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REGULAR MEETING
VAIL TOWN COUNCIL
20 APRIL 1976
The regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Vail,
Colorado, was convened at 7:30 P.M. on Tuesday, April 20,
1976, in the Vail Municipal Building Council Chambers.
Mayor John Dobson and the following councilmembers were present:
Bob Ruder
Bill Wilto
Bill Heimbach
John Donovan
Josef Staufer
Others present included:
Terrell J. Minger, Town Manager
Lawrence C. Rider, Town Attorney
ORDINANCE No. 9, Series of 1976, relating to local improvement
districts, was introduced on second reading. Larry Rider explained
his memorandum to the Council outlining amendments to the ordinance
requested by bond counsel. The amendments would affect the title,
Section 1.4, and Section 1.6. Councilman Donovan moved to approve
the ordinance, as amended, on second reading. Councilman Heimbach
seconded the motion; all present voted in favor; and the motion
carried. The Town Clerk was then instructed to have the ordinance
published in full as amended.
ORDINANCE No. 10, Series of 1976, adopting the 1974 Model Traffic
Code, was introduced on second reading. Mr. Rider stated there were
no changes to the ordinance since its adoption on first reading.
The Mayor explained that the ordinance was a routine measure to
update the Town's traffic code. Councilman Donovan moved to adopt
the ordinance on second reading and to publish it by title only;
Councilman Ruder seconded the motion; all present voted in favor;
and the motion carried. The Town Clerk was instructed to have the
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ordinance published by title only on second reading.
ORDINANCE No. 11, Series of 1976, regarding supplemental appropriations
for buses, Site 24, the Growth Management Study, and the Ski Museum,
was introduced on first reading. The Town Manager explained that
funds were now available for the purchase of two Twin Coaches from
Keystone, planning and site development for Site 24 in preparation
for the ice arena, funding of the Growth Management Study now in
progress, and improvements to the Ski Museum. Councilman Wilto moved
to approve the ordinance on first reading; Councilman Ruder seconded
the motion; all present voted in favor; and the motion carried. The
Town Clerk was instructed to have the ordinance published in full on
first reading.
RESOLUTION No. 3, Series of 1976, regarding the Growth Management
Study, was introduced and explained by Mr. Minger. He stated that
the resolution was a request for cooperation on the part of the
County Commissioners in Vail's Growth Management Study. Councilman
Heimbach moved to approve the resolution; Councilman Donovan seconded
the motion; all present voted in favor; and the motion carried.
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April 20, 1976
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• RESOLUTION No. 4, Series of 1976, accepting an anonymous gift
for the construction of an ice arena, was introduced and explained
by the Mayor. He stated that the resolution was necessary to have
the funds transferred to the Town of Vail. Councilman Donovan
moved to approve the resolution; Councilman Staufer seconded the
motion; all present voted in favor; and the motion carried.
RESOLUTION No. 5, Series of 1976, accepting a dedication of
property from Vail Associates, Inc. for use as a fountain, was
introduced and explained by Mr. Minger. He stated that the
dedication documents had been misplaced for some time, and that
the resolution was a formality to accept the land now being used
as a fountain. Councilman Heimbach moved to approve the resolution;
Councilman Donovan seconded the motion; all present voted in favor;
and the motion carried.
RESOLUTION No. 6, Series of 1976, accepting a dedication of
.property from Vail Associates, Inc. for road and bridge purposes,
was introduced and explained by the Mayor. He stated that this
resolution involved the bridge located near the Town Shop, and
that, as with Resolution No. 5, the dedication documents had been
misplaced. Councilman Ruder moved to approve the resolution;
Councilman Heimbach seconded the motion; all present voted in favor;
and the motion carried.
With regard to several variance requests, Jim Lamont explained the
request by Dr. Peter Wells to convert 250 square feet of accommodation
unit to a dental lab. He stated that the Planning Commission had
recommended approval and suggested that the Council incorporate the
recommendations and findings outlined in the Planning Commission's
March 18 memorandum in the motion as part of the Council's approval.
Councilman Staufer wanted to know how this variance would relate to
other requests for variances in the Pension Isabel building. The
Mayor and Councilman Heimbach assures him that there was no relation
to the others. No representative from Dr..Wells' office was present.
Councilman Wilto moved to approve the request, subject to the recom-
mendations and findings outlined in the Planning Commission's March
18 memorandum; Councilman Heimbach seconded the motion. Councilmen
Wilto, Ruder and Heimbach and Mayor Dobson voted in favor. Councilmen
Donovan and Staufer voted against, and the motion carried by a vote of
4to2.
• With regard to two variance requests by the Garcia residence, Mr. Lamont
explained that the applicant requested a 0 setback variance in order
to erect a balcony on the east side of his residence. He stated that
both the Planning Commission and the staff recommended denial. Regard-
ing the second request, he stated that the applicant wanted a 10 foot
rear setback in order to add a living room to the residence. He added
that both the Planning Commission and the staff recommended approval of
that variance, subject to notification of the adjacent property owner.
Regarding the first variance request, Councilman Donovan moved to
deny the request; Councilman Ruder seconded the motion; all present
voted in favor, and the motion carried. Regarding the second request,
Councilman Staufer moved to approve the request, subject to the Planning
Commission's recommendations with the exception of notification to the
adjacent property owner since efforts to locate an owner of record had
failed; Councilman Wilto seconded the motion; all present voted in
favor; and the motion carried.
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April 20, 1976
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• With regard to a request by the Cornice for a 5 foot setback to a
accommodate a solar collector, Mr. Lamont stated that the Planning
Commission had recommended approval. Councilman Donovan moved to
approve the request; Councilman Staufer seconded the motion; all
present voted in favor; and the motion carried.
With regard to a parking variance request by Vail Associates, Inc.
for the Lions View Apartments, located on Lot 9, Potato Patch
Subdivision, Mr. Lamont explained that the applicant wishes to
locate all parking outside the building with 50% covered, rather
than locating 75% of the parking within the building as provided
by the HDMF zoning of the property. He stated that the Planning
Commission had reviewed the request and had voted 2-2. He added
that the applicant has proposed to reduce the GRFA by 30% and to
lower the height of the building by 10 feet. He also stated that
the applicant has based its request partially on economic reasons
in that the reduced cost of placing the parking outside the building
would be passed on to renters. Mr. Lamont then asked for discussion
from Council and from the floor. Councilman Staufer addressed the
Council as an interested resident of the affected neighborhood and
stated that he felt since the site had originally been offered to
the school district, it should be zoned residential. The Mayor
directed the discussion back to the matter of a parking variance
and acknowledged a letter submitted to the Council by Mrs. Sandy
Mills in protest of the variance. Mrs. Mills added her agreement
to Mr. Staufer's comments. Various members of the audience wanted
to address the matter of economics in relation to the project, and
many expressed a wish to hide as many cars there as possible.
Councilman Donovan stated that the Council should not base variance
decisions on economics. Councilman Heimbach stated that many
employees within the Town felt the project would be too expensive
for their rental, and that the only persons apparently in favor of
it were its developers. Andy Norris, spokesman for Vail Associates,
Inc., stated that the developer was proposing medium density for
a parcel zoned for high density in support of their request. The
Mayor, in an attempt to bring the discussion back to the matter of
a parking variance, suggested tabling the issue until the.second
_ regular meeting of the Town Council in May. Mr. Norris requested
that it be considered at the first meeting in May in order to meet
construction deadlines if approved. Councilman Donovan moved to
table the issue until the first regular meeting in May, 1976;
Councilman Wilto seconded the motion; Councilmen Ruder, Wilto, Heimbach
and Donovan voted in favor; Councilman Staufer voted against; and the
motion carried.
With regard to the Town's financial reports for the three month period
ending March 31, 1976, Stan Bernstein, Finance Director, explained that
in terms of sales tax, that period in 1976 was about 35% higher than
the same period in 1975.
With regard to the audit reports for 1975, Mr. Bernstein introduced
Bill Pyka, Controller, and Wally Moritz, Auditor, to explain. Mr.
Moritz stated that the audit is required by state statute, and that
the independent auditing firm of Wall, McMahon, Smith & Associates
had been hired by the Town to perform the audit. He added that the
auditors had come up with a clean audit opinion for the Town. Mr.
Pyka reviewed the figures.
CITIZEM PARTICIPATION
Mr. Mossman, as a spokesman for a group of property owners adjacent
to Site 24, expressed their objections to the location of the ice
arena on that site, stating the possible noise, traffic, etc. as
basis for their objections. He then asked the Council what had
happened to the Antholz as the proposed site for the ice arena/
convention center. The Mayor explained the potential benefits to
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April 20, 1976
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• Lionshead, the accessibility to the site from both Lionshead and the
Village core, etc. as reasons for locating the arena there. He added
that the Council had previously decided to preserve Antholz primarily
as open space.
With no further discussion, the meeting was adjourned at 10:00 P.M.
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