HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-08-20 Agenda and Supporting Documentation Town Council Meeting Evening Meeting Agenda
VAIL TOW N COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
Evening Agenda
Town Council Chambers
6:00 PM, August 20, 2019
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 will be taken on each agenda item.
Citizen participation offers an opportunity for citizens to express opinions or ask questions regarding town
services, policies or other matters of community concern, and any items that are not on the agenda. Please
attempt to keep comments to three minutes; time limits established are to provide efficiency in the conduct of the
meeting and to allow equal opportunity for everyone wishing to speak.
1.Citizen Participation (10 min.)
2.Appointments for Boards and Commissions
2.1.Design and Review Board (DRB) Appointment 5 min.
Presenter(s): Dave Chapin, Mayor
Action Requested of Council: Motion to appoint one member to serve on
DRB for a partial six month term ending March 31, 2020.
3.Consent Agenda (5 min.)
3.1.July 2, 2019 Town Council Meeting Minutes
3.2.July 16, 2019 Town Council Meeting Minutes
3.3.Bridge Road Creek Access and Stabilization Construction Contract
Presenter(s): Gregg Barrie, Vail Public Works
Background: Staff is requesting approval of a Construction Agreement with
Diggin It Riverworks, Inc. for the construction the Gore Creek Access and
Stabilization Project at Bridge Road. The area near the Bridge Road bridge
has long been used by boaters to access Gore Creek. The construction of
a new bridge will eliminate the existing informal put-in. The proposed project
will provide an improved boater put-in, an equipment drop-off area and a
new soft-surface trail to access the put-in.
3.4.Resolution No. 34, Series of 2019 A Resolution adopting the Colorado
Communities for Climate Action Policy Statement for 2019-2020 and setting
forth details in regard thereto.
Presenter(s): Kristen Bertuglia, environmental sustainability manager
Background: The Town of Vail is a member of the CC4CA, a consortium
of 28 Colorado cities and counties working toward state policy toward
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actions that reduce climate change and its impacts on our communities. The
Policy Statement is established by the CC4CA Steering Committee by
unanimous consent, and approved each year by all communities. The
Policy Statement covers the same general Policy Principals and has
maintained many Policy Positions from 2018-2019. It has added the
following policy positions: Supporting a public process for evaluating retail
energy choice options for local jurisdictions. Increasing multimodal
transportation funding. Incentivizing and selecting mobility alternatives.
Reducing the use of disposable/single-use products and promoting reuse.
Fostering infrastructure and programs for recycling and composting.
Promoting proactive programs and efforts that improve the resilience and
adaptability of Colorado communities in the face of natural disasters.
Optimizing the potential for carbon sequestration through regenerative
agriculture, improved soil health, and forest management. Incorporating
equity, accessibility, and just transition consideration into climate policies
and actions. Encouraging investments that achieve climate-positive
solutions.
Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends the Town Council approve
Resolution No. 34, Series of 2019.
4.Town Manager Report (5 min.)
5.Presentations / Discussion
5.1.Presentation of the findings of the “2019 Economic Values and Community
Benefits of Vail’s Investment in Deed-Restricted Homes Report”.
60 min.
Presenter(s): George Ruther, Housing Director and Andrew Knudtsen,
Economic & Planning Systems
Action Requested of Council: No Action is Required
Background: The Report was commissioned at the direction of the Vail
Local Housing Authority and completed by Economic & Planning Systems.
Funding for the Report was provided by the Vail Local Housing Authority.
The Report is intended to help direct housing policy and serve as a
framework for decision makers when deciding on matters related to
investing in deed-restricted homes in Vail, and to a lesser extent, the greater
region.
6.Action Items
6.1.Recommendation for Eligibility in the Vail InDEED Deed Restriction
Purchase program
15 minutes
Presenter(s): George Ruther, Housing Director
Action Requested of Council:
Does the Vail Town Council support the recommendation of the Vail
Local Housing Authority? If so, shall staff take the steps necessary to
clarify the boundaries for participation to include areas of
unincorporated Eagle County within the Gore Valley, east of Dowd
Junction?
Background:
Please refer to the staff memorandum to the Vail Local Housing Authority
dated, August 7, 2019 for background information (attached).
Staff Recommendation: The Vail Local Housing Authority (VLHA)
unanimously recommends that the Vail Town Council ratifies the
determination of the VLHA that the property located at 3073 Bellflower Drive
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is eligible for participation in the Vail InDEED program.
7.Adjournment
7.1.Adjournment 7:30 p.m. estimate
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VAIL TOWN COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO
ITEM/TOPIC: Design and Review Board (DRB) Appointment
PRESENTER(S): Dave Chapin, Mayor
ACTION REQUESTED OF COUNCIL: Motion to appoint one member to serve on DRB
for a partial six month term ending March 31, 2020.
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VAIL TOWN COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO
ITEM/TOPIC: July 2, 2019 Town Council Meeting Minutes
ATTACHMENTS:
Description
July 2, 2019 Town Council Meeting Minutes
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Town Council Meeting Minutes of July 2, 2019 Page 1
Vail Town Council Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, July 2, 2019
6:00 P.M.
Vail Town Council Chambers
The regular meeting of the Vail Town Council was called to order at approximately 6:00 P.M. by
Mayor Chapin.
Members present: Dave Chapin, Mayor
Jenn Bruno, Mayor Pro Tem
Kevin Foley
Kim Langmaid
Jen Mason
Greg Moffet
Members absent: Travis Coggin
Staff members present: Patty McKenny, Interim Town Manager
Matt Mire, Town Attorney
Tammy Nagel, Town Clerk
1. Citizen Participation
Peggy Wolf, Highline Sports and Entertainment, invited council to participate in the 4th of July
America Days parade. Wolf stated this year’s parade theme was A Tribute to the 10th Mountain
Division.
Beth Slifer, Vail resident and VLMDAC Chair, spoke to council regarding the Civic Plan
development. Slifer stated Vail needed a well designed multi-use facility and that she hoped
council would take a risk on Vail.
Pam Stenmark, East Vail resident, spoke to council regarding the Booth Heights development
and the Town Manager search. Stenmark requested council look at all the options for an
employee housing development and to remember their mission statement. Additionally,
Stenmark questioned the Town’s transparency and stated the Council needed to serve the
community and be trusted.
2. Appointments for Boards and Commissions
2.1. Vail Local (Liquor) Licensing Authority Appointments
Presenter(s): Dave Chapin, Mayor
Action Requested of Council: Appoint two people to serve on VLLA for two- year term ending
May 31, 2021.
Bruno made a motion to appoint Bob McKown and Meghan Del Sole to serve on the Local
Licensing Authority for a two-year term ending May 31, 2021; Moffet seconded the motion
passed (6-0).
3. Consent Agenda
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Town Council Meeting Minutes of July 2, 2019 Page 2
3.1. June 4, 2019 Town Council Meeting Minutes
Moffet made a motion to approve the June 4, 2019 Town Council meeting minutes; Bruno
seconded the motion passed (6-0).
3.2. June 18, 2019 Town Council Meeting Minutes
Moffet made a motion to approve the June 18, 2019 Town Council meeting minutes; Bruno
seconded the motion passed (6-0).
3.3. Resolution No. 30, Series of 2019, A Resolution Approving an Intergovernmental
Agreement Between Eagle County, Colorado and the Town of Vail for Acquisition and
Management of 3785 Lupine Drive
Moffet made a motion to approve Resolution No. 30, Series of 2019; Bruno seconded the
motion passed (6-0).
3.4. Award a contract to Rock Solid Solutions for the Timber Ridge Rockfall Mitigation
work.
Background: The Timber Ridge Operating Committee sought proposals from qualified
contractors for the stabilization of the rock outcroppings above the town-owned Timber Ridge
Village Apartments. A total of up to $400,000 has been budgeted for completion of rockfall
stabilization mitigation work. Rock Solid Solutions Corporation of Parachute, Colorado has
submitted a proposal for the completion of the required scope of work. Similar mitigation work
was successfully completed by the Town of Vail on the hillside above the Lions Ridge
Apartments.
Staff Recommendation: Authorize the Town Manager to enter into an agreement, in a form
approved by the Town Attorney, with Rock Solid Solutions Corporation to complete the Timber
Ridge Village Apartments rockfall stabilization mitigation work in the amount not to exceed
$350,000.
Moffet made a motion to authorize the Town Manager to enter into an agreement with Rock
Solid Solution Corporation to complete the rockfall stabilization work at Timber Ridge Village
Apartments not to exceed $350,000; Bruno seconded the motion passed (6-0).
4. Town Manager Report
4.1. Update on Guest Experience Initiative "Bolster Early Winter Season Economy with
Re-Imagination of Thanksgiving Holiday"
Presenter(s): Patty McKenny, Interim Town Manager, Mia Vlaar, Economic Development
Director
Action Requested of Council: Council feedback on the initiative currently being developed for
Thanksgiving holiday week.
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Town Council Meeting Minutes of July 2, 2019 Page 3
Background: Provide an update about one of the Town of Vail and Vail Mountain guest
experience initiatives associated with the Thanksgiving Holiday week activation.
Patty McKenny, Interim Town Manager, provided an update on the town's guest experience
initiative project staff has been working on with Vail Resorts. The 2019-2020 winter opening
date on Vail Mountain is November 15 and the 15 day initiative involved a re-imagination of the
Thanksgiving holiday. Funding target for Thanksgiving activation proposals is between $50,000
and $100,000 to be reviewed by Commission on Special Events. McKenny asked council for
feedback on an approach and funding range for the initiative.
Councilmembers acknowledged that the RFQ was exploratory in nature and was not a
commitment. Overall Council agreed this time of year needed activation and was comfortable
with moving forward with the RFQ. Council requested more information be provided at the July
16 meeting.
5. Presentations / Discussion
5.1. Feedback from Economic Development Boards & Commissions about Civic Area
Master Plan (including Vail Local Market Advisory Council and Commission on Special
Events)
Presenter(s): Mia Vlaar, Economic Development Director
Background: As part of the public engagement process for Vail’s Civic Area Plan, a joint
meeting was held the Vail Economic Advisory Council, Commission on Special Events and Vail
Local Marketing District Advisory Council. The purpose of the joint meeting was to make
recommendations regarding economic priorities for the Plan.
Mia Vlaar, Economic Development Director, reported to council on the results from a joint
meeting between the members of the Vail Local Marketing Advisory Committee, Commission on
Special Events and the Vail Economic Advisory Committee regarding the Civic Area Plan.
Desired outcomes were:
Generating additional overnight stays during low demand periods;
Providing for future economic growth and opportunity;
Complementing existing Town assets; and
Addressing community needs.
The group suggested a single, flexible, scalable and adaptable, multi purpose, fully integrated
state-of-the-art indoor event facility that would complement existing Vail assets and help
businesses to grow revenue, especially during low demand periods.
Council thanked the group and appreciated their feedback on the Civic Area Plan.
6. Action Items
6.1. Town of Vail Data Center Update and Resolution No. 29, Series of 2019, Resolution
approving Contract with Lewan and Associates
Presenter(s): TJ Johnson, IT Director
Action Requested of Council: Motion to award contract for Data Center.
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Town Council Meeting Minutes of July 2, 2019 Page 4
Background: In conjunction with the Project Thor Meet Me Center commitment, the Town of Vail
is constructing a new data center at Fire Station 3. The Fire Station was chosen as the best
location for accommodating the two projects and a repurposing of downstairs office space and
upstairs dormitory units has been made to accomplish the project. The data center is key to the
town's system operations and protecting its digital information. A request for proposal process
was used for the selection of the vendor who will help the town construct the center. The
Resolution attached if approved, would secure the contract with the data center vendor.
TJ Johnson, IT Director, reviewed Resolution No. 29, Series of 2019 with council and provided
an update on the Town of Vail Data Center. Johnson stated the Data Center initially was to be
located on the second floor of Fire Station 3 but due to the weight of the IT equipment it had to
be moved to the first floor. This move resulted in a significant impact on existing fire operations
and the reduction in the availability of housing at Fire Station 3. Johnson stated with the
location of the Data Center decided the next step was the design of the Data Center. Lewan
Technology would be the Town’s partner in building the Data Center.
There was no public comment.
Moffet made a motion to approve Resolution No. 29, Series of 2019 and authorize the Town
Manager to enter into a contract with Lewan and Associates not to exceed $766,830.00;
Langmaid seconded the motion passed (6-0).
6.2. Ordinance No. 10 Series of 2019, First Reading, An Ordinance Repealing and
Reenacting Chapter 8 of Title 4 of the Vail Town Code, Regarding Solicitation
Presenter(s): Matt Mire, Town Attorney
Action Requested of Council: Approve, approve with modifications or deny Ordinance No.10,
Series 2019, upon first reading.
Background: Ordinance No.10, Series 2019, is a housekeeping ordinance amending the Town's
solicitation regulations to bring the Town Code up to date with the current state of law regarding
solicitation.
Staff Recommendation: Approve, approve with modifications or deny Ordinance No.10, Series
2019, upon first reading.
Matt Mire, Town Attorney, reviewed Ordinance No. 10, Series of 2019 with Town Council.
There was no public comment.
Moffet made a motion to approve Ordinance No. 10, Series of 2019 upon first reading; Bruno
seconded the motion passed (6-0).
6.3. Ordinance No. 11, Series of 2019, First Reading, An Ordinance Amending Sections
12-7B-18, 12-7C-14, 12-7D-11, 12-7E-13, 12-7F-14, 12-7G-12, 12-7H-17, 12-7I-17 of the Vail
Town Code, and Adding New Sections 12- 7A-16 and 12-7J-15 to the Vail Town Code, to
Clarify the Permitted Location of Business Activities in Commercial, Business and Mixed
Use Zone Districts.
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Town Council Meeting Minutes of July 2, 2019 Page 5
Presenter(s): Jonathan Spence, Community development Planner and Matt Mire, Town
Attorney
Action Requested of Council: Approve, approve with modifications, or deny Ordinance No. 11,
Series of 2019, upon first reading.
Background: This is a request to clarify and codify the permitted location for business activities
in the commercial, business and mixed use zone districts. The proposed amendment will add
language to the existing regulations in all commercial, business and mixed use zone districts,
other than Public Accommodation (PA) and Public Accommodation-2 (PA-2), to further clarify
the acceptable location for business activity. This amended language is also intended to be
added to the PA and PA-2 Districts where it is believed its omission is in error.
Staff Recommendation: On June 24, 2019, the Planning and Environmental Commission (PEC)
forwarded a unanimous recommendation, for approval, for a Prescribed Regulations
Amendment to amendments to Title 12, Zoning Regulations, Vail Town Code, to clarify the
permitted location of business activities in the commercial, business and mixed use zone
districts.
Matt Mire, Town Attorney, reviewed the Ordinance No. 11, Series of 2019 with council.
There was no public comment.
Moffet made a motion to approve Ordinance No. 11, Series of 2019 upon first reading; Bruno
seconded the motion passed (6-0).
7. Adjournment
There being no further business to come before the council, Moffet moved to adjourn the
meeting; Foley seconded the motion which passed (6-0) and the meeting adjourned at 6:50
p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Attest: __________________________________
Dave Chapin, Mayor
___________________________________
Tammy Nagel, Town Clerk
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VAIL TOWN COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO
ITEM/TOPIC: July 16, 2019 Town Council Meeting Minutes
ATTACHMENTS:
Description
July 16, 2019 Town Council Meeting Minutes
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Town Council Meeting Minutes of July 16, 2019 Page 1
Vail Town Council Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
6:00 P.M.
Vail Town Council Chambers
The regular meeting of the Vail Town Council was called to order at approximately 6:00 P.M. by
Mayor Chapin.
Members present: Dave Chapin, Mayor
Jenn Bruno, Mayor Pro Tem
Kevin Foley
Kim Langmaid
Jen Mason
Greg Moffet
Members absent: Travis Coggin 6:00 p.m. – 6:20 p.m.
Staff members present: Patty McKenny, Interim Town Manager
Matt Mire, Town Attorney
Tammy Nagel, Town Clerk
1. Citizen Participation
There was none.
2. Any Action as a result of executive session
There were no actions as a result of the afternoon executive session.
3. Town Manager Report
3.1. Vail Social Community Potluck, introducing a new tradition, 5 to 7 p.m.,
September 24, 2019, Solaris Plaza
Presenter(s): Travis Coggin, Town Council Member
Patty McKenny, Interim Town Manager, introduced information about the Vail Social Community
Potluck, a new outreach event that will take place Sept. 24 at Solaris Plaza.
4. Presentations / Discussion
4.1. Civic Area Plan Update - Refined Master Plan Concepts & Update on Market and
Costs
Presenter(s): Matt Gennett, Community Development Director
Action Requested of Council: Staff asks Council to review the presentations and provide
direction related to narrowing the four master plan concepts to two.
Background: The purpose of this presentation is to share refinements to the four master plan
concepts, provide more information on municipal funding options, and receive direction from
Council to narrow the master plan concepts to two.
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Tom Braun, part of the consulting team, reviewed four master plan concepts and draft Guiding
Principals. The team felt they had direction from council on a few elements of the master plan:
The library could be expanded vertically with a second level and be a stand alone
building.
The wrap on the Lionshead Parking Structure
Lot 10 use as a community space.
Council agreed on the teams’ direction for those elements. Council would like parameters in
the master plan concerning the green space in Lot 10.
Braun spoke to council about relocation of the South Frontage Road acknowledging council in a
prior meeting removed this idea from the plan. Braun showed council the connectivity of the
three areas of the master plan; improvement access for the hospital to the interstate; and what
to do with the municipal parcel.
A few of the councilmembers would like to see both concepts stay in the plan for now. Braun
stated the team would return to council with ideas for uses for that parcel for them to consider.
Dobson Ice arena had support from stakeholders to expand Dobson Ice Arena with uses for
concerts, second sheet of ice and a conventional rink size. The set up and take down time
would be a key factor in considering what events and uses are at Dobson.
Council would like Dobson Ice Area to stay as the “Ice Arena” and a multi-use facility next-door.
Council did question the type of uses both facilities could handle.
Braun provided the pros and cons for the multi-purpose event space on two locations:
municipal site
Charter Bus Lot
Council agreed the need for a multi-use facility and the economic purposes. The multi use
facility should be iconic and the Vail brand.
Public comment was called.
Beth Slifer, Vail resident and Chair of Vail Local Marketing District Advisory Council, suggested
the Civic Area be the heart of the community - socially, culturally, recreationally, and
economically. She said it should be a crossroads for the intersection of guests and community.
Laurie Mullen, Vail resident and Friends of Dobson Ice Area, said a second sheet of ice was
imperative to meet the demand for ice programming.
Tom Saalfeld of the Vail Recreation Board says the VRD was here to listen and wanted to be
part of the solution.
Gwen Scalpello wanted the plan to address the need to preserve green space. She also didn’t
think it would be appropriate to move the municipal operations to the charter bus lot.
Public comment was closed. Council thanked the public for their comments.
5. Public Hearings
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5.1. Ordinance No. 10 Series of 2019, Second Reading, An Ordinance Repealing and
Reenacting Chapter 8 of Title 4 of the Vail Town Code, Regarding Solicitation
Presenter(s): Matt Mire, Town Attorney
Action Requested of Council: Approve, approve with modifications or deny Ordinance No.10,
Series 2019, upon second reading.
Background: Ordinance No.10, Series 2019, is a housekeeping ordinance amending the Town's
solicitation regulations to bring the Town Code up to date with the current state of law regarding
solicitation.
Staff Recommendation: Approve, approve with modifications or deny Ordinance No.10, Series
2019, upon second reading.
Matt Mire, Town Attorney, reviewed Ordinance No. 10 Series of 2019 with Council. Mire Stated
there were no changes since first reading.
There was no public comment.
Moffet made a motion to approve Ordinance No. 10, Series of 2019 on second reading;
Langmaid seconded the motion passed (7-0).
5.2. Ordinance No. 11, Series of 2019, Second Reading, An Ordinance Amending
Sections 12-7B-18, 12-7C-14, 12-7D-11, 12-7E-13, 12-7F-14, 12-7G-12, 12-7H-17, 12-7I-17 of
the Vail Town Code, and Adding New Sections 12-7A-16 and 12-7J-15 to the Vail Town
Code, to Clarify the Permitted Location of Business Activities in Commercial, Business
and Mixed Use Zone Districts.
Presenter(s): Jonathan Spence, Community development Planner and Matt Mire, Town
Attorney
Action Requested of Council: Approve, approve with modifications, or deny Ordinance No. 11,
Series of 2019, upon second reading.
Background: This is a request to clarify and codify the permitted location for business activities
in the commercial, business and mixed use zone districts. The proposed amendment will add
language to the existing regulations in all commercial, business and mixed use zone districts,
other than Public Accommodation (PA) and Public Accommodation-2 (PA-2), to further clarify
the acceptable location for business activity. This amended language is also intended to be
added to the PA and PA-2 Districts where it is believed its omission is in error.
Staff Recommendation: On June 24, 2019, the Planning and Environmental Commission (PEC)
forwarded a unanimous recommendation, for approval, for a Prescribed Regulations
Amendment to amendments to Title 12, Zoning Regulations, Vail Town Code, to clarify the
permitted location of business activities in the commercial, business and mixed use zone
districts.
Matt Mire, Town Attorney, reviewed Ordinance No. 11 Series of 2019 with Council. Mire stated
there were no changes since first reading.
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There was no public comment.
Moffet mad a motion to approve Ordinance No. 11, Series of2019 upon second reading; Foley
seconded the motion passed (7-0).
6. Adjournment
There being no further business to come before the council, Moffet moved to adjourn the
meeting; Foley seconded the motion which passed (7-0) and the meeting adjourned at 8:00
p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Attest: __________________________________
Dave Chapin, Mayor
___________________________________
Tammy Nagel, Town Clerk
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VAIL TOWN COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO
ITEM/TOPIC: Bridge Road Creek Access and Stabilization Construction Contract
PRESENTER(S): Gregg Barrie, Vail Public Works
ACTION REQUESTED OF COUNCIL:
BACKGROUND: Staff is requesting approval of a Construction Agreement with Diggin It
Riverworks, Inc. for the construction the Gore Creek Access and Stabilization Project at Bridge
Road. The area near the Bridge Road bridge has long been used by boaters to access Gore
Creek. The construction of a new bridge will eliminate the existing informal put-in. The proposed
project will provide an improved boater put-in, an equipment drop-off area and a new soft-surface
trail to access the put-in.
ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Staff Memorandum
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To: Vail Town Council
From: Department of Public Works Date: August 20, 2019 Subject: Bridge Road Creek Access and Stabilization Construction Contract
I. PURPOSE Staff is requesting approval of a Construction Agreement with Diggin It Riverworks, Inc. for the construction the Gore Creek Access and Stabilization Project at Bridge Road.
II. BACKGROUND The area near the Bridge Rd bridge in East Vail has long served as a watercraft put-in for kayakers, rafters, stand-up paddleboarders and inner-tubers, as well as for commercial raft companies during the spring and summer months. They often used a dirt/gravel pull-
off area on Bridge Road as a loading zone and accessed Gore Creek through an informal rocky area downstream of the bridge. The ongoing replacement of the Bridge Road bridge will permanently eliminate the existing put-in area due to the nature of the bridge design and a requirement to install a
guardrail along the south/west edge of Bridge Rd. The proposed project will provide an improved put-in location and a drop-off area. The project has received a Conditional Use Permit through the Planning and Environmental Commission and will be presented to the Design Review Board on August
21st for final approval. The proposed project includes the following components:
• Installation of a stone slab put-in area at the existing eroded bank. This is similar
to successful access and stabilization projects completed at Stephens Park and
behind Lion Square Lodge. Please see the attached photos for examples.
• Construction of a two-space drop-off and loading zone area on Bridge Road. This
location was determined through consultation with private and commercial rafting operations, kayakers and standup paddle boarders. It will be signed as a “10
Minute Loading Zone”. Users will be directed to park in the existing parking lot north of Bighorn Rd. The drop-off zone is proposed to be constructed of permeable concrete paving blocks. The existing dirt/gravel pull off area will be
revegetated as part of the bridge replacement project.
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• Construction of a gravel trail to reconnect the parking lot with Bridge Road. This will also provide a connection for the neighborhood to the Gore Valley Trail toward Katsos and Vail Village.
• The loading zone, trail and put-in are designed to follow ADA guidelines for USFS recreation facilities
• Installation of numerous native plants between Bighorn Road and Gore Creek as part of the Gore Creek Water Quality Strategic Plan. The new plantings help filter runoff, provide habitat and reduce sediment entering Gore Creek. More than
6,000 plants are being planted along Gore Creek during 2019.
• Two portable toilet units were placed in the East Vail Parking Lot during the summer of 2019. These seem to be well used. It was requested during the PEC meeting that a portable toilet be placed near the put-in area during the 6 weeks of
the heaviest use. There is space in the proposed site plan to accommodate this request and staff will continue to evaluate the use of portable toilets vs a more permanent facility during the summer of 2020 and present findings prior to the budget process for 2021.
• The town is also working to purchase an additional parcel at the west end of Lupine Drive. If that transaction is completed, staff may request to rezone both parcels from Two-Family Primary/Secondary Residential to a zoning district more
appropriate to their use.
III. PROJECT BUDGET Only one bid was received for the construction of this project. Most contractors who looked at the plans did not have time in their Fall schedules for the work. The submitted bid was $199,611. Through discussions with the contractor, the proposal was reduced to
$149,366 by elimination of several items. Staff proposes to fund this project from two existing project budgets. 1) $35,000 Recreation Path Maintenance RMT001 2) $115,000 Gore Creek Bank Restoration RPI011
IV. STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS Staff recommends approval of the Construction Agreement. The project improves an
existing use, protects eroding stream bank and is in line with goals of the Gore Creek Water Quality Strategic Plan.
V. ACTION REQUESTED BY COUNCIL
If Council finds the proposed project and cost acceptable, staff requests that the Council
authorize the Town Manager to enter into a Construction Agreement with Diggin’ It Riverworks, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $150,000.
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Above and below: Examples of Siloam Stone access points on Gore Creek. Above - Stephens Park, below – near Lion Square Lodge
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Above and below: Location for proposed watercraft put-in. Note the existing erosion, which will be repaired as part of the work.
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Above: existing dirt/gravel loading zone to be revegetated Below: photo from 2017 showing paved trail (since removed). This is the location of the proposed 10-minute loading zone
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VAIL TOWN COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO
ITEM/TOPIC: Resolution No. 34, Series of 2019 A Resolution adopting the Colorado
Communities for Climate Action Policy Statement for 2019-2020 and setting forth details in regard
thereto.
PRESENTER(S): Kristen Bertuglia, environmental sustainability manager
ACTION REQUESTED OF COUNCIL: Staff requests the Vail Town Council review the
attached Policy Statement.
BACKGROUND: The Town of Vail is a member of the CC4CA, a consortium of 28 Colorado
cities and counties working toward state policy toward actions that reduce climate change and its
impacts on our communities. The Policy Statement is established by the CC4CA Steering
Committee by unanimous consent, and approved each year by all communities. The Policy
Statement covers the same general Policy Principals and has maintained many Policy Positions
from 2018-2019. It has added the following policy positions: Supporting a public process for
evaluating retail energy choice options for local jurisdictions. Increasing multimodal transportation
funding. Incentivizing and selecting mobility alternatives. Reducing the use of disposable/single-
use products and promoting reuse. Fostering infrastructure and programs for recycling and
composting. Promoting proactive programs and efforts that improve the resilience and
adaptability of Colorado communities in the face of natural disasters. Optimizing the potential for
carbon sequestration through regenerative agriculture, improved soil health, and forest
management. Incorporating equity, accessibility, and just transition consideration into climate
policies and actions. Encouraging investments that achieve climate-positive solutions.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends the Town Council approve Resolution No.
34, Series of 2019.
ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Resolution No. 34 Series of 2019
Resolution No. 34 Series of 2019 Exhibit A -CC4CA Policy Statement
CC4CA Policy Statement with Explanatory Text
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Resolution No. 34, Series of 2019 Page 1 of 2
RESOLUTION NO. 34 Series of 2019
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE COLORADO COMMUNITIES FOR CLIMATE
ACTION POLICY STATEMENT FOR 2019-2020 AND SETTING FORTH DETAILS IN REGARD THERETO. WHEREAS, the Town of Vail (the "Town"), in the County of Eagle and State
of Colorado is a home rule municipal corporation duly organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Colorado and the Town Charter (the "Charter''); WHEREAS, the members of the Town Council of the Town (the "Council")
have been duly elected and qualified;
WHEREAS, the Town of Vail, along with twenty-seven other municipalities and counties in Colorado, have joined Colorado Communities for Climate Action (“CC4CA”),
a coalition of local governments across the state which advocates for state and federal policies which support clean air, clean water, reduction of fossil fuel consumption and other contributors associated with greenhouse gas emissions;
WHEREAS, an integral part of CC4CA organizational process is the annual adoption of the 2019-2020 CC4CA Policy Statement, which is established by a Steering Committee representing all communities by unanimous consent, and identifies legislative issues of interest to the town; WHEREAS, the Town of Vail’s Environmental Sustainability Strategic Plan, adopted by the Vail Town Council in 2009, includes Goal #2, “Reduce the Town of Vail municipal and community energy use by 20% below 2006 levels by 2020, in order to effectively reduce the Town’s contribution to greenhouse gas emissions and impact on global climate change”; WHEREAS, the Town of Vail supports the goals of the Climate Action Plan for the Eagle County Community of a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions of 25% by
2025 and 80% by 2050; and WHEREAS, the 2019 CC4A Policy Statement is in alignment with the town’s
adopted strategic plans, goals and objectives, and the Town Council Action Plan; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF VAIL, COLORADO:
Section 1. The Town Council hereby adopts the Colorado Communities for Climate Action (CC4CA) Policy Statement as attached hereto as Exhibit A. Section 2. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage.
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Resolution No. 34, Series of 2019 Page 2 of 2
INTRODUCED, READ, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of August 2019.
David Chapin, Mayor, Town of Vail
ATTEST:
Tammy Nagel, Town Clerk
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CC4CA Policy Statement
Effective July 1, 2019
Adopted by the CC4CA Steering Committee on June 27,
2019 for Final Member Sign-Off
Colorado Communities for Climate Action is a coalition of local governments
advocating for stronger state and federal climate policy. CC4CA’s policy priorities for
2019-2020 reflect unanimous agreement among the coalition members on steps
that should be taken at the state and federal level, often in partnership with local
governments, to enable Colorado and its communities to lead in protecting the
climate.
CC4CA generally focuses on legislative, regulatory, and administrative action,
supporting efforts that advance the general policy principles and the detailed policy
positions described below, and opposing efforts that would weaken or undermine
these principles and positions.
General Policy Principles
The following general principles guide the specific policies that Colorado
Communities for Climate Action advocates for:
Supports collaboration between state and federal government agencies and
Colorado’s local governments to advance local climate protection.
Supports state and federal programs to reduce carbon pollution, including adequate
and ongoing funding of those programs.
Supports analyses, financial incentives, and enabling policies for the development
and deployment of clean energy technologies.
Supports locally driven and designed programs to support communities impacted
by the clean energy transformation.
Supports prioritizing policies that put people at the center of decision-making, do
not exacerbate or create disparities in growing the green economy, and enhance
equitable outcomes for all.
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Policy Positions
Colorado Communities for Climate Action supports the following policy positions:
Statewide Climate Strategies
1. Reducing statewide carbon emissions consistent with or greater than the
State of Colorado’s 2019 codified goals.
2. Securing accurate, frequent greenhouse gas inventories and forecasts for
Colorado.
3. Adopting a comprehensive market-based approach to reduce Colorado’s
greenhouse gas emissions.
4. Expanding the consideration of the environmental and health costs
associated with the use of fossil fuels.
Local Climate Strategies
5. Removing barriers and promoting opportunities that allow counties and
municipalities to maximize the deployment of local clean energy and climate
options.
6. Enabling local governments to obtain the energy use and other data they
need to effectively address climate change.
7. Supporting a public process for evaluating retail energy choice options for
local jurisdictions.
8. Supporting policies that promote energy efficient buildings.
9. Providing for equitable strategies to enable and accelerate beneficial
electrification.
Energy Generation
10. Accelerating retirement of existing fossil fuel generation facilities and
their replacement with cost-effective and reliable clean energy supplies,
through means that protect both utilities and consumers.
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11. Expanding the ability of electric cooperatives to independently purchase
local renewable electricity and take other steps to reduce carbon pollution.
12. Expanding distributed generation, energy storage, high levels of
renewable energy generation (distributed and utility-scale), and appropriate
technologies through grid modernization.
Energy Efficiency
13. Expanding demand side savings from efficiency and conservation for all
energy types.
14. Supporting ongoing and sustainable funding for weatherization and
renewable energy assistance to low-income households so that all Coloradans
have access to comfortable and affordable homes.
15. Providing counties and statutory cities and towns with the same authority
held by home rule cities to implement local energy conservation policies and
programs.
Transportation
16. Ensuring effective implementation of Colorado’s vehicle emissions
standards and other regulatory activities designed to reduce carbon
emissions from vehicles.
17. Implementing the 2018 Colorado Electric Vehicle Plan and other efforts to
increase electrification of all motor vehicles.
18. Increasing multimodal transportation funding.
19. Incentivizing and selecting mobility alternatives, including movement of
both people and goods, based on energy efficiency and environmental costs
and benefits.
Fossil Fuel Extraction Activities
20. Expanding monitoring of and reducing the full life cycle emissions from
fossil fuel extractive industry activities.
Solid Waste Reduction
21. Granting CDPHE the authority to implement a plan for meeting Colorado’s
statewide and regional solid waste diversion goals.
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22. Reducing the use of disposable/single-use products and promoting the
reuse of materials.
23. Fostering infrastructure, policies, incentives, and programs for recycling
and composting.
General
24. Promoting proactive programs and efforts that improve the resilience and
adaptability of Colorado communities in the face of natural disasters and
other major challenges associated with climate change.
25. Optimizing the potential for carbon sequestration through regenerative
agriculture, improved soil health, and forest management.
26. Incorporating equity, accessibility, and just transition considerations into
climate policies and actions.
27. Encouraging investments that achieve climate-positive solutions.
28. Maintaining protections and authorities currently provided under
environmental laws like the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.
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CC4CA Policy Statement
(With Explanatory Text)
Effective July 1, 2019
Adopted by the CC4CA Steering Committee on June 27,
2019 for Final Member Sign-Off
Colorado Communities for Climate Action is a coalition of local governments
advocating for stronger state and federal climate policy. CC4CA’s policy priorities for
2019-2020 reflect unanimous agreement among the coalition members on steps
that should be taken at the state and federal level, often in partnership with local
governments, to enable Colorado and its communities to lead in protecting the
climate.
CC4CA generally focuses on legislative, regulatory, and administrative action,
supporting efforts that advance the general policy principles and the detailed policy
positions described below, and opposing efforts that would weaken or undermine
these principles and positions.
General Policy Principles
The following general principles guide the specific policies that Colorado
Communities for Climate Action advocates for:
Supports collaboration between state and federal government agencies and
Colorado’s local governments to advance local climate protection.
Supports state and federal programs to reduce carbon pollution, including adequate
and ongoing funding of those programs.
Supports analyses, financial incentives, and enabling policies for the development
and deployment of clean energy technologies.
Supports locally driven and designed programs to support communities impacted
by the clean energy transformation.
Supports prioritizing policies that put people at the center of decision-making, do
not exacerbate or create disparities in growing the green economy, and enhance
equitable outcomes for all.
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Policy Positions
Colorado Communities for Climate Action supports the following policy positions:
Statewide Climate Strategies
1. Reducing statewide carbon emissions consistent with or greater than the
State of Colorado’s 2019 codified goals.
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is at the heart of CC4CA’s policy positions.
CC4CA supports the state’s new goals for reducing emissions and regulatory actions
that support or accelerate meaningful emission reductions.
CC4CA supports other actions by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, the
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, the Air Quality Control
Commission, and other state agencies and entities to ensure that Colorado achieves
or exceeds established emission reduction goals and timelines. CC4CA believes it
essential that the state government provide an opportunity for meaningful,
sustained collaboration with local governments in developing specific climate
actions tied to meeting the state’s goals.
2. Securing accurate, frequent greenhouse gas inventories and forecasts for
Colorado.
CC4CA recognizes the importance of credible inventories and forecasts in assessing
the effectiveness and cost-efficiency of various emissions reduction strategies.
Updated sector-specific emission baselines and projections are vital in making
strategic decisions about maintaining progress toward and improving the state’s
emissions reduction efforts. CC4CA supports the Colorado Department of Public
Health and Environment’s new requirements to conduct frequent and accurate
greenhouse gas emissions inventories and forecasts. CC4CA also supports
opportunities for local jurisdictions to access data from the ongoing updates, and
the ability to engage in designing the reporting structure that is most useful for
stakeholders.
3. Adopting a comprehensive market-based approach to reduce Colorado’s
greenhouse gas emissions.
Climate change is resulting in part from the failure of markets to put a price on
climate pollution. Because there is no cost to emit heat-trapping gasses, producers
have no incentive to eliminate them. Society bears the increasing cost of this
pollution as climate change progresses. To overcome this market failure, CC4CA
supports a market-based approach to reducing carbon emissions statewide,
including policies to ensure the benefits of legislation accrue justly and equitably to
impacted communities. A market-based approach could be undertaken at national,
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regional, or state levels, and could take different forms. One approach is a fee or tax
on climate pollution. Another is a cap-and-trade program that allows trading of
limited emission rights that are sold and then could be traded to achieve
economically efficient emission reductions. Examples include the Regional
Greenhouse Gas Initiative covering 10 northeastern U.S. states and California’s
statewide cap-and-trade program.
4. Expanding the consideration of the environmental and health costs
associated with the use of fossil fuels.
The social cost of carbon is a measure of the economic harm from the environmental
and health impacts of emitting one ton of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere,
expressed as the dollar value of the total damages. CC4CA supports the Public
Utilities Commission’s new requirements in SB19-236 to consider the social cost of
carbon when making decisions related to electric utilities. CC4CA supports
expanding the use of a social cost of carbon to other emissions modeling efforts,
including to clean energy plans submitted by utilities to the Air Quality Control
Commission. Additionally, CC4CA supports the use of a social cost of carbon in the
decision-making processes associated with other emissions sectors such as heating
and transportation.
Local Climate Strategies
5. Removing barriers and promoting opportunities that allow counties and
municipalities to maximize the deployment of local clean energy and climate
options.
The deployment of local energy generation and distributed technologies will
continue to be a critical component of Colorado communities’ climate efforts. In
many cases, regulatory or legislative limitations exist that will need to be removed
for communities to fully explore new local program options and technologies that
can effectively reduce fossil fuel use, increase energy resilience, and support
community values related to climate protection. For example, the integration of
local renewable energy generation, storage technologies, and microgrids all support
a local jurisdiction’s ability to address the supply side of energy-related emissions.
These strategies should be designed to ensure affordable, accessible, and equitable
delivery of reliable clean energy for everyone.
6. Enabling local governments to obtain the energy use and other data they
need to effectively address climate change.
Local governments need convenient and consistent access to data that is essential
for developing and administering local programs related to greenhouse gas
emissions. For example, access to uniform data from electric and gas utilities is
critical for implementing building energy use disclosure and benchmarking
programs designed to make sure building owners, tenants, and others are fully
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informed about energy performance. Local governments also struggle to get
consistent data regarding waste collection and disposal, oil and gas operations, and
other sources of heat-trapping emissions. CC4CA supports state government
actions and policies that lead to uniform systems for collection and distribution of
data from investor-owned and public utilities that is easily accessible to local
governments, while still protective of data privacy for residents and businesses.
7. Supporting a public process for evaluating retail energy choice options for
local jurisdictions.
A growing number of cities and counties are establishing ambitious near-term
energy goals, but there is currently no practical way to reach many of these goals
because the jurisdictions have little choice or control over the energy sources used
to produce their electricity. These communities, as well as businesses with energy
or sustainability goals, deserve a solution that is timely and cost-effective. CC4CA
does not advocate for any particular solution, but rather calls for an inclusive and
transparent public process to evaluate all of the options. This process should be led
by state level decision-makers and informed by a broad variety of stakeholders
including local governments with energy goals, business interests, environmental
and consumer advocates, utilities, independent power producers and marketers,
and the general public.
8. Supporting policies that promote energy efficient buildings.
More than 40 percent of the energy consumed in the United States is tied to the use
of buildings. Building codes, consequently, are among the most powerful tools
available for reducing carbon pollution (and, not incidentally, saving money in both
residential and commercial buildings). CC4CA supports the newly-adopted state law
directing local code jurisdictions to adopt one of the three most recent energy codes,
and also supports jurisdictions having the option to adopt “advanced” energy codes
such as those that meet Net Zero standards.
However, the pace of improvements to energy performance in codes has stalled
with the 2015 and 2018 versions of the International Energy Conservation Code.
International Code Council processes allow local governments to vote on proposed
provisions in pending codes. Building departments, fire authorities, sustainability
departments, utilities and other similar groups are all eligible voting members.
Through this policy position, CC4CA could encourage its members to participate in
the voting process. This policy position recognizes the ability of local governments
to influence energy codes “upstream” while retaining the ability of local
governments to choose when to adopt codes and/or make local amendments.
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9. Providing for equitable strategies to enable and accelerate beneficial
electrification.
“Beneficial electrification” refers to replacing direct fossil fuel consumption (e.g.,
propane, natural gas, gasoline) with electricity in end uses like heating buildings,
heating water, and transportation. While the ability to decarbonize fossil fuels is
limited, electricity will continue getting cleaner (including Colorado’s goal for 100%
renewable electricity by 2040), meaning that electrification will generally lower
GHG emissions and has the potential to lower energy costs as well. Electrification of
the US transportation, commercial, and residential sectors would reduce GHG
emissions by 70%. Replacing natural gas heat with electric heat pumps is one
example: heat pumps are over 200% efficient at capturing heat from the air, ground
or waste sources. They also cool buildings, which will be especially important as
climate change causes hotter summers.
Enabling policies would need to look at energy consumption holistically and across
the economy. CC4CA supports policies, strategies and practices that accelerate
locally-sensitive beneficial electrification targeting the most practical, high impact,
and valuable fuel switching opportunities while saving money for consumers,
reducing GHG emissions, improving quality of life, and making the electric grid more
robust and resilient.
Energy Generation
10. Accelerating retirement of existing fossil fuel generation facilities and
their replacement with cost-effective and reliable clean energy supplies,
through means that protect both utilities and consumers.
Wind and solar energy is now cheaper than the energy generated by many aging
coal plants and is increasingly cost competitive with natural gas power plants.
Colorado is blessed with some of the best solar and wind resources in the country,
which should allow for a quicker and a more affordable transition to clean energy.
The key to unlocking emission reductions and electricity bill savings is developing a
legal framework allowing utilities and their customers to equitably share the
benefits and costs. CC4CA supports actions in Colorado to enable the early
retirement of fossil fuel-based power plants and their replacement with clean
energy sources, while protecting the economic interests of both the utilities owning
the power plants and electricity customers. In Colorado, there is an opportunity to
recover up to $1.5 billion in undepreciated asset value by existing coal-plant owners
to facilitate the voluntary phased retirement of the coal plants.
11. Expanding the ability of electric cooperatives to independently purchase
local renewable electricity and take other steps to reduce carbon pollution.
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association’s electric cooperative customers
have faced the imposition of contractual limitations and steep fees when attempting
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to expand their use of local renewable energy sources. CC4CA supports the ability of
electric cooperatives to purchase non-polluting electricity without limitations like
these.
12. Expanding distributed generation, energy storage, high levels of
renewable energy generation (distributed and utility-scale), and appropriate
technologies through grid modernization.
A wide array of grid modernization policies and actions are available to both
communities and utilities that can reduce energy consumption, better align
availability of electricity to demand, expand renewable energy generation, and
collectively reduce carbon pollution from the power generation sector (while also
improving reliability and reducing cost). CC4CA supports policies and funding that
result in these types of grid modernization efforts in Colorado.
Energy Efficiency
13. Expanding demand side savings from efficiency and conservation for all
energy types.
While the 2019 legislative session produced significant greenhouse gas emissions
legislation, no new action was taken to update utility-level efficiency goals. As GHG
and renewable energy goals ratchet up in coming years, a continued focus on least-
cost energy efficiency is important to minimize ratepayer costs and ease the
transition to more renewable sources. Governor Hickenlooper’s Executive Order D
2017-015 set a new goal to achieve two percent per year energy efficiency by 2020,
which is readily achievable and should be extended beyond that date. The state of
Massachusetts, for example, had an electric energy efficiency target of 2.95% for
2018.
Moreover, no recent state actions have included energy efficiency targets for natural
gas utilities or unregulated fuels such as propane. Establishing a two percent annual
energy efficiency savings target for these utilities is one potential action. Such
actions could also include encouraging municipal and cooperative utilities to adopt
and achieve similar efficiency targets and exploring mechanisms for establishing
similar goals for non-utility energy providers (e.g., propane sales).
14. Supporting ongoing and sustainable funding for weatherization and
renewable energy assistance to low-income households so that all Coloradans
have access to comfortable and affordable homes.
Reducing energy bills is a key component to home affordability, and low-income
households are often forced to spend a disproportionately large percentage of their
income on energy utility bills. Assisting families and seniors by increasing the safety
and comfort of their homes while reducing their energy bills will allow all
Coloradans greater choice in where they live while also improving energy efficiency.
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Sources of existing funding for programs include the annual federal Weatherization
Assistance Program allocation, supplemental funds from state severance tax dollars
and utility allocated demand side management funds. CC4CA also supports
expanding programs to assist these households with obtaining renewable energy,
both onsite and as part of community solar gardens. Additionally, programs that
assist communities in transition from coal-dominated economies should include
these types of weatherization and renewable energy programs to assist those
community members who need it most and to help build the local clean energy
economy.
15. Providing counties and statutory cities and towns with the same authority
held by home rule cities to implement local energy conservation policies and
programs.
Unlike their home rule municipal peers, Colorado’s counties and statutory cities and
towns in many cases lack authority to adopt and implement many energy
conservation policies and programs. For example, only Colorado home rule cities
have statutory authorization to enact energy conservation ordinances despite how
effective they are for improving the energy efficiency and performance of existing
residential and commercial buildings. Enabling legislation is needed to provide
Colorado’s counties and statutory cities and towns with the authority necessary to
enact policies and programs that can support and promote energy conservation
within their jurisdictions.
Transportation
16. Ensuring effective implementation of Colorado’s vehicle emissions
standards and other regulatory activities designed to reduce carbon
emissions from vehicles.
Transportation remains one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions in
Colorado, and strengthening emissions rules and expanding electric vehicle
deployment are two central strategies for reducing transportation-related
greenhouse gas emissions. To this end, CC4CA supports adoption of motor vehicle
emission standards equal to or exceeding those already adopted by California,
including requirements for zero-emission vehicles and collaborative efforts for
effective implementation.
17. Implementing the 2018 Colorado Electric Vehicle Plan and other efforts to
increase electrification of all motor vehicles.
The 2018 Colorado Electric Vehicle Plan provides a good roadmap for accelerating
the purchase and use of electric vehicles, including a goal of having nearly one
million on the road by 2030. One key component of an effective EV strategy is
adequate public charging stations, including an abundance of DC fast charging
stations, to increase general awareness and provide assurance of the ability to
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charge vehicles on longer trips. This is especially true in rural areas and along
highway corridors. Other important elements include incentive and grant programs,
increased EV availability and model types, reduced barriers to expanding EV fleets
and transit, and expanding EV education and outreach. Colorado should continue
taking advantage of other opportunities to expand EV deployment as well. For
instance, CC4CA supports the current plan to commit all of Colorado's remaining
share of the Volkswagen emissions control violations settlement to the construction
of electric vehicle charging infrastructure across the state and to the purchase of
zero emission transit vehicles.
18. Increasing multimodal transportation funding.
Multi-modal options are expanding but access and availability are still limited in
many areas. CC4CA supports increasing the proportion of multimodal funding in
transportation plans across Colorado, assigning a significant amount of dedicated
multi-modal funding with new funding sources and allocations, generally
prioritizing expanding high-speed electric transit and bus rapid transit, employing
transit-oriented design principles where appropriate, promoting transit alternatives
over general purpose highway lane alternatives when feasible, and expanding
accessible, bicycle, and pedestrian infrastructure.
19. Incentivizing and selecting mobility alternatives, including movement of
both people and goods, based on energy efficiency and environmental costs
and benefits.
Evaluating transportation alternatives in terms of their transportation efficiency–
that is, the efficiency and environmental costs of moving people and goods–can be a
powerful tool for reducing emissions from the transportation sector. CC4CA
generally supports a range of strategies for improving transportation efficiency,
including: promoting a mode-shift away from single-occupancy use of vehicles to
shared and high-capacity vehicle use; comparing the efficiency of transportation
alternatives based on energy consumption and carbon emissions per unit of payload
delivery; employing Context Sensitive Solutions or similar processes to determine
the local environmental and social impacts of all major transportation projects;
including the full range of costs in the life-cycle analyses of competing
transportation alternatives; supporting the use of Travel Demand Management
strategies for all high-capacity highway corridors; incentives/fees designed to
encourage ride-sharing or other strategies aimed at lowering per rider GHG
emissions generated by operators of Transportation Network Companies like Lyft
and Uber; and encouraging the deployment of connected vehicle technology.
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Fossil Fuel Extraction Activities
20. Expanding monitoring of and reducing the full life cycle emissions from
fossil fuel extractive industry activities.
The mining and extraction of fossil fuels can result in significant levels of direct
carbon pollution. One primary culprit is methane. Methane has a shorter-lived but
much more potent heat-trapping effect than carbon dioxide. Reducing methane
emissions is consequently a highly effective way to buy time to implement more
comprehensive actions to reduce industry-wide carbon dioxide emissions. SB19-
181 directs the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to consider
developing more stringent regulations to control the release of methane from the
production and transportation of oil and natural gas. CC4CA supports actions like
these to reduce greenhouse gas emissions throughout the entire extraction and
transportation processes involving raw fossil fuels. CC4CA also supports expanded
monitoring of the full life cycle emissions from these activities.
Solid Waste Reduction
21. Granting CDPHE the authority to implement a plan for meeting Colorado’s
statewide and regional solid waste diversion goals.
In August 2017, the Colorado Solid and Hazardous Waste Commission adopted new
statewide and regional municipal solid waste diversion goals, including separate
goals for 11 Front Range counties and for the remainder of the state for the years
2021, 2026, and 2036. CC4CA supports CDPHE having the authority it needs to meet
these goals and supports increased data collection and reporting by the waste
hauling industry, including statewide reporting standardization.
22. Reducing the use of disposable/single-use products and promoting the
reuse of materials.
Existing protocols for emissions inventories do not include emissions associated
with the use of resources other than landfill-related emissions. However, C40 Cities
investigated the consumption-based emissions from 79 cities, focusing on the goods
and services consumed and used by residents, and found that total consumption-
based emissions were approximately 60% higher than the traditional energy sector-
based inventories. Construction and demolition waste, for example, is an important
contributor to emissions. CC4CA supports traditional recycling and composting
initiatives, legislative efforts like eliminating the state’s preemption of local
authority to ban the use or sale of specific types of plastic materials or products or
restrictions on containers for consumer products, and strategies to reduce the
embodied emissions associated with the goods and services consumed.
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23. Fostering infrastructure, policies, incentives, and programs for recycling
and composting.
Zero waste strategies such as recycling, composting, reuse, and source reduction are
proven solutions that reduce emissions of both carbon dioxide and methane and can
be implemented immediately. Recycling 90% of our discards by 2030 would reduce
U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by the equivalent of closing more than 80 U.S. coal-
fired power plants. However, Colorado has a poor waste diversion rate of 12%
compared with the national average of 35%. Not all recycling and compost solutions
are created equal, so individual proposals and policies should be evaluated based on
their potential to reduce emissions in both the short and long term
The largest climate benefit from recycling is the reduced energy and materials
needed to manufacture new products. CC4CA supports a range of actions, including
encouraging remanufacturing and market development for recycled products,
including purchasing policies that include recycled-content standards.
For organic waste, composting is often an effective strategy. Forty percent of our
waste is organic material, which not only produces methane when it breaks down
anaerobically (e.g., in landfills), but can be a powerful climate solution when
converted aerobically into compost. Research is just starting to quantify the carbon
sequestration potential of this material. CC4CA supports food waste diversion and
rescue efforts as well as purchasing policies that drive market development.
General
24. Promoting proactive programs and efforts that improve the resilience and
adaptability of Colorado communities in the face of natural disasters and
other major challenges associated with climate change.
Even under the best case greenhouse gas emissions scenarios, some degree of
climate change and climate disruption will continue for years to come. CC4CA
encourages and supports initiatives that increase community resilience (e.g., of
community infrastructure) to climate-amplified economic challenges and that help
communities prepare for human-caused and natural hazards through education,
research, planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance. Emergency
response planning can incorporate climate change science, for instance. Similarly,
local jurisdictions can utilize comprehensive risk and vulnerability assessments that
consider event likelihood and consequence, encourages mitigation strategies,
monitors outcomes, and addresses recovery and return to service. This type of
resilience planning should be routinely included in the planning/design process for
infrastructure at all government levels.
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25. Optimizing the potential for carbon sequestration through regenerative
agriculture, improved soil health, and forest management.
The United Nations’ 2018 report on limiting global warming emphasizes the
importance of increasing land-based carbon sequestration. Sequestering a
significant portion of the anthropogenic CO2 already emitted into the atmosphere
involves a range of strategies including carbon farming via regenerative agriculture,
and afforestation and reforestation. Combined, these two sequestration strategies
could capture and store an estimated 27 gigatons of CO2/year globally.
Regenerative agriculture involves holistic land management practices that
sequester carbon while improving soil health, crop yields, water resilience, and
nutrient density – an immense opportunity to convert agriculture from a net source
of CO2 into a carbon sink. Forest management practices emphasizing carbon storage
can occur at both the landscape and urban scale. CC4CA supports policies aimed at
creating new mechanisms and opportunities that support Colorado’s agricultural
sector through land use policies and incentives that recognize the importance of
healthy ecosystems on addressing climate change, in addition to policies, resources
and strategies to optimize the carbon sequestration potential of Colorado’s urban
and natural forests.
26. Incorporating equity, accessibility, and just transition considerations into
climate policies and actions.
Climate change impacts everyone, but certain communities (e.g., people of color,
low-income communities, immigrants) stand to be disproportionately impacted due
to deep-rooted systems (e.g., systemic racism, housing costs). Conversely, those who
have contributed the most to climate change have much better capacity to protect
themselves from its impacts. As the effects of climate change mount, so does the
urgency of addressing this equity challenge. CC4CA supports approaching equity in
a holistic manner, focusing on dividing the burden of responding to the threat of
climate change and sharing the opportunities and benefits of climate action. CC4CA
recognizes that equity challenges are presented both between and within our local
jurisdictions and we support the need to identify and accelerate opportunities for
enhanced synergies between climate action and development needs and priorities
of communities and individuals.
CC4CA supports the type of just transition efforts proscribed by SB19-236 and
HB19-1314, such as the creation of a new state Just Transition Office and requiring
investor-owned utilities to incorporate workforce transition plans when proposing
an electric generating facility retirement. CC4CA supports the expansion of the just
transition requirement to all electric utilities to ensure Colorado communities and
workers are protected and can access the benefits associated with the clean energy
transition.
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27. Encouraging investments that achieve climate-positive solutions.
Divesting assets of fossil fuel-related holdings is an increasingly utilized climate
action strategy. CC4CA supports policies that encourage entities investing public
dollars to consider partial or full divestment as part of their investment strategies.
28. Maintaining protections and authorities currently provided under
environmental laws like the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.
Protecting Colorado’s air, water, and land is vital to its environment, economy, and
people. The protections and authorities afforded by landmark federal laws such as
the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act are foundational to the fight against climate
change. For example, the 2007 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that greenhouse gas
emissions are air pollutants and thus subject to regulation under the Clean Air Act,
and the subsequent 2009 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency endangerment
finding that indeed, such emissions present a danger to public health, obligate our
federal government to utilize the protections provided by the Clean Air Act to take
action to limit emissions. Local governments rely on these protections and can be
critical allies in this effort, as scores of communities across Colorado already are
implementing a broad array of initiatives to advance climate protection at the local
level, and often doing so in collaboration with the state and federal governments.
CC4CA communities support the protections and authorities provided under the
body of existing environmental law and will strongly oppose legislative, regulatory,
and other efforts to roll back or diminish them.
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VAIL TOWN COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO
ITEM/TOPIC: Presentation of the findings of the “2019 Economic Values and Community
Benefits of Vail’s Investment in Deed-Restricted Homes Report”.
PRESENTER(S): George Ruther, Housing Director and Andrew Knudtsen, Economic &
Planning Systems
ACTION REQUESTED OF COUNCIL: No Action is Required
BACKGROUND: The Report was commissioned at the direction of the Vail Local Housing
Authority and completed by Economic & Planning Systems. Funding for the Report was provided
by the Vail Local Housing Authority. The Report is intended to help direct housing policy and serve
as a framework for decision makers when deciding on matters related to investing in deed-
restricted homes in Vail, and to a lesser extent, the greater region.
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To: Vail Town Council
From: Vail Local Housing Authority Date: August 20, 2019 Subject: 2019 Economic Values and Community Benefits of Vail’s Investment in Deed-
Restricted Homes Report
1. SUMMARY
The purpose of this memorandum is to present the findings of the “2019 Economic Values and Community Benefits of Vail’s Investment in Deed-Restricted Homes Report”. The Report was commissioned at the direction of the Vail Local Housing Authority and completed by Economic Planning Systems. Funding for the Report was provided by the Vail Local Housing Authority. The Report is intended to help direct housing policy and serve as a framework for decision makers when deciding on matters related to investing in deed-restricted homes in Vail, and to a
lesser extent, the greater region. The key findings of the Report include:
Each investment in one resident-occupied, deed-restricted home in Vail of $65,000 yields the following:
1) 5% annual return on investment or $3,200 2) up to $312,650 in community benefits, economic value and opportunity costs to the community which is an investment multiplier of 4.81X 3) the annual reduction of 8.5 MTCO2e 4) the avoidance of $8,400 in annual business expenses associated with employee turn
over and recruitment
2. BACKGROUND
The availability of homes for residents and employees has been a challenge for Vail for more than 45 years. As far back as 1973 this issue has been at the forefront of community
conservations regarding the ongoing success of the Vail community and the ability to realize Vail’s vision to be the premier international mountain resort community. To that end, in 1973, the Vail Town Council adopted The Vail Plan. That plan document highlighted three areas of
community focus, 1) The need to support and grow a year-round economy
2) The adequacy of public parking facilities and loading and delivery systems, and
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3) The importance of housing for persons working in Vail
Today, there are more than 875 homes with deed-restrictions recorded limiting occupancy to persons living and working in the greater Vail community. A large percentage of these deed-restrictions were acquired with no expenditure of public funds through partnerships with the
private sector as a result of development impact mititgation. Conversely, many others, like Timber Ridge Village Apartments, Vail Commons, North Trail Townhomes, Chamonix Vail, were acquired or developed through the investment of tax payer dollars. More recently, the Vail Town Council and the Vail Local Housing Authority launched the innovative Vail InDEED program. The objective of this program is to protect and preserve existing homes in the community for resident occupancy through the purchase of a deed-restriction covenant on the property. More than $7.9M has been invested to date resulting in 121 new deed-restrictions and homes for more than 240 Vail residents. The 2019 Economic Values and Community Benefits of Vail’s investment in Deed-Restricted Homes Report is an attempt to quantify the value and the benefits of the Town’s investments.
3. EXHIBITS A. 2019 Economic Values and Community Benefits of Vail’s Investment in Deed-Restricted Homes Report
Town of Vail Page 2
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Revised Report
Economic Value & Community
Benefits of Resident
Housing Investment
Prepared for:
Vail Local Housing Authority
Prepared by:
Economic & Planning Systems, Inc.
EPS #183136
August 14, 2019
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary ............................................................................................ 1 1.
Background ............................................................................................................ 1
Methodology ...................................................................................................... 5 2.
Data Sources .......................................................................................................... 5
Assumptions .......................................................................................................... 7
Economic Context ............................................................................................. 10 3.
Findings .......................................................................................................... 12 4.
Return Metrics ...................................................................................................... 12
Community Benefits ............................................................................................. 14
Economic Value ................................................................................................... 18
Opportunity Costs ................................................................................................ 20
Appendix ......................................................................................................... 22 5.
Terminology ......................................................................................................... 22
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List of Tables
Table 1. Vail InDEED Summary ..................................................................................... 7
Table 2. Population Trends, Town of Vail Capture ........................................................... 10
Table 3. Housing Unit Trends, Town of Vail Capture ....................................................... 10
Table 4. Employment Trends, Town of Vail Capture ........................................................ 11
Table 5. Return on Investment .................................................................................... 12
Table 6. Investment Multiplier ..................................................................................... 13
Table 7. Value of Time ............................................................................................... 14
Table 8. Reduction in Carbon Emissions ........................................................................ 15
Table 9. Environmental Impact ................................................................................... 15
Table 10. Value of Volunteerism .................................................................................... 16
Table 11. Schools Impact ............................................................................................. 16
Table 12. Expansion of Total Spending in Vail Economy .................................................... 18
Table 13. Expansion of Total Spending in Vail Economy .................................................... 19
Table 14. Parking Impact ............................................................................................. 20
Table 15. Worker Turnover Costs .................................................................................. 21
Table 16. Daytime Spending ........................................................................................ 23
Table 17. Resident Housing Household Spending ............................................................. 23
Table 18. Commute Detail ............................................................................................ 24
List of Figures
Figure 1. Town of Vail & Eagle Valley Employment Trends ................................................ 11
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Executive Summary 1.
Background
The Town of Vail has made significant financial investments in resident housing
over many decades. Such investments are rooted in an awareness that
affordability and availability of housing for residents and the workforce benefit the
broader Vail economy, business community, the overall community character, and
the quality of the guest experience.
One of Vail’s more innovation and effective investment strategies has been deed-
restriction acquisitions, in which the Town appropriates funds annually to ensure
that homes are available for residents and the workforce. A new deed restriction
purchase program, called Vail InDEED, was recently created to ensure Vail meets
its 2027 Vail Housing 2027 Strategic Plan goal of acquiring 1,000 additional
resident housing unit deed restrictions by the year 2027.
In times of competing community investment priorities and alternatives, it is
important that the benefits of resident housing investment are quantified and
understood by the community and its leadership. For this purpose, the Vail Local
Housing Authority (VLHA) contracted with Economic & Planning Systems (EPS) to
quantify the economic value and community benefits of resident housing
investment on the local economy and community.
Each investment in one resident housing unit generates an annual
return as well as provides economic benefit.
#1 - The direct return back to the Town of Vail
from an investment of $65,000 in one unit of
housing is $3,239 in the form of local sales
tax and revenue for local students. The
annual return on investment to the Town is
5 percent of the initial investment.
#2 - Nearly $312,500 is provided from one
unit in the form of community benefits,
economic value, and opportunity costs to
the community as a whole. This return to the
community is more than four times the initial
investment by the Town, resulting in an
investment multiplier of 4.81X.
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Metrics
At the root of the Town’s resident housing investment policies, deed restricted
homes ensure that year-round residents can live and work locally, which ripples
through the economy and reinforces the stability of other sectors of the economy.
It impacts the character of the community through greater potential civic/resident
engagement and presence of school-aged children. It also improves the quality of
the guest experience. In this analysis, these and other elements are presented
collectively and stated in terms of the following broader metrics:
The annual economic value of an investment in 100 units of resident housing
($6.5 million) is:
• $18.1 million as a result of an increase in filled positions,
• $2.6 million in increased local household spending, and
• $116,000 in new local sales tax revenue.
The annual community benefits of an investment in 100 units of resident
housing ($6.5 million) include:
• the elimination of over 40,000 commute hours resulting in $825,000 in the
value of time savings,
• a reduction of 845 metric tons of carbon emissions (MTCO2e),
• $207,000 in State of Colorado revenue in the form of back-fill for 26 school-
aged children, and
• $1.2 million in volunteer labor.
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The annual opportunity cost of an investment in 100 units of resident housing
($6.5 million) is:
• $11.3 million in avoided construction cost for 113 parking spaces and
• $841,000 in saved costs to businesses for worker turnover, training, and lost
productivity.
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Methodology 2.
As noted in the introduction, this approach encompasses three main components
of economic value and community benefit: the economic value; the community
benefits; and the opportunity costs. This section outlines the data and
assumptions for the analysis.
Data Sources
A variety of primary and secondary data sources were used in the analysis. Research
and interviews also supplemented the quantitative and qualitative elements of the
analysis. The following sources were essential to the construction of the methodology:
• U.S. Census Longitudinal Employee Household Dynamics. Prevalence of
in-commuting workforce to Vail.
• Colorado Department of Labor & Employment, Quarterly Census of
Employment & Wages. Number of jobs by industry for Vail.
• Colorado Statewide Nonprofit Industry Survey, 2018. Nonprofit industry jobs
in Eagle County’s workforce and the rate of per-capita volunteerism.
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Value of volunteerism per hour.
• Colorado Department of Transportation. Aggregate vehicle miles travelled
(VMT) in Eagle County.
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Calculations for estimating carbon
emissions.
• Eagle County Housing Study and Greater Roaring Fork Regional Resident &
Employer Survey, 2018. For assumptions regarding rate of carpooling,
persons per household, multiple job-holdings.
• IMPLAN. Input-output data for Eagle County at the zip code level.
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Types of Economic Impacts
In terms of quantifiable economic contributions, metrics included in this analysis
have been run through IMPLAN input-output modeling software. IMPLAN is
structured to account for trade flows and industry profiles within the defined
economic unit—in this case, the Town of Vail, as represented by the 81657 zip
code. This type of modeling generates a trove of information, which when
consolidated with other information, can be used to estimate the “multiplier
effect” on an initial investment.
Specifically, a multiplier effect is a ratio that characterizes the relationship
between the total of successive rounds of spending resulting from an initial
investment combined with the initial investment itself. For example, the multiplier
in this analysis is calculated as the composite per-unit economic value and
community benefit divided by the Town’s per-unit investment.
There are also three layers of economic impacts. These layers are defined as they
relate to Vail’s investment in resident housing:
Economic Impact Terminology
Direct Impacts are the dollar amounts of net new local resident spending and the net new
economic activity related to greater number of filled positions. These dollar amounts refer to
the first round of spending in an economy.
Indirect Impacts are the dollar amounts associated with the business-to-business
relationships, such as the real estate activity, the purchase of equipment, or the demand for
professional services such as legal, financial and administrative services that may be procured
in the process of meeting demand for a “direct” industry’s good or service. These are referred
to as the second round of spending.
Induced Impacts are activities resulting from the expenditures made by households of the
direct and indirect industry jobs. They are typically retail and service-sector oriented impacts
that are created by what is typically referred to as the third round of spending.
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Assumptions
There are two main layers of assumptions in this analysis: 1) the overarching
investment goal on which the analysis is based; and 2) the underlying assumptions
used to quantify relationships between, for example, the number of persons per
housing unit or the rate of carpooling among all in-commuting workers.
Resident Housing Investment
Housing Targets
As previously noted, the premise of this analysis is rooted
in the Vail Housing 2027 Strategic Plan adopted goal of
acquiring 1,000 additional resident housing unit deed
restrictions by the year 2027. The goal means that the
Town is targeting, on average, the acquisition of 100 deed
restrictions units per year.
Housing Investment
Based on a detailed accounting of the most recent (116)
deed restrictions placed on homes in Vail (between
January 2017 and May 2019), data which were obtained
from the VLHA, the Town invests an average of
approximately $65,000 per unit. It is against this core
assumption that the metrics of return on investment and
the overall investment multiplier are calculated.
Table 1. Vail InDEED Summary
Vail InDEED Program Units Price per Deed
2019 (YTD May)11 $94,618
2018 40 $57,105
2017 65 $65,000
Total 116 $65,327
Source: Town of Vail; Economic & Planning Systems
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Underlying Assumptions
The following are additional assumptions that quantify the relationship
between housing units and persons, local job-holdings, net new jobs,
and carpooling.
Jobs per Unit. Primary data collected locally and regionally indicate
that there is an average of 2.2 jobs per household, meaning that 220
jobs would be represented by 100 households in 100 housing units.
Vail Jobs. As mentioned previously, the Vail InDEED program requires
that a property be occupied as a primary residence by individuals who
work a minimum of 30 hours per week in Eagle County. Based on an
annualized 40-hour work week, this could be approximated as 75
percent of income (and thus, employment) is originated in Eagle County.
For purposes of this analysis, it is an aggregated assumption that 75
percent of job-holders in the resident housing units are working in Vail
(165 jobs).
Net New Jobs to Economy. The analysis also assumes that 75 percent
of these Vail jobs held by occupants of resident housing units are net
new to the economy (i.e. that they are filling unfilled positions or
enabling employers to add new positions). This means that 124 of the
165 jobs are estimated to be new to economy, whereas the remainder
of the 165 would have previously commuted in to their jobs in Vail.
Carpooling. Primary data collected regionally indicates that an average
of 9 percent of the total in-commuting workforce carpool.
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Table 3. Housing Unit Trends, Town of Vail Capture
Housing Unit Trends 2000 2010 2017 Total Δ % Capture
2000-17
Avon 2,557 3,615 4,052 1,495 17%
Eagle 1,116 2,416 2,251 1,135 13%
Eagle-Vail [1]1,482 1,482 1,482 0 0%
Edwards 3,953 5,260 5,386 1,433 16%
Gypsum 1,210 2,205 2,275 1,065 12%
Red Cliff 122 141 123 1 0%
Minturn 448 528 542 94 1%
Vail 5,389 7,230 7,210 1,821 21%
Unincorp. Eagle Valley 3,687 5,394 5,492 1,805 20%
Eagle Valley[2]16,277 22,877 23,321 8,849 100%
[1] Eagle-Vail did not appear on the 2010 decennial census as a CDP.
Source: U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-year estimates; Economic & Planning Systems
[2] Eagle Valley is defined as Eagle County less the Roaring Fork Valley (census tract 3.01 block groups 1-3 and tract 3.02
block group 2)
Table 2. Population Trends, Town of Vail Capture
Population Trends 2000 2010 2017 Total Δ % Capture
2000-17
Avon 5,561 6,447 6,503 942 9%
Eagle 3,032 6,508 6,711 3,679 36%
Eagle-Vail [1]2,887 2,887 2,887 0 0%
Edwards 8,257 10,266 9,202 945 9%
Gypsum 3,654 6,477 6,926 3,272 32%
Red Cliff 289 267 297 8 0%
Minturn 1,068 1,027 1,141 73 1%
Vail 4,531 5,305 5,425 894 9%
Unincorp. Eagle Valley 6,211 5,283 6,678 467 5%
Eagle Valley 35,490 44,467 45,770 10,280 100%
[1] Eagle-Vail did not appear on the 2010 decennial census as a CDP.
Source: U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-year estimates; Economic & Planning Systems
[2] Eagle Valley is defined as Eagle County less the Roaring Fork Valley (census tract 3.01 block groups 1-3 and tract 3.02
block group 2)
Economic Context 3.
This section of the report provides the economic context including population,
housing unit, and employment trends for the Town of Vail in relation to Eagle
County as a whole.
Population
Between 2000 and 2017, the
Eagle Valley grew by a
population of approximately
10,280, which translates to
605 residents per year. Total
population reached 45,770
in 2017 (Table 2). In 2017,
Vail represented
approximately 12 percent of
the Valley population, but
had captured only 9 percent
of the Valley’s population
growth since 2000.
Housing Units
Growth in housing inventory
in Vail outpaced population
growth considerably
(Table 3). By a factor of
more than two to one, more
than 1,800 housing units
were added to the Town’s
housing unit inventory,
indicating that second
homeownership comprised a
majority of the ownership of
the new inventory.
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Employment
In 2018, Vail had an
estimated 8,400 wage and
salary jobs (Table 4),
accounting for 25 percent
of the Valley’s total
employment. Between
2001 and 2018, the Town
added close to 1,300 jobs,
capturing 30 percent of
the Valley’s growth. The
highest growth area in the
valley took place in
Avon/Beaver Creek, which
captured 44 percent of the
Valley’s new employment,
and (as the definition
indicates) includes two distinct commercial nodes of activity.
As shown in the following graphic (Figure 1), employment levels in the Town of
Vail remained fairly steady over the past two decades. Although employment
contracted during the Great Recession (2007-09) for the Eagle Valley, which
decreased by 14 percent (a loss of 3,800 jobs), Vail remained relatively steady.
Figure 1. Town of Vail & Eagle Valley Employment Trends
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10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Town of Vail Eagle Valley
Table 4. Employment Trends, Town of Vail Capture
Employment Trends 2001 2010 2018 Total Δ % Capture
2001-18
Avon/Beaver Creek 7,571 7,589 9,457 1,886 44%
Eagle 3,424 3,732 4,602 1,178 27%
Eagle-Vail 50 81 110 60 1%
Edwards 3,255 3,155 3,510 255 6%
Gypsum 1,540 1,488 2,477 936 22%
Minturn 520 406 485 -35 -1%
Red Cliff 50 81 110 60 1%
Vail 7,129 7,256 8,416 1,288 30%
Eagle Valley 23,538 23,790 29,167 4,316 100%
Source: QCEW; Economic & Planning Systems
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Findings 4.
There are two primary measurements of economic value and community benefits
estimated in this analysis: 1) return on investment; and 2) investment multiplier.
Return Metrics
The initial investment of $65,000 per unit of resident housing yields magnitudes
of more economic value and community benefit than alternatives such as
persistent business cost of worker turnover and structured parking.
Return on Investment (ROI)
Although many of the broader metrics of benefit can be
considered “returns on investment,” an ROI measured from
the perspective of the investment of ‘public dollars in’ and
‘public dollars out’ captures the two most salient fiscal impacts.
The annual returns on the initial investment are comprised of
sales tax revenues flowing back to Vail annually and the State
of Colorado’s per-unit student back-fill for the school-aged
children living in resident housing is approximately $2,000 per
year (see the following technical discussion for details on this
calculation).
This means that, calculated as a standard investment divided
by its returns, the Town’s (public) return on investment is 5.0
percent. This aligns on the higher end with typical yields on
governmental investment.
Table 5. Return on Investment
Return on Investment per-Unit
Per-Unit Investment ROI
Returns
Annual Resident Household Spending Sales Taxes $1,165
Annual State per-Pupil Apportionment $2,074
Subtotal Returns $3,239
Investment ROI
Return $3,239
Initial Investment $65,000
ROI 5.0%
Source: Economic & Planning Systems
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Investment Multiplier
This metric accounts for the economic activity
captured by direct, indirect, and induced
spending. Examples of components within this
metric include: a) the broader economic metrics
such as the economic value (which includes
taxable spending and the fiscal benefit) to Vail;
b) community benefits; and c) the opportunity
costs such as investing in parking annually to
accommodate a similar level of employment
growth as well as the ongoing costs to the
business community of worker turnover and
lost productivity.
Taking into account each of these components,
the net multiplier of the Town’s investment at
$65,000 per unit is nearly five (5) times at 4.81X.
In benefit-cost analysis (BCA), public entities are
typically trying to achieve a multiplier of three (3)
to five (5) times the initial investment.
Table 6. Investment Multiplier
Return on Investment per-Unit
Per-Unit Investment Multiplier
Economic Metrics
Annual Expansion of Economy $181,122
Annual Net New Resident Household Taxable Spending $21,174
Annual Sales Tax Revenue Generation $1,165
Subtotal Economic Metrics (Net) [1]$181,122
Community Benefits
Annual Household Value of Reduced Commute Time $8,249
Annual Per-Pupil State Backfill $2,074
Subtotal Community Metrics $10,323
Opportunity Cost
Annual Cost of Worker Turnover -$8,410
Cost of Structured Parking -$112,613
Subtotal Opportunity Cost Metrics -$121,022
Investment Multiplier
Composite Return $312,467
Initial Investment $65,000
Multiplier 4.81x
Source: Economic & Planning Systems
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Table 7. Value of Time
Value of Time Saved not Commuting Factor Value
Total Jobs in Resident Housing 2.2 220
Vail Jobs in Resident Housing 75%165
Estimated Local Job-Cars 9%150
Commute Minutes per Year 2,426,101
Commute Hours per Year 40,435
Value of Time for Intercity Travel (2018)$20.40
Value of Time Saved not Commuting $824,874
Per-Unit $8,249
Source: LEHD on the Map; U.S. Department of Transportation; Economic & Planning Systems
Community
Benefits
For each unit of resident housing, an estimated 400 hours of time and 950 gallons of
gasoline are saved from shorter commutes every year—equating to greater business
productivity and an opportunity for residents to give back to their community.
Reduced Commute Times
More than 40,000 annual commuting hours are avoided by an investment in 100
resident housing units. This equates to approximately $825,000 in value of time
($20.40 per hour of intercity travel). It should be noted that this benefit is
capitalized within the expanded economy calculations shown earlier and not
additive to the investment multiplier estimate.
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Table 8. Reduction in Carbon Emissions
Metric Tons of Carbon
Monoxide Equivalency
(MTCO2e)
All In-
Commuters
Resident
Housing In-
Commuters
Average Distance Travelled 63.3 miles 29.6 miles
# Commuters 3,276 150
Aggregate Vehicle Miles Travelled (VMT)414,586 8,882
Agg. VMT / Year 103,646,600 2,220,594
Aggregate MTCO2e 39,447 845
as % of All In-Commuters 2.1%
Source: LEHD on the Map; Economic & Planning Systems
Reduced Carbon Emissions
The analysis of environmental
impact assumes that fewer
workers need to commute in to
their jobs, decreasing distance
traveled and reducing carbon
emissions. It further assumes
that a greater number of
workers will utilize Vail’s free
public transit.
An analysis of the in-commuter
distribution shows that the
average one-way distance
traveled to Vail is
approximately 63 miles
(Table 8).
It is generally assumed that
in-commuters living in closer proximity to Vail will account for larger shares of
new occupants of resident housing. As such, it was assumed that the average
distance traveled by new occupants of resident housing would have traveled
30 miles.
Over the course of a year, this reduction in commute time totals more than 2.2
million miles and represents more than 2 percent of all vehicle miles traveled by
in-commuters. As a result, overall carbon emissions are reduced in the Vail Valley
by 845 metric tons (2 percent of total estimated Vail in-commuter carbon
emissions). It means that in-commuters save more than 95,000 gallons of
gasoline per year. This annual savings means that enough energy is saved to
charge more than 107 million iPhones, and is equivalent to the air-scrubbing
benefits of nearly 14,000 tree seedlings grown for more than 10 years.
Table 9. Environmental Impact
The Environment Value
Equivalencies of Carbon Emissions
Emissions Reduction (MTCO2e) from Shorter Commutes 845
Gallons of Gasoline Consumed (equivalent)95,083
Number of Smartphones Charged (equivalent)107,747,909
Tree Seedlings Grown for 10 Years (offset)13,972
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Economic & Planning Systems
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Table 10. Value of Volunteerism
Value of Volunteerism Factor Value
Total Resident Housing Units 100
Jobs per Unit 2.2
Total Jobs in Resident Housing 220
Estimated Volunteer Hours per Year 201 [1]44,118
Value of Volunteer Time (in CO)$28.02
Estimated Value of Volunteerism in Vail $1,236,200
Per-Unit $12,362
Source: Independent Sector; 2018 Colorado Nonprofit Survey; Economic & Planning Systems
[1] Average annual hours of volunteering per year among nonprofits in a group of northwestern Colorado counties.
Table 11. Schools Impact
Student Generation Total
Town of Vail - Students to Housing Units [1]0.26
Resident Housing Investment 100
Students Generated 26
Per Pupil Revenue (Eagle County Schools)$7,945
Eagle County School Revenue $207,449
Per-Unit $2,074
Source: Economic & Planning Systems
[1] U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
Volunteerism
In a typical community, a portion of residents volunteer their time to local
nonprofits, including the health care industry, arts and entertainment, or other
community-oriented and civic services.
Using primary data from a statewide study of the nonprofit industry conducted in
2018, it is estimated that volunteerism
among the population in resident housing could be as high as 200 hours per year.
This would contribute more than $1.2 million in labor value to the nonprofit
community in Vail (at $28.02 per hour of volunteer time).
Schools
An estimated 26 school-
aged children are
generated by the
investment in 100 housing
units, for which it is
anticipated that the State
of Colorado back-fills at a
per-pupil rate of $7,945
for Eagle County. This
would contribute more
than $207,000 in revenues
to Eagle County Schools
annually.
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Quality of Guest Experience
There is direct linkage between the quality of the guest
experience and the supply of local employees. As part of this
study, a range of employers were interviewed across a variety of
sectors. Those with a high level of interaction with guests, such
as food and beverage or services establishments, noted that they
are concerned about their ability to maintain a high quality level
of service given limited staffing resources. In the case of one restaurant, it chose
to close down seating sections to concentrate the available servers. From its
perspective, the loss of revenue is a reasonable tradeoff, given the otherwise slow
pace of operations.
Other business owners commented that certain high-demand weeks, where the
community is operating at both peak capacity and peak price point, the service
can be the slowest. As Vail’s customer base evaluates its options, it may consider
other destinations that can provide the service expected with Vail’s price point.
The ability to deliver a high quality guest experience is directly correlated to Vail’s
competitive position, not only among ski town destinations but also warm weather
destinations.
Vail’s future economic vitality depends on the ability of businesses to fill positions.
There is concern among some business owners about a decline in quality service
in the recent past. Unfilled positions and the related service quality decline in Vail
may continue without investment in solutions to attract and retain talent. It was
also noted that guests are likely to feel more connected to Vail if they interact
with employees who live locally, over an extended period of time, who are invested
in the community. This type of employee conveys a commitment that resonates
with guests and reinforces the premium brand Vail has built over the decades.
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Economic
Value
Expansion of the Economy due to Filled Positions
The availability of additional homes for residents and the workforce translates to a
greater jobs market and fewer unfilled positions. It is estimated that
approximately 123 full- and part-time positions would be filled as a result of Vail’s
resident housing investment (100 units), thereby expanding Vail’s economy by an
estimated $18.1 million annually (1.2 percent increase).
Table 12. Expansion of Total Spending in Vail Economy
Return on Investment
Local Business Revenue Direct Indirect Induced Total
11 Ag, Forestry, Fish & Hunting $76,853 $698 $267 $77,818
21 Mining $0 $7,244 $210 $7,454
22 Utilities $0 $5 $7 $12
23 Construction $2,838,283 $81,277 $14,527 $2,934,087
31-33 Manufacturing $0 $4,607 $1,237 $5,844
42 Wholesale Trade $610,911 $20,786 $7,855 $639,552
44-45 Retail trade $906,678 $248,706 $259,371 $1,414,755
48-49 Transportation & Warehousing $0 $79,051 $28,983 $108,034
51 Information $0 $39,827 $22,752 $62,579
52 Finance & insurance $459,252 $438,401 $204,832 $1,102,485
53 Real estate & rental $741,771 $520,976 $397,111 $1,659,858
54 Professional- scientific & tech svcs $458,698 $283,170 $46,160 $788,028
55 Management of companies $0 $156,752 $17,180 $173,932
56 Administrative & waste services $240,281 $87,143 $19,199 $346,623
61 Educational svcs $237,132 $6,627 $42,498 $286,257
62 Health & social services $365,213 $3,600 $361,779 $730,592
71 Arts- entertainment & recreation $890,357 $63,417 $60,260 $1,014,034
72 Accommodation & food services $2,904,377 $65,913 $172,932 $3,143,222
81 Other services $2,763,965 $87,711 $102,288 $2,953,964
92 Government $625,894 $17,191 $19,979 $663,064
93 Non NAICs $0 $0 $0 $0
Annual Expansion of Economy $14,119,665 $2,213,102 $1,779,427 $18,112,194
Per-Unit $141,197 $22,131 $17,794 $181,122
Source: Economic & Planning Systems
Ripple Effects (Total Output Expansion)
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Resident Household Spending
Local resident households spend more of their income on retail goods and services
in Vail than the daily spending patterns of in-commuters. It is estimated that
Vail’s resident housing investment yields a net new local resident household
spending of approximately $2.6 million per year.
Town of Vail Fiscal Benefits
Out of the net new local resident household spending it is estimated that $2.1
million is taxable spending, which generates more than $116,000 of sales tax
revenues for Vail per year.
Table 13. Expansion of Total Spending in Vail Economy
Return on Investment Total Taxable Ann. Tax Rev
Net New Local Spending 5.5%
11 Ag, Forestry, Fish & Hunting $98
21 Mining $145
22 Utilities $2
23 Construction $12,064
31-33 Manufacturing $610
42 Wholesale Trade $3,296
44-45 Retail trade $1,703,757 $1,703,757 $93,707
48-49 Transportation & Warehousing $29,821
51 Information $10,066
52 Finance & insurance $71,120
53 Real estate & rental $179,977
54 Professional- scientific & tech svcs $56,138
55 Management of companies $39,085
56 Administrative & waste services $14,980
61 Educational svcs $8,384
62 Health & social services $57,040
71 Arts- entertainment & recreation $12,994
72 Accommodation & food services $413,628 $413,628 $22,750
81 Other services $30,088
92 Government $6,318
93 Non NAICs $0
Annual Net New Spending $2,649,611 $2,117,385 $116,456
Per-Unit $26,496 $21,174 $1,165
Source: Economic & Planning Systems
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Opportunity
Costs
In this analysis, two primary metrics are considered opportunity costs: 1) the
Town’s alternative of investing in structured parking for in-commuters; and 2)
business costs associated with worker turnover, training, and lost productivity. It
is acknowledged that another alternative Town investment to structured parking
could be enhanced transit services and the capital and operational costs
associated with it. For the purposes of simplifying the analysis, structured parking
was evaluated as the core alternative.
Every year that Vail does not invest in resident housing and seeks to
accommodate or incent economic growth means that either: a) Vail must build
parking to accommodate the growing number of in-commuters and guests; or b)
Vail’s business community must endure perpetual business costs associated with
worker turnover, training, and lost productivity.
In the overall analysis, opportunity costs are capitalized into estimates of return
(i.e. the investment multiplier calculation) since they represent avoided costs to
the economy.
Parking
The first of the
opportunity costs
relates to the costs of
accommodating an
expanding in-
commuting workforce.
This cost is based on
the recent construction
of structured parking in
Vail at approximately
$100,000 per space,
but does not include
the cost of land.
This opportunity cost is further
augmented by the fact that this
would be an annual cost to Vail if it were to parallel to the goal of investing in 100
units of resident housing per year.
As shown in Table 14 above, the cost of structured parking for an approximately
113 cars per day (accounting for local/non-local jobs, net new jobs to the
economy, and carpooling) would be $11.3 million.
Table 14. Parking Impact
Opportunity Cost Factor Value
Parking Investment
Resident Housing Investment 100
Jobs Represented by Housing Investment 2.2 220
Vail Jobs 75%165
Net New Jobs to Economy 75%124
New Cars Needing Parking 9%113
TOV Parking Cost per Space $100,000
TOV Parking Investment Opportunity Cost $11,261,250
Per-Unit $112,612.50
Source: Economic & Planning Systems
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Table 15. Worker Turnover Costs
Opportunity Cost Factor Value
Resident Housing Investment 100
Jobs Represented by Housing Investment 2.2 220
Vail Jobs 75%165
Net New Jobs to Economy 75%124
Average annual training cost per jobs that would
otherwise "turnover"$6,796
Annual Business Costs of Turnover, Loss of
Productivity, and Training $840,959
Per-Unit $8,409.59
Source: QCEW; Center for American Progress; Economic & Planning Systems
Local Business Revenue (Cost Associated
with Job Turnover, Loss of Productivity, and
Training)
Worker Turnover
If Vail opted to invest in resident housing (not parking), research and analysis
indicates that local businesses could reduce their annual costs associated with
turnover, job training, and lost productivity by an estimated $840,000 per year.
This estimate reflects the weighted average of annual turnover costs for positions
in different industries at different annual wage levels.
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Appendix 5.
Terminology
Area Median Income (AMI) is a metric that identifies the point of a target geography’s
income distribution at which 50 percent of household earn more and 50 percent earn less.
Percentages, such as 60, 80, 100, 120 percent of AMI are typically used to isolate levels of
affordability within the distribution of households by income. The source of these data points
is the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which defines local AMI annually.
Community Benefit broadly refers to the other quantitative and qualitative benefits, such
as: 1) reduction in worker commute time; 2) reduction in carbon emissions resulting from
shorter commutes; 3) presence of school aged children; 4) greater community and civic
involvement; and 5) enhanced quality of guest experience.
Deed Restriction refers to a covenant in which it is stipulated that a property must be
occupied as a primary residence by individuals who work a minimum of 30 hours per week
in Eagle County.
Gross Regional Product (GRP) is a measure of regional economic activity that includes
employee compensation, business/corporate profits, and local tax revenue generation.
Investment Multiplier is a measure, expressed as a ratio of broader economic returns (as
measured by three components in this particular study) to an initial investment. The three
components include: 1) the impact on the broader economy; 2) community benefits such
as reduction in commute times and carbon emissions, increased volunteerism and presence
of school-aged children; and c) the opportunity costs such as Vail alternatively investing in
structured parking or enhanced transit service.
Opportunity Cost is the highest price or rate of return an alternative course of action, i.e.
an investment, would yield. In this analysis, opportunity costs are characterized as: 1) the
cost to provide structured parking, which could also be an alternative to increased transit
service investment; and 2) the annual cost of worker turnover to the business community.
Output is a measure of total economic activity, also called “total spending”, that
characterizes the sum of successive rounds of industry, business-to-business, and
household spending. As an example, output in the residential construction industry would
be equal to the purchase price of a housing unit.
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) is the Colorado Department of
Labor & Employment’s (CDLE) record of employment and wages for all of the state’s
employers. Records are reported at the individual establishment (i.e. address) level.
Individual employer records are protected by confidentiality agreement.
Resident Housing refers to a deed-restricted for-sale or rental housing unit (new
construction, rehabilitation, acquisition, or existing). Data to estimate the average per-unit
investment were obtained through the VLHA.
Return on Investment (ROI) is an amount, typically expressed as a percentage, earned
on an initial investment. The metric is calculated by dividing the initial investment (e.g. in
resident housing) by the earnings before interest, debt, and taxes.
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Table 16. Daytime Spending
Return on Investment Input Value
Resident Housing Investment 100
Jobs Represented by Housing Investment 2.2 220
Vail Jobs 75%165
Net New Jobs to Economy 75%124
Number of Previously In-Commuting Job-Holders (Diff.)41
Total Daily Spending by In-Commuting Job-
Holders (ICSC)$20
Annual Spending by In-Commuting Job-Holders $206,250
Source: ICSC; Economic & Planning Systems
Resident Household Spending (Calculation
Part 1)
Table 17. Resident Housing Household Spending
Return on Investment Value
Resident Household Spending (Calculation Part 2)
Resident Housing Investment 100
Resident Households 100
Household Median Income (approximately 80% AMI)$64,000
Income Spent on Retail (NAICS 44/45)35%
Gross Income Spent on Retail $22,400
Aggregate Income $2,240,000
Food Services $417,325
Retail $1,822,675
Source: ICSC; Economic & Planning Systems
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Table 18. Commute Detail
All Colorado In-Commuters to
the Town of Vail, 2015
Distance (Miles)Commuters
Edwards CDP, CO 14.1 miles 572
Denver city, CO 97.1 miles 295
Avon town, CO 10.0 miles 292
Eagle town, CO 30.3 miles 222
Gypsum town, CO 37.2 miles 198
Minturn town, CO 7.3 miles 125
Leadville city, CO 37.5 miles 97
Leadville North CDP, CO 37.5 miles 84
Aurora city, CO 111.0 miles 74
Colorado Springs city, CO 140.0 miles 68
Boulder city, CO 108.0 miles 67
Lakewood city, CO 92.5 miles 52
Fort Collins city, CO 157.0 miles 45
Glenwood Springs city, CO 60.9 miles 39
Breckenridge town, CO 36.0 miles 37
Highlands Ranch CDP, CO 107.0 miles 37
Centennial city, CO 108.0 miles 32
Red Cliff town, CO 16.0 miles 32
Arvada city, CO 95.0 miles 29
Frisco town, CO 26.5 miles 26
Basalt town, CO 84.0 miles 24
Aspen city, CO 102.0 miles 23
Broomfield city, CO 107.0 miles 23
Carbondale town, CO 73.9 miles 22
Longmont city, CO 130.0 miles 22
Silverthorne town, CO 30.2 miles 21
Westminster city, CO 99.8 miles 21
El Jebel CDP, CO 79.7 miles 20
Grand Junction city, CO 147.0 miles 19
Loveland city, CO 144.0 miles 19
Thornton city, CO 104.0 miles 19
New Castle town, CO 73.1 miles 18
Rifle city, CO 87.5 miles 17
Castle Rock town, CO 123.0 miles 15
Englewood city, CO 101.0 miles 15
Dotsero CDP, CO 42.5 miles 14
Ken Caryl CDP, CO 97.0 miles 14
Parker town, CO 118.0 miles 14
Steamboat Springs city, CO 93.1 miles 14
Craig city, CO 118.0 miles 13
Dakota Ridge CDP, CO 93.8 miles 12
Twin Lakes CDP, CO 57.7 miles 12
Silt town, CO 80.0 miles 11
Columbine CDP, CO 99.4 miles 10
Commerce City city, CO 103.0 miles 10
Dillon town, CO 31.8 miles 10
Littleton city, CO 103.0 miles 10
Other 126.8 miles 411
Average/Total 63.3 miles 3,276
Source: LEHD on the Map; Economic & Planning Systems
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VAIL TOWN COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO
ITEM/TOPIC: Recommendation for Eligibility in the Vail InDEED Deed Restriction Purchase
program
PRESENTER(S): George Ruther, Housing Director
ACTION REQUESTED OF COUNCIL:
Does the Vail Town Council support the recommendation of the Vail Local Housing
Authority? If so, shall staff take the steps necessary to clarify the boundaries for
participation to include areas of unincorporated Eagle County within the Gore Valley, east
of Dowd Junction?
BACKGROUND:
Please refer to the staff memorandum to the Vail Local Housing Authority dated, August 7, 2019
for background information (attached).
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: The Vail Local Housing Authority (VLHA) unanimously
recommends that the Vail Town Council ratifies the determination of the VLHA that the property
located at 3073 Bellflower Drive is eligible for participation in the Vail InDEED program.
ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Vail InDEED Eligibility Memorandum
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To: Vail Town Council
From: Vail Local Housing Authority Date: August 20, 2019 Subject: Recommendation for Eligibility in the Vail InDEED Deed Restriction Purchase
program
1. SUMMARY
The purpose of this memorandum is to forward the recommendation of the Vail Local Housing for participation in the Vail InDEED program. This request is in specific reference to the residential property located at 3073 Bellflower Drive, Unit #1. Upon review of the program criteria, and other factors highlighted in the staff memorandum to the Vail Local Housing Authority, the Authority members voted unanimously (4-0) at a special
meeting on August to recommend allowing the residential property, located at 3073 Bellflower, Unit #1, to be considered for a deed restriction acquisition through the Vail InDEED program.
2. BACKGROUND
Please refer to the staff memorandum to the Vail Local Housing Authority dated, August 7, 2019 for background information (attached)
3. RECOMMENDATIONS The Vail Local Housing Authority (VLHA) unanimously recommends that the Vail Town Council ratifies the determination of the VLHA that the property located at 3073 Bellflower Drive is eligible for participation in the Vail InDEED program. In forwarding their recommendation, the VLHA found that the property, in part, met the intent of the program and helped achieve the Town’s vision of maintaining and sustaining community through the creation and support for resident housing in Vail. Further, for purposes of clarity and expectation, the Vail Local Housing recommends that the Vail Town Council instruct the Town staff to amend the boundaries of eligibility for participation in the Vail InDEED program to extend to areas of unincorporated Eagle County located with the
Gore Valley, east of Dowd Junction.
4. NEXT STEPS
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If ratified by the Vail Town Council, the Vail Local Housing Authority will then seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable deed-restriction purchase and sale agreement with the prospective buyer of
the home.
5. ACTION REQUESTED
The Vail Town Council is being asked to ratify the recommendation of the Vail Local Housing
Authority determining that the residential property located at 3073 Bellflower Drive is eligible for participation in the Vail InDEED program Does the Vail Town Council support the recommendation of the Vail Local Housing Authority? If so, shall staff take the steps necessary to clarify the boundaries for participation to include areas of unincorporated Eagle County within the Gore Valley, east of Dowd Junction?
6. EXHIBITS
Staff Memorandum to the Vail Local Housing Authority dated, August 7, 2019.
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To: Vail Local Housing Authority
From: George Ruther, Housing Director Lynne Campbell, Housing Coordinator Date: August 7, 2019 Subject: Vail InDEED Application – Thelen – VID19-035
1. SUMMARY
The Town of Vail Housing Department has received a Vail InDEED Application for the sale of a deed restriction at the property located at 3073 Bellflower Road, Unit #1. According to the Town of Vail municipal boundary map, the three-bedroom, two bath townhome property is located
within unincorporated Eagle County, outside the municipal boundary of the Town of Vail. The property is not yet under contract for purchase. Given the location of the property outside the Town’s municipal boundary, the applicant is inquiring as to whether property is eligible for consideration in the Vail InDEED program. If eligible for consideration, the applicant will request review of their application.
2. BACKGROUND
The following three background factors are relevant to the determination of eligibility for participation in the Vail InDEED program.
1. The Vail InDEED Program was established to protect and preserve existing residential homes in the Town of Vail for resident occupancy. This effort is in response to achieving the Town’s goal of acquiring 1,000 new deed-restrictions by the year 2027. To date, the program
has been exceedingly successful. 2. The Vail Town Council adopted Resolution No. 34, Series of 2016 appointing the Vail
Local Housing Authority as the Town’s agent to negotiate and purchase deed restrictions in the Town, on behalf of the Vail Town Council. Section 2a, delegation of the authority, indicates, “Implement the Plan through the negotiation and purchase of Deed Restrictions in the
Town;” 3. The Vail Town Council authorized the purchase of 23 deed-restrictions at the new 6 West Apartments in Edwards, CO. This purchase was completed with the intent of achieving
the Town’s adopted housing goal and in keeping with the adopted housing policy statements.
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4. The residential property located at 3037 Bellflower Road is within the Gore Valley. The property is three residential lots removed from the Town’s municipal boundary. According to
Google Earth maps, the property is less than 300 feet west of the Town boundary. 5. The stated mission of the Vail Housing 2027 Strategic Plan is to maintain and sustain
community through the creation and support of resident housing in Vail. 6. When adopting the procedures for the Vail InDEED program there was acknowledgement and understanding that from time to time the Vail Local Housing Authority would need to rely upon its discretion when implementing the program.
3. RECOMMENDATIONS
The Town of Vail Housing Department recommends the Vail Local Housing Authority makes the determination that the property is eligible for participation in the Vail InDEED program. Staff’s recommendation is based upon the consideration of the six factors listed above. In sum, for all intents and purpose, and understanding the immediate adjacency to the Town boundary, the property and its residents are located in, and contribute to, maintaining and sustaining community in Vail. It should be noted that the Vail Local Housing Authority is not making a determination of acceptance of an offer to purchase. That determination will be made in executive session following review of the application request and proposed property features. The town attorney has opined that such determinations are appropriate for executive session.
4. NEXT STEPS The Vail Local Housing Authority may make an offer to purchase contingent upon Vail Town Council ratification.
5. ACTION REQUESTED
Does the Vail Local Housing Authority support the staff recommendation that the property is eligible for further consideration in the Vail InDEED program?
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VAIL TOWN COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO
ITEM/TOPIC: Adjournment 7:30 p.m. estimate
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