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MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING
TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF VAIL
JULY 3, 1973
A regular meeting of the Town Council of.the.Town of Vail was convened'.
at 7.30 P.M., July 3, 1973, in the council Chambers of. the Vail Municipal
Building.
Mayor John A. Dobson and the following Councilmen were present.
Richard Bailey
John Donovan
Josef Staufer
Tom Steinberg
Gerry White
Also present were:
Terrell J. Minger, Town Manager:,
Lawrence B. Robinson, Town Attorney,
Larry Livingston, San Francisco planner
The Mayor opened the meeting by stating the .first item on the agenda
was a discussion of the proposed zoning ordinance. He then introduced
Larry Livingston, who was present to make a general statement and answer
any questions regarding the ordinance. The Mayor turned the meeting,
over to Terry Minger, Tohdn Manager, for his comments before beginning
to read the ordinance.
Mr. Minger stated, with regard to the zoning ordinance, that, first,
the, Building Department and the Town Staff had put together an inv'en=
tort' of all existing buildings in terms of mass, - size, location and
type of use, etc., and determined what the positive and negative points.
of each building were, in order tore -evaluate the old ordinance,.
especially with regard to the F.A.R: ratio. Secondly, the day-to-day
types of problems, weaknesses and inconsistencies of the old ordinance
were examined. Thirdly, it was noted.that the most important thing
omitted from the old ordinance was a_section dealing :with the environ-
ment, and that they had been focusing on the type of impact that develop-
ment has on our environment (such as vegetation, avalanche, flood, air
' and quality kind of life). Fourthly,.a Design Review section was being
incorporated into the new ordinance in order to consolidate architectural .
review and design review, including graphics, signs, architecture and
landscape.
Mr. Larry Livingston gave some brief comments regarding the situation
in Vail and the need for a new ordinance. He stated that the scale
of the Village Core was good and an ideal situation for a pedestrianized
area with transportation center. He noted that a difficulty arose because,
instead of a single core in the Village, there was also another core in.
Lionsffead, but the idea of a. public transportation system between the
two cores would help solve the problem. He a?so noted that the biggest.
change in the ordinance was a reduction in the permitted intensi ty of a
building, so as to avoid the recurrence of 'a development in the scale
of ldonsHead. He also mentioned the addition of the Design Review pro-,
cedure, which will insure design quality. and;-en:vironmental impact of
future development.' It was also noted,by Mr. Livingston that the
ordinance had been developed in'two phases, -- first, the zoning. district-,
regulations, and second, the staff review. After the suggested changes.
of the staff had been made, Mr. Livingston ind,l$r. Bob Glover had 2 full
` day sessions with the Town Council`with'regaxd to the changes, and the
official first reading of the ordinance was made on June 19th.
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The Mayor began .to read. the zoning `Ordinance by"Articles, and asked
if there were any questions as to each article.
Mr. Bob Nott of Vail Associates asked;if any graphic illustrations of
the various zoning districts had been prepared, in order to see how
buildings looked in relation to slope, etc. The Mayor answered that
nothing by way of graphics had been.. prepared; however, Mr.. Larry Livingston
noted that he had some sketches of height relations as to average grade
and that they could be xeroxed.
Mr. Ben Frank made a statement that the Town had done an excellent job
in attempting to control growth within legalities, but that he felt
some sort of control of performance bond on a developer should be written
into the zoning ordinance, along with a performance bond with regard,to
such things as recreational amenities, etc., Mr. Robinson said this was
covered in Article 13 and..tthe P.U.D. Mr. Livingston did feel, howevee._'. -
that some sort of bond could be incorporated into the zoning ordinance.
Councilman white also agreed.that the incorporation of a,performance
bond into the zoning ordinance should be -pursued. Mr. Amato asked if the sub"
division ordinance would have to be reworked,.and Mr. Livingston.replied
that it did need some minor adjustments.
Mr. Jerry Dooher, a landowner on the golf course, posed a question as
to Article 13.301 regarding access and a transportation system at the
"Sunburst" project. He noted that one of the conditions imposed on the
developer was provision for a transportation system rather than the user
of the individual automobile and asked if the bus schedule at Sunburst
was to run every 2 minutes on the access road. Mr. Minger replied that
the agreement between the '-Town and Sunburst was that the intervals would..
be no longer than 2 minutes. He advised Mr. Dooher that the concept had
been to minimize traffic and land use. Mr. Dooher questioned if there
were any plans for other access to the Sunburst development. Mr. Livingston
replied that Mr. Beck had studied the problem of access and cannot come
up with any other route which would not be devastating..
Attorney Doug McLaughlin asked if the contract agreement between the Town
and.Sunburst were available to the public, and Mr. Minger replied that it
was available.
Mr. Bob Nott asked how many buses would be.used and where they mould be
stored on the Sunburst property. Mr. Minger answered that there..was a.
maximum of 6 buses, depending on the size of the bus, which would be .
stored in their underground parking facility.
• With regard to Article 14, Mr. Bill.Bauer felt that the parking require-
ments for individual restaurants (1 space for every 4 seats or 60 square
feet) were too high. The Council is giving consideration to changing the
parking requirements for CCI and CCII, but the HDMF and PA;zbnes will
remain unchanged.
Attorney McLaughlin wanted to know ghat consideration had been given to.
Colorado law regarding off-street parking requirements, and stated that
most off-street parking requirements would be.unconstitutional`. It was
replied that there are many ordinances requiring off-street parking in
Colorado and that to not have such a requirement is a worse situation.
Mr. McLaughlin felt that some sort of contractual bond was needed to
require off-street parking. Also, with regard to parking requirements,
Mr. Bob Nott felt that in a LDMF district (townhouse), the requirement
for 50% parking under cover was unreasonable in that it would lend itself
to covered carports and that proper landscaping would be a better solution
to the problem.
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In regard to Article-15.600, Design.Guidelines,"Mr: John"Amato questioned
the use of the term "should" as opposed to "shall" Mr. Livingston advised
that the word "should" was used as the Design Review Board needed some sort
of criteria to use as guidelines, -= which guidelines are not mandatory.
In regard to Article 16, Environmental Impact Study, Mr. Bob Nott questioned
whether the environmental impact study.should be applied to single family
duplex and townhouse zoning districts. He felt the requirement should be
at the time of platting and not at the time of subdivision, -sb as to avoid
passing it on to the buyer. It was suggested thatan environmental impact
report done at the subdivision level could have"an expiration date.
However, Councilman Donovan noted his feeling that ,the ordinance should
not be changed. Mr. Livingston proposed..that the.conditions of the study
could be met by use of a checklist for a simple project; however, it.was
pointed out that the ordinance did not conadn a provision for a checklist
and that the procedures of enforcement were not spelled out in the ordinance.
Mr. Livingston noted that this section would be,studied further in order
to set forth criteria to govern Council's approval or rejection of a project..
Mr. Livingston also noted that there had been no comments on Articles 1
through 12 and that it might .be of interest to note the reductions in
intensity. Diana. Toughill has a document setting •for6h.the specific
figures, which is available to anyone interested.
Mr. John Amato asked if there was a new map of the proposed zoning districts,
and the Mayor pointed out the present zoning map, which is the same, with
the exception of the SD-1 zone.
The Mayor advised that the second reading of the proposed zoning ordinance
will be conducted at the regular meeting of the Town Council at 7:30 P.M:
on July 17, 1973, and thanked Mr. Livingston for his assistance.
The second item on the agenda was the"reading.of'the proposed sign ordinance.
Mr. Minger advised that there were some matters which needed to be changed
and that there would be insufficient time for publishing of the ordinance..
He stated that there will be.a formal reading.as soon as possible and
suggested that anyone interested should.obtain"a copy of the ordinance
and make any comments or suggestions he feels necessary.
The third item on the agenda was"the vacancy.on the Planning Commission;
it was noted that three applications had..been received for said vacancy,
which will be reviewed by the Council.
• Fourth on the agenda was the reading of the minutes of meetings. on
May 13, 1973 and June 5, 1973. Councilman Bailey.noted a change in .
paragraph 5 of the minutes of May 15, 1973,7- from91 by 8'8" to
"9' by 18 "'. Councilman Steinberg moved to approve the minutes, with
the above correction noted; Councilman Donovan seconded; approval was
unanimous.
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At this point, Mr. John Amato asked the Council If anything had been done
with regard to the problem of easement rights on,the.streets of the Vail
Village Core and at the Checkpoint Charley gate.. Mr. Robinson advised
him that other matters have pre-empted this problem, but that the.
Council has been giving it consideration. The Mayor advised Mr. Amato
that they would have an answer for•him within the next two weeks.
The fifth item on the agenda was a report from Rod Slifer, Recreation
District Board Chairman, on the Ice Arena Status. Mr. Slifer began by
advising that there had been a couple meetings between the Recreation
District and the Town Council regarding feasibility of a•"Oulti-purpose
ice skating arena and that the Recreation District has an .active committee
working on the matter: it had not yet been determined who should be
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responsible, the Town or the Recreation District, for the building of
an ice arena. Several consultants, Walter Bush, Bob McNulty and Eddie.
Shipstead had attended the last meeting,.with the result that Mr..McNulty
advised that his firm could do a feasibility/cost study for a fee of
$4,500. Mr. Slifer recommended, on behalf of the ;Recreation District,
that Mr. McNulty's firm be retained to do the study. Councilman Bailey
expressed his opinion that the Town should proceed and retain Mr. McNulty
to do the study, appropriating Townfunds for the same. Councilman Whi,
stated that Mr. McNulty's firm was not.only•able to' prepare a:feasibility ..
study, but is also in a position to do the construction. There was some
discussion regarding the location of the proposed arena and the possibility
of the Anholtz property. Mr. Dick Elias felt that if"the.study were:
prepared on the basis of the use of the Anhaltz property, the.moneg should
not be spent for such a study. He was advised that the study was.not tied
down to any particular piece of property. There was also a question.of
whether or not the community had been consulted on priorities for such a
multi -use facility, and Mayor Dobson responded that there had been a
tremendous amount of citizen input.." After some further discussion,
Councilman Donovan moved that the. Towntappropriate $4,500 to retain Mr.
Bob McNulty to prepare a feasibility/cost study; Councilman Bailey
seconded; and the motion was carried.
The sixth item on the agenda were reports for the Town Manager:"
(a)Mr. ginger announced that World Odyssey, Inc. had asked..the Town
for permission to operate a kayaking venture:.on the pond near the Creek
side Building. After some" discvssion,<Tegarding the number of.kayaks to
be in operation, along with the number of supervisors present, questions
of liability and the use of waivers or releases, legality questions as
to possession of the property, Council felt contingent approval be granted
with conditions of.safety requirements and study of legal requirements to
be worked out by the Town Attorney. Councilman Staufer moved that such
approval be granted; Councilman Bailey seconded;. and the motion was carried.
(b) Mr. Minger presented the. Annual Report for the Vail Public Library
for the year 1972 showing an increase in volumes and efficiency. Be.
advised that Annette Milliron had resigned as Librarian and that the
Town is in the process of reviewing applications for the.hing of a
new librarian. He also asked for suggestions for improving"the, library
service. Copies of the Annual Report are available to the.public.
(c) Mr. Minger advised that preliminary negotiations had begun regarding
the Cable TV franchise; the present.franchisee has been asked to respond
to the Town's proposals by mid -July. .The public will be invited to attend
any formal negotiations as soon as theg are commenced. .The possibility of
other companies"was suggested; however] no, action "may be taken until .the
present franchisee responds to the Town Is. negotiations.. Rates, along with
performance, will be discussed. Mr. Dick Elias noted that if the fran-
chisee delays.the Town."in' negotiations, his "grogp will request arbitration
in order to receive `an .ah'swer from ;the:."cable. company by September.
(d) Mr. Minger discussed'the.Town BicyclP.Program, which is the use of
bicycles to conserve gas for such things as meter reading; etc.
(d) With regard to the plaza/fountain area in front of the Creekside
Building, Mr. ginger asked direction from the Council. A budget of
$15,000 was proposed, excluding the cost of a sculpture.. Mr. Ben Frank
offered to donate a marble sculpture to. the Town. The Council suggested
that construction not be commenced until after Labor Day in September.
Mr. Minger also suggested that any interested citizens and the press
contact him to have a walking tour of the master...plan area before its..
presentation on July 12, in order to receive comments from the community
regarding the master plan.
After some discussion regarding publication of bond regulations, a
motion was made by Councilman Staufer setting a. bond election for Tuesday,
August 21, 1973 and to commence publication of notice for registration
of election; seconded by Councilman Bailey;.unanimous vote.
A question was raised by Hemmie westbye regarding the Sunburst project
as to why citizens were not properly informed and why such a substantial
amount of commercial space had been allowed, in view of the fact that
the LionsHead area was just beginning and was not being given a chance
to catch up. Jerry Dooher also -raised the question as to why the Sunburst
project had not been publicized more intense�y:: Mr. Minger then read.a
list of meetings re the Pulis property going`back.to August.4, 1969,
including dates on which registered letters had been:set to_the property
owners. It was also pointed out that at the,time'of.annexation, LionsHead.
did not exist, except for the Gondola Building. Mr. :John,Amato, pointed
out that the Town had done the best they'could in annexing the property",
and imposing regulations and requirements, as opposed to .leaving the
property outside the Town limits without any )egax.
rement�s He also .
noted that it was much easier to develop in the.County than within the
Town limits. He went on to say, -that no public hearings are reg'uired.on
annexation, and zoning can be done Without public meetings; and the
community should take into consideration that the Town found it more
desirable to annex the property and impose regulations.7 Mr. Hans Weibel
questioned why the land had not been purchased by the Town, and the Mayor
replied that he did not think a.Town could purchase land to prohibit
development. Attorney Doug McLaughlin agreed that `it is not legitimate
to purchase land to avoid development; however, he felt the land could.
be condemned for parklands.
Mr. Dick Elias noted, with regard to the Anholtz property, a rumor that
therewill be a trade-off of land with Vail ,Associates -to accommodate
200-400 condominiums and a chairlift. The Mayor responded that the Town
has not, and is not, negotiating with Vail Associates fora land trade-off.
Mr. Hans Weibel asked what the Vail Institute was;.the Mayor replied that
the Board of Directors.was in the process of preparing a statement for
the press regarding the Vail. Institute. :He also advised that the. 'Vail
Institute was a corporation organized in the `State of Colorado, seeking
tax-exempt status as a non-profit corporation. He'stated that the purpose
of the Vail Institute is to sponsor ongoing cultural events and activities
within the Town. It was also questioned whether the.Town was connected
with the Institute and whether or not any Town funds were involved in the
Institute. The Mayor answered that there was no :connection and no money
involved, but that the Town staff had been used to, help form the Institute.
�J- Mr. Weibel questioned whether 2% of the franchise money :of the Cable TV
-� will go to a private corporation, -- the Vail Institute. The Mayor
replied that he knew nothing in that regard. Mr..Jim.Lamont.answered
that part of the negotiations, which are available, to the public, proposed
a means by which the cable company would contribute to public service
broadcasting within the community, but that this was merely a concept
with which they were dealing.
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Mr. Weibel then asked why Vail Associates was allowed to use helicopters
to fly over the Town with. construction materials in .order to build their
.lift towers. Mr. Minger replied that it was correct that Vail Associates
was using helicopters to build their lift towers, but that.he did not. feel
the towers could be constructed in any other manner which would not cause
damage to the environment.
Vie Mayor concluded the meeting by pleading with the community to have
faith in the Council members and the Master Plan..
As there was no further business to come before the meeting, the meeting
was adjourned at 11:15 P.M.
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TO: TERRELL J. MINGER
FROM: BOB MANZANARES
RE: KAYAKING GROUP
DATE: JUNE.\ 1973
Chuck McLaughlin an Bruce Bistlip have approached the Town for per-
mission to use the dam on ore Creek for a kayaking venture, which
apparently they ran last year.
They would like to start their business as soon as the high waters
subside, and the dam gets set up and remain open until Labor Day.
They propose to have it closely supervised, Bistline having a lifeguard
certificate, etc. They also are willing to clean up the general area,
shore, and also the stream, if any garbage is thrown into it.
I discussed, that if permission was granted, the Town would require
insurance absolving us from any liability, which they agreed to do.
Also, that we would have someone supervising them, which was also
agreeable to them.
0 1 think they will be agreeable to any Town directive deemed necessary.
If you approve of this activity, I can set it up similar to the
Archery Range.
Whit do you think?
June 28, 1973
To: City Council
City of Vail
Vail, Colorado
Proms World Odyssey Inc.
Vail, Colorado
Re: Use of the Mid -Town Pond on Gore Creek.
We propose to use the dammed area located to the Northwest
of the Creekside Building, herein refered to as the Pond, for
kayaking instruction and boat rental between the hours of 10am
and 5pm on a daily basis through August 1973. Last Year this pond
was used, by us, for these purposes, and no major problems
resulted.
We are willing to concede that the major component of our
customers are children, and as such we Intend to institute the
following safety measures,
1) A supervisor shall be attending the pond during all
hours of operation. Said supervisor shall be a certified Bed
Cross Senior Lifesaver and shall be knowledgeable of the special
safety problems related to kayaking.
2) No child younger than 7 years old shall be allowed to use
a kayak.
3) A rope shall be strung across the pond about 10 yards
above the dam, such that a child who has lost control of his
craft might easily secure a grip on said rope and arrest his
his drifting motion until help arrives.
4) It should be pointed out that the movement of water
in the Pond is very slow and the aforementioned drifting motion
is never great enough to represent a prohibitive danger to even
the most inexperienced boater.
5) Out of bounds will be set such that boaters will1always
be visible to the supervisor.
In return for the use of the Pond, World Odysseys Inc. agrees
to be responsible for picking up all trash either in the pond or
on the grass fringe. Furthermore should the grass fringe be
damaged as a ditect result of our program, either by boats or
by customers, we agree to replace said damaged grass. Futhermore,
the parents or guardians of all participants shall be required
to sign waivers which would release the City of Vail from
responsibility in the event of an accident or in the event of
negligence on the part of World Odyssey Inc. or its employees.
It is our belief that this proposed program Is ofIreal
value to both the visitors to and residents of Vail. In a sense
we provide a child supervision and amusement service. Last year
this program was extremely succesfull, and as such we feel that it
merits consideration for permission to continue.
World Odyssey Inc.
by
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ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE VAIL PUBLIC LIBRARY
March 1, 1972 to December 31, 1972
The Vail Public Library (VPL) was in operation only nine months
of the past year. however, during those nine monhhs, much has been
accomplished. From March 20th, the date the library officially
opened for the public use, to date, VPL has received the support
of the community. The use of the library is quite heavy and has
been increasing daily.
The number of books presently on the shelves in the VPL is approx-
imately 10,000. This figure includes those books shelved in the
"free exchange" paperback section. The number of adult and juvi-
nile books checked out during the March 20th to December 31st
period was 11,452. The number of "free exchange" paperbacks" cir-
culated during that time is estimated to be 6,000. When these
two figures are totalled and averaged, the average number of books
circulated per week was 425 and the average daily was 73. (See
Appendix, page one.) There are other materials that are circu-
lated by the library such as magazines, newspapers, maps, non -book
pictures, and other non -book material. As of December 15th, I
started breaking down the circulation figures so that I could better
judge the areas of heaviest use. (See Appendix, page two.) These
circulation reports will be used monthly from this point forward
since they are so very revealing.
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VPL was granted a budget of $12,750. The library spent $14,666,
$1,916 over the budget. This excess amount was covered by the
General Fund. A complete breakdown of this budget can be found
on page three of the Appendix.
VPL is a member of the Three Rivers Library System. It is through
this system that the library gains access to the statewide Inter -
Library Loan Network. There have been 295 requests sent out on
this system during the nine months of operation. Most of the
requests have been filled quickly and with adequate materials.
Unfortunately, there have been a few slow responses but when one
considers the size of the networks the number of slip-ups are very
minimal.
There were 795 library card holders as of December 31st. There are
approximately 25 new cards issued weekly. Cards are issued to any
resident of Eagle County or to any property owner in Eagle County.
The library is open to the public 38 hours per week. The State
Library requires that a public library serving a population of
0 to 2,500 must be open 15 hours per week in order to be a "library
in good standing." I, fortunately, do have some volunteers to
help cover the circulation desk so that I may be free to work on
other projects in the library. The majority of volunteers help
with checking books both in and out, filing, shelving and other
menial library tasks. I am also fortunate that Michi Blake has
been helping with the cataloging as a volunteer. With her help
I have been able to catalog nearly 1,000 books so far. Having
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someone to help me has proven to me the importance the addition of
a full-time assistant makes. The library is receiving a 50� subsidy
from the Three Rivers Library System for every book that is cataloged.
The time donated to the library by Michi in December was primarily
spent typing catalog cards. The progress that was made in December
is more than double that made in November. (See Appendix, page four.)
The Library has also been receiving book and cash donations as well
as labor donations. The cash donations have not been overwhelming
yet, but as the library grows and more people become acquainted with
it, I'm sure the donations will increase. Also a few residents of
the community have donated subscriptions to periodicals. The library
• is receiving Colorado Magazine, National Geographic, Natural History,
and the Manchester Guardian through such donations. The book
donations have been overwhelming. In fact, the majority of the
10,000 books on the shelves have come through donations. The $3,000
book budget allows us to purchase 600 books, figuring an average
price of $5.00 per book. In actuality the library purchased nearly
1,000 books this year, however a large portion of the books are
paperback. A paperback collection is acceptable but not lasting.
Paperbacks do not hold together through as many circulations as do
hardbound books but in our case paperbacks are necessary to facili-
tate the selection of titles requested by the patrons. Hopefully,
• one day the paperback copies will be supplemented by hardbound books
either through donation or purchase. A paperback and hardbound
copy of most titles would be ideal since there are patrons who
prefer one over the other.
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Another cash and labor donation was made to the library by the
community project of the Vegas at Vail Benefit. The amount of
cash earned at this benefit is undetermined at this date. The
most encouraging and heartening aspect of the benefit was the
support of the community for the library, ski club and tennis
program. A majority of the local merchants made merchandise
donations which were auctioned and raffled off for cash. Innumerable
people donated hours of their personal time to help in making the
evening possible. The Town of Vail also saved the project when a
last minute problem arose about a location. The benefit was well
attended and enjoyed by all. The cash donation which will come
from this benefit will be evaluated at the time of receipt to
• determine where it can best be utilized.
This year the library also received a grant of $300.00 from the
State Library through the Three Rivers System, to use for pur-
chasing reference books. Most of the books purchased with this
money fall into the "ready reference" area. "Ready reference"
books include dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, indexes which
are quite expensive. This grant enabled VPL to expand its ready
reference collection so that many of the common reference questions
could be answered without calls or inquiries being sent to other
libraries. This service has noticiably improved public opinion
of the library. The number of reference questions coming into the
library has increased since we can answer many of them on the spot.
In addition to the reference grant VPL received a $50.00 grant
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from the State Library through the Three Rivers System with which
to buy government documents. The government documents purchased
with this grant are becoming the nucleus for the library's verticle
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file. A verticle file is a file of pictures, pamphlets, leaflets
and other empherial materials which are useful but are difficult
to catalog and store on the shelves. The project is moving slowly
at the moment, since it has been started from scratch. The pam-
phlets are sorted and placed into folders. The folders are then
given a relevant subject heading from Reader's Guide to Periodical
Literature. Then when a patron requests some information on pocket
gopher control, since the library doesn't have.a book on the sub-
ject, a pamphlet printed by the government can be located in the
verticle file. It is quite a time consuming project at this point
but is one that I know will prove to be very useful.
There is another project that I have been working on which will be
quite useful to VPL. It is the establishment of an Eagle County
Library. There has been one meeting held to date at which little
was decided. Hopefully, the next meeting will produce better
results. It is an excellent idea to get started on a county li-
brary now before Eagle County grows much larger. I feel that we
as a community should help as much as can in the organization of
the library as we will definitely benefit from the growth of another
strong library in the county. Presently, there are small but rather
inadequate public libraries in Redcliff, Eagle, Gypsum, and Sweet-
water. If a strong county library existed it could bolster the
service offered in these communities as well as supplement the
service offered in Vail.
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I have attended several other meetings these last few months. Instead
of enumerating each, I would rather praise the two which have been
most useful to me in directing the library. The first was a three
day workshop held at Colorado Mountain College in Glenwood Springs.
Anne Matthews from the University of Denver was the instructor at
that meeting.
She helped point out many pitfalls that we all could avoid for our
small isolated libraries. For example, it was on her recommendation
that I decided to purchase the complete as opposed to the abridged
Reader's Guide to Periodicals. Her reasoning being if you don't
have the periodical on hand you can get a copy through Interlibrary
Loan. It was so very helpful just being able to ask her questions
• and to hear the questions and problems of the other libraries. Also
there was a presentation by Virginia Anderson, the Garfield County
Librarian, on Colorado books. It was most helpful to view the books
and be able to pick out which ones were needed in the VPL. It -was
at this meeting that I reviewed many reference books and decided
which ones would be most useful to VPL.
The second meeting was the three day Colorado Library Association
Convention held in Colorado Springs. There were so many new
exciting ideas presented at that meeting. It really lifts a
person just to go see and hear what other libraries are doing and
what other librarians are thinking. I was given an excellent idea
by Sara Tappan, a Denver Public Librarian, on our problem of
quickly cataloging a fairly large collection. She suggested making
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a temporary title card with a broad subject heading instead of
using,a call number which would indicate the location of the book.
Then when I had time I could go back and completely catalog the
book, assigning the proper L.C. call number and subject heading.
Until then library patrons would have access to the book by title
and when they saw the subject heading they would then know where
to find that particular book. I plan to use the assistant given
to the library on this project immediately so that a better record
of the books in the library will be available. Attending meetings
like these two is so very useful that I hope to attend as many as
I possibly can.
There have been a few other community projects in which the library
has been involved during the past year. VPL has worked closely
with Colorado Mountain College in many different ways to try to
help satisfy some of the intellectual needs of the community.
During the Summervail Workshop, VPL obtained approximately.300
books to be used by the students of the various classes. These
books were loaned to VPL by other libraries through interlibrary
loan. The library also served as an information center for workshop
happenings. Messages, schedules, and general information items were
passed along in the library in effort to make library patrons :aware
of the movies, lectures and performances happening in the town.
' The library also served as a display oenter:.for some of the art
projects. Fred Putz arranged a fantastic display of his puppets
and marionettes which have been collected from several different
countries. Later in the workshop there was a display of childrents
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prints and hand puppets that had been made during their workshop
classes. Needless to say both displays were very impressive and
were well received by the library patrons. During the fall and spring
IP
semesters the library has cooperated with Colorado Mountain College
by serving as a "classroom" for some of the courses offered which
were scheduled to meet -in the library. Only one course was well
attended. That particularily successful course was taught by.Fred
Geis and the subject was the folk ballad. Fred would bring his
guitar and banjo and delight his students with both songs and infor-
mation for an hour and a half on Thursday evenings. The reaction
by library patrons was mixed. There were a few patrons who felt
uneasy about a ballad class being held in the library since
libraries are supposed to be hollow halls of silence but they seemed
more at ease when I explained that it happened only one night a
week and that the library was silent all other nights that we were
open. Many of the patrons joined the class when they discovered it
was happening. Some nights the attendance would swell to approxi-
mately 25 from the addition of patrons who "just sat in.." The other
classes never even got started, they were more library oriented
classes since they basically would have been discussion groups on
modern literature.. The lack of response to these classes indicates
to me either a lack of time, a general anti-intellectual mood or
else general apathy on the part of the adult population. After
seeing the negative response to these courses I have not attempted
to organize any adult discussion groups.
Colorado Mountain College has recip-rocated for the cooperation and
use of the VPL by giving the library a student on.scholarship as
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a library worker for 20 hours during the month of July. Dave
McMillan was the student assigned to the library. Having Dave was .
great, I could rely on him being there at specific.times and could
plan work for him. Dave helped with the shelving, filing, and the
maning of the circulation desk. After Dave had worked in the library
to earn part of his scholarship he continued to work as a volunteer
until he left for art school. Consequently, CMC helped in the
library not only during July but also during August and part of
September.
The other projects involving the.library centered around the children.
During the portion of the school year after the library opened the
school children came over once a week as.a class to use the library.
• The schedule allowed approximately 20 minutes per class for the
children to pick out books and listen to stories that I would
read to them. The children really liked the library time and were
very disappointed if they had to miss it. It did accomplish, with
some of the children, the purpose I had intended, regular use of the
library during the summer. Many of the students did attend the summer
reading program which was directed by John Newsom. John and the kids
had a great summer reading science fiction. Having been a 6th grade
teacher, John selected science fiction books which were suitable for
juveniles and then helped the children select the proper books for
their interest and reading level. The program met once a week on
Wednesday afternoons. The children would discuss with John the
books they had read and the ideas they did or didn't understand.
After everyone had their questions answered or at least discussed,
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John would read either a few chapters out of the science fiction book
of his choice or a few short stories which would also be discussed.
. The children seemed to enjoy the program but the attendance was a
little ragged. The children all went to camp at different times, went
out of town for a week with their parents, etc., etc.; regular
attendance during the summer seems to be impossible.
There was another summer project which centered around the children.
It was the combining of library collections from Vail Elementary
School with the children's collection at VPL. The transfer was
fairly smooth and successful. The books did receive a lot of use
and the school library volunteers did help out with the tedious
job of marking the school books so that they could easily be
separated from the library books at the end of the summer. It did
take until after Thanksgiving to finally return all the books loaned
to VPL by the school. The delay was primarily caused by delinquent
patrons who did not return their books on time. The project on the
whole did take too much of my time but I did have Dave to help inte-
grate the two collections on the shelves which occupied nearly 20
hours of his time. Luckily the school volunteers pulled the school
collection off the shelves at the end of the summer so I did not have
to spend any'timec:on that aspect. I am willing to combine the two
collections in the summer as long as the majority of the work is
isdone by school volunteers. There are too many other projects that
will advance the development of VPL that I need to have my volunteers
work on and this particular project will not benefit VPL in future
years.
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There was one other project which involved using some of the students
from Vail Country Day School as workers in the library. It was not
overly successful. There were three children assigned to the li-
brary for vocation training. The idea was great, I was eager to have
the library participate, but I was forced to change my mind after the
children had been working for about one month. I was very pleased
with the work produced by the young man but the two young ladies
were a fatal combination. The two girls were a bad influence on each
other and all attempts to separate them from each other proved futile.
Giggling and general noise was the larger portion of their contri-
bution to the library. I received complaints about their noisy
presence from the library patrons so I had to call the headmaster
and ask him to separate the girls. Instead, he pulled all three
children out of the library because the project was nearly completed
when I called him. I think it is a good project. VPL unfortunately
experienced a combination of giggley girls. If the project is run
again next year I feel we should participate and hopefully the
children will experience some of the aspects of working in the library.
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In the first nine months of operation the library has been quite a
busy place. It is used by members of each facet of our community.
It offers services to the community that were previously unavailable
and many patrons express their gratitude with comments like, "It's
40 really nice to have a library."
Annette Milliron
Librarian
Vail Public Library
MONTHLY REPORT FOR MONTH -OF
IMRAR-Y Ua �.� ! �c c hr�y Box / /,/0 Zip ff l ( �5 Pbo,'n,
CIRCULATION
Books Adult fiction (include YP)
62 $
Adult non-fiction
jnni,)r Ec lon(include easy)
$"
junior non-fiction "
/U
UNC.ATA-LOGED paperbacks
Seej,id•.
cI4la�aa
cala Newspapers
Audio- Films
viatzal Film -trips
Other Maps
-3
non -bock Pictures
material Recordings
Other material
TOTAL
ter' 6
NvAnbar of photocopies supplied at Library's
axpcnse
in Lieu of circulation ..........
........
Number of Roference questions answered...........
RTTIER "'RARY LOANS
Materials borrowed cn
interlibrary loan
l-2,
/0
Matey aZa ltat on hiterlibraz7
Loan
PE RDDM A:.'.,S
FILMS, FIL'4STRi?S
RECORDINvS - -
OTHER NON -BOOK
MA i LRIYLS
Number of interlibrary loan requests forwarded:
To System resource library...........
To Qtherlibraries ....................
REPORT: (Extra activities, changes in hours, special programs, etc.)
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L�liLt-6cG� �E - GGiL�'wt �„
Signcd
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Library Fund
Statement of Revenue and Expenditures - Estimated and Actual
For the Year Ended December 31, 1972
REVENUE:
Estimated
Actual
Estimated
(as amended)
Over (Under)
Actual
General property taxes,
net
$11,500
$12,229
$729
Specific ownership taxes
500
599
99
Charges for services
and fines
750
136
(614)
Town of Vail General
Transfer Fund
-
1,411
1,411
Contributions
-
291
291
TOTAL REVENUE
$12,750
$14,666
$1,916
EXPENDITURES:
Personal services
$ 8,115
$ 7,377
(738)
Non —Personal services
750
2,847
2,097
Capital outlay
3,885
4,442
557
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
$12,750
$14,666
$1,916
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Illustrative Residential Densities (per acre), Existing and Proposed Zoning Distracts
Existing
(none)
MultiFamily
.75 to 1 FAR
PA or HDFiF
l to 1 FAR
CC II Commercial Core
1.25 to 1 FAR 1.5 to 1 FAR
'Lodge Unit (1)
250 sq. ft.
" '
139 units
140-280 pop.
174 units 209 units
175-350 pop. 210-420 pop.
1 BR Dwelling Unit (2)
500 sq. ft.
-`-
59 units
78 units
98 units 118 units
_
120--235 pop.
155 310 pop.
195-390 pop.. 235-470 pop.
2 ER Duelling Unit
750 sq. ft.
39 units
155-235 pop.
52 units
210 310 pop.
65 units 7$ units
260-390 pop. 310--470 pop.
3 BR Dwelling Unit.
1,000 sq. ft.
-"
29 units
175-235 pop.
39 units
235 310 pop.
49 units 59 units
295 390 pop. 355-470 pop.
Proposed
LDS
1 Unit/3,500
'
3 5XGRFA/100
HDAT
60 GRFA/l00
PA, CC, or CC II
80 GRFA/100 sq. ft.
Lodge Unit
250 sq. ft.
_
104 units
139 units
105-210 pop.
140-280 pop.
1 ER Ima lling Unit
500 sq. ft.
12 units
24-48 pop.
303q-units
W-r20 - fie pop.
52 units
105-210 pop.
70 units
140-280 pap.
2 BR Dwelling Unit
12 units
1-0 2-T units
35 units
46 units
750 sq. ft.
48--72 pop.
i&�_;zoi05-160 pop.
140-210 pop.
185-280 pop'.
3 ER Dwelling Unit
12 units
15'20-units
26 units
35 units
1,000 so. ft.
72-96 pop.
4o-j-zojeG-3:6o pop
155-210 pop.
210-280 pop.
(1) Lodge; Assure 80 per cent of permitted FAR is residential floor space
(2) Dwellings: Assume 90 per cent of permitted FAR is residential floor space
Occupancy of all units assumed at 1 person each 125 square feet of floor s I per q pace, maximum.
Lodge unit,oersons; 1 13R unit, 2-4 persons; 2 BR t, 4� persons; 3 BR unit, 6-8 person 1�