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Tuesday, November 1, 2022
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 Langmaid.
Members present:
Staff members present:
Staff members present virtually:
1. Citizen Participation
Kim Langmaid, Mayor
Travis Coggin, Mayor Pro Tern
Barry Davis
Kevin Foley
Jen Mason
Pete Seibert
Jonathan Staufer
Russell Forrest, Town Manager
Kathleen Halloran, Deputy Town Manager
Matt Mire, Town Attorney
Stephanie Bibbens, Town Clerk
Tom Higgins, American Ski Exchange in Vail Village, expressed his frustration with the
new loading and delivery regulations, requested a variance for his staff regarding the
loading and delivery ordinance and asked that Council give the officers at Checkpoint
Charlie the authority to make the judgement call on which vehicles can be allowed into
the Village on a day -today basis.
Colby Knox, a Vail resident, asked for clarification regarding public parking at the
outlying employee lots at Ford Park, Red Sandstone Parking Structure, and the soccer
fields.
Jeanne McQueeny, Eagle County Commissioner, encouraged the community members
to get their ballots in for the upcoming election on November 8, 2022.
2. Recognitions
2.1 Recognition of Dwight Henninger's Service as the International Chiefs of Police
President
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Background: Chief Henninger has served as the President of the International Association of
Chiefs of Police for the past year. The Chief started his presidency dealing with a worldwide
pandemic; a summer of unrest following the death of George Floyd, and an overwhelming
number of natural disasters that left our country reeling. With those challenges in mind, Chief
Henninger made it his priority to the building and rebuilding of community trust. Chief Henninger
has said, "building and rebuilding trust in our communities and around the world, is something
so critical that we cannot lose focus on it as our primary objective". He has spent the last year
travelling the globe taking this message to police leaders. Chief Henninger has been an
excellent model for law enforcement leaders to follow and an outstanding representation of the
Town of Vail.
Henninger thanked his team, Town Council, the Town Manager and the community for their
support when he took on the role of President of the International Association of Chiefs of
Police.
2.2 Recognition of the 2022 Eagle County Public Safety Awards
Background: Last month, Sergeants Dempsey and Bindle, Officers Sommer, Castillo and
Clausen and Dispatchers Gardner and Sheets received a Unit Citation Award during the Eagle
County Public Safety Appreciation Ceremony for their handling of a person experiencing a
mental health crisis. Kris Cureau also received a Leadership award for her work managing
multiple law enforcement projects including the County wide records management system,
Mountain Safe Grant, Northwest Colorado All Hazards Incident Management Team, and a host
of other projects.
Henninger stated the communications team received another citation for all the work they had
been doing while understaffed. He thanked Councilman Staufer for being at the event to hand
out the citations to his team and acknowledged the Rotary Club for putting on the event, as well
as Starting Hearts and the Eagle County team for putting together the videos for his team.
Henninger also thanked Marc Wentworth for managing the communications team.
2.3 Recognizing Beth Markham and Walking Mountains Science Center for receiving
Recycle Colorado's Outstanding Government or Non -Profit Diversion Program Award
Background: Beth is the Environmental Sustainability Manager for the Town and in her three
years has led programs and partnerships that are modeled across the state, the country, and
internationally. She manages zero waste events, policy, sustainability workforce creation,
increased access and infrastructure, education and outreach, and more.
Markham thanked Council and the community for the recognition and stated the award was
more for the Town of Vail. She also thanked Kristen Bertuglia for her leadership as the
Environmental Sustainability Director and their partnership with Walking Mountains Science
Center.
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3. Consent Agenda
3.1 Resolution No. 51, Series of 2022, A Resolution Approving a Highway Maintenance
Agreement between the Town of Vail and the Colorado Department of Transportation
(CDOT)
Approve, approve with amendments, or deny Resolution No. 51, Series of 2022
Background: The Town of Vail provides snow removal services for the Vail Frontage Roads as
well as minor street maintenance. CDOT reimburses the town per an agreed -upon value. This
agreement was changed from a 5- year agreement to an annual agreement in 2021. The value
of the agreement was increased for the coming year, the total value of the agreement is
$138,106.44.
Foley made a motion to approve, Staufer seconded motion passed (7-0).
4. Town Manager Report
4.1 Council Matters Status Report
Forrest explained there was an environmental impact report for Middle Creek as well as an
update on the construction traffic and the Residences at Marriott site.
Halloran stated there was a new Council Matters Status Report that will address Council's
feedback during Matters from Mayor in the afternoon work sessions, explaining this would
provide an opportunity for staff to provide follow up to both the public and Council regarding
those topics.
4.2 Parking Update
Hall reported parking sales were going strong and wanted to clarify some information to Council
and the public:
➢ Employee and Employee Plus Passes would pay on exit instead of having a credit card
on file
➢ Local and Eagle County Passes would still have a credit card on file and that card would
get charged on exit.
o Gate may read the license plate and raise automatically, but the credit card on
file would be charged accordingly upon exit.
➢ To avoid parking on the Frontage Road on slow filling days, parking staff could open
Ford Park, Red Sandstone and Soccer Fields to the public
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o Spots would be a managed according to demand and public would not be able to
park in those lots unless staff turned on the ticketing system
➢ Level 2 of the Red Sandstone Parking Structure was not available for use until
Thanksgiving due to repairs that needed to be made.
➢ Employee Plus, Employee, Local and Eagle County passholders were not guaranteed a
spot to park.
Council members voiced their concerns regarding the public being able to pull a ticket at any
time and not just on overflow days in the outlying employee lots.
Davis recommended limited signage in those lots to encourage employee parking instead of
public parking.
Stephanie Kashiwa, Parking Supervisor, stated the program they used in the parking lots had
the capability to turn the transient ticket application off for the non -overflow days, and keeping
the fee signage out in those lots would hinder the public from knowing the fees on the overflow
days when they are able to park in those lots.
Hall also stated currently there was no messaging to the public that those lots are available for
parking, and the public would not be able to park in those lots unless it was a slow fill day and
staff was trying to avoid going to the Frontage Road.
Colby Knox, a Vail Resident, voiced his frustration with the new parking system and explained
employee parking lots should not be available to the public even on overflow days.
Coggin asked for clarification regarding ticketing on the Frontage Road.
Hall answered that cars parked on the Frontage Road on an overflow day would be ticketed
after 11:00pm that evening.
Davis reiterated that the outlying employee parking lots could be restricted to just passes until
staff had more data on how the outlying parking lots are being used.
Coggin stated the Town would continue to monitor parking in the outlying employee parking lots
and adjust accordingly.
Hall stated the parking staff would be monitoring pass sales and would understand the demand
on those lots based off those sales numbers.
Chris Rogers, a Vail resident, voiced his grievances with the parking pass sale price increase
and explained the Town has made it increasingly difficult for employees to live and park in Vail.
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S. Presentation/Discussion
5.1 Wildlife Roundtable
Presenter(s): Kristen Bertuglia, Environmental Sustainability Director
Background: The purpose of the Eagle County Community Wildlife Roundtable is to gather a
group of diverse stakeholders in the valley to understand and address issues facing wildlife
populations. Together we will identify a shared vision and realistic actions to protect regional
wildlife, while also ensuring that these actions are supported by the community as a whole. We
want to leverage diverse values, creativity, and resources to move toward positive action and
enduring solutions to the complex wildlife issues in Eagle County.
Bertuglia explained the make-up of the Wildlife Roundtable and their priorities. She stated
priority initiatives included identifying and prioritizing desirable habitat areas for protection,
restoration, conservation and improvement; develop criteria to prioritize habitat improvement
projects; and to develop the scope and resources for habitat conservation.
Bertuglia also reviewed the Land Use Planning Committee, the Education/Outreach Committee
& Human Wildlife Management Committee and the Habitat Management Committees current
plans, work -to -date and future plan for each of the committees.
Langmaid thanked the stakeholders for volunteering and their participation on the Wildlife
Roundtable.
Mason asked about the bike path in relationship to the wildlife fence in Dowd Junction.
Greg Hall, Public Works and Transportation Director, explained the initial approval for the bike
path had conditions that were set by the CPW back in the 1990's regarding closures for the bike
path.
There being no further business to come before the council, Foley moved to adjourn the
meeting; Davis seconded motion passed (7-0), meet adjourned at 7:11 pm.
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