for local groups Invite Right Year-round Tennis. Pool. Invite Right Year-round Tough because spaces like this are often under utilized. With appropriate management it may be viable, but Donovan Pavilion should be sufficient for the time being. Invite Right Year-round update Dobson to allow for more events Invite Right Year-round We have plenty of conference space already, we need more arts, music, performances in the winter. Invite Right Year-round We need a better concert venue for many reasons, including safety. I would like it to be an outdoor venue. Invite Right Year-round We should be able to utilize Dobson Ice Arena for other events. Invite Right Year-round Would love to see a town pool and rec/community center. Multi use center. Invite Right Work only A large conference area that could rival Dobson or the Marriott facilities. Invite Right Work only already have Donovan Pavilion, the room in the LH parking structure, Dobson arena, the Amphitheatre. can any of these be utilized? Invite Right Work only multi -use, capable of accommodating 1,200 people. Anything much short of that duplicates existing facilities. I know, I know ... *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 236 July 5, 2016 - Page 316 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Enclosed Community/Cultural Facility Type and Activities Invite Right Work only Something similar to the Cascade tennis courts that are now going away. Invite Right Work only Surrounding mountain towns all have a great REC center, work out room, community room, pool and or ICE rink. We as a family use DOBSON and would love to see an updated rink with above mentioned amenities. Brings tax revenues to town. Invite Right Work only Weddings, sporting events, concerts Invite Right Work only Year round dance, music, speakers, sports - multi -use, offering what a ball room in a hotel cannot Invite Right Part-time A larger convention hall space that can be broken down for smaller uses and maybe a hotel attached. Yes, like the one that got voted down... Invite Right Part-time A stadium Invite Right Part-time A theatre -type space (similar to Vilar in Beaver Creek) to support a variety of performing arts venues and community use. Invite Right Part-time Common area event permanent stages. Invite Right Part-time Concerts, plays, etc. Don't want to have to go to Beaver Creek all the time. Invite Right Part-time concerts, specialty trade fairs, educational conferences Invite Right Part-time convention center -- something to drive business in the off season Invite Right Part-time Convention Center for large groups such as in Whistler. Invite Right Part-time Convention center. Invite Right Part-time Convention space Invite Right Part-time Disappointed we voted down the convention center years ago. Need a facility to attract larger groups to keep us viable. Invite Right Part-time Facility for indoor concerts in winter. Invite Right Part-time I would like a modern, beautiful and ecologically sound convention center with the capacity for small and moderately sized gatherings available year round. Invite Right Part-time I would like to see a venue such as Wheeler Opera House or Vilar for concerts, plays, comedians, Warren Miller, public forums, etc. Invite Right Part-time I would like to see concerts like those at the Vilar Center in BC. I don't like driving up there to see a concert that I would definitely go to in Vail. Invite Right Part-time Large indoor arena, Concerts, athletic events, conventions, art shows , fairs of various types Invite Right Part-time lectures concerts meetings Invite Right Part-time More convention/meeting facilities. Invite Right Part-time move some concerts from Vilar to Vail facility so we can have top entertainment in winter indoors Invite Right Part-time performance facility that could accomodate music and lectures/workshops Invite Right Part-time Perhaps team up with Vail Resorts to incorporate a Civic Center/Ballroom into Ever Vail or some other project. It would benefit both the City's ability to attract larger meetings as well as drive resort demand/usage. Invite Right Part-time Popular music concerts, venue suitable for large business meetings & *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 237 July 5, 2016 - Page 317 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Enclosed Community/Cultural Facility Type and Activities conference center Invite Right Part-time Quality indoor concert venue. A modern something in between Belly Up and New Sheridan Opera. Invite Right Part-time Rec Center Invite Right Part-time Some type of medium sized convention center as previously proposed Invite Right Part-time Something large and flexible so as to have meetings, indoor concerts, kid events etc. Invite Right Part-time Something like what is available down valley Invite Right Part-time Something similar to but smaller than the Vilar center, e.g. a playhouse or small concert venue. Invite Right Part-time Such a structure should not overwhelm its surroundings and still should adequate space for events. Invite Right Part-time The amphitheater is sufficient. No need to replicate vilar Invite Right Part-time There are options already available and it would need to be analyzed whether the infrastructure is in place to support such a center Invite Right Part-time This would depend on the towns roadmap for growth. Invite Right Part-time Track, Weight and Workout Room, Senior Center, Basketball Court, Invite Right Part-time winter concerts summer art fairs Invite Right Part-time would be able to do some group business Invite Right Own Large meeting/convention center Groups business only Invite Right Own trade shows, small conventions business only Invite Right Own Vail needs a convention center to draw business events. If developed business correctly, the facility could be used for other events as well. only Invite Right Get mail A venue similar to the Vilar. Shows and music that is reasonably prices. only Invite Right Get mail conference center only Invite Right Get mail Like the Vilar only Invite Right Get mail something that can be used across the board for trade shows, mass only education, concerts, art shows etc Invite Right Get mail The conference center should have passed years ago. Now Vail is behind only other resorts without such a facility Invite Wrong Year-round - conference center. Keep biz conferences in Vail - auditorium - movie screen element (for Vail Film Fest, Symposium, etc) - access for non- profits at a reduced rate Invite Wrong Year-round A convention hall/meeting center/artists' venue. Possibly funded by a mix of private and public sources. Check out the Banff Centre. Invite Wrong Year-round A Vilar Center *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 238 July 5, 2016 - Page 318 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Enclosed Community/Cultural Facility Type and Activities Invite Wrong Year-round An indoor concert venue Invite Wrong Year-round Concerts, Plays, community lectures Invite Wrong Year-round Indoor climbing. Indoor stage. Invite Wrong Year-round indoor tennis Invite Wrong Year-round the reason I said 'somewhat' was because w/out appropriate parking you cannot accommodate adequate size crowds so I really don't know or envision what kind of events I would want to draw .the options are infinite (i.e. large/med/small convention center] as long as there is parking and bed base to support larger numbers. plus where are you going to get the employees to staff a big convention center ? it is just another so-so paying job that one would have to hobble together w/ another one and pay for parking to come to work after driving from downvalley. will it work to be all things to all people [the potential customer] ? shouldn't we just get better at being what we are - give the world the best ski experience ? [which by the way speaks to earlier point of the local is not able to enjoy , which is why I settled here and raised a family. do you want us to leave /go away ?? most of us are college- educated but the job options are not accordingly so, so one opts for a lifestyle, but that is slipping away in some aspects. I have not thrown the towel yet.] Invite Wrong Year-round We were going to build a conference center... but that all fell apart, and now we have a huge golf clubhouse. There really is no place to build anything like this so the question is moot. Invite Wrong Part-time Ford Amphitheater seems to serve the purpose, as well as Vail Mt School & Vilar. Invite Wrong Part-time Indoor musical performances Invite Wrong Part-time More amphitheaters and childrens playgrounds Invite Wrong Part-time My first question would be where would this be built? I would want the facility to be designed and located somewhere to maintain the 'charm' that I feel Vail has lost over the years. I am not sure what types of activities I would want to see take place within this structure and would have to give this more thought or see a list of possibilities. Invite Wrong Part-time something tastefully built Invite Wrong Get mail Indoor Tennis Facility only Invite Don't know Year-round A FACILITY FOR THE SENIOR POPULATION PROGRAMS FOR THE OLDER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY Invite Don't know Year-round Concert venue as part of building Invite Don't know Year-round Concerts, Invite Don't know Year-round Conference center or rec center Invite Don't know Year-round Depends on demand, what events are planned, Business plan, financial requirements & do some research on what that would look like. Invite Don't know Year-round I would just like it to be on budget and I would not support additional taxes for it. Invite Don't know Year-round Large venue for concerts *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 239 July 5, 2016 - Page 319 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Enclosed Community/Cultural Facility Type and Activities Invite Don't know Year-round No comment except to say that the Town has been discussing this issue for decades and nothing has been done about it. Invite Don't know Year-round Rec Center with Pool!!!!!!! Its very sad that Avon has a recreation center and Vail does not!!! Invite Don't know Work only Multi use suitable for performing arts and corpoate meetings Invite Don't know Part-time convention center with banquet hall, breakout meeting room, and exhibit space Invite Don't know Part-time Meeting space for 200 Invite Don't know Part-time Swimming pool Invite Don't know Part-time We already have the top floor of the Lionshead building? Invite Year-round I would rather see an indoor recreation center with a pool! There are plenty of cultural activities in the Town of Vail Invite Year-round MAYBE the large enclosed venues are best left to the 'big city' & let's keep our 'small town' roots intact without sacrificing world-class services. We need only to look at nearby Leadville where, had it not been for the drop in silver and had they had sustainable services like snow sports and other outdoor activities they might STILL be referred to as ' the Paris of the West '. Invite Year-round Pool. Tennis. Pickle. Tennis. Gym. Tennis. Open Right Year-round a 250 to 300 seat venue for concerts ( all genre), theatre, film, lectures, stand up comics and access for community usage for graduations, local dance company's etc..... Open Right Year-round A large concert venue that is convertible. Open Right Year-round A multi=purpose facility incorporating a public recreation center (w/ pool, weights, aerobics, etc) w/ extra space for community public events/meetings. Open Right Year-round a multi-purpose facility that can accommodate concerts, lectures, theater and art exhibits Open Right Year-round A swimming pool! Open Right Year-round A theater with a dance rehearsal space Open Right Year-round A town community center, that hosts more speakers, concerts, etc. Open Right Year-round Along the lines of Vilar Center - but more affordable for locals Open Right Year-round An event center for indoor sporting events and live music. Open Right Year-round An indoor theatre for concerts would be nice or a more versatile sports arena would be nice similar to the WEBMERC in Edwards. That would support winter soccer or lacrosse tournaments. That could also be an opportunity to provide lower income residents with access to a gym without paying $100 a month (Steamboat has a gym that is around $30- 40 a month for residents, reasonable and helps build the community). Open Right Year-round An inspiring civic meeting place for community events and education with an auditorium, stage, classrooms,and film theater. The Jackson Hole Center for the Arts could be a good model. Open I Right Year-round I arts/cultural/music center similar to Jackson's center Open I Right Year-round I Attract new groups of people to the town with different events, thus, a *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 240 July 5, 2016 - Page 320 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Enclosed Community/Cultural Facility Type and Activities different gathering space. Open Right Year-round Can Donovan Pavilion not provide this? Open Right Year-round Community center for information on all activities and visitors, newcomers, new residents, housing assistance, medical/dental, local bulletin board of sorts with options for low-income childcare center or hourly center for visitors. Open Right Year-round Community meeting rooms (there may be some at the library, I do not know) of different sizes, providing options for small business people, which should be at a reasonable/nominal charge. Open Right Year-round conference center Open Right Year-round Conference center Open Right Year-round Conference space to attract conference in the shoulder seasons and keep activity in the village and hotels. This is a great location to do a conference/ get away. Open Right Year-round Conventions, entertainment Open Right Year-round Field house/rec center Open Right Year-round Ford Amp is great but can only be used in the summer; would like to see something in the winter that doesn't cause Dobson to close Open Right Year-round Ice and theater Open Right Year-round In some ways I think this facility already exists in Donovan Park. Perhaps this structure needs to be leveraged more to accommodate a wider range of events. Open Right Year-round Indoor play areas for kids it's very difficult to get your kids out and active in the winter season here. They need a good place to go and play inside Open Right Year-round large conference center to drive off season business. Open Right Year-round Maybe a theater-type space to host indoor concerts, shows, speakers, etc. Open Right Year-round Multi-use facility to offer quality indoor concerts (to be competitive with the Vilar Center) conference facility, etc. that all hotels could use. Similar to the one the TOV voters voted in and then the opposition, foolishly voted down at a later date. This ultimately seemed to go against the general public. Open Right Year-round multi-use, public and private Open Right Year-round Rec. center, gym Open Right Year-round reuse/rehab existing CMC facilities at Cascade -- very affordable for a variety of community uses and events Open Right Year-round structure for conferences Open Right Year-round We have Donovan and Grandview Room which both hold meetings and weddings pretty well, we are missing an epic Recreational Building with a pool. You have to drive out of Vail to take the kids swimming. Open Right Year-round We need a concert venue to take the place of Gartons. What ever happened to the Solaris promiss? Open Right Year-round Would love to have a Vilar-type venue in Vail somewhere, with Vilar- type events. It would be bigger than Vilar, and able to have bigger name *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 241 July 5, 2016 - Page 321 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Enclosed Community/Cultural Facility Type and Activities shows. Open Right Year-round Would love to see a large performance space. I think that is the main civic building that we are missing as a town. Would love to see a winter Bravo festival. I don't like going to the Vilar but I would go to the Vail space all the time. Open Right Year-round YMCA Type of facility for kids Open Right Work only A $10 mill convention center0 Open Right Work only A Congress Hall for local events and conference business. A gathering venue. Open Right Work only A multi-purpose space holding 1000 ppl which could be divided into smaller spaces. Food prep is a must. Basically a Donovan space 4 times bigger. Open Right Work only A multi -use facility that could host large conferences, concerts, etc. Open Right Work only A recreation center would be a nice addition for Vail families who cannot afford private places and who do not want to drive to Avon or Minturn. The center would have activities for all ages and exercise classes such as spin, yoga, zumba, etc.. There would also be a nursery which could be utilized for younger children. Open Right Work only Better indoor music/convention style location to attract year round guests and business. Open Right Work only concert venue Open Right Work only Convention center 0 Open Right Work only family oriented activities Open Right Work only Kids activities Open Right Work only Multi purpose auditorium for plays, speeches, conferences. Open Right Work only Something akin to the Cascade tennis courts that are going to be torn down. Or, another Dobson -type of venue. Open Right Work only They need a weed shop in Vail Open Right Work only Vail Art Museum Open Right Part-time A venue to attract medium-sized meetings and events. How can Cascade be used more effectively? Was a good venue for recent Film Festival. Open Right Part-time an auditorium Open Right Part-time Convention type space that could be used for more off season and summer activities / group meetings / convention type activities. Open Right Part-time conventions Open Right Part-time enclosed, all season, full service facility to handle groups and staff in the area of 1000 people. Open Right Part-time I agree that this could be a valued asset and it is needed - if not a current priority, certainly within the next 10 years. If structured right, it could be quite economically viable. Indoor entertainment venue, small conventions, lecture halls and meeting space. Quite intriguing to think about.... Open Right Part-time Limited size facility to attract smaller conventions - gatherings. Promote use off season and summers *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 242 July 5, 2016 - Page 322 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Enclosed Community/Cultural Facility Type and Activities Open Right Part-time multiuse for daytime sports and nighttime concerts shows etc Open Right Part-time See last comment! Open Right Part-time Space for meeting, conventions and winter shows and entertainment Open Right Part-time The missed chance to have a convention type center Open Right Part-time What happened to the community center that we were collecting tax dollars for 10-15 years ago? Open Right Own Affordable ones... business only Open Right Own Space for 500-1000 ppl in a theater setting with at least one additional business (and dividable) banquet space to accommodate the same number as the only theater. Some gallery and outdoor space would be a bonus but very viable. Activities -performances, education, receptions, exhibitions, social events. (ie: Maui Arts & Cultural Center) Open Right Get mail A larger space than Donovan Pavilion that could be used for public & only private events Open Right Get mail culture center of some kind only Open Right Get mail Like the Vilar only Open Right Get mail rec sports teams, community center, professional development classes only Open Right Get mail Small scale arena that can accommodate various activities ranging from only sports to indoor festivals and birthday parties. Similar to the WECMRD field house in Edwards but also with open space for maybe a Holiday Arts/Crafts Festival for an indoor fair. Open Right Get mail Something along the lines of the Vilar Center only Open Right Accomodate larger meetings and perhaps rock concerts Open Wrong Year-round concert venue Open Wrong Year-round Concerts, farmers market Open Wrong Year-round Cultural and educational Open Wrong Year-round I would like to see an art center in Vail. There is little to no year round arts culture because there is no place that can act as the epicenter. IT would be great if it included a performance space, educational space (maybe w/Bravo!) and visual art space and a community space. Open Wrong Year-round I would love it if Vail had a better music scene. Open Wrong Year-round Is this not what Cascade is for? Open Wrong Year-round recreation center as in Avon and Gypsum Open Wrong Year-round Tennis courts plus whatever since ours will soon be gone Open Wrong Year-round theater simlliar to jackson's: http://www.jhcenterforthearts.org/ Open Wrong Work only Activities for guest children Open Wrong Work only concerts, sporting events, award and opening ceremonies for events. Open Wrong Part-time Convention Center needed. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 243 July 5, 2016 - Page 323 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Enclosed Community/Cultural Facility Type and Activities Open Wrong Part-time I'm not interested so much in the activities --I just want the space for them to get them out of downtown and off the MT. Open Wrong Get mail only A more central location for concerts and family events (maybe indoors, so weather not a factor). Solaris would be nice but hasn't really fulfilled this mission consistently; nor does it feel very welcoming. Open Don't know Year-round a multi -use facility; shared work space, concerts, convention center- esque... something state of the art that would blow peoples mind Open Don't know Year-round an amphitheater like in Minturn Open Don't know Year-round concerts, art festivals Open Don't know Year-round Events Center Open Don't know Year-round High-end business gatherings Bravo -type activities Open Don't know Year-round I think partnering with CMC may be a helpful way to achieve the needs. While CMC sits outside the town of Vail, there may be mutual benefit to construction of an events center as part of the campus. Open Don't know Year-round Indoor field house for young athletes Indoor Recreation Center with swimming, tennis and workout facility Time to Close Red Sandstone school and make better use ofb that land Move employee housing down Valley Open Don't know Year-round Local athletics in Winter to not have to drive to Edwards Open Don't know Year-round pool, recreational center for locals and tourists Open Don't know Year-round Recreation / Gym Open Don't know Year-round Somewhere to hold conventions, better place for live music & the arts. Open Don't know Work only Create more corporate/large group/event activity year round Open Don't know Work only large high end conferences, social and cultural events, large seminars Open Don't know Work only These spaces are always very helpful Open Don't know Part-time convention space Open Don't know Own business only Really, agaln? *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 244 July 5, 2016 - Page 324 of 433 Q. 32: There has been discussion about various techniques to expand work force housing opportunities in the area. Please provide your suggestions. Survey Direction Resident Suggestions for Work Force Housing Invite Right Work only Spend as much town funds on housing for community as you do on clubhouses, skate parks, pickleball, public art, etc and the town would Invite Right Year-round have greatly improved housing opportunities. Invite Right Part-time rather than coercing builders to help with modest housing, give Invite Right Year-round incentives! Open Right Year-round Buy back available units which are occupied only a few weeks in the year and modify/rebuild to house full-time residents. Open Right Part-time Building more affordable housing within the bus service areas. Open Wrong Work only Redo the town housing rents. They are too high. Is there a reason to just keep raising them? Why is the attitude that you have to make Invite Right Year-round money on them? Why is break even not acceptable? Open Don't know Year-round I Chamonix development Q. 32: Any comments on your responses? Survey Direction Resident Comments about Work Force Housing Invite Right Year-round Affordable housing needs to be built by private investors, not by the public tax dollar. Invite Right Year-round As a taxpayer, I do NOT think it is my responsibility to provide housing for 'for profit businesses'. That is their cost of doing business - not mine. Invite Right Year-round Because of the cost of land in Vail, and the cost to build housing, developers cannot sell something that is affordable and make any profit. I think it would be better to be able to build affordable housing in an area where a developer can make some profit. A better transportation system to and from Vail and possibly park/ride locations down valley would help with this. Invite Right Year-round housing is critically needed. down valley housing only helps down valley communities Invite Right Year-round I don't think work force housing is necessary. The laws around this are getting to be ridiculous and I think will hurt future home construction in Vail. Invite Right Year-round It makes sense to look at Avon for housing as available land in Vail is limited and more expensive. Expanding bus service to accommodate workers would be essential to success of such development as parking is already a problem in Vail. Invite Right Year-round Need housing for managers not just line staff Invite Right Year-round Stop building the housing, employer need to pay workers competitive rate. We the citizens do not need to have our taxes spent on housing without enforced regulation. You have proved over the years this does not work, ask the local post office who lives where or do yearly checks. Get your act together before making the situation worse. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 245 July 5, 2016 - Page 325 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Work Force Housing Invite Right Year-round Vail is late to the game, missed another window of opportunity during recession to buy & re -develop more property for workforce housing. Timber Falls partial re -build should have happened 15 yrs. earlier, now should be doing rest of it and others as The Roost, not just, finally, Chamonix after 15 yrs. as well Invite Right Year-round Vail Resorts shoud be required to finance and construct sufficient housing for all of their part time employees Invite Right Year-round Workforce housing is critical to Vail's success now and into the future Invite Right Part-time Anything that increases density detracts from the Vail charm. With the amount of money spent on accommodations/homes in Vail, high density employee housing unfortunately needs to be kept nearby but not in immediate town. Invite Right Part-time As stated earlier, we're building way too much, open spaces became a rarity. Because our very limited open spaces left, we HAVE to ask builders to go down valley. Invite Right Part-time Developers can subsidize housing for their workers in an area where they can be transported in Invite Right Part-time I would not be in favor of building a new town building for cultural and community activities. We would be much better off spending money on parking facilities to solve a real problem. Invite Right Part-time Local government cannot solve this problem by itself. Government needs to be supportive of appropriate market solutions. Invite Right Part-time Nobody talks about overpopulation as the cause of many problems like global warming, traffic congestion, not enough housing, pollution. I think we need to limit population growth. Look at what is happening in Denver ... so many people with so many cars. Gridlock and the quality of life is disappearing. I was just in LA and could not believe people live in traffic the way they do. Invite Right Part-time There's a delicate balance between creating an urban envoronment (with things like arenas for large scale events) and a full featured world class vacation community. Arena seems a little much for Vail. Invite Right Part-time this is an impossible task Invite Wrong Year-round At this point we are just building Beaver Creek, but backwards in process. Invite Wrong Year-round Explore housing partnerships with down valley communities, needs to be coupled with transportation. Invite Wrong Year-round I think that housing could be better done just outside of Vail, rather than forcing more people into an already crowded Vail section of the Valley Invite Wrong Year-round no more taxes Invite Wrong Year-round please not allow not resident homeowners all the same benefits as fulltime residents Invite Wrong Year-round the Chamonix project must happen for helpfulness to the working local but it doesn't accommodate where a family can grow up and live in Vail and call it home and vote in elections and encourage citizen participants so I think it is a good idea on your part to help w/ housing downvalley for *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 246 July 5, 2016 - Page 326 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Work Force Housing one to work in Vail whether for the town,VA,or a smaller business in town. that would be cool. Invite Wrong Year-round The Town is overbuilt. Consolidate with Avon and Minturn and use their land for workforce housing. Invite Wrong Year-round We can not add additional hotels and lodging without employee housing Invite Wrong Work only Housing is a top priority. PLEASE stop building luxury condos and mansions! We have enough of that! Please focus on the working locals! Invite Wrong Part-time Low income and staff housing needs to be down valley. Otherwise you'll be killing Vail. Do you really need a survey to figure this out??? Invite Wrong Part-time The town needs to start focusing on its residents more. Too much focus has been in Vail Resorts and the residents have suffered be of it. Invite Wrong Part-time we are feeling crowded already- support downvalley employee housing Invite Don't know Year-round Down valley housing does Vail no good. Invite Don't know Year-round no Invite Don't know Year-round Perhaps the Town needs to look at not allowing private residences to rent through Air B&B, VRBO, etc. and by doing so, reopen those available places for our work force. Invite Don't know Year-round When you say permitting required housing to be built down valley, how far down valley? Invite Don't know Part-time Having a mix of income levels and other types of diversity in a community is important to maintain the vitality of the community. However, that does not mean that it is good to force developers to expand work force housing as an end -in -itself; there needs to be a balance. Not sure where that balance is, but it is not good for the community to be viewed as'too wealthy': or'too poor' Invite Don't know Part-time Its supposed to be a ski town. Open Right Year-round #2 is confusing, does this mean whenever someone builds a home? Open Right Year-round B Open Right Year-round Employee housing is very important but I do not believe that the town should overly subsidize it. Not everyone can afford to live on the gold coast. Open Right Year-round Extending bus service to eagle bend, etc would improve the situation. Open Right Year-round I believe the pressure to build more housing should sit heavier on Vail Resorts Inc. and not so much on developers. Vail Resorts' appetite for workforce has affected local businesses who cannot compete with VR's budget or benefits. I lost 2 year-round employees at my store to Vail Resorts. If Vail Resorts needs to staff their retail stores or hospitality sectors, then THEY should be responsible for finding the staff and housing them. When VR is understaffed that pressure seeps into all sectors of local business. I doubt the issue in Vail, CO is that we do not have enough lawyers or entry level doctors in the valley. The issue for employment comes from all of the jobs that do not match the high cost of living here in Vail, CO. For that reason, Vail should have to house a certain % of its workforce. I cannot imagine a great quality of life commuting for hours per day on the bus to a job running a lift, cleaning *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 247 July 5, 2016 - Page 327 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Work Force Housing restrooms or checking in rental skis. Vail Resorts needs to change that, NOT a developer or realtor. Open Right Year-round I don't think it is the developer's job to take care of the town's employees. Isn't that what the Town Government should be doing? Why put it all off on builders... then they just won't build here. Open Right Year-round I think the Town of Vail needs to figure out how to increase the amount of work force housing within the town limits and how to financially support this housing. Any new large residential buildings and developers should contribute to the housing. We also need to regulate VRBO and AirB&B units. Open Right Year-round if the plan is to permit work force housing down valley, than SUBSIDIZE THE ECO BUS! great your poor, cant afford to live in Vail, pay to take the bus, while everyone in Vail gets free transportation to and from work! Open Right Year-round Is the lack of available land within the town the problem? Open Right Year-round Let's increase density where it makes sense (Chamonix property) and bring families and full-time residents into town. Large employers like Vail Resorts should be required to contribute more work force housing in order to move forward with their plans. Open Right Year-round no Open Right Year-round Something needs to be done to obtain and maintain quality employees. Open Right Year-round The goal should be to make Vail as much a full-time residents town as possible. Open Right Work only Priority needs to be on housing within the TOV. There needs to be a focus on public/private partnerships. Also, developers need to be responsible for adding housing not purchasing existing condos or inventory to fulfill the current requirements. Open Right Work only TOV employees are not entitled to housing that is incredibly expensive. Build down valley. Commuting 1 hour is not a hardship. Open Right Part-time employee housing around city market and safeway has not been maintained well and is becoming somewhat of an eyesore you need to do better Open Right Part-time Housing affordability and increasing the quality and types of education are two areas a growing community must continually address. Towns and cities that neglect these two topics pay the consequences and it doesn't take much time to see a negative impact. Open Right Part-time It is a problem that needs to be addressed as it impacts on the quality of employees who represent Vail. Open Right Part-time Putting the burden of employee housing on developers seems unfair to me. It transfers the sins of the past onto the investors of the future. Open Wrong Year-round Build them down valley .... we are already overcrowded here in West VailM Open Wrong Year-round Instead of putting the burden on the developement communuty... come up with a comprehesive, exectable land plan that provides zoning specific to low income housing. Open Wrong Year-round It appears to me that employee housing availability runs in cycles? Some *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 248 July 5, 2016 - Page 328 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Work Force Housing years a problem, others, not. 'You cant build a church for Easter Sunday' Open Wrong Year-round Too many opportunities to change what has already been exposed to the public only delays action completing a project; Open Wrong Year-round Vail has pushed out and made it almost impossible for working people to live in Vail. Vail should look to Aspen, they have a town not a truck stop on 1-70. Everyone has moved down valley or to Gypsum to have a 'life' because living in 900sf and trying to have a family doesn't work. The cost of living for what you get forces people to leave. Working 4 jobs to afford a shitty condo isn't worth it. Open Wrong Work only In town workers need a place to live. There are soo many benefits to having employees live in town. Open Wrong Part-time We may be an exclusive destination resort but we are also a society that should care for all members of our community, not just the tourons. Open Don't know Year-round Building down -valley is fine if the transportation system supports it. Otherwise you exacerbate the parking problem. Why not consider using zoning as a tool? Other communities have. Open Don't know Year-round I would like to see housing for our work force to help keep our areas LOCAL aside for 2nd homeowners that are here a few weeks a year. We are losing the LOCAL in local. Open Don't know Year-round If the new hotels/development cannot factor in having some employee housing units they are not helping the vail economy. If people with great customer service skills cannot find places to live in vail, they will be unable to work in vail. Vail needs to make it a priority to attract the best workers in the industry if they want to stay on top of the best resort towns to visit list. Open Don't know Year-round Matterhorn workforce housing (particularly P. Knobel's properties) has resulted in more overcrowding than originally allowed, less maintenance and accountability by property owner, increased drugs, speeding, less concern by town authorities ('keep 'em down in Matterhorn'). It makes Town -run employee housing look four-star. Yet employees should be able to live here. I think developers have gotten by on a 'boys' ticket.' Open Don't know Year-round The Town should aggressively pursue the Forest Service property at Dowd Junction. The in -town projects like Lion's Ridge are not attractive. Open Don't know Year-round There are so many hotels with large rooms that there is no need for a big building for community events. Just use one of theirs. Open Don't know Work only Housing is not the responsibility of Town Government. I understand that it is a big factor in the community but I am against artificially creating something to meet subjective need. Let the market meet the need wherever possible. Having only very limited opportunities to help a very limited number of people is problematic in itself. An environment is created where only a certain number of people will have access to the artificially created product is exclusionary and sets the town for what the town is .... just saying. Open Don't know Work only Need to require employers and developers to be part of solution to housing issues. Need fewer 2nd homeowners and more local housing options. Affordable homes. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 249 July 5, 2016 - Page 329 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Work Force Housing Open Don't know Part-time increased density depends on where, ie Timber ridge except just next to Invite Right Part-time Savoy should have been done much denser Build on the upper benches Invite Right Part-time of Donovan Park, way too big an area to devote to open space Q. 34: The Town is currently working on improving and protecting Gore Creek water quality. Please identify the barriers that exist toward your personal use of environmentally friendly landscaping practices on your property. Survey Direction Resident Barrier toward Use of Environmentally Landscaping Practices (other) Invite Right Year-round need knowledge of fire provenitive landscaping Invite Right Part-time Gore Creek trail improvements south of Lionshead Parking Garage are truly ugly including visible irrigation Invite Right Part-time It can be hard to convince others Invite Don't know Year-round I don't have landscaping choices. My landlord prohibits changes. Invite Don't know Year-round The problem is there is no policy for containing noxious weeds along the stream bank. Open Right Year-round Work with residential complexes to redesign trash/recycling facilities to make them more recycling -friendly Q. 36-37: Do you think there is enough parking in the Town of Vail in summer and winter? Survey Direction Resident Any comments on your responses concerning parking? Invite Right Year-round 4th of July week is out of control Invite Right Year-round A few days parking on the frontage road is no big deal Invite Right Year-round Another campaign to encourage carpooling would be good. Invite Right Year-round As many parking spaces you provide, that many people will come (especially on powder days and weekends). I dislike when the mountain is super crowded so I am torn on this subject... Invite Right Year-round Build another garage already Invite Right Year-round Cut back on skier passes Invite Right Year-round During special events and powder days parking is tough. Invite Right Year-round From West Vail one needs a parking strategy to get to Village at peak times. Keeping workers out of structure, providing more alternatives for these very important, pass or not. Is the store owner/mgr. more important than the customer/taxpayer? Invite Right Year-round Frontage Road parking is acceptable with bus service provided. Invite Right Year-round Get rid of frontage parking, just build a new garage! Find the space. Invite Right Year-round having people park on Frontage Road as frequently as they seem to is not viable long term. Invite Right Year-round housing is the problem not parking Invite Right Year-round I already gave my comments. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 250 July 5, 2016 - Page 330 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Any comments on your responses concerning parking? Invite Right Year-round I believe the parking is fine. There will be days when the structures are full but generally this is not an issue. Invite Right Year-round I infrequently use TOV parking so am not sure, I do see cars on the Frontage Road in the Winter and 4th of July. Invite Right Year-round I like the satellite parking lots. I don't think that Frontage Rd parking in Vail is safe. Invite Right Year-round In general there is enough parking for summer with the exception being during certain weekends/events. I will often avoid skiing and the village in the winter months due to lack of parking. Invite Right Year-round Is a problem and will always be a problem... Invite Right Year-round It seems to be only a parking issue on Fridays and Saturdays or on big powder days. I think more parking is needed but since this a Vail Resort issue they should be funding it or a good portion of the cost and providing the land. All the parking they've build recently has been sold at high prices to individuals. They need to contribute to the solution to the winter parking issue since they are the ones making the money off the day skiers. Invite Right Year-round Its difficult for people to find parking for lunch and shopping during the busy days Invite Right Year-round It's not an issue for me because I live on the bus line and am lucky to have parking at work. I feel that if we want Eagle County locals to visit Vail there needs to be more parking. I know a lot of families who live down valley don't come here because of the concern of where to park if everything fills up. Invite Right Year-round Let pass holderspark on frontage road on fridays/saturdays [busy periods?] before structure is full. This will be safer as locals better at dealing with walking across roads [no skis used to it etc] convenient for guests [except they have to pay] and gets revenue fro Denverites not locals. Invite Right Year-round Make deal with Forest Service for a new parking stature on top of Vail Pass! :-) Invite Right Year-round Most of the time during the winter public parking is adequate. When there is an event going on (ie. Burton Open), or it's a high season week, the structures are CRAZY! Invite Right Year-round Need more parking available in the winter, or at least somewhere for workers to park for cheaper rates. Invite Right Year-round NEED MORE SPACES Invite Right Year-round No Invite Right Year-round Overflow happens only so many times. Do we need yet another parking lot????? Invite Right Year-round Parking on Frontage Road is not good. Why don't we build a new parking structure with borrowed money? Invite Right Year-round Parking under the Ford Park fields was a huge lost opportunity. This winter has shown that as VR relys more and more on the Epic pass, the need for peak parking facilities will continue to increase. We should *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 251 July 5, 2016 - Page 331 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Any comments on your responses concerning parking? approach CDOT about possibly being allowed to build a cut and cover structure under the interstate across from Solaris. Invite Right Year-round resident and guest parking continues to be a huge problem for this community. Frontage road parking presents a safety issue for many... perhaps a few more levels on the parking structure... particularly since we have allowed extremely high developments for private developers (eg Solaris) Invite Right Year-round Safety is my biggest concern for the cars on the frontage road We can and should do better for our guests and residents by building more afffordable parking Invite Right Year-round see previous Invite Right Year-round See previous comments on parking Invite Right Year-round See prior comments regarding winter parking Invite Right Year-round Summer is fine except for Sundays. Invite Right Year-round Summer parking could be negatively affected as a result of VR's mountain activity expansion. The TOV should try to find a way to require VR to provide more parking as the mountain and activities increase. Even the smallest developers in town are required to provide parking, why does VR escape with no consequences? Invite Right Year-round The few days that frontage road is used is minimal to the total number of ski days. Invite Right Year-round The frontage roads fill up a handful of days per year. No big deal. Invite Right Year-round The town should have resolved the parking issue 20 years ago, and is still not trying to do much about it Invite Right Year-round There's not enough parking on certain days. Not sure whether the huge $ investment is worth it to solve a problem for 30 days... Invite Right Year-round This one can be tricky - the build the church for Christmas problem. Plus, this winter and the wonderful snow brought back the problem more than other recent years. Not sure what the best solution is. good luck Invite Right Year-round Too many contractors/trucks park in the structures in the summer. Invite Right Year-round Vail Resorts needs to step up and contribute a sizable number of parking spaces. VR has increased mountain capacity and activities that create parking shortages but has not done anything to mitigate. Any developer in Town has to build parking to go with their structures, VR should do so as well. Invite Right Year-round We need safe parking for the larger events. Invite Right Year-round Were finally starting to draw summer guests - which is great, but there is also a lot of competition out there for those guests. Let's NOT drive them away by making them pay to park. Invite Right Year-round Would increase summer bus service when there are events Invite Right Work only Build parking under the highway Invite Right Work only There is enough parking for all normal days during summer & winter. We should manage to the norm, not to the exception. Invite Right Work only I There is enough parking. Of course, we could use more but generally *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 252 July 5, 2016 - Page 332 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Any comments on your responses concerning parking? there is enough. Invite Right Work only when's the parking issue going to be addressed properly? Underground at Ford Field?? Invite Right Part-time $$ much in winter Invite Right Part-time Biggest reason my Denver neighbors don't go to Vail is the extremely difficult parking. Invite Right Part-time Clearly the demand exceeds the availability on certain weekends - will there be a bad accident on the frontage road? who knows. I think a lot of people leave cars in the structure during the summer which reduces availability so perhaps there should be pink tickets put on cars that haven't moved in a week and green tickets after two weeks, but then there would probably be some looping. I like the free after three - it encourages support of the restaurants and the two hour free parking for lunch or shopping. I think before more parking structures are created a good ROI study should be undertaken Invite Right Part-time Consider more unobtrusive multi-level structures Invite Right Part-time Doesn't seem realistic to build enough parking for peak winter days Invite Right Part-time Earlier I expressed the problem and importance of parking issues. Invite Right Part-time Evening parking in the summer, especially when there are events or 4th of July is tough. Winter parking for residents is challenging unless you arrive very early Invite Right Part-time I think parking should be allowed on residential streets. When we have guests at our home, there is no where for them to park. People have to drive a vehicle up from Denver. There is no space in our driveway for extra cars but they get tickets if they park on the road. We can sometimes get a day or so reprieve from the police in the summer but in the winter, because of plowing, we can't. Invite Right Part-time I think. There is adequate parking year round Invite Right Part-time In summer, not enough parking on Sundays. Invite Right Part-time In the winter, I take the bus or get a lift. I do not use the parking on winter days, so I do not know if it is adequate. Invite Right Part-time Increased discount for value card holders Invite Right Part-time It's very hard to create enough spaces for maximum usage, but that's what really should be the goal, especially for the winter. Even though it's free, most people don't find walking from the frontage road to be a pleasurable experience. Perhaps remote lots with bus service should be considered. Invite Right Part-time I've always found a spot when I go looking. Invite Right Part-time Monorail Invite Right Part-time Most of the time parking is adequate in the summer. Invite Right Part-time Need more spaced located in an 'in town' structure for winter or an off site area with s copious number of shuttle buses so it's like being in town Invite Right Part-time need to enforce people parking between the lines to conserve spaces *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 253 July 5, 2016 - Page 333 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Any comments on your responses concerning parking? Invite Right Part-time Parking in the winter is chaotic. Invite Right Part-time Parking is a real problem that needs to be solved - either by reducing the number of visitors or increasing structure capacity. Invite Right Part-time parking is too expensive Invite Right Part-time Parking needs high priority improvement. Buses are not practical for older skiers because of maneuvering skies on the bus and crowding. Residents deserve preferential parking in addition to discounts. Invite Right Part-time Please see previous comments on my specific parking concerns Invite Right Part-time Prefer bus use to glut of private cars Invite Right Part-time see parking issue previously Invite Right Part-time Sick of parking problems. Too many people, too many cars. Limit growth! That's impossible but what is going to happen in the future. When it gets to the point where people are frustrated, they will go elsewhere and that will be the limit. Vail is too full. Slopes too crowded, roads too crowded, restaurants too crowded, Trails too crowded. I like the sign a governor put on the CA OR border. Come visit but then go home! He got in trouble. Invite Right Part-time Summer is usually OK except when there are events. Winter is OK during week, but weekends are a nightmare. Invite Right Part-time take the bus Invite Right Part-time There are only a few days when parking is a problem. I believe the town can wait a few years before making a change. Invite Right Part-time There is enough parking for MOST days, but there is an occasional time when the frontage road is needed. Bus service is expanded on those particular days. Invite Right Part-time There is enough parking --people just don't want to pay for it because most are cheap! Invite Right Part-time There is plenty of parking. Period. People figure it out. Perhaps limiting parking is the only way to limit overcrowding on the mountain in the winter, which by all accounts has brought more accidents. Invite Right Part-time Too many days of overflow parking on the frontage road. It is only a matter of time before we see auto -pedestrian fatalities. Invite Right Part-time Vail should def have as much free parking as Avon does for BC,.... Invite Right Part-time Vail is already too crowded, more parking will just make it worse Invite Right Part-time Very challenging. I try to utilize the bus system, but it's frustrating during peak times not finding any place to park. Invite Right Part-time We dont have a need for parking. We have a 2 car garage and prefer to use our benefits of the Hotel courtesy shuttle around the city and leave our car parked. Invite Right Part-time We use local bus service and in the evening there is plenty of free parking in the garage. Invite Right Part-time We use the bus. Invite Right Part-time Why didn't the city create underground parking in the city owned apartment site on the north side of 170? Seems like we missed a great opportunity to create more parking for employees, etc. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 254 July 5, 2016 - Page 334 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Any comments on your responses concerning parking? Invite Right Part-time Why have we failed to be creative about parking? It seems we kick the can down the road constantly. Put a structure under Ford field. Invite Right Part-time Why penalize residents for a problem the town has ignored for years. Invite Right Part-time You need to look at the restrictions and make sure they are realistic. For example, if you don't let folks park because the area is a loading zone, be aware that there is no loading zone usage in the evening hours and you are depriving visitors of the opportunity to park there for no valid reason. Invite Right Own Still remember the vail paper reporting 1,000 cars parked on north business service rd 2 yrs ago. That's too many. only Invite Right Own We park at our condominium building, so we're good. I'm not sure business about the day visitors. only Invite Right Get mail Hard to find an answer to this one as there are limitations. I do only sometimes see the orange cones restricting street parking even more -- that's a problem. Invite Right Get mail it is what it unless you build a HUGE parking stucture only Invite Right Get mail It's only a problem on weekends during peak season only Invite Right Get mail Safe parking in Vail is needed! only Invite Right Take the bus.... it's free Invite Wrong Year-round A quality vs quantity policy will reduce overcrowding and need for more parking Invite Wrong Year-round Already provided Invite Wrong Year-round Another level of parking on both structures. Invite Wrong Year-round Construction workers on large long term jobs should have parking provided somewhere other than in the structures. Vail Resorts should provide parking in addition to the town receiving the skier's tax. Invite Wrong Year-round done it ! Invite Wrong Year-round farmers market on sunday and the 4th of July are really the only times the structures fill up Invite Wrong Year-round Fast track winter parking upgrades and frontage road alternatives Invite Wrong Year-round Frontage Road parking (summer or winter) is becoming more and more dangerous Invite Wrong Year-round Frontage Road parking is unsafe Invite Wrong Year-round Gain access to private parking which is not utilized. Activate a shared parking spot app like cities use. When vacant, you can pay to use open spaced. Invite Wrong Year-round It is beyond time to start working on some alternatives. Commuter lots with buses out of town. more frequent bus schedules. (EAst vail and down valley) a structure in ford lot or volly ball courts? Invite Wrong Year-round Need outlying lots *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 255 July 5, 2016 - Page 335 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Any comments on your responses concerning parking? Invite Wrong Year-round needs to be fixed NOW! Invite Wrong Year-round No free parking in the summer Invite Wrong Year-round Not enough parking on July 4th and farmers market. Invite Wrong Year-round Parking is fine. There are days when the structures are full but not that often. Invite Wrong Year-round Recognizing that AirBnB is increasing in popularity and some car owning residence rent out their rooms, without parking spaces. Those renters take up frontage road parking, inhibiting the down valley workers from parking. This problem will only get worse with time. Invite Wrong Year-round Should have put a garage under the ball fields when you tore them up Invite Wrong Year-round Treat summer parking more like winter parking (it shouldn't be free anymore). Invite Wrong Year-round Vail Resorts should build and operate a 2000 car garage on their land and there should be no parking on the frontage road. Invite Wrong Year-round Vail Resorts should build on their property. Invite Wrong Year-round we have enough parking for the town the town should get some guts an let vail resort find their own solutions Invite Wrong Year-round We need fewer events or more parking Invite Wrong Year-round Why the town has not added another level to both structures is mind boggling. they would have to have been both paid off 5 times over at $25 a car in winter Invite Wrong Year-round With use of frontage road when overflow its fine Invite Wrong Work only I know the town is doing the best you can with this challenging problem. I wish local workers had more parking. Invite Wrong Part-time Frontage Road parking is now a common weekend event in winter and summer. It is unsightly, dangerous with traffic and creates a poor experience at Vail. Invite Wrong Part-time I do not park in Vail during the winter in the daytime so I cannot really determine whether or not there is sufficient parking. Invite Wrong Part-time If frontage road is to be use for parking, road needs to be constructed to support greater space between parked vehicle and traffic, and to provide a protected lane or sidewalk to allow pedestrians to walk on side of road away from traffic. Invite Wrong Part-time In the summer, be the buses don't run as often people park in the garages which causes a huge overflow and then there is no parking. In the winter, I think most people take the bus to avoid the parking fee but on the weekends, parking is ridiculous. The buses should run the same in the winter and summer. There are more than enough visitors in Vail for that. And, the garages should charge. Invite Wrong Part-time More levels should be added to both parking structures Invite Wrong Part-time Must be additions to parking or restrictions on ski passes, etc. Invite Wrong Part-time Overflow to frontage road is not a solution. Invite Wrong Part-time should have built underground / multi-level pay parking structure at golf course for year round use to reduce frontage road parking during busy days. Town would benefit from parking fee collections as a result. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 256 July 5, 2016 - Page 336 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Any comments on your responses concerning parking? Invite Wrong Part-time Street parking is out of control. Invite Wrong Part-time The town needs to add a parking structure Invite Wrong Part-time There is insufficient parking to handle the crowds when there are concerts or events in town. Invite Wrong Part-time There should be availability of low cost, convenient parking in town for residents. There should be more short term parking spots for both residents and visitors in the Vail parking structure to support visits to the in town businesses There should be a bus drop closer to the ski hills - perhaps offered during peak ski morning time on weekends. Invite Wrong Part-time Vail is not just for locals. It would not exist without tourism. Wake up Vail! Invite Wrong Part-time Very tacky not to have mor structure parking Invite Don't know Year-round Charge VR for every car that parks outside the town parking structures. Invite Don't know Year-round I am amazed that there has not been an accident on the Frontage road as people fling their car doors open and walk two abreast in the middle of the road and after dark you can't see them when they walk back to their cars. I think it is extremely dangerous. Invite Don't know Year-round I think parking on frontage roads is OK rather than spending tons of money on parking structures for only a few days. Invite Don't know Year-round If parking could be expanded to free shuttle lots similar to Beaver Creek, in addition to the current parking structure, I think that would help a lot, even if the lots took —15 to 20 minutes. Invite Don't know Year-round Most days parking is fine. Invite Don't know Year-round parking is problematic for certain high season events. But I think the focus should be the average traffic days. Invite Don't know Year-round Please don't build any new parking structures! Invite Don't know Year-round Put another level or two on the parking structures. Arrange for outlying parking (not on the frontage roads) and bus people into Vail Invite Don't know Year-round the frontge rd.parking is going to get some killed! Invite Don't know Year-round There is NOT ENOUGH PARKING!!!!!! We need the structures enhanced or other structures built. Even in the summer when no events are going on, it's difficult to find parking!! Invite Don't know Year-round This has been a problem for years and is never addressed. Invite Don't know Year-round Too many days of parking on frontage road for both seasons Invite Don't know Year-round We need to find creative ways of increasing parking. More park and ride options from down -valley. Utilize private parking spaces such as City Market. Invite Don't know Work only I noticed there seemed to be a lack of parking last summer. However summer is usually never the issue. I appreciate the Free Parking in the structures and utilize it often. Invite Don't know Part-time I keep saying it. we need more parking especially in areas like Sandstone. Invite Don't know Part-time I tend to avoid Vail on certain days and times. It's just too crowded, both for parking, and trying to negotiate the crowded streets. Invite Don't know Part-time in the winter I think it depends when it is ... holidays, spring breaks, was *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 257 July 5, 2016 - Page 337 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Any comments on your responses concerning parking? there a snowstorm, etc .... I like the convenience of the 2 hr grace time but overall we use the bus .... it works!!! Invite Don't know Part-time Insufficient Invite Don't know Part-time Lack of inexpensive, reliably available parking is the biggest barrier to visitors in the winter. Summer is no problem. Invite Don't know Part-time Not enough parking, access is terrible, parking structures are unsightly. Invite Don't know Part-time Too many people allowed on mountain Invite Don't know Part-time With summer events, parking gets very limited and bus service being each 1/2 hour creates more of a problem. TOV should consider during busy summer weekends to up frequency of buses. Invite Year-round Am STRONGLY supportive of mass transportation and feel that Vail should do all that it can to discourage one and two person per vehicle traffic while striking a balance with the needs of the local residents and workers. Invite Year-round More than enough parking with great bus service. Invite Year-round The lack of parking has a very negative impact on the guest experience. It also makes it difficult to work in the Town of Vail. Invite Part-time Add facility in Golden Peak area. Invite Part-time More parking spaces are needed. Invite Part-time Value card is good but all new buildings must have parking - if not already a requirement. Since garages are paid off, why not construct a garage 'outside of town' with bus service to the village and existing routes from the transportation center. Open Right Year-round A new parking structure is needed to take in the cars that park on the frontage road. That is dangerous and inconvenient for guests and does not meet the level of service or convenience expected of Vail. Open Right Year-round As I said earlier add at least two decks to the Village structure if and when it is renovated Open Right Year-round build another structure at the east end of Ford Park (at the east end of the Ford Park parking area). Open Right Year-round Construction vehicles take the entire parking structure when parking is free, should be some sort of deterrent so at least workers travel in one vehicle rather than one person to one vehicle, and to deter filling up the entire structure for all day work parking Open Right Year-round Danger on the frontage road parking Open Right Year-round For peak winter times, the garage is way too small and doesn't help that the lines are gone by mid -winter so many people take up 2 spots. Ticket those people!!! Ultimately, a new parking garage with more levels will be needed. Open Right Year-round I do not park in public spaces, as I have the privilege of living here and commuting on foot or mass transit. Open Right Year-round I don't mind when there are cars on frontage road. Makes it look like Vail is happening. Open Right Year-round I think there is enough parking. I'm just not willing to pay for it so I go elsewhere. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 258 July 5, 2016 - Page 338 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Any comments on your responses concerning parking? Open Right Year-round If I need to drive to work it's frustrating to be denied a spot in the structure Open Right Year-round Increased transit could counterbalance this problem but there just isn't enough space to cost-effectively build parking Open Right Year-round It continues to be an issue and something needs to be done, especially for the safety of pedestrians. Open Right Year-round It is ok to have over flow parking on the frontage road. Open Right Year-round It's the cost, not quantity for me. Open Right Year-round I've only said it 3 times on this survey.... BUILD SOMETHING BETTER. If all of your neighboring resorts could figure something out to offer free parking and Vail can't... it makes Vail less competitive. Open Right Year-round Limit the sale of the Epic Pass. Open Right Year-round More winter parking will result in more crowded slopes Open Right Year-round Need more bus route free parking lots or spots to be utilized by locals to leave spots in structure for Tourist and Denver people Open Right Year-round Need more off site parking with bus pickup drop off at event. Parking lot in Avon or Edwards with express shuttle bus to Vail event? Open Right Year-round Need to keep frontage road clear Open Right Year-round no Open Right Year-round On the random days we get powder and more people come in for a few hours in the morning, yes, the structures will fill up, but those are only a few days out of the winter. I remember a while ago and I was in a car with 4 people and we were given a coupon for car pooling, I think it was a coupon for a free lunch or some sort of discount. That may encourage more people to car pool... Open Right Year-round Only summer time parking issue is on July 4th and this should be more safety issue as more people walk and bike Open Right Year-round Overflow parking on south Frontage Road can be dangerous for both those parking there and others driving on the roads Open Right Year-round Parking could be better planned for influx of guests during season. Open Right Year-round Parking has been an ongoing struggle. I have no suggestions on how to improve it other than possible outlying lots (who knows where) with bus service in to towb, Open Right Year-round parking may be inadequate now and for the next 10-20 years, but self - driving vehicles will help reduce the issue through more efficient and remote parking use Open Right Year-round Parking near gold peak is challenging for dev pick up & VMS ski friday. Open Right Year-round Parking would be less of an issue if Vail lobbied the state of Colorado to provide more public transportation along the 1-70 corridor, including high speed rail from Denver through Eagle and Summit Counties. Open Right Year-round Parking. Sucks. Always. Open Right Year-round Perhaps consider use of satellite parking with bus service to town. Open Right Year-round Please do not charge for parking during the summer months. There are plenty of employees who use that parking when going to work and appreciate the flexibility of being able to come/go at a moment's notice *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 259 July 5, 2016 - Page 339 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Any comments on your responses concerning parking? instead of having to plan around the bus schedule and at times even catch multiple buses (i.e. to get to Ford Park from Lionshead). Open Right Year-round Reduce parking rates for people who carpool (4 or more people) and you will easily cut down the number of cars & amount of carbon emissions!! Open Right Year-round Summer parking - regulate construction workers using structure and free frontage road parking - place burden on the construction companies. Vail Resorts is not paying fair share of parking needs. Epic Pass is responsible - they've shirked their responsibility for years and if they develop EverVail the amount of 'for sale' parking should be extremely limited. Parking for those working in Vail Town Limits should be increased and cheaper Open Right Year-round The summer problem seems to be construction workers, but they must park somewhere Open Right Year-round there needs to be more parking for visitors, especially at trailheads. Open Right Year-round there will never be enough ... and you can't build it for peak days. it has to be enough most of the time. Open Right Year-round ticket cars taking more than one space Open Right Year-round Yes, public transportation is not an option when you have small children that require car seats and irregular schedules. Please keep Vail accessible to the locals by providing more parking choices. Open Right Year-round You could never build enough parking for Vail's max -out days. Open Right Work only Again, paint lines in the structure and ticket multi spot users. Open Right Work only it is an issue for travelers, employees and residents Open Right Work only Need more handicap spots. Open Right Work only Parking varies obviously on different days. More parking needs to be added somewhere for overflow days. Open Right Work only rebuild lionshead Open Right Work only See prior responses. Building more parking is not the solution. Open Right Work only Summer Yes is most of the time. When there are events there's never enough parking - GoPro, 4th of July, etc. Open Right Work only The town has done a good job offering many parking options to locals and guests. Open Right Work only There is an overall lack of parking on busy day - summer or winter. Open Right Work only There is enough parking until a powder day, or major events. The town does well in providing places for people to park and take buses. Open Right Work only there is not enough Open Right Work only We are the only ski community in Colorado that charges for parking. Open Right Part-time Do something about it! It affects the village economically! Open Right Part-time it would be beneficial to have a real time parking app showing where there's space for days of very heavy demand such as powder days Open Right Part-time July 4th is only real concern Open Right Part-time More Parking needed Open Right Part-time No *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 260 July 5, 2016 - Page 340 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Any comments on your responses concerning parking? Open Right Part-time not usually enough for vail dance festival or the lacrosse shoot out type events Open Right Part-time Peak days are a problem but I'd focus on increasing bus services so that there is not a need to park. Open Right Part-time previous comments made Open Right Part-time Really -come on now- do we need to complain more. Vail just doesn't have parking for skiers and library and many restaurants. Vail residents and visitors are aging and Vail still has the 'young mentality' Open Right Part-time Remote lot for overflow days in east vail and eagle vail might be a good idea Open Right Part-time the only time I have found there is not enough parking is on 4th of July. we can't regulate for one day. Open Right Part-time There are some winter days when there is not enough parking, but I don't think you can build towards those days. The overflow on the frontage road is fine. Open Right Part-time There is never enough parking. Open Right Part-time Use of frontage road and out lying areas is great, next is a better system to get these guest in to the core areas. Designated bus locations and bus service. Open Right Part-time Usually enough parking except for high holidays Open Right Part-time WE ARE A SMALL TOWN. LET'S KEEP IT THAT WAY. ACCOMMODATION THE DAY SKIERS IS NOT THE BEST WAY TO NURISH LOCAL BUSINESSES. Open Right Own Consider charging something for summer parking (but not winter business rates). People expect to pay for parking. only Open Right Get mail The more summer activities the town expands upon the more parking only will be an issue. Open Right Get mail The town needs to add another structure . how about at the proposed only 'ever vail' site. We dont need another village/retail area Open Right are you charging high prices for parking to decrease the amount of drivers. There are no alternatives for visitors except to pay in the lots Open Wrong Year-round Carpool incentives, build more parking. Open Wrong Year-round Epic pass visitors are using all our local parking places. All park and ride lost are full and they are parking at the hiking trails in east vail so we can't park to go take a hike in the winter anymore. Open Wrong Year-round Except at Ford Park during events. There beeds to be free access to the Garden Open Wrong Year-round For the most part summer parking is not an issue, bottom line there is never going to be enough on big summer event days or powder days - even if you build, which you won't Open Wrong Year-round Free parking. You already make a killing on Kanye coming and visiting this place. As a local resident I should be able to show my ID and park for free. Open Wrong Year-round Increase and re -think public transit options for down valley. Open Wrong Year-round More free parking along existing bus routes *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 261 July 5, 2016 - Page 341 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Any comments on your responses concerning parking? Open Wrong Year-round Residents and guests who really want to access Vail make it a priority and find parking. Babysitting parking opportunities as a privilege is not good governance. Guests who stay in Vail typically have parking at their lodging. Open Wrong Year-round The W Vail frontage parking has helped. Instead of spending $2million to tear up the golf course, maybe we could have facilitated a parking structure at Ford Park? Open Wrong Work only Need another parking structure in town. Under Ford park? Under the interstate? Expand Lionshead structure to the east? The fields at Donovan Park? Get creative. It will pay for itself. Open Wrong Work only Need more parking structures Open Wrong Work only open up west north frontage road everyday (near chamonix and fire station). 10 dollar a day max for eagle county residents in structures. Open Wrong Part-time Fix it. The transportation center is a nightmare. Open Wrong Part-time Parking structure needs to be increased more than likely. West Vail is a mess every day with cars on the frontage road. Open Don't know Year-round Fr.. rd parking is dangerous! Open Don't know Year-round I have seen less days of frontage road parking this winter. Open Don't know Year-round If you add bus use, I believe parking is added Open Don't know Year-round Most of the time in summer there is enough Open Don't know Year-round Not really sure anything can be done. Open Don't know Year-round People can take the bus Open Don't know Year-round Sundays and event day in summer are over the top and you'll never have enough. Same for powder days. Better transportation or park- and-ride from down -valley might help a lot. Don't think all those cars on the Frontage Road are visitors, because they are not. They are down -valley residents; just watch them pour onto 1-70 westbound at the end of the ski day, Bravo concerts or summer Sundays. Open Don't know Year-round Which entity generates the most parking needs. Could it be Vail Resorts? Could they play a bigger and more responsible role in solving the issues... maybe when getting approvals for development in EverVail? Open Don't know Work only its always going to be Vail's thorn. Open Don't know Work only Lower the price! Open Don't know Work only Need more afforable parking for workers living down valley (is part of housing issue). Maybe commuter lots down valley served by eco or Shuttles etc... Not everyone lives on eco route. Open Don't know Work only See earlier comments Open Don't know Part-time As stated earlier, we have parking with our condo and have no experience of the parking issues in vail. Open Don't know Part-time plenty of parking if more folks would use the bus Open Don't know Part-time Time to invest Open Year-round Vail Resorts and Vail Medical Center need to pitch in to build another employee and visitor parking structure. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 262 July 5, 2016 - Page 342 of 433 Q. 39: Should Town parking rates be based on demand (i.e., higher rates at the busiest times and lower rates when there is little demand, similar to hotels and airlines)? Survey Direction Resident Any comments on your responses about demand -based parking rates? Invite Right Year-round Alternative forms of transportation will need to be in the future as well as a change in the American value. Invite Right Year-round Are there opportunities for more remote parking areas with direct bus service? Invite Right Year-round As long as it is revenue nuetral Invite Right Year-round But limit fixed fees for residents and property owners Invite Right Year-round Cut back on skier passes Invite Right Year-round Flexible rates are a BAD idea. It makes people mad and less likely to come back. They are confusing. People don't like paying one thing one day - budgeting for that and then finding out they have to pay more. It just makes Vail look like a bunch of thieves - were getting that reputation more and more anyway (google it and see for yourself) Invite Right Year-round Full-time resident/local employee summer passes need to be made available at a reasonable price. We need to discourage construction/trade parking. Invite Right Year-round i believe we should not charge for parking during the summer Invite Right Year-round I think we should look to expand the free bus service like Summit has to outlying areas. Invite Right Year-round I would go to town more frequently if I didn't pay for parking. Invite Right Year-round If you start charging for parking in the summer the. You should have the buses run more regularly. I'm not spending $25 a day to go to work Invite Right Year-round If you want to discourage the use of cars we need to figure out a way to make the ECO busses free and bring back the tam busses. Invite Right Year-round If you were to collect money for summer parking, what would you do with the profits? Build more parking? Invite Right Year-round Keep rates low for locals Invite Right Year-round Kidding ourselves to think that we can really discourage the use of cars, particularly since so many people now live outside the immediate area due to cost. Invite Right Year-round No Invite Right Year-round No reason that Friday and weekend rates can't be higher. To go to an hour by hour demand rate system would be counterproductive. Guests need to know the costs before they get here, not when they get here. Invite Right Year-round No, build a new parking structure (with borrowed money) and have public transit from the new structure. Invite Right Year-round Not sure you could know when the higher demand would be unless you just upped the rate on the weekends. Its hard to know when all those Front Range skiers are going to come to Vail. Invite Right Year-round Parking is Vail's biggest problem in my opinion. Limited horizontal space is understood. What about a vertical parking solution to allow easier *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 263 July 5, 2016 - Page 343 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Any comments on your responses about demand -based parking rates? access especially during the winter with ski gear and children hauling? Invite Right Year-round People pay enough to ski and dine and attend various events in Vail Village, Lionshead and Golden Peak. We should not charge more ..The money is there. Take it from cultural events and do not charge in the summer. That will not go over well. Invite Right Year-round Possibly per the above question Invite Right Year-round Probably should be the same price regardless of demand. Don't want guests to feel like they are getting gouged for parking. Invite Right Year-round Put an end to frontage road parking Invite Right Year-round Rates are high enough as it is. Invite Right Year-round Single fixed parking rates are easily understood, however charging a higher rate for weekends and holiday periods with lower rates weekdays makes sense. Try not to exceed the $25/day. Invite Right Year-round Summer parking should be free to encourage visitors and residents to go into the village and or attend summer activities Invite Right Year-round That is a slippery slope. Keep it free in the summer. You will lose the locals trust if you start charging for that. Big changes and on demand rates seem more like a greedy way to make money than encouraging bus use. Invite Right Year-round That's called profiteering. Invite Right Year-round The contraptions that one gets parking tickets from are very poorly placed. I have to open my door and sometimes even get out of the car to reach the ticket. Invite Right Year-round The parking problem is getting worse and some measures need to be instituted to help solve the problem Invite Right Year-round The summer guest is different from winter; charging for summer parking could discourage guests from stopping and visiting. Invite Right Year-round The Town dominates all available parking that is not associated with a business. As a result, it has a monopoly so people don't even have the choice to park elsewhere and take public transportation into town or to walk. Invite Right Year-round the town of vail should have long ago looked at similar towns in Europe, and build a garage in the mountain side north of town Invite Right Year-round Then you should increase public transportation options during those peak periods. More buses! Invite Right Year-round This may discourage visitors altogether. Invite Right Year-round Uncertainty will breed resentment in visitors as well as the few remaining residents. Not all of us check our cell phones as we drive into Vail, thank goodness. Invite Right Year-round We are a car based society. I think you have done as much as you can to decrease use of cars. Invite Right Year-round We have to make it as easy and affordable to visit Vail as possible. High parking costs do not support that goal. Invite Right Year-round Would not charge for parking other than in the winter unless you offer the same bus schedule as you offer in the winter all the time. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 264 July 5, 2016 - Page 344 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Any comments on your responses about demand -based parking rates? Invite Right Year-round You'll need to create a lot in east vail and Minturn to charge lower rate or carpool rate if you create a demand based system Invite Right Work only don't really know what the best course of action is Invite Right Work only Flexible rates will drive away guests due to confusion and the feeling of being 'gouged' when they want to be here during peak times. Consistent rates are the way to go. Invite Right Work only NO charge for parking in summer. Will probably just stay down valley if that happens. Invite Right Work only There is no such thing as free parking. Somebody pays! Invite Right Work only We need consistency in parking rates. A fluctuating rate would annoy guests and drive them over to BC or Summit Co. Invite Right Work only yes to charge for summer parking, but very minimal ... just a couple bucks Invite Right Part-time absolutely Invite Right Part-time again very hard. you need the people there. a flux rate would be good. continue good public transportation. Green and fun. Invite Right Part-time Any summer fee should be minimal, just to discourage driving if an alternative exists. Basing rates on demand is a good idea - but not punatively like airlines! Small price changes sometimes affect behavior a lot. Invite Right Part-time As long as you keep some parking available at reasonable prices for employee needs. Invite Right Part-time Charge in Summer only when there are events. Invite Right Part-time Charging in the summer is not a good idea unless you charge only non- residents. Modify the season passes to reflect ownership in town or issue IDs to non -pass holders. Invite Right Part-time Demand based won't work (there will be less demand) Invite Right Part-time Hard to know if peak pricing will net more revenue or just send front - range skiers to other resorts. I think visitors want to know the price, regardless of when they visit (peak vs. off-peak). Invite Right Part-time having paid parking in summer will hurt the retailers... and decrease the vitality of the community. Plus there is not enough bus service in the summer. Invite Right Part-time I am not sure if demand based pricing is appropriate for municipal facilities. First come, first served efficiently allocates demand. Restricting parking supply efficiently allocates demand. Invite Right Part-time I like the idea, but the town is should not operate like a business with regards to parking. Enough people feel as though they are getting ripped off coming to Vail without charging people more to park on powder days. Invite Right Part-time I think charging for parking in the summer with be a huge deterrent to tourists and a mistake for the town. Invite Right Part-time I would support adding or increasing parking fees in all seasons if two conditions are met. 1. Increased (all season) bus service on all routes so that the village can be accessed by bus - regardless of where you live. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 26S July 5, 2016 - Page 345 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Any comments on your responses about demand -based parking rates? 2. Allow dogs on the bus as Beaver Creek does. Often, the only reason we drive into the village is because we bring our dog to events. If he were allowed on the bus, then there would be no reason to drive -- and I would purchase an additional beer or two in town! Invite Right Part-time 1-70 Monorail now Invite Right Part-time If you charge parking after hours during ski season or summer i.e. low demand times you will kill the local businesses. Invite Right Part-time In order to discourage the use of cars, a more efficient and pleasant manner of public transportation needs to be made available. The current generation and schedule of buses is not adequate. Invite Right Part-time Increasing bus frequency, routes and reach (i.e. Bald Mountain Road) Invite Right Part-time It only drives business away and puts a bad taste in peoples mouths Invite Right Part-time No charge in the summer in parking garage! Is it that crowded? I guess I didn't know summer parking was a problem Invite Right Part-time no, thank you Invite Right Part-time Once in Vail there is little reason to use cars due to great in -town shuttle. But finding a reasonable place to park when arriving in Vail is easy in the summer and terrible in the winter. Invite Right Part-time Parking is already expensive compared to other ski resorts and is one of the items that people MOST RIDICULE the restort/town of Vail for Invite Right Part-time Parking rates are high enough now, don't raise the rates, don't take away summer parking or free parking after 3:00 pm in the winter. Remember your tax base ... keep your citizens happy! Invite Right Part-time Perhaps offer incentives/contests for those who utilize public transportation. Prizes? Invite Right Part-time Summer fees would drive people away Invite Right Part-time Summer months and apres ski free parking are critical to the restaurant/retail businesses. Otherwise we'll just drive down valley. Invite Right Part-time There has to be an upper limit that isn't much higher than the $25 now. Vail has a bad reputation for expensive parking. Invite Right Part-time This gets back to the attitude of the TOV. They are so busy dictating to residents and guests their own values (public transportation, banning plastic bags, etc) they don't take into consideration what it's like for people to actually live with their rules. Invite Right Part-time This was along my comment of while I understanding wanting to charge entry to exit, it would be nice to see (at least for those with cards), that the rate stops at 5, when parking is freeing up. Invite Right Part-time Try it and see if it helps but hate when prices are too much like big cities and there are so many workers that live down valley, need to make their trips affordable or increase and convenience of buses. Invite Right Part-time Vail def needs as much free parking as Avon has for BC, etc.. Invite Right Part-time very few things in vail are free, nice to at least have one thing, summer parking Invite Right Part-time We don't have public transit as an option in our Buffehr Creek neighborhood. Others have the same challenge. To pretend that cars *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 266 July 5, 2016 - Page 346 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Any comments on your responses about demand -based parking rates? are not needed is not realistic. Invite Right Part-time We take the bus from East Vail; thus parking much less of an issue. Invite Right Part-time why hurt those that come at peak times? ....How long would you come if you felt penalty? Invite Right Part-time Would need large, remote lots with excellent bus service to make this work Invite Right Part-time You are wrong to discourage the use of cars. Public transportation is unwieldly for older users. Build more parking. Invite Right Own should develop satellite parking lots to the east off 1-70 and the west off business of 1-70 with shuttle buses into town to decrease in -town traffic and only demand on limited spaces. Invite Right Own There needs to be better public transportation from Denver. business only Invite Right Own Though there can be a little fudging here - I would hope to see better business ways to encourage public transportation (to include enhancement of only public transportation and personal items storage) so as not to negatively impact average folks who need the flexibility of personal vehicles. Invite Right Get mail Market based variable pricing is a great solution only Invite Right Get mail These tactics would begin to chop away at the charm of Vail. only Sometimes you want to drop in to the Village and shop for an hour or two. IF parking was at a premium on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon -- I'd personally just wait to shop in Denver. Also, I don't see a correlation between parking and booking a hotel or flight . Invite Right Control construction vehicles filling up public parking in summer Invite Wrong Year-round again as a taxpayer why am I providing free Invite Wrong Year-round Although I find the premise intriguing, there must be an alternative to justify the higher rate. Denver residents are probably the worst offenders in taking up parking. They get a great deal on the Epic pass, pack their own lunch, purchase gas in Denver and contribute very little to our economy. While I would support higher rates, there must be an alternative for locals. Invite Wrong Year-round Charge guests whatever you want but keep it reasonable/free for the year round resident. Invite Wrong Year-round Charging more when town is busy means those of us who need to work because it's busy will make less. Would that discourage guests? Invite Wrong Year-round Charging parking in summer is ludicrous! Summer months outside of festivals are time when locals are investing more money into TOV business. Charging for parking will discourage residents from utilizing TOV as frequently. Invite Wrong Year-round Don't you already do this in some ways - the value price is a different price during the week than on the weekend Invite Wrong Year-round Have you taken a survey on airline popularity lately? I would not try to *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 267 July 5, 2016 - Page 347 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Any comments on your responses about demand -based parking rates? emulate that industry. There is plenty of incentive now to use the buses. Invite Wrong Year-round If changes to parking fee in summer than employee parking passes need to be good for all year and not rise in price. We need to have our work force be able to live here Invite Wrong Year-round If you stop bring in weekend events that are not economically helpful, then there may be enough parking Invite Wrong Year-round It won't make a difference if you still have too many people utilizing the mountain. Invite Wrong Year-round Public transit would need to be greatly increased in order to enable geater summer use Structure rates should be less on winter weekdays Invite Wrong Year-round see above Invite Wrong Year-round stop thinking the problem is pricing. The fact is town has expanded and the parking has not. WE NEED MORE IN TOWN parking. Add 3 levels to each structure I Invite Wrong Year-round The town seems intent on making parking more formidable to anyone wanting to come to town. Invite Wrong Work only The town just needs another 1 or 2 parking structures - or needs to add on to the existing ones. - Invite Wrong Part-time However, pls keep in mind that my 'yes' is for visitors. I do not think that the town residents should be penalized for this increase as long as they use their value card or whatever parking card they have. Let visitors pay the rates. The town still needs to protect its residents. Invite Wrong Part-time I detest rates based on demand. Invite Wrong Part-time In places where there is congestion pricing, busiest times increase and never decrease. It is a hidden tax increase waiting to happen. Invite Wrong Part-time That would be similar to a regressive tax. Invite Wrong Part-time the airlines and hotels are a poor model. they are in the business to make money. Government should be serving the people, not figuring out how to maximize profit from the people. Invite Wrong Part-time The town needs to dedicate land to building more garage parking, which in turn will generate more revenue. And/or consider down valley parking with bus service as an overflow. Invite Wrong Part-time This is not Europe. Discouraging cars discourages visitors. Visitors spend money. Invite Wrong Part-time Use of buses does not work without remote parking. Invite Don't know Year-round I would support charging more for parking if those funds would go toward creating or enhancing the current parking structures. If it is only a source of revenue for the town, I do not support charging for parking in the summer. I also think that there should be a consistent rate for parking so people know what to expect. Invite Don't know Year-round In the summer time the structure is full of construction vehicles - you should charge a fee for that as they take up all the spaces. Invite Don't know Year-round Its nice to know how much to expect to pay for parking so people that need to budget can do so. I can imagine parking fees getting out of *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 268 July 5, 2016 - Page 348 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Any comments on your responses about demand -based parking rates? hand if it is variable. Invite Don't know Year-round Keep it the same. Invite Don't know Year-round no Invite Don't know Year-round Rates if anything should go down. Rates are a bit high for visitors. Invite Don't know Year-round Summer parking fees should be very very low. Like $5/day Invite Don't know Year-round That also matches the level of bus service Invite Don't know Year-round Worth considering. Invite Don't know Work only I understand the desire to discourage the use of personal vehicles and promote public transportation. However, many 'local year-round' individuals work in Vail yet live further down valley. The further away you get the more difficult and time consuming it is to take public transportation. Also- I feel the Vail 'Summer Customer' is a slightly different demographic than the 'Winter Customer'. They aren't the ones spending $175/day for a lift ticket & $25/day to park. They are looking for a lower price point. Invite Don't know Work only We already have paid parking in the summer and surge pricing in the winter. Invite Don't know Part-time As Vail Resorts has proven, there is not much decline in demand based on pricing at Vail. This would just be essentially another tax or negative impression to visitors. Invite Don't know Part-time interesting?! Invite Don't know Part-time Parking is one of the 'few' free things in Vail in the Summer time, or ever. Please don't start charging. It will just put more $ in Beurocrats pockets Invite Don't know Part-time Provide more buses Invite Don't know Part-time The above is very unfair. I love the bus and use it all the time. But we need more parking possibly on the sides of the roads during winter season, it just gets worse every year. Invite Don't know Part-time There are two issues here. First we need to attract out-of-town visitors to Vail with inexpensive and convenient parking. Once here, we need to make using buses more desirable than driving within the town. Personally, I only use my car when I need to go to the grocery store because there is no convenient bus system to get there and back from Lionshead. For visitors, a remote lot with continuous bus service would be extensively used and would discourage daily, in -town use of cars. Invite Year-round Much of our work force has a family. Public transportation does not always meet the needs. Invite Part-time The value card is already doing this. Demand charges are fine since the mid class of vacationers does not support Vail now and visits less expensive areas. Open Right Year-round already pricey. Open Right Year-round As above Open Right Year-round but only in the winter *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 269 July 5, 2016 - Page 349 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Any comments on your responses about demand -based parking rates? Open Right Year-round Charge for parking in Vail lots in the summer during peak times but maybe allow residents to still park for free with the value card. Open Right Year-round Charging higher fees won't change the mindset that skiers will find new ways around the system by parking in new, non -designated parking areas. We need creative options to give them when parking such as parking and taking bus in to the town with a food voucher on the mountain, or a free drink. Open Right Year-round Do not charge in the summer!! Open Right Year-round Don't punish locals in the summer with high parking rates—local people, especially during the Monday -Friday work week, should not bear the brunt of parking costs. Open Right Year-round free parking helps drive summer business. paid parking in summer would drive business away. Its a much different type of guest who comes to Vail in the summer, and they WILL NOT pay to park! Open Right Year-round Have you ever taken a $400 uber? Open Right Year-round I lived in Cherry Creek North (Denver) for many years. People from all over Denver hate and avoid Cherry Creek as much as possible because of the inadequate parking and having to find a meter (sometimes cruising for 10 minutes or more) and sometimes giving up and driving away. I lived nearby and even I would go somewhere else for shopping and dining, just to avoid the parking fees and hassle. Open Right Year-round I think that full time residents should have greater reduced fees for parking than we do now. Open Right Year-round If this is for the winter when parking is already not free, then I think this is a fine idea. However, many of the people who live in the town already use public transportation. Those who are driving are usually not from Vail, and so there would still be the issue of finding space to put those cars in order for the people to then use public transit. Open Right Year-round If you charge for parking then make sure the bus service is increased --- every 15 minutes in East Vail, eg. Open Right Year-round If you want to charge a fee in the summer, you must provide winter - schedule bus service as well. If you want to charge higher rates for busier days, the bus schedule should be increased accordingly. Open Right Year-round no Open Right Year-round outlying parking lots (west of Dowd Junction?) with frequent free shuttle service could move employee and construction worker parking out of town structures Open Right Year-round Parking, even at peak times, needs to be affordable. Remember, we want people to come to Vail. Keep free after 3- it's what makes shopping in Vail viable during the winter months. Retailers depend on the town being accessible. Open Right Year-round Part of the reason my family visits Vail in the summer is the free parking. We would be much less likely to spend time and money within the town if we had to pay for parking. Open Right Year-round Please don't charge for summer parking- if you do, I just wouldn't go *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 270 July 5, 2016 - Page 350 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Any comments on your responses about demand -based parking rates? there. I would use the ECO bus a lot more if it wasn't $8 round trip. That's ridiculous. Really, I would visit Barts a lot more if parking and/or the bus didn't eat up all my Barts spending money. Open Right Year-round Rates are fine now and should not be increased. Open Right Year-round Skiing is an expensive sport. Please don't do anything that would discourage young adults from coming to Vail and enjoying our unique mountain Open Right Year-round The parking situation in this town makes me so mad sometimes. Really? Charge people even more so they won't drive? They will just go to Avon, where guests are actually appreciated! Charging people to park isn't green, it's greedy. Reduce driving by offering free coffee to cars with 4 people in them, not charging everyone. Open Right Year-round There should at least be designated parking for employees and transit to take them into the town of Vail. Park and ride. Open Right Year-round There should be more outer lots with free express bus service but due to the the lack of sites for this, it isn't an option! Open Right Year-round Town parking should be based on demand. During weekdays, there is ample parking (not as much use) and should be cheaper (since it is going to be mainly locals). Increase price for weekends! Solaris charges ridiculous prices and the lot is sometimes full, I think Vail could charge similar prices on weekends. Open Right Work only Have garages on the outskirts and provide bus service. Open Right Work only I would support variable rates, but this also goes back to transparency and truly understanding where the dollars go. Are the dollars going back into improving the parking situation? Open Right Work only something more needs to be done for the local who has been forced down valley due to the high prices in Vail. If either more parking or a better county wide bus service is not provided I feel Vail will start losing some of its workforce. They will head west to look for jobs Open Right Work only That is too variable and would create a bad guest experience (since they would not always know what rate to expect). Open Right Work only The rates are fare. I you charge in the summer it will impact business. Open Right Work only Vail already has a reputation for rich people only, lets not make it worse Open Right Work only With limited parking and high rates, it promotes people to park in areas they shouldn't. Open Right Part-time I loved free parking in the summer but it also encouraged me to drive instead of taking the bus. I don't live here in the summer anymore but if parking is a problem maybe we need to charge on Saturdays or when busy Open Right Part-time I think it doesn't reduce demand for the right reason. It just seems like a money grab Open Right Part-time if there were a summer parking fee it should be lower than the winter rate Open Right Part-time LET'S KEEP THE SMALL TOWN FLAVOR, THIS IS NOT NYC Open Right Part-time More social engineering!! public transportation only works if outlying *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 271 July 5, 2016 - Page 351 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Any comments on your responses about demand -based parking rates? parking has adequate shuttle/bus transportation. And not too long between parking and the destination, shops, lifts. and there can be problem lugging gear, etc. kids, Open Right Part-time No Open Right Part-time Not charging in the summer or differential rates is positive for the village. Open Right Part-time Parking appears to be a revenue raiser for Vail. Sure be nice to see it invested in improved parking structures. If outlying parking was connected directly to skier drop off this would be an enhancement versus frontage road parking. Open Right Part-time Parking should remain free in summer and during the later afternoons. Keep it simple! Open Right Part-time see above responses Open Right Part-time Surge pricing can work. Open Right Part-time Variable rates can be a surprise to guests making it harder to plan. Open Right Part-time We have a problem in Sandstone that visitors from out of town drive to our neighborhood and occupy any available space and ride the bus into town. In spite of the fact that our parking spaces are 'supposedly' reserved. Open Right Own Not sure about this. Would need to see a plan. May help with more business revenue in off peak times. only Open Right Get mail People are sick of being nickeled and dimed over everything! The Town only of Vail does not want to be known for that. Open Right where else can visitors park except for the parking structure. need to advertise if you want them to park in outlying lots. visitors aren't aware of any Open Wrong Year-round Also, have the busses run on time. Then we would utilize them more Open Wrong Year-round Back in the Smile Class days locals were exposed to thinking more productively about what it is like to live in a resort town. Locals today would benefit from volunteering as needed for parking credits they can use at peak parking rates. Open Wrong Year-round Current fees are fine Open Wrong Year-round If vail starts charging for anything else, I'm leaving the valley. HOW CAN WE SURVIVE? Open Wrong Year-round If you start charging for summer parking then there will be mayhem. Open Wrong Year-round it will affect day trippers who you need to influence denver to come to Vail Open Wrong Year-round Keep it simple Open Wrong Year-round more visibility than hotels/airlines, w clearly identified peak/non peak Open Wrong Year-round need more info on this one Open Wrong Work only Increased rates will drive people to other towns Open Wrong Work only Make parking affordable in structures. Locals need to be able to get in/out the village without looking at a bank statement. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 272 July 5, 2016 - Page 352 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Any comments on your responses about demand -based parking rates? Open Wrong Work only Public transportation is just a cost to the municipality that does not pay for itself. How do you fund it? It does not run at the times I come and go to work? Where do you store the vehicles? Get real. Quit putting your hand in everyone's pocket every time they turn around. Open Wrong Part-time Beaver Creek sux that there are no good options for 2 hours or less of parking. I'm thrilled that Vail does. Thank you. Making it a limit of 3 hours free starting at 2pm, and then free starting at 3pm would be ideal. Open Wrong Part-time Serious? What public transportation do you think comes into Vail? I missed the train stop. Vail's link is 1-70. Open Don't know Year-round another survey among property owners/taxpayers? Open Don't know Year-round Don't attempt to legislate behavior Open Don't know Year-round for those of us who work here year round, we often use Lionshead to park in and it would be very discouraging if you ask locals to pay for parking just as tourists do Open Don't know Year-round I think the current pay structure is fine (don't waste respurces on it) Open Don't know Year-round If you want to encourage people to utilize the bus system, come up with a reward system. Say you scan a pass every time you ride the bus. If you can offer a chance to win $100 for taking this survey, you can offer a chance to win a prize if you ride the bus for the majority of the month. Open Don't know Year-round Raising the rates will only increase the anti -Vail grousing from down - valley residents, and that will be heard loud and clear by our guests and start them complaining as well. Remember: the Beav has free parking. Open Don't know Year-round The parking structures generate appropriate revenue. Open Don't know Year-round There should be varying rates. Vary rates based on volume, but also give residents a better rate understanding they would be more likely to park in the lots multiple times through the winter. Open Don't know Year-round We don't need to pay for the month of November. Open Don't know Year-round wknd rates should absolutely cost more than weekdays. Events/Holidays should cost more than a typical wknd rate. Open Don't know Year-round you need lower rates to attract new users to public transit Open Don't know Work only If you do have price increases there should be a local's price for people that live and work in the valley. We want to enjoy the events in Vail as well, but if all the money is going to parking, we can't do anything else. Open Don't know Work only Most people taking or using the bus systems are residents/employees. You would only be further emptying our pockets. Open Don't know Work only People who work in Vail in the summer need FREE parking!! Open Don't know Work only Public transportation from where? How is TOV proposing to encourage people to come up here from without parking? Open Don't know Part-time Summer should remain free. a lift ticket is very expensive, don't jackup the parking too or people will head elsewhere. Open Don't know Part-time why didn't we do this sooner? Especially on winter week -ends then folks would bus instead of paying ie $ 50 to park *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 273 July 5, 2016 - Page 353 of 433 Q. 40: With $5 increments being the smallest amount you might use, if you had $100 to spend on major efforts, how would you allocate that $100 across the following categories? Survey Direction Resident Item You Specified for Allocation (other) Invite Right Year-round actions to decrese noise of 1-70. Invite Right Year-round Basic governmental needs and guest services Invite Right Year-round Better Planning Invite Right Year-round community programs for locals (i.e. community garden, children's programs, etc) Invite Right Year-round Concerts Invite Right Year-round environment and recycling Invite Right Year-round environmental and species protection initiatives Invite Right Year-round environmental friendly energy use Invite Right Year-round i70 noise reduction Invite Right Year-round More senior facilities Invite Right Year-round other Invite Right Year-round People w Disability needs Invite Right Year-round Projects that increase economic vitality of vail Invite Right Year-round Rebuilding Red Sandstone Elementary School as a K-12 incorporating the/a ski academy into it. Invite Right Year-round recreation community stuff Invite Right Year-round Recycling Invite Right Year-round Schools and other factors that make Vail livable for all Invite Right Year-round sustainability & wildlife education Invite Right Year-round The greatest challenge is affordable housing Invite Right Year-round The site required that I enter a number. Invite Right Year-round The Town needs to up -grade it's street signs. Invite Right Year-round thermal solar panels above parking structures to reduce energy impact of all the snow melt operating Invite Right Year-round town infrastructure Invite Right Year-round Use $ for funding of events and bringing national acts to Vail. Invite Right Work only off-season events Invite Right Work only public cleanup in town daily Invite Right Work only recycling efforts Invite Right Part-time A subway running from the parking facilities to the base area. Invite Right Part-time Anything that would help the environment Invite Right Part-time Areas of development for affordable retail Invite Right Part-time Build a pedestrian overpass in West Vail for access to the Safeway area Invite Right Part-time Buy all the remaining lots still in private hands and keep them as open space for ever! Invite Right Part-time Cost to become 100% carbon nuetral powered Invite Right Part-time Events *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 274 July 5, 2016 - Page 354 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Item You Specified for Allocation (other) Invite Right Part-time fireworks Invite Right Part-time general public building appearance Invite Right Part-time I was forced to enter 5 by the survey Invite Right Part-time More funds to increase police visibility on the mountain Invite Right Part-time Needs not anticipated Invite Right Part-time protection and conservation of mountain and natural resources, the core of the attraction to Vail; Invite Right Part-time Public events (music, dance, festivals, etc.) Invite Right Part-time Recycling efforts Invite Right Part-time Start saving for future projects Invite Right Part-time where needed Invite Right Own business only Eliminating highway noise Invite Right Own business only investigate other means of transporation that customers want/need other than parking Invite Right Own business only Pedestrian walkway east west under 170 to Lionshead Invite Right Get mail only Control of the noxious fumes and noise of 1-70, it's getting worse. Invite Right Get mail only marketing to vail on top Invite Wrong Year-round beautifying residential neighborhoods Invite Wrong Year-round Better concert bands / singers Invite Wrong Year-round Better Library Invite Wrong Year-round Build Reserve for unexpected occurences Invite Wrong Year-round Limiting the number of people Invite Wrong Year-round no.1 - build a beautiful, huge ,double -lined parking spaces [like they have at COSTCO so you don't h Invite Wrong Year-round no.1 - build a beautiful, huge ,double -lined parking spaces [like they have at COSTCO so you don't h Invite Wrong Year-round reduce taxes Invite Wrong Year-round solar on town buildings Invite Wrong Year-round Subsidized rents to get more diversity of restaurants and shops Invite Wrong Year-round survey our second homeowners to see what they would like to have as a major consideration - they sho Invite Wrong Year-round Trees along frontage road Invite Wrong Year-round Updating and maintaining town facilities. Invite Wrong Work only flowers Invite Wrong Work only Seems like the town just has to spend another $5 on something not on the list:) *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 275 July 5, 2016 - Page 355 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Item You Specified for Allocation (other) Invite Wrong Part-time Art and beautification projects Invite Wrong Part-time elevator or escalator to transportation center Invite Wrong Part-time Expanded events Invite Wrong Part-time Improve biking, kids activities, blocking impact of 170 in East Vail Invite Wrong Part-time Improve cell phone coverage in East Vail Invite Wrong Part-time Improving the look and wholesomeness of the whole town, not just the profit centers, by helping to c Invite Wrong Part-time In -town gondola or other alternative transportation Invite Wrong Part-time Rec center Invite Wrong Part-time Sound barriers along 1-70 Invite Wrong Part-time support enhanced local events, especially in summer Invite Wrong Part-time TOV purchase a parcel or two of commercial real estate to hold and in turm lease primarily for casua Invite Wrong Get mail only Indoor tennis facility Invite Don't know Year-round Bus enclosure in west vail- SPRUCE CREEK Invite Don't know Year-round Protection of the environment Invite Don't know Year-round recreation facility with pool Invite Don't know Year-round Valleywide trail connections maintained year-round Invite Don't know Part-time Berm development Invite Don't know Part-time Don't know of additional needs Invite Don't know Part-time Indoor recreation facility... pool Invite Don't know Part-time More bus routes to n frontage road Invite Don't know Part-time nothing in particular, just needed to get the numbers to add up to 100. Invite Don't know Part-time Subsidize redevelopment of Vail Village parking structure (create more retail) and West Vail Invite Year-round Fences to keep wildlife off i70 Invite Year-round Tourism support be that in: advertising, maintenance of existing features, creation of new opportu Open Right Year-round mtn biking trails Open Right Year-round Public pool and rec center. Why on earth do we need another big venue when we have so very many hote Open Right Year-round Recreation/community center Open Right Year-round recycle Open Right Year-round Recycling, bringing more events in summer, live music shows. Open Right Year-round Replace the Municipal Building and Village Parking Structure Open Right Year-round Special Events Open Right Year-round unpaved trail maintenance & development Open Right Work only Guest Service programs Open Right Part-time Contingency funds for new ideas. Open Right Part-time Cultural and entertainment events Open Right Part-time cultural and entertainment, landscaping *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 276 July 5, 2016 - Page 356 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Item You Specified for Allocation (other) Open Right Part-time encouraging business opportunities Open Right Part-time parks and open space Open Right Part-time streamline the design review and building permit process Open Right Own business only Airline servie to EGE Open Right Own business only Senior housing Open Wrong Year-round Concerts Open Wrong Year-round other sustainability projects Open Wrong Year-round summer flowers, walking trails. Open Wrong Work only The best wages and benefits in the county. So we can afford to live here. Open Wrong Part-time Dark sky compliance / Christmas tree lights Open Wrong Part-time renewable energy including wind, solar and geothermal Open Wrong Part-time Summer expansion of mountain biking trails Open Don't know Year-round 1-70 Noise Mitigation Open Don't know Year-round 1-70 traffice amelioration Open Don't know Year-round Maintenance Open Don't know Year-round Plant more trees. Open Don't know Year-round Roads, parks Open Don't know Work only events Open Don't know Part-time bringing in businesses to serve visitor needs - like groceries Open Don't know Part-time I would spend money to collect parking fees from folks parked on the frontage road., or put a meter Open Don't know Part-time streamline the design review and building permit process Open Don't know Part-time Whatever might be needed not on survey Open Don't know Own business only Clean and friendly. And marketing Q. 40: Do you have any comments on your responses about allocation of funds for major efforts? Survey Direction Resident Comments about Allocations Invite Right Year-round Don't forget your locals. Invite Right Year-round enhancing gore creek by itself good but how to get people to enjoy it [riverside path from vail to lions head?] w/o then degrading it. Keep it wild and secluded or open up access. I don't know. Invite Right Year-round Gore Creek cleanup is important but so much of the cause seems to be beyond our control: mag chloride coming off 1-70 and laws against managing the use of pesticides. We need to do what we can to *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 277 July 5, 2016 - Page 357 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Allocations minimize the causes that we can mitigate but not to the point of wasting money for little gain. Invite Right Year-round I think basic services should be priorities such as snow plowing and public safety Invite Right Year-round I think the Council can best make these decision, based upon survey feedback. Invite Right Year-round No Invite Right Year-round NO on enclosed space . this is a cover up phrase for conference/events center Invite Right Year-round Once again, I resent my tax dollars being used for housing people that should be taken care of by the profitable companies in town. I pay enough to live here. I see employee housing in my neighborhood - they have new cars, maid service etc. I am paying to subsidize this. I don't think that is fair. I think the town needs to concentrate on matters like infrastructure of Vail and not social issues like the 'do good' environmentalists, or the 'let's provide housing for everyone' groups. Invite Right Year-round The posts used as street signs are not recognizable to guests and locals. they cannot be seen at night and many times in winter months are covered with snow. Most other towns in the county have nice looking signs that are visible at night. Invite Right Year-round The Town of Vail seems to be adverse to borrowing money (why? -- because it would require a vote???) The interest rates are low now -- borrow and build affordable housing and parking. That should be the town's highest priority. Invite Right Year-round The Vail Valley is already overcrowded and congested. Limit future development, we dont need any more ultra luxury hotels with no parking and no employee housing Invite Right Year-round These are all important Invite Right Year-round TOV is holds just as much blame for the housing crisis for our service workers. There will be Noone working in this town without an immediate effort to build housing. Invite Right Year-round We are responsible for maintaining a pristine environment. People come here for it. Invite Right Year-round Website glitch! Invite Right Year-round what does substantial mean... Invite Right Work only none Invite Right Work only The plastic bag issue should've already been in effect. No plastic bags at shops, like Aspen has encouraged. Invite Right Part-time Boulder charges 10 cents to use plastic bags maybe Vail. Could too? Invite Right Part-time I have found the allocation section hard to navigate Invite Right Part-time Is Vilar Center at Beaver Creek to far away? I'd rather see money spent with additional planting and landscaping to make the highway stretch through Vail more visually pleasant. Invite Right Part-time No Invite Right Part-time no, thank you *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 278 July 5, 2016 - Page 358 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Allocations Invite Right Part-time Parking on the frontage road is too dangerous Invite Right Part-time The planned underpass, while great, will not alleviate the need to cross 1-70 easily, efficiently, environmentally, and in a healthy way Invite Right Part-time Use money wisely and have a means to track what works Invite Right Part-time Vail def needs as much or more FREE PARKING as Avon does for BC Invite Right Part-time Vail spends ridiculous amounts on its parks, redoing playgrounds that are rarely used, etc. This money can be put to better use. Invite Right Part-time We all have to pitch in to continue to have the Vailthat we are proud of! Invite Right Part-time You forced me to check zero with the wording of your question. If you want input don't place restrictions on answers. Invite Right Part-time Your results will be inappropriately skewed and misleading because the system would not let 0 be entered. i would allocate 0 to parking. Invite Wrong Year-round Again, the stress on the community is not the community Invite Wrong Year-round low income worker housing is top priority not mid or upper income Invite Wrong Year-round The hotels and ski company should contribute all the money for employee housing. The jobs they have pay next to nothing. Surely they are making a huge profit and investing virtually nothing in housing, relying on others to pay for their bottom line. Invite Wrong Work only Would rather spend the entire 100 on solving parking problem Invite Wrong Part-time Again, the bus service needs to be reexamined. I don't think that building more parking garages is the way to go. And, again, the town needs to take care of its residents. It has not been doing that in the last 10 years. Invite Wrong Part-time Vail promotes itself as a world class destination. Stairs that need to be climbed to access the transportation center are far from world class. Invite Wrong Get mail With the loss of the Cascades indoor tennis facility this year, Vail needs only to find a way to include tennis in the winter sport activity they offer. Invite Don't know Year-round Focus on affordable housing Invite Don't know Year-round I'd like to see bike paths maintained in winter, including a means to travel through Dowd junction by bicycle or on foot. I'd like to see money put towards paved and soft -surface trails connecting neighborhoods throughout the town and county. I'm not sure the 'ride with traffic' bike path flow in Intermountain is a positive change. The east -bound shoulder is now too narrow to safely walk on, especially in winter. Invite Don't know Year-round no Invite Don't know Year-round Stop over -regulating things like protecting Gore Creek! Part of the fun of our events is being outside. I don't think we need a new cultural center over improved parking facilities. If you're going to ban grocery store plastic bags, then stop buying plastic bags to give out to people in town!! Or, start investigating biodegradable plastic bags. Invite Don't know Part-time the survey form forced me to allocate funds to the 'sizabe enclosed space' and I would prefer $0/none Invite Year-round We need an indoor recreation center with a pool instead of another cultural space. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 279 July 5, 2016 - Page 359 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Allocations Open Right Year-round I would like to spend more for a Vilar-like venue in Vail, but I feel parking is more important Open Right Year-round If gore creek is in rough shape, maybe the culprits should be held accountable for their actions Open Right Year-round no Open Right Year-round Protecting our environment is the foundation of our tourism industry. We must make that our highest priority Open Right Year-round We need a public swimming pool and rec center!!! Open Right Work only No Open Right Work only parking improvements only if it benefited the local worker Open Right Part-time Hard to answer! Open Right Part-time I would not allocate anything to the large enclosed space but the program does not allow for that response Open Right Part-time I would use Expanded housing $$s as an incentive for a public/private partnership, not as government-owned housing. Open Right Part-time I'm sure there are many other projects the town of Vail could support other than those mentioned Open Right Part-time need to do something to encourage uber drivers Open Right Part-time no Open Right Part-time No Open Right Part-time vail ass. should be responsible for its employees separate from town of vail employees on affordable housing Open Right Own This thinking is all short term. Where's the visionary? business only Open Wrong Year-round And clean up our roads to reduce the clouds of dust from every passing vehicle Open Wrong Work only Add free capacity (more frontage road parking) No waiting till structures are full. More parking on weekdays in west vail. Open Wrong Part-time Parking problems dominate customer dissatisfaction with Vail during ski season -- and the cost of parking. Open Wrong Part-time Submitting a geothermal request to the fed government for a city wide geothermal plant for heating. Open Don't know Year-round Speed limit enforcement on frontage road Open Don't know Year-round There are no good options for housing for middle income families. Open Don't know Year-round Vail needs to feel more like a town for people who live here (feels too much like it is catered to everyone else, e.g. The ski mountain). Open Don't know Year-round We had funds set aside for'sizeable enclosed space for community events'...and it was frittered away! Short memory here?! Open Don't know Part-time see other above Vail should have built a performing arts center before the Vilar was built, but it is too late now, ther isn't a large enough base to support programming for one in Vail as well as the Vilar. we don't need another encled space beyond Donova, Dobson, the Community room and all the spaces various hotels have *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 280 July 5, 2016 - Page 360 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Comments about Allocations Open Don't know Own Rainy day fund Invite Right business How does the town of Vail encourage investors to invest in affordable only housing? Are there any questions that were missed that you would like included in future surveys? Survey Direction Resident Questions to be Included in Future Surveys Invite Right Year-round Discussion of Red Sandstone Elementary School improvements. Invite Right Year-round How does the town of Vail encourage investors to invest in affordable housing? Invite Right Year-round Night safety, Intermountain between Intermountain bus stop and columbine apartments needs lighting. Maybe low level lighting, just enough for guidance along the sidewalk. Invite Right Year-round No Invite Right Year-round No Invite Right Year-round No Invite Right Year-round Not much mention here of anything 'community related'. I think that asking for feedback on community programs would be helpful. Again, don't forget your locals, so they don't all join the down valley exodus. Invite Right Year-round restaurant quality/choices survey Invite Right Year-round There should have been questions about noise mitigation from 170 Invite Right Year-round this survey is a little long Invite Right Year-round yes on i70 noise pollution. The trucks are extremely loud when they fly through the valley. It is a huge damper on the community. Invite Right Year-round Yes, we want you to make voting in Vail online!!! Invite Right Work only no Invite Right Work only volunteer involvement, we have such a giving community for young and old. More recycling containers throughout town that emphasize compost, recycle and landfill as choices. No questions on town parks were included on this survey. I see a lot of $$s were put into improving parks for people with children. How to address better public use space (include art displays..free events, etc ) Invite Right Part-time Continue to have events that make Vail a year round destination. advertise them. Invite Right Part-time Had I know how long the survey was, i would not have started it. On other surveys they show how far you have completed as you move along. That would have been helpful for putting it down and picking it up later Invite Right Part-time More specifics or a way to review items that are part of the survey like list of events Invite Right Part-time no Invite Right Part-time No *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 281 July 5, 2016 - Page 361 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Questions to be Included in Future Surveys Invite Right Part-time no,thank you Invite Right Part-time Shall ToV study the idea of covering 170, which would so enhance the quality of our living by getting rid of a major source of highly annoying noise and pollution AND bring acres of space in this narrow, overcrowded valley. (40 years ago, this idea was already in the air...) Invite Right Part-time There has been some talk about the shuttle buses used by the resorts in the area. I'd like to go on record supporting these shuttle buses and their use of the roads/drop off locations. Invite Right Part-time There is nothing about the parks and the ridiculous excess of resources that goes into them. The town is completely surrounded by public land and the parks don't serve that much purpose. They are ridiculously extravagant. Invite Right Part-time Topics - Golf course, Nordic center, tennis and recreational facilities and staff. Invite Right Part-time What 1 improvement do you most want? Invite Right Part-time What's your favorite restaurant ? kidding Invite Right Own Highway noise reduction efforts business only Invite Right Own Improve 170 commute from Denver. Too much traffic. Better mass business transit. only Invite Wrong Year-round Demonstrate what is the carbon footprint guests create by coming here. Invite Wrong Year-round Income - Gives perspective of where there answers are coming from. IE $25 to park to a millionaire is nothing. $25 to park to a local that makes $35,000 a year working 2 jobs hurts. Other ski towns visited? Flower Crew? Invite Wrong Year-round Marijuana use in Vail: There needs to be a more struck enforcement of marijuana use in public places within the TOV. Furthermore the TOV needs to remain opposed to any dispensary businesses or smoking related business (e.g. smoking club/room) operating within the town of Vail. Finally there needs to be better drug testing and enforcement of TOV staff. I have frequently smelt TOV employees (bus drivers, sanitation staff) who stink of pot. This is disgraceful. Invite Wrong Year-round Meter Pay parking on Frontage Road. Invite Wrong Year-round No Invite Wrong Year-round Noise mitigation for 170 Invite Wrong Year-round Participation in volunteer opportunities and not-for-profit boards. How to integrate newcomers better. Invite Wrong Year-round Pet waste in Parks is a problem, those who do not pick up waste should be ticketed and fined Invite Wrong Year-round Should future construction be limited in order to limit footprints in Vail that are changing the landscape, climate, and beauty of the area? Invite Wrong Year-round This survey is way too long. There should be a single 'Don't Know' at the *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 282 July 5, 2016 - Page 362 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Questions to be Included in Future Surveys top of each category so you don't have to scroll down through everything. Invite Wrong Year-round Town Council members' communication outreach efforts with local residents Invite Wrong Work only What items has money been wasted on (check all that apply) How do you view the Vail Police force? How do you view the decisions made by the town council? Made by the mayor? Invite Wrong Work only You are losing many great working locals. They feel like they are not welcome and are being pushed out. The priority seems to be on more, more , more for the wealthy guests... but now it is at the cost of the locals. The issue that no one wants to talk about is that workers are NOT being paid livable wages here. The media is investigating this issue and the exposure of this will not be good for any of us in Vail. Invite Wrong Part-time Do you think Vail Resorts considers the interests of residents when making any of its decisions? Invite Wrong Part-time Vail will succeed by being a high end destination for people in the summer and winter. The TOV needs to fix several problems; or the high end resident will go elsewhere. There are plenty of choices. The first thing to do is to ensure that the TOV employees (especially the police) stop acting like they're patrolling a high crime area in south Chicago. Invite Wrong Part-time What are our opinions on availability of non event entertainment in village i.e.. restaurants, bars, .. Invite Don't know Year-round Anything regarding new building restrictions, height, size etc. Residents have no say in new buildings in their neighborhoods. Only thing that seems to matter is how much money the town will get. Invite Don't know Year-round Do you favor marijuana sales in Vail? Invite Don't know Year-round I hope to get in on a lottery and finally own my own place, deed restricted, in Vail. Invite Don't know Year-round No Invite Don't know Year-round Sustainable growth. There is no mention of quality of life as it pertains to this. When does Vail become too crowded? The goal seems to only be growth. Invite Don't know Year-round too many questions Invite Don't know Part-time Town of Vail? We are in East Vail ..... I assume this is TOV. Sometimes the questions seem to refer to Vail Village rather than the TOV ( East Vail, Vail Village, West Vail ) Invite Year-round Pedestrian crossings. Dark and unsafe. They just walk. Even if it is icy and almost impossible to stop. Can not believe there aren't more accidents because of crossings. Invite Part-time Question: are the monies spent on evening events i.e..bands, beer fest, etc. a good use of tax dollars? How does a renter view Vail when they must schlepp their bags from the parking garage thru a crowd street(closed to cars so can not deliver bags to the doorstep), up the stairs where party goers have urinated in the stairwell to find the pictures vibrating on the wall. My guess there are two reactions, either *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 283 July 5, 2016 - Page 363 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Questions to be Included in Future Surveys 'party on' or OMG. Invite There is a big problem of pedestrians and traffic using the same area. Gore Creek Drive is very dangerous with buses, two way traffic and pedestrians. Please make Gore Creek one way and designate a pedestrian walk way on the edge, similar to village circle. Open Right Year-round Add a third lane past the east vail chain up area. Add more police(get them out of their cars) to direct trucks to open spots to chain up. Start to enforce the noise ordinance in east vail. Open Right Year-round Ask about the retail mix (too many fur, jewelry stores, no book store, no Whole Foods -like store). Ask about the availability or desirability of restaurants serving ethnic foods (need more Chinese, Indian, other ethnic) Open Right Year-round How important are policies and regulations designed to reduce the town's contribution to climate change ? How much dog shit can you tolerate? Open Right Year-round How is the Vail Town Staff doing? How is the office of the town's legal staff/court doing? Open Right Year-round no Open Right Year-round no Open Right Year-round Not only do we need to focus on affordable housing for residents, we need to focus on our school systems for our resident children. Day is also and issue for families that choose to live here full-time, not for second and third home -owners. Open Right Year-round Questions about lifestyle and activities. How we recreate.... Open Right Year-round There was no comment section after the environmental choices section and I had comments. Open Right Year-round Vail needs to participate in creating another 'miller ranch' type development. Partner with the other towns and large employers to create a place for millennials to live and grow as their family needs grow. Open Right Year-round Would you like to ban smoking in the town of Vail? Open Right Work only No. Good survey. Open Right Part-time no Open Right Part-time no Open Right Part-time No Open Right Own At what age do you see yourself leaving Vail? Why? business only Open Wrong Year-round Do residents feel that 'speed traps' are a safety enhancement' or TOV fund raiser? The N frontage road has a 10mph lower speed limit than the S frontage road. Most of E Vail has no passing possibilities, even when a bus is going 25 rather than 40 for miles! Open Don't know Year-round Concern about 1-70 traffic Open Don't know Year-round no *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 284 July 5, 2016 - Page 364 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Questions to be Included in Future Surveys Open Don't know Year-round Noise Mitigation Speed limit enforcement Open Don't know Year-round Pine beadle kill should be addressed. Open Don't know Year-round This survey makes too many assumptions about familarity of respondent with town services. Open Don't know Work only Produce options. Natural foods stores. Open Don't know Part-time No Open Don't know Part-time what services are missing - we would like a healthy grocery store we can walk to in Vail Village. The bodega is an improvement, but we still cant get a fresh head of lettuce without driving. And then there's safeway or city market which are not upscale healthy grocery stores. WFs in Frisco is ok in the summer, but driving the pass in winter is Invite Right Year-round unappealing. And not having to drive at all would be best. We cook in our condo and would like to be able to shop for necessities without Invite Right Year-round driving. Do you have any additional comments or suggestions? Survey Direction Resident Additional Comments or Suggestions Invite Right Year-round Good survey but much too long! I almost quit. Invite Right Year-round I drive down valley to do my business because that is where they are. Invite Right Year-round I really enjoy the Town BBQs, and thank you for adding veggie burgers to the menu. Invite Right Year-round I would like to mention that I have a business license for AirBnB and that has helped me afford to live in the valley. When I decided to buy in Vail it was a factor in my decision in order to be able to afford my property. I thank the town for being supportive of AirBnB as I do not want a renter in my home but enjoy the guests and friends I am able to entertain along with providing another option for visitors to Vail for accommodation. Invite Right Year-round It's a LONG survey. Use it well. Thanks for the opportunity to share perspectives of the locals. Invite Right Year-round Keep up the good work! Invite Right Year-round Keep Vail safe, beautiful, healthy, professional, fun, affordable. Invite Right Year-round Love living in the Town of Vail. Like the Village most of the time when we're not crowded out by events. Don't like the way visitors let their dogs shit all over the trails. Invite Right Year-round No Invite Right Year-round No Invite Right Year-round Stop allocating to all wishes/needs and adequately fund & fix a couple, then move on to others. Invite Right Year-round The TOV is well run in general and I appreciate the careful management of expenditures. The last 7 years have seen little growth in the TOV so we need to be careful not to panic; maintain what we have and increase the quality of the experience here for guests and residents. It's *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 285 July 5, 2016 - Page 365 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Additional Comments or Suggestions all in the amount of snow we get and there is little we can do to control that. Invite Right Year-round the town of vail needs to pay more attention to red sandstone school. it is a very important part of our community Invite Right Year-round This town has a serious problem with employment discrimination based on sex and age. You should investigate hiring practices (not just at the library) because it appears that department heads are free to hire their friends to fill vacancies, as long as they meet minimum qualifications. How about administering a civil service test and hiring the most qualified? Invite Right Year-round TOV is not responsible to provide housing for business. they are for profit corperations that need to provide their own work force housing Invite Right Year-round Transportation staff is unfriendly and at times mean Invite Right Year-round Vail is amazing. Thank you for your hard work. We are all very lucky to have this wonderful treasure to call home. Invite Right Year-round We are strongly against EverVail. We need to fill the hotels in the village first. We do not think its needed, whatsoever! Invite Right Year-round We have the best town staff in many, many years, and I think the new council can capitalize on their ability to operate effectively to focus the council efforts on creating solution to the issues that continue to plague us... Invite Right Year-round Work to get VR to share responsibility for parking problems largely created by increased capacity and activities on the Mountain. Invite Right Year-round Yes, please let us vote in Vail online (just like we are doing this survey)! Invite Right Work only Great town... LOVE living here. now only if we had free parking in the winter... Invite Right Work only perhaps make the survey a bit shorter Invite Right Part-time A bit too long but like areas for comments Invite Right Part-time Again, interested in future real estate opportunities and creation of Ever Vail. Invite Right Part-time Clarification needed on use of terminology concerning short term v. long term rental since for tax purposes long term is over one month. Invite Right Part-time I am highly disappointed regarding private owners who want to rent their property having to get a license and/or tax ID, especially for short term rentals under 14 days. Invite Right Part-time I am not registered to vote in Vail as I am not permitted to in a general election. But I can vote in VRD elections. I think second home owners should be permitted (and encouraged to) vote in TOV elections. We are certainly impacted by the elections. Invite Right Part-time I really want lighting on the pedestrian path from the ped bridge to TimberRidge. Invite Right Part-time I think that the no stop coming up to the frontage road from Gold Peak by the east end of the parking structure should be made more clear - People stop all the time - maybe one of those blinking (green for go instead of red for stop) signs would help *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 286 July 5, 2016 - Page 366 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Additional Comments or Suggestions Invite Right Part-time I think the requirement for back flow meters is ridiculous and costly Invite Right Part-time I think you should do away with the plastic bag ban. It negatively affect tourists. We had the same ordinance in Dallas and we got rid of it because everyone complained. It is a big nuisance. Walking out of a store with your hands full of things you bought is not... pleasant. Invite Right Part-time If covering 170, like it was imagined 40 years ago, sounds way too farfetched, let's study, at least, building a sound barrier over the highway! Invite Right Part-time If you want input leave the response open ended. Invite Right Part-time Limiting ski clubs in the village is a fine idea. The village needs more restaurants and bars. Use of outdoor space is applauded, like Crepe place near the fountain. More would improve vibrancy. Invite Right Part-time Make it easier to hover over questions and just type a 'S' or a '3' instead of having to use the drop down arrows. The easier you make it to complete the survey the more folks you will see finish them. Invite Right Part-time Need a small grocery/sundries store in Vail Village. Need more places for seasonal locker rentals in Vail Village. Invite Right Part-time no Invite Right Part-time no Invite Right Part-time No Invite Right Part-time Overall, great place to live! Invite Right Part-time Please keep up the good work. You are headed in the right direction. The Simba Run underpass will be a pain, but it is the right thing to do, Please focus on providing affordable housing for the workers of the valley. They deserve a safe and affordable place to live and raise a family. In turn, Vail will have a competent and committed workforce that will continue to make the 'Vail Experience' great. Invite Right Part-time Survey is way too long. Invite Right Part-time The question above about how many weeks per year my home is used for various purposes is poorly structured because it does not account for situations where a home has multiple uses. I use it for myself about 50 weeks per year, and I rent it out long term to a Vail resident for 52 weeks per year -- so the total SHOULD be more than 52, but this survey will not accept that answer. Invite Right Part-time Vail needs a rec-center like Avon has & also Vail should have more free parking like Avon has for BC Invite Right Part-time very through well written survey Invite Right Part-time We hope to retire in Vail! Invite Right Part-time We love Vail! Keep up the good work. Invite Right Part-time would like to see more health food stores in the valley Invite Right Own Highway noise reduction efforts business only Invite Right Own Need affordable housing for renters. business *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 287 July 5, 2016 - Page 367 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Additional Comments or Suggestions only Invite Right Get mail I'd like to see future discussion on annexation of EagleVail as an only opportunity to increase workforce housing Invite Right HATE the no plastic bags at grocery. Invite Wrong Year-round Develop a working cost sharing strategy with VR and demands made on Town infrastructure by VR's growth plans Invite Wrong Year-round Do away with ban on plastic bags. I just go to Walmart in Avon which takes away from sales tax revenue for TOV. It has little impact on environment. If you were serious you would ban plastic bottles that I see everyone use at Town meetings including elected officials and TOV employees. Invite Wrong Year-round I know you want to get as much info as possible.... but wow, its quite a survey ya have here... Invite Wrong Year-round I live across the street from TOV deed restricted housing and they both have cleaning staff clean their units. It infuriates me that I work two jobs, haven't even skied yet this year (and I have a free pass) so I can help support people working the system to have an easy life because they think they deserve it. If people want to live then they should earn it like the people who built this town up to what it is now. Invite Wrong Year-round I may not agree with all of the town's decisions I do feel the employees and leaders care a great deal about our needs and living conditions! Overall a greatjob !!! Invite Wrong Year-round If I had a company that needed a scheduled event, about the last place I would bring it to is Vail. If someone working for me scheduled the event for mid-April to Memorial Day or late October to mid-November; I would fire that person. The weather in Vail is miserable those times, and there are infinite better places to have an event those times than Vail. Invite Wrong Year-round No Invite Wrong Year-round our summer business is fine.. please don't crowd that up like winter/skiing season.as a working local , we'll never get to appreciate Vail and 'smell the roses.' this survey is long but worthy. I goofed by pushing the 'enter' button early so it is coming in 2 parts . sorry and thanks for this opportunity to contribute even tho I now have to live further from 'my home' of Vail. Invite Wrong Year-round stop promoting ass clowns just because they have been there longer than the other guy. Promote based on experience, qualifications and work ethics not years of half assed service on the job. Invite Wrong Year-round Thank you! Can we plan to cover or tunnel the highway? Invite Wrong Year-round There is a lack of ethics on Town Council. There are financial conflicts of interest with applicants and Councilmembers should not vote. Invite Wrong Year-round Vail is too willing to add population in order to spend more money and make Vail into a city. Invite Wrong Year-round Vail Resorts monopoly control of all guest interactions from bookings to transport to hotels to skiing to retail to food is harming small businesses *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 288 July 5, 2016 - Page 368 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Additional Comments or Suggestions and the character of the community. Invite Wrong Year-round Why are we contracting out animal control services to Eagle County when we have our own community patrol force?? Invite Wrong Work only Thank you for the survey! Invite Wrong Part-time Again, I cannot reiterate how important it is for the town to take care of its residents with special ski passes and parking and bus service. An epic pass is now $8091 Seriously!?!?! There needs to be a Vail Resident pass with no restrictions and there needs to be affordable housing and resident perks. After all, it is the residents that make Vail function on a day-to-day. They need to be taken care of. Period. Invite Wrong Part-time More heated sidewalks so people don't slip on ice, Invite Wrong Part-time there needs to be some restrictions on bike rider use of public roads. they do not own the roads. Invite Wrong Part-time We think developers have become more and more greedy and the Town Board should be making their decisions based on the interests of the residents and not the developers. Invite Don't know Year-round Climate change is important. It is obvious with the steps TOV has been taking. One of my biggest frustrations in this fight is lack of vegetarian options in the valley. Meat production is a major contributor to climate change, yet it is nearly impossible to find good or plentiful vegetarian options in our restaurants. Has anyone thought to address this part of it? I have many vegetarian friends who complain about this. We also have an enlightened clientele who eat more plant -based than the average consumer and they complain about it, as well. I work at a lodging property and have heard this many times. Invite Don't know Year-round I would like a summary of how the tax dollars were spent in the year and what the reserve fund is. I would like a five year plan for some of these important issues rather than an ad hoc way of dealing with them. Invite Don't know Year-round Keep up the good work! Invite Don't know Year-round no Invite Don't know Year-round No Invite Don't know Year-round To protect our local businesses that are NOT owned by Vail Resorts (which are becoming fewer and fewer since they own most everything!!), we need to quit giving VR our summer marketing funds. VR puts themselves first (their phone numbers, their lodging, their restaurants, etc) in their marketing promotions. Let's give our locally owned businesses a chance to survive!!! Also, the Town Council needs to start thinking independently of the town staff and manager. Invite Don't know Part-time The 7th question above does not permit for duplex information Invite Don't know Part-time You should have progress bars for the survey Invite Year-round Westvail south roundabout: there are two arrows to go under i70 to north side. Should be 1!!!!! One lane should be to continue on south frontage or to turn to Marriott streamside. So many near hits!! Invite Year-round Stronger cooperation needs to be encouraged between the TOV and Vail Resorts. From the outside, it appears there is a lack of trust at least, *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 289 July 5, 2016 - Page 369 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Additional Comments or Suggestions and animosity towards each other at times. New parking solutions need to be addressed immediately. For years the issue has been discussed — but to no avail. It's only a matter of time before a major injury or worse occurs with on Frontage Road parking. The Town of Vail has the financial resources to address this issue. We can't wait for Ever Vail to come to fruition and provide additional parking. I believe cleaning up the main entryway into Vail (particularly the westbound off ramp at main Vail exit) would provide a major visual improvement for our guests. Even cutting the wildland grass a couple of times each summer would compliment the stunning flower presentations provided each year by the Landscaping crew. (A low cost addition) Improvement to the existing bike/recreation path immediately west of the pedestrian overpass bridge is needed on the north side. At the moment it is a dangerous layout, particularly at night. A reduced grade, wider visual corridors and lighting at night is needed to avoid being terrified by bikers and skateboarders traveling at speeds way too fast for the current conditions. Continuation of the current stream walk will greatly enhance the guests experience. The current sections behind the library, and from the Covered Bridge east are constantly utilized by young and old alike. But there is a huge missing gap in the middle. The TOV should encourage (as it has in the village) replacement of older buildings such as those in Sandstone, Intermountain and West Vail, many of which are having major issues because of age. However, such replacement needs to keep the equivalent amount of employee housing units and an increase in parking stalls into perpetuity. A replacement of the current municipal building is not currently necessary, better use of the money would be providing employee housing. But please, do not go the way the current replacement of the Golf Clubhouse is heading: it's disgraceful how the costs have escalated out of this world, where is the management of such projects? Open Right Year-round Build an underground parking structure Open Right Year-round I think the Community Development Department goes above and beyond to include the local building industry. Open Right Year-round Just want to say that I like the drop off / pick up opportunity by Mill Creek Circle. That works great. I use that spot a lot. Open Right Year-round Keep up the good work Open Right Year-round Keep up the good work ! Open Right Year-round Keep up the good work! *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 290 July 5, 2016 - Page 370 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Additional Comments or Suggestions Open Right Year-round Keep up the good work. Bring back George Gillett. Open Right Year-round no Open Right Year-round no Open Right Year-round One last thought.... I think forcing the super market to ban plastic bags was terrible customer service and it only hurt the guests. Encouraging reusable bags by giving them away out front of the grocery store is a nice thought, taking bags away completely was terrible service. Open Right Year-round please bring back the winter mountain games! Open Right Year-round Please put estimated time required to take this survey if not included and I missed it. Open Right Year-round Pretty long survey - if I was not retired, I would have bailed out at some point. Good luck getting responses. This took me more than 30 minutes. Open Right Year-round Thankful for the addition of the turnabout at Simba! I can't wait to use it to go to Cascade or Lionshead from my house. It will discourage people from running across the highway which I still see happening. Thank you! Working with the second largest employer (VVMC) to get employees to work through bus schedule discussions during their construction! I am unable to use bus any time of year because schedule is not early enough. Nurses and other health care professionals workers must start at 0700, which means they need to be at VTC by 0630-0640 to get to work on time. Please consider this so we can impact environment with less car use for those of us who live in Vail. Paying $500 or more for a pass to park for 6 months of the year is hard for middle income earners. Open Right Year-round Vail MUST move aggressively towards a carbon neutral future. Open Right Year-round Vail should provide a list to retailers or would-be retailers and restauranteurs a listing of most requested services based on a more detailed set of survey questions regarding what people want to see in Vail. These surveys could be used to let the takers of the surveys tell Vail what kinds of stores/restaurants they would like to see, and use it to maybe improve the retail mix. Open Right Work only Diversity, inclusion, acceptance!!! Open Right Work only I lived in Vail from 1999 to 2008, but have since moved down valley. Vail has turned into a place that's nice to visit, but it's not a place that I want to raise a family. Vail has missed the boat with my demographic, and I don't ever see it coming back to port at this point. Open Right Work only Looking forward to the Underpass project, great connectivity! Its time to build more parking, its a wise investment for the future, we need to provide safe adequate parking. Frontage road parking is getting worse, and is unsafe, and you cannot control where people cross the road. Open Right Work only No Open Right Part-time Beware of over regulating. The best form of management is personal responsibility Open Right Part-time I wish you would dedicate a memorial or plaque to the people who died *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 291 July 5, 2016 - Page 371 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Additional Comments or Suggestions in the 1976 gondola tragedy. This is an important event in Vail's history that ultimately changed Vail for the better. Open Right Part-time I would like to compliment you for hosting this survey. Open Right Part-time More questions about how short term rentals are arranged, VRBO ect. the town need to be able to better control these rentals. Open Right Part-time More questions about short term rentals, VRBO ect. the town needs to know more about these type of rentals Open Right Part-time My home has a street in front of it that is not maintained by TOV. I don't understand why this is. We are in the city limits in W Vail. But we have to resurface our own street, repair cracks & potholes, and have it plowed in winter months at the expense of five home owners. The rub is we pay all the sales taxes and property taxes, but we don't receive the city services we are paying for. I'm at a loss as to why my Vail neighborhood was set up like this. Open Right Part-time Nice survey. Informative to fill out. Open Right Part-time no Open Right Part-time No Open Right Part-time Open up the Golden Peak Lot for skiier drop off and pick-up Open Right Part-time survey is too long Open Right Part-time Vail is a great place! We have been coming since 1981- keep it great! Open Right Part-time yes, when asking us to fill out survey please be honest and give us an approximate time frame and please print countdown as survey is filled out. Not sure I would do another survey unless that info was included. Open Wrong Year-round Free parking for locals, free bus system that goes past midnight Open Wrong Year-round I grew up and graduated in Vail. The town used to be fun and have a great reputation. I've watched the town slowly chip away and push out anyone that wants to live here and be a 'ski bum'. I've had lots of friends leave in the last few years because they are tired of having to work 10 jobs to afford a crappy condo and work so much that they never ski or enjoy the reason they lived here. It's too expensive to afford a decent home without having a trust fund and realtors have actually laughed at me when we told them our wants and wanting to stay in Vail. If we can't find housing in the town of Vail we might as well move out of the Valley, why work hard and sacrifice if you can't be close to the things you love and want to do. All the people that built Vail are all now old and forgot what it was like and do what they can to discourage night life and new young people to the town. Even thinking of having children and trying to find childcare or fitting them into a 900 sf is a waste of time. If Vail caters to foreigners who will buy their homes, who will work in their businesses, cook their food if they have no where to live and nothing to do. Living in Vail isn't so great anymore and the people that have done it for years don't want to do it anymore and we are not breading any new skier enthusiasts because let's be honest who can afford to come to vacation in Vail other than the wealthy and their children are not going to be working in *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 292 July 5, 2016 - Page 372 of 433 Survey Direction Resident Additional Comments or Suggestions restaurants or selling t -shits in 20 years. Open Wrong Work only Need to do a survey of just the town employees so the council can get a feel of what's really going on with in the workforce of the town. The manager and directors will probably not like the results they would get. That's probably why one has never been done. Open Wrong Part-time Figure out a way for non-resident owners can have a say on Vail issues !!!! Open Wrong Part-time Good survey. Really made me think about the difficulty of setting priorities. Open Wrong Part-time Safety on the MT is always my primary concern. Work with Vail Resorts to make it the top priority. Open Wrong Own If the plastic bag ban is extended to my business on a pedestrian mall, I business will lose enough business to question its viability. Our customers have only to walk with a lot of bulky purchases, are away from home and their usual routines, sometimes spoiled. We can minimize the use of plastic bags with alternate suggestions. Plastic bags could be collected like other recycles at hotels,homes, and in TOV recycling . Or downcycled as the case may be- at least eliminated a lot more from the waste stream. A continuation and increase in the reusable bag program could help, build momentum, create positive change. A ban will cause frustration, lost sales, confrontation. Asking Senor to pay me for another paper bag (which is energy intensive to make ,too) after he just dropped a bundle is not going to work out well. I will participate in all the green practices that are practical but I don't want a town gov't to tell me how to run the business. Open Don't know Year-round 30 -year local residents. We own a Vail business, but don't live in Vail, but would like to be able to afford to do so. Open Don't know Year-round Make a point of reaching out to taxpayers and property owners!!! Open Don't know Year-round My spouse is a year round employee in Vail. Open Don't know Year-round Noise Mitigation Speed limit enforcement Larger Police force Open Don't know Part-time Most the stores in town are high end nonsense or tshirt tourist traps. Useful and appealing places would be very welcome. Open Don't know Part-time No Open Year-round It is way to Dark here now. Lighting should be improved for safety at side roads. Street signs should be illuminated. Its very dangerous with pedestrians walking and crossing in the dark. Very easy to miss turns in the darks. Guests are all over the place trying to find turns. *Please note, comments are included from both invitation and open -link samples 293 July 5, 2016 - Page 373 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 1 July 5, 2016 - Page 374 of 433 Survey Version Overall Invite Fpen Is your residence (either year-round or seasonal) within the town of Vail? Yes 86°/a 65% 78% No 35% 22% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% n = 540 376 916 If yes, where? East Vail 29% 20% 26% West Vail (north of 170) 13% 18% 15% Potato Patch, Sandstone 12% 12% 12% Intermountain 8% 7% 8% Vail Village 6% 9% 7% Matterhorn, Glen Lyon 5% 8% 6% Lionshead 5% 6% 5% Buffehr Creek, Lionsridge, the Valley 5% 6% 5% Booth Falls and Bald Mountain Road areas 4% 4% 4% Other 4% 5% 4% Vail Commons/Safeway area 3% 2% 3% Golf Course 3% 2% 3% Not a resident of the town of Vail 0% 1 % 1 % Booth Creek/Aspen Lane 1% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% n = 467 243 710 Which of the following best describes you? Year-round resident (11+ months/year) 47% 57% 51% Part-time resident (what is the ZIP Code of your primary 42% 20% 33% Employed in the town of Vail but don't live there 4% 17% 10% Get mail in the town but don't live or work there 3% 3% 3% Non-resident owner of business/commercial property 4% 4% 4% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% n= 541 374 915 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 1 July 5, 2016 - Page 374 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 2 July 5, 2016 - Page 375 of 433 Survey Version Overall Invite Open Would you say that things in the town of Vail are going in the right direction, or have they gotten off on the wrong track? Right direction 63% 65% 64% Wrong track 20% 16% 18% Dont know 17% 20% 18% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% n= 533 370 903 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 2 July 5, 2016 - Page 375 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results Local government ratings Survey Version Overall Invite Open Providing information to citizens 1 -Not at All Satisfied 3% 3% 3% 2 5% 5% 5% 3 28% 19% 24% 4 31% 37% 33% 5 -Very Satisfied 34% 35% 35% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 3.9 4.0 3.9 n = 507 353 860 Offering public engagement opportunities 1 -Not at All Satisfied 2% 2% 2% 2 7% 6% 7% 3 26% 26% 26% 4 33% 38% 35% 5 -Very Satisfied 32% 29% 31% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 3.9 3.9 3.9 n = 470 336 806 Being collaborative in decision-making process 1 -Not at All Satisfied 11% 6% 8% 2 11% 14% 13% 3 36% 30% 34% 4 26% 31% 28% 5 -Very Satisfied 16% 19% 17% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 3.2 3.4 3.3 n = 400 307 707 Approachability of staff and Town Council members 1 -Not at All Satisfied 5% 3% 4% 2 6% 6% 6% 3 19% 18% 19% 4 34% 30% 32% 5 -Very Satisfied 36% 43% 39% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 3.9 4.0 4.0 n = 373 288 661 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 3 July 5, 2016 - Page 376 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 4 July 5, 2016 - Page 377 of 433 Survey Version Overall Invite Open Newspaper 87% 89% 88% Website (www vailgov com) 56% 64% 59% E -services (meeting announcements, agendas, news releases, newsletters, etc) 47% 64% 54% Attend or watch meetings (five web streams, Channel 5) 17% 27% 21% How do you receive information about the Town Vail Social media (Twitter, Facebook, etc) 17% 22% 19% of Radio 11% 24% 16% Television 17% 13% 15% Social media (Twitter, Facebook, etc) 10% 15% 12% Other 10% 6% 8% 274% 323% 294% TOTAL n = 524 357 881 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 4 July 5, 2016 - Page 377 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results Public Works ratings Survey Version Overall Invite Open Appearance and condition of Town -owned buildings 1 -Not at All Satisfied 1% 1% 1% 2 4% 2% 3% 3 23% 21% 22% 4 39% 46% 42% 5 -Very Satisfied 32% 31% 32% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.0 4.0 4.0 n = 509 345 854 Friendliness and courteous attitude of Public Works employees 1 -Not at All Satisfied 1 % 1 % 1 % 2 2% 1% 1% 3 15% 11% 14% 4 33% 37% 35% 5 -Very Satisfied 50% 50% 50% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.3 4.3 4.3 n = 429 307 736 Cleanliness of pedestrian villages 1 -Not at All Satisfied 0% 0% 2 2% 1% 1% 3 6% 5% 6% 4 28% 31% 29% 5 -Very Satisfied 64% 63% 64% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.5 4.6 4.5 n = 524 353 877 Road and street maintenance by the Town of Vail (potholes, sweeping, drainage, etc) 1 -Not at All Satisfied 1 % 1 % 1 % 2 4% 4% 4% 3 17% 15% 16% 4 40% 46% 42% 5 -Very Satisfied 39% 34% 37% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.1 4.1 4.1 n = 523 355 878 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 5 July 5, 2016 - Page 378 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results Public Works ratings Survey Version Overall Open Cleanliness of public restrooms 1 -Not at All Satisfied Linvite 1% 1% 2 3% 2% 3 13% 13% 13% 4 42% 43% 43% 5 -Very Satisfied 42% 40% 41% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.2 4.2 4.2 n = 454 320 774 Snow removal on roads 1 -Not at All Satisfied 2% 1 % 1 % 2 2% 1% 2% 3 9% 9% 9% 4 31% 40% 34% 5 -Very Satisfied 56% 50% 54% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.4 4.4 4.4 n = 526 354 880 Overall park maintenance 1 -Not at All Satisfied 1% 1% 1% 2 1% 1% 1% 3 9% 5% 8% 4 35% 36% 36% 5 -Very Satisfied 54% 57% 55% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.4 4.5 4.4 n = 511 341 852 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 6 July 5, 2016 - Page 379 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results Fire services ratings Survey Version nvite open overall Wildfire mitigation efforts 1 -Not at All Satisfied 1 % 0% 1 % 2 1% 1% 1% 3 9% 9% 9% 4 25% 27% 26% 5 -Very Satisfied 27% 28% 28% 6 37% 35% 36% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.9 4.9 4.9 n = 517 341 858 Response times to basic medical emergencies and fires 1 -Not at All Satisfied 0% 0% 2 0% 0% 0% 3 3% 6% 4% 4 12% 22% 16% 5 -Very Satisfied 32% 29% 31% 6 53% 43% 49% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 5.3 5.1 5.2 n = 519 343 862 Courtesy and helpfulness of firefighters and fire prevention staff 1 -Not at All Satisfied 0% 1% 0% 2 1% 1% 1% 3 4% 6% 5% 4 16% 18% 17% 5 -Very Satisfied 46% 50% 48% 6 33% 24% 30% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 5.1 4.9 5.0 n = 517 343 860 Timely plan -check and fire system inspections on remodeled or new construction 1 -Not at All Satisfied 0% 0% 0% 2 1% 2% 1% 3 9% 9% 9% 4 12% 16% 13% 5 -Very Satisfied 13% 14% 14% 6 65% 60% 63% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 5.3 5.2 5.3 n = 517 341 858 Fire safety, awareness and education programs provided 1 -Not at All Satisfied 1% 1% 1% 2 2% 2% 2% 3 11% 11% 11% 4 19% 18% 19% 5 -Very Satisfied 22% 30% 25% 6 45% 38% 42% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.9 4.9 4.9 n = 519 342 861 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 7 July 5, 2016 - Page 380 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results Police services ratings Survey Version Overall Invite Open Have you utilized Vail Police for any service or emergency within the past 12 months? Yes 20% 27% 23% No 80% 73% 77% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% n = 519 338 857 Friendliness and approachability of Vail police department employees 1 -Not at All Satisfied 2% 3% 3% 2 4% 4% 4% 3 12% 10% 11% 4 28% 26% 27% 5 -Very Satisfied 541% 57% 559/6 TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.3 4.3 4.3 n = 422 301 723 Appropriate presence of police on footivehicle patrol 1 -Not at All Satisfied 2% 4% 3% 2 8% 3% 6% 3 18% 18% 18% 4 32% 32% 32% 5 -Very Satisfied 40% 42% 41% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.0 4.1 4.0 n = 454 307 761 Crime prevention 1 -Not at All Satisfied 2% 4% 3% 2 2% 1% 2% 3 15% 17% 15% 4 38% 34% 36% 5 -Very Satisfied 43% 45% 44% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.2 4.1 4.2 n = 329 235 564 Visibility of police foot/vehicle patrol 1 -Not at All Satisfied 2% 4% 3% 2 7% 4% 5% 3 21% 18% 20% 4 33% 33% 33% 5 -Very Satisfied 37% 42% 39% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.0 4.1 4.0 n = 468 320 788 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 8 July 5, 2016 - Page 381 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results Police services ratings Survey Version Overall Invite Open Overall feeling of safety and security 1 -Not at All Satisfied 1 % 2% 1 % 2 2% 2% 3 9% 8% 9% 4 29% 28% 29% 5 -Very Satisfied 60% 60% 60% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.4 4.4 4.4 n = 499 331 830 Managing parking and traffic control issues 1 -Not at All Satisfied 5% 7% 6% 2 11% 6% 9% 3 23% 22% 23% 4 34% 34% 34% 5 -Very Satisfied 27% 31% 28% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 3.7 3.8 3.7 n = 779 Overall quality of service 1 -Not at All Satisfied 2% 4% 3% 2 2% 2% 2% 3 15% 12% 13% 4 38% 34% 36% 5 -Very Satisfied 44% 49% 46% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.2 4.2 4.2 n = 425 301 726 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 9 July 5, 2016 - Page 382 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 10 July 5, 2016 - Page 383 of 433 Survey Version Overall Invite Open Have you used the services of the Community Development Department within the past 12 months? Yes 15% 21% 17% No 85% 79% 83% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% n = 521 344 865 How did you access their services? Walk in to office 71% 66% 68% Telephone 49% 49% 49% Website 38% 49% 43% Attend a meeting 29% 44% 36% Other 12% 9% 10% TOTAL 199% 216% 207% n = 78 70 148 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 10 July 5, 2016 - Page 383 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results Community Development Department ratings Survey Version Overall Invite Open Courtesy and attitude/helpfulness 1 -Not at All Satisfied 4% 6% 5% 2 8% 1% 5% 3 9% 16% 13% 4 32% 30% 31% 5 -Very Satisfied 46% 47% 47% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.1 4.1 4.1 n = 74 70 144 Timeliness of response (to telephone calls, inspections, questions/inquiries, plan review, etc) 1 -Not at All Satisfied 1% 2% 1% 2 8% 5% 6% 3 16% 17% 17% 4 29% 42% 35% 5 -Very Satisfied 45% 35% 40% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.1 4.0 4.1 n = 73 66 139 Overall service and efficiency 1 -Not at All Satisfied 4% 3% 3% 2 8% 4% 6% 3 15% 19% 17% 4 35% 42% 38% 5 -Very Satisfied 38% 32% 35% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 3.9 4.0 4.0 n = 74 69 143 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 11 July 5, 2016 - Page 384 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results Community Development Department ratings Survey Version Overall Invite Open Knowledge/ability to answer questions 1 -Not at All Satisfied 4% 1 % 3% 2 4% 1% 3% 3 14% 14% 14% 4 30% 39% 34% 5 -Very Satisfied 48% 44% 46% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.1 4.2 4.2 n = 73 70 143 Availability of information (e g , public records) 1 -Not at All Satisfied 4% 5% 5% 2 1% 2% 2% 3 15% 14% 15% 4 36% 44% 40% 5 -Very Satisfied 43% 35% 40% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.1 4.0 4.1 n = 67 57 124 Building permit review and inspections 1 -Not at All Satisfied 9% 6% 8% 2 4% 8% 6% 3 17% 12% 15% 4 34% 35% 34% 5 -Very Satisfied 36% 39% 37% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 3.8 3.9 3.9 n = 53 49 102 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 12 July 5, 2016 - Page 385 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 13 July 5, 2016 - Page 386 of 433 Survey Version Overall Invite Open Are you aware that the Town offers residents/employees a variety of parking passes and discount parking programs? Yes 72% 80% 75% No 22% 15% 19% Uncertain 6% 5% 6% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% n = 513 327 840 Do you own a parking pass or value card this season? Yes 26% 26% 26% No 74% 74% 74% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% n = 510 328 838 What type of pass or value card do you own? Value card 72% 63% 68% Blue pass 15% 25% 19% pinkass p 6% 7% 7% Gold pass 5% 1 % 4% Green pass 2% 4% 3% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% n = 131 83 214 How likely are you to buy a parking pass next year? 1 -Not at all likely 60% 64% 62% 2 6% 5% 6% 3 5% 5% 5% 4 4% 3% 4% 5 -Very likely 24% 23% 24% TOTAL 100% 1000/0 100% Average 2.3 2.2 2.2 n = 466 307 773 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 13 July 5, 2016 - Page 386 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results Public parking ratings Survey Version Overall Invite Open Ease of parking in winter 1 -Not at All Satisfied 16% 18% 16% 2 17% 24% 20% 3 33% 25% 30% 4 23% 21% 22% 5 -Very Satisfied 11% 12% 11% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 3.0 2.9 2.9 n = 455 293 748 Overflow Frontage Road parking (convenience/ease of access) 1 -Not at All Satisfied 19% 18% 19% 2 17% 14% 16% 3 27% 32% 29% 4 24% 21% 23% 5 -Very Satisfied 13% 15% 14% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 2.9 3.0 3.0 n = 395 257 652 Overall parking fees/pricing structure 1 -Not at All Satisfied 15% 17% 16% 2 19% 19% 19% 3 32% 35% 33% 4 23% 16% 20% 5 -Very Satisfied 11% 13% 12% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 3.0 2.9 2.9 n = 454 289 743 Parking structure cleanliness 1 -Not at All Satisfied 5% 3% 4% 2 8% 8% 8% 3 26% 33% 29% 4 37% 33% 35% 5 -Very Satisfied 24% 23% 24% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 3.7 3.7 3.7 n = 477 312 789 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 14 July 5, 2016 - Page 387 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results Public parking ratings Survey Version Overall Invite Open Booth attendant courtesy 1 -Not at All Satisfied 1 % 1 % 1 % 2 3% 3% 3 14% 19% 16% 4 31% 31% 31% 5 -Very Satisfied 51% 46% 49% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.3 4.2 4.3 n = 442 273 715 Ease of parking in summer 1 -Not at All Satisfied 2% 1 % 2% 2 5% 1% 3% 3 11% 9% 10% 4 23% 25% 24% 5 -Very Satisfied 60% 64% 61% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.3 4.5 4.4 n = 480 310 790 Overflow Vail Frontage Road parking (safety) 1 -Not at All Satisfied 20% 18% 19% 2 21% 18% 19% 3 27% 31% 28% 4 20% 21% 21% 5 -Very Satisfied 12% 13% 13% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 2.8 3.0 2.9 n = 429 280 709 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 15 July 5, 2016 - Page 388 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 16 July 5, 2016 - Page 389 of 433 Survey Version Overall Invite Open Has your use of Town of Vail bus service changed during peak ski times this winter? Yes, increased 24% 29% 26% Yes, decreased 4% 6% 5% No change 71% 65% 69% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% n = 501 321 822 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 16 July 5, 2016 - Page 389 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results Bus service ratings Survey Version Overall Invite Open Frequency of in -town shuttle 1 -Not at All Satisfied 1% 1% 1% 2 3% 2% 3% 3 15% 17% 16% 4 33% 31% 32% 5 -Very Satisfied 48% 48% 48% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.2 4.2 4.2 n = 461 283 744 Cleanliness of buses 1 -Not at All Satisfied 1 % 0% 1 % 2 1% 3% 2% 3 15% 14% 15% 4 38% 36% 37% 5 -Very Satisfied 45% 47% 46% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.3 4.3 4.3 n = 475 294 769 Frequency of outlying service 1 -Not at All Satisfied 5% 4% 4% 2 9% 6% 8% 3 23% 24% 24% 4 30% 30% 30% 5 -Very Satisfied 34% 37% 35% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 3.8 3.9 3.8 n = 346 227 573 Bus driver courtesy 1 -Not at All Satisfied 2% 2% 2% 2 4% 4% 4% 3 14% 9% 12% 4 28% 33% 30% 5 -Very Satisfied 52% 52% 52% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.3 4.3 4.3 n = 473 290 763 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 17 July 5, 2016 - Page 390 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results Bus service ratings Survey Version Overall Invite Open Atmosphere/sense of safety on buses 1 -Not at All Satisfied 1 % 1% 1% 2 2% 3% 3 15% 15% 15% 4 31% 35% 33% 5 -Very Satisfied 49% 47% 48% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.3 4.2 4.2 n = 472 294 766 Dependability of bus service 1 -Not at All Satisfied 0% 1 % 1 % 2 3% 1% 2% 3 9% 8% 9% 4 28% 34% 31% 5 -Very Satisfied 60% 55% 58% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.4 4.4 4.4 n = 468 292 760 Level of crowding on buses 1 -Not at All Satisfied 7% 3% 6% 2 11% 14% 12% 3 33% 30% 32% 4 32% 38% 34% 5 -Very Satisfied 17% 14% 16% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 3.4 3.5 3.4 n = 459 289 748 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 18 July 5, 2016 - Page 391 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 19 July 5, 2016 - Page 392 of 433 Survey Version Overall Invite Open Do you have any comments on your response concerning events? 1 -Very negative 2% 1 % 1 % 2 3% 4% 3% 3 -Neutral 15% 13% 14% 4 25% 20% 23% 5 -Very positive 56% 61% 58% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.3 4.4 4.3 n = 502 319 821 With respect to the number of events in Vail, are there: Too few events 10% 13% 11% About the right number 78% 80% 79% Too many events 12% 7% 10% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% n = 502 321 823 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 19 July 5, 2016 - Page 392 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results Town -wide events ratings Survey Version Overall Open Overall quality of event venue options in Vail 1 -Not at All Satisfied Linvite 2% 2% 2 4% 5% 3 17% 18% 17% 4 40% 40% 40% 5 -Very Satisfied 36% 36% 36% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.0 4.0 4.0 n = 477 302 779 Frontage Road express bus to transport event -goers between Lionshead, Vail Village and Ford Park in the summer 1 -Not at All Satisfied 3% 2% 3% 2 5% 3% 4% 3 19% 22% 20% 4 34% 32% 33% 5 -Very Satisfied 39% 41% 40% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.0 4.1 4.0 n = 317 234 551 The overall quality of events in Vail 1 -Not at All Satisfied 1% 1% 1% 2 4% 2% 3% 3 15% 15% 15% 4 41% 40% 41% 5 -Very Satisfied 39% 42% 40% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.1 4.2 4.1 n = 482 303 785 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 20 July 5, 2016 - Page 393 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 21 July 5, 2016 - Page 394 of 433 Survey Version Overall Invite Open The Town of Vail invests in various events in Vail. In general, what is your opinion of this economic development strategy? strongly support the Town's financial investment in events 54% 50% I am somewhat in favor F48% 25% 26% I am neutral 18% 18% I somewhat oppose 6% 3% 5% Istrongly oppose 2% 1% 1% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% n = 505 317 822 Do you have a library card in the Town of Vail? Yes 58% 66% 61% No 42% 34% 39% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% n = 508 318 826 Do you access the library remotely as well as in person? Yes 31% 36% 33% No 69% 64% 67% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% n = 507 310 817 Have you used the library's website or e -newsletter? Yes 30% 37% 33% No 70% 63% 67% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% n = 503 313 816 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 21 July 5, 2016 - Page 394 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 22 July 5, 2016 - Page 395 of 433 Survey Version Overall Invite Open How frequently do you use the library? Never 40% 32% 37% 1 time 27% 27% 27% 2 - 3 times 19% 22% 20% 4 -10 times 12% 17% 14% 11 - 20 times 2% 1% 2% 21 or more times 0% 0% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 2.9 2.0 2.6 n = 428 269 697 Please rate your overall satisfaction with the Vail Public Library 1 -Not at All Satisfied 0% 0% 2 1% 1% 1% 3 9% 8% 9% 4 23% 20% 22% 5 -Very Satisfied 67% 71% 69% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.5 4.6 4.6 n = 334 229 563 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 22 July 5, 2016 - Page 395 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results Level of priority ratings Survey Version Overall Invite Open Guest relations and customer service 1 -Not a priority 3% 3% 3% 2 4% 4% 3 -Neutral 25% 22% 24% 4 27% 24% 26% 5 -High priority 42% 47% 44% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.0 4.1 4.0 n = 483 299 782 Parking opportunities for visitors/guests 1 -Not a priority 4% 6% 5% 2 5% 4% 5% 3 -Neutral 24% 24% 24% 4 30% 31% 31% 5 -High priority 37% 35% 36% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 3.9 3.9 3.9 n = 487 298 785 Parking opportunities for residents 1 -Not a priority 4% 5% 5% 2 3% 4% 3% 3 -Neutral 26% 24% 25% 4 29% 23% 27% 5 -High priority 38% 44% 40% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 3.9 4.0 3.9 n = 482 300 782 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 23 July 5, 2016 - Page 396 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results Level of priority ratings Survey Version Overall Invite Open Focus on housing for middle income and service worker households in vital support roles (eg, future development of Chamonix property in West Vail) 1 -Not a priority 7% 4% 6% 2 6% 2% 4% 3 -Neutral 23% 13% 19% 4 24% 24% 24% 5 -High priority 40% 56% 46% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 3.8 4.3 4.0 n = 479 300 779 Environmental sustainability (waste and energy conservation programs, environmental education, etc) 1 -Not a priority 5% 3% 4% 2 4% 2% 3% 3 -Neutral 21% 20% 20% 4 29% 30% 29% 5 -High priority 42% 44% 43% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.0 4.1 4.0 n = 485 300 785 Transportation needs (bus service — local and regional) 1 -Not a priority 2% 2% 2% 2 2% 2% 2% 3 -Neutral 20% 19% 20% 4 31% 32% 32% 5 -High priority 45% 44% 45% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.2 4.1 4.2 n = 486 300 786 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 24 July 5, 2016 - Page 397 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results Level of priority ratings Survey Version Overall Invite Open Actions to protect and enhance Gore Creek 1 -Not a priority 1% 2% 2% 2 2% 3% 3 -Neutral 16% 17% 16% 4 30% 29% 29% 5 -High priority 50% 51% 50% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.2 4.3 4.2 n = 487 298 785 Economic vitality (investing in facilities, services and events to keep Vail competitive) 1 -Not a priority 3% 0% 2% 2 3% 2% 3% 3 -Neutral 19% 18% 19% 4 31% 31% 31% 5 -High priority 44% 49% 46% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.1 4.3 4.2 n = 483 300 783 Budget and capital management (keeping Vail fiscally healthy) 1 -Not a priority 1% 0% 2 1% 1% 1% 3 -Neutral 12% 16% 14% 4 28% 27% 28% 5 -High priority 59% 55% 58% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.5 4.4 4.4 n = 485 300 785 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 25 July 5, 2016 - Page 398 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results Highest priorities Survey Version Invite Open Overall Focus on housing for middle income and service worker households in vital support roles 20% 33% 25% Economic vitality (investing in facilities, services and events to keep Vail competitive) 18% 16% 17% Budget and capital management (keeping Vail fiscally healthy) 20% 10% 16% Actions to protect and enhance Gore Creek 10% 10% 10% Top priority Parking opportunities for residents 9% 8% 8% Environmental sustainability (waste and energy conservation programs, environmental education, etc) 8% 9% 8% Parking opportunities for visitors/guests 6%7% 6 Transportation needs (bus service — local and regional) 5% Guest relations and customer service 5%o % 4% 100% 100% 100% TOTAL n = 474 289 763 Economic vitality (investing in facilities, services and events to keep Vail competitive) 20% 17% 19% Budget and capital management (keeping Vail fiscally healthy) 15% 12% 14% Focus on housing for middle income and service worker households in vital support roles 11% 19% 14% Environmental sustainability (waste and energy conservation programs, environmental education, etc) 13% 10% 12% Second priority Actions to protect and enhance Gore Creek 11% 10% 10% Guest relations and customer service 9% 9% 9% Parking opportunities for residents 9% Parking opportunities for visitorsiguests 5% 8% 7% Transportation needs (bus service — local and regional) 7% 5% 100% 100% 100% TOTAL n = 473 283 756 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 26 July 5, 2016 - Page 399 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results Highest priorities Survey Version Invite Open Overall Focus on housing for middle income and service worker households in vital support roles 30% 52% 38% Economic vitality (investing in facilities, services and events to keep Vail competitive) 38% 32% 36% Budget and capital management (keeping Vail fiscally healthy) 35% 21% 30% Actions to protect and enhance Gore Creek 21% 19% 20% Top two priorites Environmental sustainability (waste and energy conservation programs, environmental education, etc) 21% 19% 20% Parking opportunities for residents 17% 17% 17°% Guest relations and customer service 14% 13% 13% Parking opportunities for visitors/guests 11% 15% 13% Transportation needs (bus service — local and regional) 12% 10% 11% 200% 198% 199% TOTAL n = 474 289 763 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 27 July 5, 2016 - Page 400 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 28 July 5, 2016 - Page 401 of 433 Survey Version Overall Invite Open How important do you feel such a facility is to the town' s future? Not at all important 19% 13% 17% Somewhat unimportant 31% 25% 29% Somewhat important 27% 33% 30% Very important 15% 21% 17% Don 8% 7% 8% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% n = 494 306 800 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 28 July 5, 2016 - Page 401 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results Work force housing opportunity ratings Survey Version Overall Invite open Permitting increased density in limited locations or circumstances 1 -Not at all supportitve 31% 10% 22% 2 20% 23% 21% 3 26% 35% 30% 4 -Very supportive 24% 32% 27% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 2.6 n = 215 150 365 Requiring a contribution to work force housing as a condition for new or expanded residential development 1 -Not at all supportitve 21% 14% 18% 2 15% 13% 14% 3 27% 28% 27% 4 -Very supportive 37% 45% 40% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 2.8 3.0 2.9 n = 221 150 371 Increasing the requirement for contributing to work force housing as a condition imposed on developers in the town (note 1 -Not at all supportitve 8% 8% 8% 2 16% 12% 15% 3 25% 32% 28% 4 -Very supportive 50% 49% 50% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 3.2 3.2 3.2 n = 219 152 371 Permitting required housing to be built down -valley, outside current town boundaries 1 -Not at all supportitve 11% 15% 13% 2 10% 16% 12% 3 33% 31% 32% 4 -Very supportive 46% 38% 43% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 3.1 2.9 3.1 n= 212 151 363 Other 3 20% 50% 36% 4 -Very supportive 80% 50% 64% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 3.8 3.5 3.6 n = 5 6 11 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 29 July 5, 2016 - Page 402 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results Importance of environmental sustainabilty ratings Survey Version Overall Invite Open Climate change action and advocacy:Please rank the importance of the following environmental sustainability program focus areas for the Town of Vail: 1 -Not at all important 22% 14% 19% 2 11% 9% 10% 3 24% 22% 23% 4 17% 21% 19% 5 -Very important 27% 34% 29% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 3.2 3.5 3.3 n = 464 274 738 Renewable energy projects in town (e g , solar PV on buildings) 1 -Not at all important 9% 7% 8% 2 9% 6% 8% 3 24% 20% 23% 4 29% 25% 27% 5 -Very important 30% 42% 34% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 3.6 3.9 3.7 n = 466 276 742 Recycling and waste reduction 1 -Not at all important 5% 2% 4% 2 4% 2% 3% 3 15% 12% 14% 4 28% 26% 27% 5 -Very important 48% 57% 51% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 4.1 4.3 4.2 n = 482 285 767 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 30 July 5, 2016 - Page 403 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results Importance of environmental sustainabilty ratings Survey Version Overall Invite Open Dark sky protections 1 -Not at all important 10% 7% 9% 2 6% 10% 8% 3 24% 25% 24% 4 28% 28% 28% 5 -Very important 32% 29% 31% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 3.7 3.6 3.6 n = 386 229 615 Plastic bag regulations exist for grocery stores in Vail expand the program to all retail outlets 1 -Not at all important 28% 20% 25% 2 13% 11% 12% 3 20% 20% 20% 4 16% 16% 16% 5 -Very important 23% 33% 27% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 2.9 3.3 3.1 n = 482 285 767 Stronger enforcement and ticketing of existing regulations 1 -Not at all important 14% 12% 13% 2 15% 11% 14% 3 35% 29% 33% 4 20% 23% 21% 5 -Very important 16% 24% 19% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 3.1 3.4 3.2 n = 443 266 709 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 31 July 5, 2016 - Page 404 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results Landscaping practices oponions Surve Vemlon Invite open overall HOA handles3 IandsoapingrHOA ruks 1 -Strongly disagree 16% 18% 17% 2 4% 11% 6% 31% 22% 28% 4 15% 17% 16% SStrongly agree 34% 32% 33% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 3.5 3.3 3.4 159 104 263 Costs are prohibitive 1 -Strongly disagree 20% 25% 22% 2 15% 19% 17% 3 38% 33% 36% 4 15% 14% 15% 5Strongly agree 13% 3% 11 TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 2.9 2.6 2.8 n = 160 99 259 Native plants and vegetation not visually appealing they attract nuisance mals, andlor obscure ews 1 -Strongly disagree 51% 47% 50% 2 12% 16% 14% 3 19% 22% 20% 4 9% 6% 8% Sandngly agree 9% 7% 8% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 2.1 2.1 2.1 90 116 306 Lack of eco -friendly landscapers iSirongly disagree 17% 16% 17% 2 17% 14% 16% 3 42% 41% 42% 4 12% 16% 13% SSYrongly agree 13% 11% 12% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 2,9 2,9 2,9 144 94 238 ' prefer' green turflawn, space to play, socialize, elc 15trongly disagree 31% 27% 30% 2 16% 12% 15% 1 19% 26% 22% 4 13% 19% 1 16% 54%rongly agree 19% 16% 18% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 2.7 2.8 2.8 201 126 327 Lack of effective alternatives to peslicidealherbicides 1 -Strongly disagree 18% 14% 16% 2 17% 17% 17% 3 28% 26% 27% 4 16% 20% 19% 5 -Strongly agree 20% 24% 22% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 3.1 3.2 3.1 160 109 269 Lack of knowledge of eco' friendly practices IStrongly disagree 12% 9% 11% 2 11% 14% 12% 3 31% 28% 30% 4 21% 26% 24% SStrongly agree 24% 22% 23% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 3.3 3.4 3.3 = 177 116 293 Other 1 -Strongly disagree 11% 8% 3 33% 75% 46% 5 -Strongly agree 56% 25% 46% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 3.9 3.5 3.8 9 4 13 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 32 July 5, 2016 - Page 405 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results Wildfire mitigation opinions Survey Version Overall Invite Open Modifying design standards to facilitate the creation of defensible space (such as using deciduous trees rather than conifers) 1 -Not at all supportitve 5% 9% 6% 2 13% 10% 12% 3 41% 35% 39% 4 -Very supportive 41% 47% 43% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 3.2 3.2 3.2 n = 224 113 337 Creation of defensible space on individual properties (where vegetation is reduced or modified to create a buffer around the home) 1 -Not at all supportitve 7% 8% 7% 2 11% 8% 10% 3 34% 32% 33% 4 -Very supportive 48% 53% 50% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 3.2 3.3 3.3 n = 227 117 344 Evaluation of the defensible space around each home by trained personnel 1 -Not at all supportitve 8% 11% 9% 2 11% 11% 11% 3 34% 32% 33% 4 -Very supportive 47% 46% 47% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 3.2 3.1 3.2 n = 225 114 339 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 33 July 5, 2016 - Page 406 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 34 July 5, 2016 - Page 407 of 433 Survey Version Overall Invite Open Do you think there is enough parking in the town of Vail in summer? Yes 70% 71% 70% No 21% 18% 20% Uncertain 10% 11% 10% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% n = 490 294 784 And for winter days? Yes 21% 17% 19% No 66% 71% 68% Uncertain 13% 12% 12% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% n = 489 291 780 Would you support charging a fee for parking in public lots in Vail during the summer months? Yes 12% 12% 12% No 79% 80% 79% Uncertain 10% 8% 9% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% n = 489 293 782 Should Town parking rates be based on demand? Yes 40% 38% 39% No 42% 43% 42% Uncertain 18% 19% 18% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% n = 491 289 780 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 34 July 5, 2016 - Page 407 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results Allocation categories Survey Version Invite I Open Overall Parking improvements to add capacity at peak times $0 20% 16% 18% $1-$10 21% 25% 23% $11-$20 20% 23% 21% $21 -$30 23% 19% 21% $31-$40 5% 7% 6% $41-$50 7% 7% 7% $51-$60 1% 1% 1% $61-$70 2% 0% 1% $71-$80 1% 1% 1% $81-$90 0% 0% $91-$100 1% 1% 1% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 20.5 20.0 20.3 n= 426 253 679 Actions to protect and enhance Gore Creek $0 13% 14% 13% $1- $10 29% 31% 29% $11-$20 26% 23% 24% $21 -$30 16% 20% 18% $31-$40 4% 6% 5% $41-$50 8% 6% 7% $51-$60 1% 0% 1% $61-$70 0% 0% 0% $71-$80 2% 0% 1% $81-$90 0% 0% $91-$100 1% 0% 1% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 20.4 18.4 19.7 n= 426 253 679 Expandedhousing opportunities for middle income and service worker households $0 17% 9% 14% $1410 16% 17% 16% $11-$20 23% 17% 21% $21 -$30 20% 17% 19% $31-$40 7% 11% 9% $41-$50 8% 17% 11% $51-$60 2% 4% 3% $61-$70 2% 2% 2% $71-$80 2% 5% 3% $81-$90 0% 0% $91-$100 3% 1% 2% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 24.7 30.8 27.0 n = 426 253 679 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 35 July 5, 2016 - Page 408 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results Allocation categories Survey Version Invite Open Overall Creation of a sizable enclosed space to support a variety of cultural and community activities and events $0 41% 33% 38% $1-$10 27% 35% 30% $11-$20 18% 15% 17% $21 -$30 6% 9% bL 7% $31-$40 3% 3% 3% $41-$50 3% 3% 3% $51-$60 0% 1% 0% $61-$70 1 % 0% $71-$80 0% 0% 0% �$g'- $100 0% 01/o TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 10.4 11.7 10.9 n = 426 253 679 Transportation improvements to address needs through bus service, both local and regional $0 17% 19% 18% $1-$10 24% 31% 27% $11-$20 24% 26% 25% $21-$30 20% 16% 19% $31-$40 7% 4% 6% $41-$50 6% 4% 5% $51 -$60 0% 1% 0% $61-$70 1% 0% $71 -$80 0% 0% $81-$90 0% 0% $91-$100 0% 0% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 18.6 16.0 17.7 n = 426 253 679 Other $0 78% 84% 80% $1410 8% 8% 8% $11-$20 5% 4% 5% $21-$30 4% 2% 3% $31-$40 2% 1°/ 1% $41 -$50 1 % 1 % 1 % $51 -$60 0% 0% $61-$70 0% 0% $71-$80 0% 0% $81-$90 1% 0% $91-$100 0% 0% 0% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 5.4 3.1 4.5 n = 426 253 679 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 36 July 5, 2016 - Page 409 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results Allocation categories Survey Version overall Invite open I would not allocate any Unchecked 95% 97% 96% substantial funding to these types of efforts in the future I would not allocate any substantial funding to these types of efforts in the future 5% 3% 4% Currently employed outside of the local area (work on Front Range, out of state, etc) 100% 100% 100% TOTAL n = 495 293 788 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 37 July 5, 2016 - Page 410 of 433 Survey Version Overall Invite Open Work 8 months or more a year in the local area (Vail Valley) 38% 62% 47°% Work 7 or fewer months a year in the local area (Vail Valley) 4% 4% Currently employed outside of the local area (work on Front Range, out of state, etc) 29% 9°% 21% Which of the following best describes your employment Not employed: retired 21% 18% 20% status? Not employed: unemployed and/or looking for work 1 °% 0% 1 °% Not employed: homemaker 3% 4% 3% Other: 4% 3% 4% 100% 100% 100°% TOTAL n = 472 278 750 In the town of Vail 87% 79% 83% Avon 12% 13% 12% Edwards 8% 13% 10% Beaver Creek 7°% 11% 9°% What is your work location in the Vail Valley Eagle Vail 7% 5% 6% Eagle 5°% 7°% 6°% Other 6% 3% 4% Gypsum 2% 4% 3% Minturn 2°% 2% 2% 135% 137% 136% TOTAL n = 197 182 379 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 37 July 5, 2016 - Page 410 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 38 July 5, 2016 - Page 411 of 433 Survey Version Overall Invite Open Do you own or rent your residence? Own 90% 75% 84% Rent 9% 24% 14% Other (specify) 1 % 2% 1 % TOTAL 100% 100% 100% n = 470 275 745 How long have you lived within the Town of Vail (or owned property if a non- resident)? Less than 1 year 4% 2% 3% 1-5 years 15% 21% 17% 6-15 years 23% 17% 20% More than 15 years 52% 38% 47% Not applicable 12% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% n = 474 278 752 How do you expect to be using your Vail home five years from now? A vacation home for owner or guests of owner 62% 68% 63% 1 intend to retire tolin Vail and use home as retirement residence 29% 16% 26% As a primary residence for my household, the owner 19% 13% 18% Vacation rental to visitors/tourists 13% 9% 12% Don't know/uncertain 4% 9% 5% 1 intend to sell my home within the next five years 2% 4% 2% Rented long term to local resident 2% 1 % Other 1% 0% TOTAL 130% 118% 127% n = 200 56 256 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 38 July 5, 2016 - Page 411 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results How many weeks is your Vail home used as: Survey Version Invite open overall Primary residence for owner Never 68% 68% 68% 2.3 weeks 4% 3% 4.10 weeks 5% 9% 6% 11 - 20 weeks 9% 9% 9% 21 - 30 weeks 10% 9% 10% 31 - 40 weeks 2% 5% 2% 41 or more weeks 3% 2% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 6.5 6.7 6.5 n = 192 56 248 Vacation home for owner or guests of owner Never 17% 14% 17% 1 week 2% 4% 2% 23 weeks 5% 4% 5% 4.10 weeks 28% 25% 27% 11-20 weeks 21% 21% 21% 21 -30 weeks 14% 14% 14% 31 - 40 weeks 5% 9% 6% 41 or more weeks 8% 9% 8% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 14.9 17.1 15.4 n = 192 56 248 Short-term vacation rental — weeks actually occupied by visitors Never 69% 71% 70% 1 week 1% 0% 2.3 weeks 4% 5% 4% 4.10 weeks 8% 14% 9% 11 - 20 weeks 8% 4% 7% 21 - 30 weeks 5% 4% 5% 31 - 40 weeks 3% 2% 3% 41 or more weeks 2% 1 % TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 5.2 3.4 4.8 n = 192 56 248 Rented long term to local resident Never 96% 100% 97% 21 - 30 weeks 1% 0% 31 - 40 weeks 1 % 0% 41 or more weeks 3% 2% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 1.8 .0 1.4 n = 1 192 56 248 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 39 July 5, 2016 - Page 412 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results How many weeks is your Vail home used as: Survey Version Overall Invite Open Business/corporate functions Never 98% 98% 98% 1 week 1% 2% 1% 2-3 weeks 1% 0% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average .0 .0 .0 n = 192 56 248 Other use Never 98% 96% 98% 1 week 1% 0% 2-3 weeks 2% 2% 2% 21 - 30 weeks 2% 0% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average .0 .6 .2 n = 192 56 248 Vacant - not occupied Never 18% 11% 17% 4-10 weeks 6% 7% 6% 11 - 20 weeks 11% 60 / 3% 21 - 30 weeks 28% 30% 28% 31 - 40 weeks 25% 27% 25% 41 or more weeks 11% 9% 11% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 23.2 23.9 23.4 n = 192 56 248 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 40 July 5, 2016 - Page 413 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 41 July 5, 2016 - Page 414 of 433 Survey Version Overall Invite Open If you rent short term is it through: A management company 50% 58% 52% Myself/online social sources such as VRBO, AirBnB, Flipkey, etc) 41% 32% 39% Other 9% 11% 10% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% n = 74 19 93 When do you plan to retire? Less than 1 year 3% 3% 1 year 3% 17% 5% 2.3 years 21% 11% 19% 4.10 years 48% 50% 49% 11 -20 years 15% 17% 15% 21 or more years 9% 6% 9% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 8.6 8.8 8.6 n = 116 18 134 Do you own or operate a business within the Town of Vail? Yes 16% 16% 16% No 84% 84% 84% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% n = 391 180 119 571 Are you a registered voter in Vail? Yes 43% 46% 44% No 57% 54% 56% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% n = 458 270 728 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 41 July 5, 2016 - Page 414 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 42 July 5, 2016 - Page 415 of 433 Survey Version Overall Invite Open Which of these categories best describes your household status? Single, no children 18% 24% 20% Couple, no children 25% 23% 24% Household with children living at home 24% 29% 26% Empty -nester, children no longer at home 33% 24% 29% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% n = 463 276 739 Are you: Male 51% 44% 48% Female 49% 56% 52% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% n = 460 273 733 Age of respondent 18-24 0% 1 % 0% 25-34 7% 18% 11% 35-44 12% 19% 15% 45-54 18% 18% 18% 55-64 33% 23% 29% 65-74 23% 17% 21% 75 or older 6% 5% 6% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% Average 58.5 54.1 56.9 n = 456 269 725 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 42 July 5, 2016 - Page 415 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results (cont.) Page 43 July 5, 2016 - Page 416 of 433 Survey Version Overall Invite Open STATE I COUNTRY Colorado 78% 89% 83% New York 3% 2% Texas 3% 0% 2% Minnesota 2% 1% 2% Illinois 2% 1% 1% California 2% 1% 1% Florida 2% 1 % 1 % Virginia 1% 1% 1% Georgia 1 % 0% 1 % Louisiana 1% 0% 1% New Jersey 0% 1 % 1 % Connecticut 1% 1% 1% Maryland 1% 0% 1% Pennsylvania 1% 0% 1% Michigan 1% 0% Ohio 0% 1% 0% Iowa 0% 0% Kansas 0% 0% 0% Oklahoma 0% 0% Washington 0% 0% Wisconsin 0% 0% Alabama 0% 0% Arizona 0% 0% District of Columbia 0% 0% Iceland 0% 0% Indiana 0% 0% Kentucky 0% 0% Massachusetts 0% 0% Missouri 0% 0% (cont.) Page 43 July 5, 2016 - Page 416 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results 1-f1 (cont.) Page 44 July 5, 2016 - Page 417 of 433 Survey Version Overall Invite Open Nevada 0% 0% New Hampshire 0% 0% New Mexico 0% 0% North Carolina 0% 0% North Dakota 0% 0% Oregon 0% 0% South Carolina 0% 0% Tennessee 0% 0% Vermont 0% 0% Wyoming 0% 0% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% n = 531 367 898 Denver -- CO, NE, WY 77% 89% 82% New York -- CT, NJ, NY, PA 3% 3% 3% Minneapolis - Saint Paul -- MN, WI 2% 1% 1% Washington (Hagerstown) -- DC, MD, PA, VA, WV 2% 1% 1% Chicago--IL,IN 2% 1% 1% Houston -- TX 2% 1% Atlanta -- AL, GA, NC 1% 0% 1% Miami - Fort Lauderdale — FL 1% 1% 1% Colorado Springs - Pueblo -- CO 1% 0% 1% Los Angeles -- CA 1% 0% 1% San Francisco - Oakland - San Jose -- CA 1% 0% 0% Philadelphia -- DE, NJ, PA 1% 0% Boston (Manchester) -- MA, NH, VT 1% 0% Pittsburgh -- MD, PA, WV 0% 0% 0% Cleveland -- OH 0% 1% 0% Fort Myers - Naples -- FL 1% 0% New Orleans -- LA, MS 1% 0% (cont.) Page 44 July 5, 2016 - Page 417 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results 1-f1 (cont.) Page 45 July 5, 2016 - Page 418 of 433 Survey Version Overall Invite Open DESIGNATED MARKET AREA Detroit -- MI 0% 0% Kansas City -- KS, MO 0% 0% 0% Milwaukee -- WI 0% 0% Des Moines - Ames -- IA, MO 0% 0% Baton Rouge -- LA, MS 0% 0% 0% Baltimore -- MD 0% 0% Buffalo -- NY, PA 0% 0% Charlotte -- NC, SC 0% 0% Indianapolis -- IN 0% 0% Louisville -- IN, KY 0% 0% Albany - Schenectady - Troy -- MA, NY, VT 0% 0% Orlando - Daytona Beach - Melbourne -- FL 0% 0% Tampa - Saint Petersburg (Sarasota) -- FL 0% 0% Traverse City - Cadillac -- MI 0% 0% Syracuse -- NY 0% 0% Richmond - Petersburg -- VA 0% 0% Greenville - Spartansburg - Asheville - Anderson -- GA, NC, 0% 0% Dallas - Fort Worth -- TX 0% 0% Wichita Falls & Lawton -- OK, TX 0% 0% Birmingham (Anniston and Tuscaloosa) -- AL 0% 0% Paducah - Cape Girardeau - Harrisburg - Mt Vernon -- IL, KY, 0% 0% Austin -- TX 0% 0% San Antonio -- TX 0% 0% Lafayette -- LA 0% 0% Oklahoma City -- OK 0% 0% Sherman - Ada -- OK, TX 0% 0% Nashville -- KY, TN 0% 0% Tulsa -- KS, OK 0% 0% Duluth - Superior -- MI, MN, WI 0% 0% (cont.) Page 45 July 5, 2016 - Page 418 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL COMMUNITY SURVEY 2016 Final Results 1-f1 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 46 July 5, 2016 - Page 419 of 433 Survey Version Overall Invite Open Tyler - Longview (Lufkin & Nacogdoches) -- TX 0% 0% Fargo - Valley City -- MN, ND 0% 0% Cheyenne - Scottsbluff -- NE, WY 0% 0% Grand Junction - Montrose -- CO 0% 0% Tucson (Sierra Vista) -- AZ 0% 0% Albuquerque - Santa Fe -- AZ, CO, NM 0% 0% Seattle - Tacoma -- WA 0% 0% Portland -- OR, WA 0% 0% San Diego -- CA 0% 0% Las Vegas -- NV 0% 0% Spokane -- ID, MT, OR, WA 0% 0% International 0% 0% TOTAL 100% 100% 100% n = 531 367 898 29 Jun 16 Source: RRC Associates Page 46 July 5, 2016 - Page 419 of 433 VAIL TOWN COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO ITEM/TOPIC: Noxious weed Program Update ATTACHMENTS: Description Noxious Weed Program Memorandum TOWN OF VAIP July 5, 2016 - Page 420 of 433 TOWN OF Memorandum To: From: Date: Subject Vail Town Council Department of Public Works July 5, 2016 Noxious Weed Program Update INTRODUCTION Over the past year, the Town of Vail has taken a number of actions towards managing noxious weeds on both public and private property. The purpose of this memorandum is to update the Council on those actions and to outline upcoming efforts with private property owners. • The town is continuing management efforts on town -owned open space and right- of-way with a contracted licensed applicator. The first application was completed June 27th, with efforts focused on town -owned parcels along the northern boundary of the town. A second application is planned for later this summer. • A Weed and Pest Management intern was hired for the summer to assist with identification of weed infestations and contacts with private property owners • A partnership with the US Forest Service is ongoing, with herbicide applications scheduled to begin July 6th on US Forest property along the TOV/USFS boundary • A reminder for property owners to manage their weeds was posted on the town's website and through VailMail. • A noxious weed presentation for residents is planned for July 21 St as part of the Lunch With Locals program at the Lionshead Welcome Center • Contacts with private owners and associations who have been previously notified are ongoing to ensure management efforts have been started • Free on-site consultations are offered to assist with ID and management options. PRIVATE PROPERTY CONTACTS The Town of Vail Noxious Weed Ordinance (see attached), requires property owners to manage noxious weeds on their property. Management is important to prevent these plants from impacting adjacent properties, including town -owned and USFS land. By nature, noxious weeds are highly invasive and spread quickly, impacting both landscaped and native areas. Over the past several years, the town has received numerous calls from residents requesting that their neighbors should be required to eliminate noxious weeds since the plants move freely across property lines. July 5, 2016 - Page 421 of 433 Because of the increased presence of weeds on private property and the increased awareness of adjacent owners, it is important that the town begin enforcement of the Noxious Weed Ordinance. However, enforcement requires a process more than simply writing a ticket. The following program is proposed for working with private property owners and homeowner associations: 1. First, private parcels will be evaluated and rated on a USDA -developed scale using a GIS system that will allow staff to track weed infestations around town now, and into the future. 2. If weeds do exist on a property, the owner will be notified through a one-page letter (see attached draft). The letter directs the owner to the town's website. 3. The town's Noxious Weed Management website (www.vailgov.com/weeds) will be updated so that owners/residents can visit the website, find information on the plants and a list of licensed applicators. 4. They are also asked to fill out a short online Weed Management Form within two weeks that will help staff understand how owners intend to manage their weeds. Failure to 5. Because the ordinance allows 90 days to eliminate the weeds, it is unlikely that any enforcement will occur in 2016 due to the end of the growing season. However, by June of 2017, the town should be prepared to begin enforcement of the ordinance. III. EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT Most property owners, when notified of the presence of noxious weeds, take action to eliminate the plants — a process that can take several years and most often requires annual follow-up, usually on a decreasing scale if properly managed. The goal of the Town of Vail Noxious Weed Management Program should be to eliminate weeds and to promote consistent future management of noxious weed on both public and private property. However, there may be times when enforcement of the law may be required. The Noxious Weed Ordinance falls under the town's Nuisance policies and therefore requires specific action from the council. The Town Attorney has provided the council with a memorandum that addresses nuisance ordinances, separate of the noxious weed issues. As that subject is discussed, the enforcement of the Noxious Weed Ordinance should be part of the discussion so that by the summer of 2017, a process is in place to deal with recurrent violations. IV. CONCLUSION This information has been provided as an update for the council. A staff member will be present during the council meeting to answer questions related to the noxious weed program. Attachments: Photos (2 pages) Town of Vail Noxious Weed Ordinance (2004) Draft notification letter Town of Vail Page 2 July 5, 2016 - Page 422 of 433 i k Sw � y 5 l d 4 a Above: Musk thistle on TOV property — 2015 before treatment and 2016 after treatment Below: private property infestation in West Vail (fall of 2015) Town of Vail Page 3 July 5, 2016 - Page 423 of 433 Above: Canada thistle on private property in West Vail (fall 2015) Below: Significant plumeless thistle on private property in West Vail (fall of 2015) Town of Vail Page 4 July 5, 2016 - Page 424 of 433 Town of Vail Noxious Weed Ordinance (2004) 5-1-6: NOXIOUS WEEDS: A. Plants Listed All plants declared noxious weeds pursuant to the Town of Vail Weed Management Plan, which shall be annually reviewed and updated in compliance with the Colorado Revised Statutes, section 35-5.5-101 et seq., "the Colorado Noxious Weed Act". B. Declaration of Nuisance Any and all plants designated noxious weeds by the town are declared to be a public nuisance. Such action may be taken as is available for nuisance abatement under the laws of this state and the town, and as town council, in their sole discretion, deem necessary. C. Removal of Noxious Weeds Required By Property Owner Property owners within the town shall be responsible for the elimination of noxious weeds from their property within ninety (90) days of the effective date hereof. Such removal shall be accomplished in an ecologically feasible and environmentally safe manner in accordance with all applicable laws, ordinances, rules and regulations. D. Enforcement The town shall have the right to enter upon any premises, land, or place, whether public or private, during reasonable business hours or upon proper notice for the purpose of inspecting for the existence of noxious weeds, and shall have the right to propose, implement or enforce the management of noxious weeds upon such lands in accordance with the provisions of Colorado Revised Statutes sections 35-5.5-108.5 and 109. E. Advisory Board The Vail town council shall be the local advisory board for all state and local noxious weed statutes, ordinances and regulations. The mayor shall be the chair and the mayor pro tem shall be the secretary. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum. F. Penalty Violation of this section shall be subject to penalty as provided in section 1-4-1 of this code, in addition to any other remedies provided herein or allowed by ordinance, law, rule, or regulation. (Ord. 6(2004) § 1: 1997 Code: Ord. 19(1993) § 1) Town of Vail Page 5 July 5, 2016 - Page 425 of 433 TOWN OF 1309 Elkhorn Drive Vail, Colorado 81657 vailgov.com , 2016 Dear Property Owner, The Property listed as identified as having populations of the following invasive plants: (1) , (2) , (3) Public WorkslTransportation Department 970.479.215$ 970.479.2166 fax (4) has been The invasive plants listed above are on the Colorado Department of Agriculture Noxious and Invasive Species list. This is a violation of the Town of Vail Noxious Weed Ordinance (5-1-6). The Town Ordinance and the Colorado Noxious Weed Act require that all property owners, both public and private, must manage noxious weeds on their property. Under the Town of Vail Noxious Weed Ordinance (5-1-6) section C "Property owners within the town shall be responsible for the elimination of noxious weeds from their property within ninety (90) days of the effective date hereof'. However, the Town of Vail also recognizes that removal of such noxious weeds may require multiple years of management to fully eliminate said species. Within 14 days of receiving of this notice submit a Weed Management Form to the Town of Vail by taking the following action: • Visit the Town of Vail weed management web page (www.vailgov.com/weeds). • Click on the link (top of page) for (Weed Ordinance Letters) where you will find information concerning (1) noxious weed species summaries & specific management strategies, (2) a list of licensed herbicide applicators, (3) contact information for free on site consultations, and (4) a submission portal for your Weed Management Form. A simple four question survey. • To submit the Weed Management Form enter the following 12 digit property parcel ID number ( ) into the provided space, and answer the questions about how the noxious weeds on your property will be managed. Failure to comply with the ordinance may result in fines and/or penalties defined in the Town Code If you have any questions regarding this matter, would like help identifying these listed species on your property, or would like to discuss how to best eliminate these species please contact the Town of Vail Department of Public Works at any of the contact lines listed below. Email: weedskvail o Phone: 970-479-2159 Thank you for your active participation on this matter, Town of Vail Public Works July 5, 2016 - Page 426 of 433 VAIL TOWN COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO ITEM/TOPIC: June 2016 Revenue Highlights ATTACHMENTS: Description June Revenue Highlights TOWN OF VAIP July 5, 2016 - Page 427 of 433 TOWN OF VAIL REVENUE HIGHLIGHTS July 5, 2016 Sales Tax Upon receipt of all sales tax returns, May collections are estimated to be $641,122 up 9.7% from last year and up 1.3% compared to budget. Year to date collections of $13,388,031 are up 0.7% from prior year and down 1.3% from budget. Inflation as measured by the consumer price index was up 1.0% for May. The annual budget totals $25.6 million. Real Estate Transfer Tax (RETT) RETT collections through June 28 total $2,159,409 down 29.2% from this time last year. 2015 annual collections totaled $6,965,617, a record year since the peak in 2008. The annual 2016 RETT budget currently totals $6.5 million, a decrease of 6.7% from prior year collections. Construction Use Tax Use Tax collections through June 27 total $1,108,738, up 6.7% from this time last year. The annual budget totals $1,545,000. Summary Across all funds, year-to-date total revenue of $34.6 million is up 3.0% from the amended budget and down 0.2% from prior year. -1- July 5, 2016 - Page 428 of 433 VAIL TOWN COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO ITEM/TOPIC: May 2016 Sales Tax Memorandum ATTACHMENTS: Description May 2016 Sales Tax Memorandum TOWN OF VAIP July 5, 2016 - Page 429 of 433 MEMORANDUM June 29, 2016 To: Vail Town Council Stan Zemler Kathleen Halloran From: Sally Lorton Re: May Sales Tax Vail will collect an estimated $33,000 in additional May sales tax to bring collections to $641,122. May would be up 9.7% or $56,668 from May 2015 and up 1.3% or $8,198 from budget. Year to date would be up .7% or $87,942 from 2015 and down 1.3% or $178,775 from budget. July 5, 2016 - Page 430 of 433 Month 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Town of Vail Sales Tax Worksheet 6/29/2016 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Budget % Change % Change 2016 Budget from from Collections Variance 2015 Budget January 2,275,967 2,597,985 2,783,306 2,976,655 2,619,673 2,564,383 2,795,688 2,855,524 3,145,620 3,483,245 3,696,798 3,722,428 3,735,993 13,565 1.06% 0.36% February 2,429,377 2,527,130 2,718,643 3,071,615 2,588,889 2,577,360 2,803,136 2,994,580 3,267,351 3,477,419 3,593,947 3,727,134 3,743,643 16,509 4.17% 0.44% March 2,785,101 2,852,954 2,986,446 3,327,304 2,504,567 2,685,004 3,143,418 3,185,859 3,650,157 3,788,185 4,053,961 4,143,010 4,209,113 66,103 3.83% 1.60% April 915,554 1,280,324 1,330,740 1,098,918 1,235,941 1,156,934 1,191,690 1,183,087 1,069,186 1,280,641 1,370,929 1,341,310 1,058,160 (283,150) -22.81% -21.11% May 458,770 449,283 545,874 622,103 516,150 421,925 473,292 487,739 563,602 607,729 584,454 632,924 608,122 (24,802) 4.05% -3.92% Total 8,864,769 9,707,676 10,365,009 11,096,595 9,465,220 9,405,606 10,407,224 10,706,789 11,695,916 12,637,219 13,300,089 13,566,806 13,355,031 -211,775 0.41% -1.56% June 834,913 805,362 953,017 918,061 717,233 873,765 895,951 963,143 1,023,801 1,153,247 1,242,400 1,232,687 July 1,166,183 1,255,243 1,265,781 1,397,842 1,121,860 1,228,767 1,481,329 1,573,499 1,654,161 1,829,102 1,937,989 1,954,345 August 993,985 1,055,614 1,162,746 1,349,795 1,068,391 1,147,352 1,310,471 1,380,710 1,507,048 1,674,813 1,702,579 1,760,820 September 795,807 832,549 908,318 834,569 753,754 761,425 889,945 978,037 994,135 1,054,015 1,240,277 1,184,930 October 566,173 614,396 688,519 662,767 581,033 594,362 623,420 644,577 755,133 752,295 835,649 843,227 November 713,117 799,582 747,877 719,109 651,873 701,075 788,430 825,873 947,627 962,344 997,100 1,046,566 December 2,549,032 2,771,258 2,821,871 2,652,628 2,553,974 2,963,763 3,184,645 2,973,826 3,422,178 3,818,096 3,885,849 3,998,619 Total 16,483,979 17,841,680 18,913,138 19,631,366 16,913,338 17,676,115 19,581,415 20,046,454 21,999,999 23,881,131 25,141,932 25,588,000 July 5, 2016 - Page 431 of 433 TOWN OF VAR' VAIL TOWN COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO ITEM/TOPIC: Executive Session, pursuant to: 1) C.R.S. §24-6-402(4)(b)(e) - to receive legal advice on specific legal questions; and to determine positions, develop a strategy and instruct negotiators, Regarding: Review Welcome Center RFP Proposals and Comcast Update; 2) C.R.S. §24-6-402(4)(b) - to receive legal advice on specific legal questions Regarding: Funding Allocations PRESENTER(S): Matt Mire, Town Attorney July 5, 2016 - Page 432 of 433 TOWN OF VAIP VAIL TOWN COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO ITEM/TOPIC: Recess at approximately 5:40 p.m. and meeting will reconvene for the evening at 6:00 p.m. July 5, 2016 - Page 433 of 433