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Home My WebLink About1977-12-20 Town Council MinutesMINUTES REGULAR MEETING VAIL TOWN COUNCIL 20 DECEMBER, 1977 he Regular meeting of the Vail Town Council was convened in joint session with the Vail Water and Sanitation District Board of Directors at 7:30 pm, Tuesday, December 20, 1977. 46yor Rodney Slifer and the following council members were present: Paula Palmateer John Donovan Thomas Steinberg Robert Ruder William Wilto William Heimbach Also present were Town Manager, Terrell J. Minger; Town Attorney, Larry Rider; Town Director of Public Works, Kent Rose and members of the board of the Vail Water and Sanitation District. We joint session was called to order by Mayor Slifer who introduced Kent Rose to present the background and status of the proposed new waste water treatment plant. Following general discussion, the joint session was closed. e public hearing regarding the Mall Act was then opened for discussion. Since there were To presenters at this meeting, the public hearing was closed, and the next public hearing for discussion of the Mall Act was set for February 14, 1978. Councilmember Wilto moved to postpone the public hearing to that date; Councilmember Steinberg seconded the motion; all present voted in favor and the motion carried.. Next on the agenda for council consideration was Ordinance No. 29, Series of 1977, which had been continued from the December 6, 1977 regular meeting of the council. Ordinance No. 29 was introduced on first reading, concerning the rezoning of a portion of Vail Run from RC to SDD5. Councilmember Ruder suggested a change in wording to clarify section 8 paragraph B. Diana Toughill, Zoning Administrator explained that the change would be made and covered what arrangements had been made regarding density and parking since the first presentation of the proposed ordinance. There being no further discussion, Councilmember Heimbach moved to approve Ordinance No. 29 on first reading; Councilmember Palmateer seconded the motion; voting in favor were councilmembers Palmateer; Steinberg; Ruder; Wilto and Heimbach. Voting no was Councilman Donovan. The motion passed. Ordinance No. 31, Series of 1977 was introduced on.second reading. Mayor Slifer explained that the ordinance was regarding the $2,350,000 general obligation bonds of the Town of Vail, nd authorizes the sale of same. There being no discussion, Councilmember Heimbach moved o approve Ordinance No. 31 on second reading and to publish the ordinance by title only. uncilmember Wilto seconded the motion; all present voted in favor and the motion passed. Ordinance No. 32, Series was introduced on second reading, regarding the rezoning of the 46rth Pulis property from Eagle County "Resource" District to the Town of Vail "Public Use" strict zoning. There being no discussion, Councilmember Steinberg moved to approve the ordinance; Councilmember Ruder seconded the motion; all present.voted in favor and the motion passed. Ordinance No. 33, Series of 1977, was introduced on second reading, making a supplemental appropriation in the amount of $17,000 from the Rural Transportation Demonstration Program Fund. Mayor Slifer asked for questions and comments from Council and the public. There was no discussion. Councilmember Ruder moved to approve the ordinance on second reading; Council member Wilto seconded the motion; all present voted in favor and the motion passed. Ordinance No. 34, Series of 1977 was introduced on second reading, amending Section 18.52.170 of the Vail Municipal Code to allow for the leasing of private parking spaces. Mayor Slifer asked for questions and comments from the Council and Public. Diana Toughill stated that a change had been made and that the ordinance would be amended to add "Provides sufficient Employee Parking" under section B-1 Councilmember Palmateer moved to approve the ordinance as amended, and that it be published in full; Councilmember Steinberg seconded the motion; #tl present voted in favor and the motion passed. Ordinance No. 35, Series of 1977, was introduced on second reading, being the Annual Appropriation Ordinance for the 1978 Budget and Financial Plan of the Town of Vail. Mayor Slifer asked for questions and comments from the Council and the Public. Stan Bernstein Stated that the Capital Improvements schedule which has.been reviewed by the Council had been revised and that copies of that schedule were available to public, and that Council MINUTES PAGE TWO REGULAR MEETING DECEMBER 20, 1977 had also seen the revised schedule. There being no further discussion, Councilmember Steinberg moved to approve the ordinance on second reading; Councilmember Heimbach seconded the motion; all present voted in favor and the motion passed. Next item on the agenda for Council consideration was a presentation by the Lionsridge- Sandstone Neighborhood Organization regarding their request for funding for open space acquisition. Mayor Slifer read a letter from the organization, and there was general comment from several members of the neighborhood who were present. The ;Neighborhood Organization is requesting assistance from the Town of Vail for the purchase of parcels B-4 and B-5 in the LIonsridge area so they might be preserved as open space for the entire Lionsridge neighborhood. Mayor Slifer, speaking for the Council, stated that the Council would take the matter under consideration and that more discussions would be taking place regarding the request, and that interested parties were welcome to attend work sessions to discuss. Next on the agenda was a discussion regarding smoking in -public meetings. Councilmember Palmateer suggested that the Council impose a smoking'ban during Public meetings and work tosessions of the Vail Town Council, with a break during the meeting for those who wish to smoke. A brief, but general discussion followed. Councilmember Palmateer then moved to enact the no -smoking ban; Councilmember Wilto seconded the motion; Those voting yes were: Palmateer, Wilto, Steinberg, Ruder and Slifer. Councilmember Donovan voted no and Council member Heimbach abstained. The motion carried. There will be no smoking in the public meetings of the Vail Town Council or in the work session meetings. There will be a break during meetings for those who wish to smoke to step outside and do so. The next item for discussion was the proposed Vendor's Fee. At the previous meeting of the Council; Charles Crowley , a ,village businessman, had requested that the council consider.inacting a vendor's fee for the Town of Vail. Stan Bernstein had, since that time, prepared a memo for the Council outlining the implications of enacting such a fee. He explained the details to the Councilmembers. There was general discussion among the Council and consensus was that the Council was unanimously opposed to such a fee, following a verbal poll of the Council by Mayor Slifer. The matter was closed for this time. Following that, Mayor Slifer introduced Diana Toughill who explained the request from Vail Athletic Club for an amendment to the parking variance previously granted to the Club which would allow for Employee housing. Three parking spaces are involved. The Planning Commission voted 5 to 1 in favor of granting the request. Ms Toughill explained that there would be a contract signed between the Town of Vail and the Vail Club restricting the use of the space and requiring that parking be provided on the Mcalister property. There being no further discussion; Councilmember Steinberg moved to approve the amendment to the variance; Councilmember Heimbach seconded the motion; all present voted in favor and the motion passed. • Mayor Slifer then introduced Jeff Selby from the Landmark development who explained that they were asking for a setback and parking variance to allow for the addition of 7,000 plus feet of.commercial feet to the lower floor of the Landmark building. There was general discussion and some feeling that there were yet many unanswered questions. Councilmember Donovan moved to table the request for a maximum of 21 days. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Heimbach; all present voted in favor and the motion passed. Since no Regular meeting of the Town Council will take place after the January 3rd meeting, in time for the request to be heard within the 21 day period, the request will be heard again at the January 3,1978 meeting. Town Manager Terrell Minger reported that he will be meeting with Mr. Don Walker, regarding the Lionsridge questions and that Mr. Walker would be meeting with the Town Council on January 3, 1978 regarding the purchase of.other.openspace lands at.the regular work session and that all interested parties are invited to attend. There being no further matters for the Council attention; Councilmember Donovan moved to adjourn. Councilmember Steinberg seconded the motion. All went:voted in favor and the meeting adjourned at 11:00 PM. ,&;001 ATTEST: Mayor Town Clerk —