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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978-07-18 Town Council MinutesArENDA VAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING 18 JULY 1978 7:30 P.M. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 1. Don Oden, Vail Associates, for the Red Zinger Classic.. 2. Glenn Weaver, United States Secret Service. SPECIAL DISCUSSION REGARDING EMPLOYEE HOUSING 3. Apollo Park Tenant Organization. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS 4. Ordinance No. 20, Series of 1978, second reading, amending Chapter 18.30 of the Vail Municipal Code with regard to fencing and landscaping in the Heavy Services Zone District. 5. Ordinance No. 22, Series of 1978, second reading, granting horse-drawn transportation system franchise. 6. Ordinance No. 23, Series of 1978, first reading, rezoning Lot 3, Block A, Lionsridge Filing No. 1, from Agricultural to Residential Cluster. 7. Ordinance No. 24, Series of 1978, first reading, amending Title 18 of the Vail Municipal Code, regarding real property acquired by the Town of Vail. 8. Ordinance No. 25, Series of 1978, first reading, amending Ordinance No. 14, Series of 1978, to prohibit vehicular traffic in the Gore Creek Drive/Bridge Street pedestrian mall between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. 9. Resolution No. 13, Series of 1978, accepting dedication of public street from the Pulis Ranch. 10. Resolution No. 14, Series of 1978, authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds to finance middle income housing by Pitkin Creek Park, Inc. 11. Resolution No. 15, Series of 1978, expressing the Town Council's appreciation to former Councilman Bill Heimbach. 12. Resolution No. 16, Series of 1978, regarding access across United States Forest Service lands to the Gondola I redevel- opment. PRESENTATIONS 13. Statter Residence - appeal of Planning and Environmental Commission denial of request for site coverage variance for Lot 10, Vail Valley Third Filing. 14. Appointment of two members to Design Review Board Applicants: Abe Shapiro 'Heather Slifer Bill Ruoff Melanie Hardy Craig Snowdon James Morgan Candace Huffman George Boyer Wayne Christenson Adelaid Blomfield TOWN MANAGER REPORTS TOWN ATTORNEY REPORTS CITIZEN PARTICIPATION • Vail Town Council Regular Meeting July 18, 1978 Minutes On Tuesday, July 18, 1978 the Vail- Town Council convened for -its regular meeting in the Council Chamberg of the Vail -Municipal Building.. Members present were: Mayor Rod Slifer Paula Palmateer John Donovan Bob Ruder Dr. Tom Steinberg Bill Wilto Others present were: Terry Minger, Town Manager Larry Rider, Town Attorney SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS: Glenn Weaver, of the United States Secret Service, was introduced by Mayor Rod Slifer. He expressed his appreciation for the cooperation shown to his department by the Vail Police Department. He then read a letter addressed to Chief Gary Wall which expressed their gratitude and presented the Secret Service Appreciation Plaque to Chief Wall. As Don Oden, representing Vail Associates for the Red Zinger Classic, was not present, no discussion was held. SPECIAL DISCUSSION REGARDING EMPLOYEE HOUSING: Mayor Slifer gave some brief background information regarding the possible sale of the Apollo Park units to a developer who would in turn convert these units into a time-share project. He noted that Terry Minger and he had met with Chuck Ogilby, co-owner of Apollo Park, over the weekend and that the Council had met> with three members of the Apollo Park Tenant's Organization during the • work session. As Council understands the situation, there is a contract on two of the four Apollo Park buildings, and they are scheduled to .close on Friday July 21st. One of the buildings was to remain long-term housing during the winter of '78-'79 and the other building would be converted immediately. Slifer noted that the only authority the Town had, other than political pressure, was the zoning ordinance. The sale of the buildings and the conversion into time-share units do not violate the zoning ordinance. Slifer prefaced the discussion by saying that the Council was extremely concerned and they would try to do everything they could to retain Apollo Park in long-term.housing. Tom Carnaval, representative of the Apollo Park Tenant's Organization, made a statement about their feelings and the processes they have gone through in order to keep Apollo Park as employee housing. He felt that with the loss of employee housing, the businesses in Vail would suffer as their employees would have no affordable place to live. Carnaval felt that it was not only the employee's responsibility to find long-term housing but that the Council was also responsible in attempting to work out some kind of compromise to this issue. Comments were then heard from other members of the Apollo Park Organization. Vail Town Council Regular Meeting July 18, 1978 Page Two Chuck Ogilby, co-owner of Apollo Park, felt that the employee housing issue has been a problem in Vail for a long time and that there had been a lot of "lip service" with no results. With Apollo Park as the issue, he felt that it was time for everybody to do something about this problem. He then gave a brief summary of the employee housing development. He listed several developers who had come to the Town Council with various employee housing developments which had been denied. He felt that the Town should act now to do something about this issue. Tom Carnaval read into the record an except from an article from the May 31, 1970 issue of the Vail Trail which dealt with the housing issue. Mayor Slifer then touched on some of the issues that had been brought up. As to the Town purchasing an interest in the Apollo project, Slifer felt that this would be difficult as the Town should not be in partnership with private enterprise.. Federal funding was one alternative but due to the time involved in obtaining such funds would have to be an alternative for future projects. Industrial revenue bonds were also mentioned as a viable means to aid an entity to buy Apollo Park or to assist the current owners in improving their mortgage or financial obligations at this point in time and try to encourage them to.stay in the employee housing business for a longer peiod of time. Comments were then heard from Council. They were very concerned about the problem and were sympathetic with the Tenant's Organization but at this time they felt that there was nothing they could do. A lengthy, general discussion followed. At the end of the discussion, P1ayor Slifer asked Mr. Ogilby to try and set up a meeting between the Town officials, Butterwick Enterprises (the purchasers of Apollo Park) and the sellers of the property. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS: Ordinance No. 20, Series of 1978,.second reading, amending Chapter 18.30 of the Vail Municipal Code with regard to fencing and landscaping in the Heavy Service Zone District. This was introduced by Mayor Slifer. John Donovan asked that the July 1st date be moved up to May 1, 1979. He also suggested that the Town set a fine to be assessed against those who have not completed their landscaping by that date. Diana Toughill noted that the zoning ordinance does set fines and penalties for acts that violate the zoning ordinance and is very specific. As there was no further discussion; John Donovan made a motion to approve Ordinance No. 20 with an amendment to the introduction and to Paragraph B-4 reflecting a May 1, 1979 deadline; second by Steinberg. A unanimous vote was recorded in favor of the motion. Ordinance No. 22, Series of 1978, Second reading, granting horse-drawn transportation system franchise. Mayor Slifer introduced this into the record. As there was no .discussion, a motion to approve was made by Tom Steinberg; second by Donovan. A unanimous vote was recorded in favor of the motion. Ordinance No. 23, Series of 1978, First Reading, rezoning Lot 3, Block A, Lions Ridge Filing No. 1 from Agricultural to Residential Cluster. Mayor Slifer introduced the ordinance and turned the discussion over to Diana Toughill, zoning administrator. Presentation was given by the applicant's representative. Questions and comments were heard from Council. A lengthy discussion followed. It was noted that Planning Commission voted 5-1 in favor of the rezoning. As there was no further discussion, John Donovan made a motion to approve Ordinance No. 23, with the restriction that the number of units be two, that the remainder of the land was to be dedicated to the Town prior to the issuance of any building permit and that a deed restriction be placed on the land prohibiting the use of a lodge; second by Steinberg. A unanimous vote was recorded in favor. Ordinance No. 24, Series of 1978, First Reading, amending Title 18 of the Vail Municipal Code regarding real property acquired by the Town of Vail. This was introduced by Mayor Slifer. Larry Rider voiced his opinion and outlined Vail Associates' • concerns. As there was no discussion, Paula Palmateer made a motion to approve the ordinance; second by Ruder. A unanimous vote was recorded in favor of the motion. Vail Town Council Regular Meeting July 18, 1978 • Page Three Ordinance No. 25, Series of 1978, First Reading, amending Ordinance No. 14, Series of 1978. Mayor Slifer noted that this would not be read tonight as it had only been done in draft. He then went on to explain the purpose of the ordinance and stated that the Council would like to have it on the agenda at the August lst meeting. Resolution No. 13, Series of 1978, accepting dedicationo.f a public streetfrom the Pulis Ranch. This was introduced by Mayor Slifer. Larry Rider gave clarification as to the specified road to be dedicated. As there was no discussion, Tom Steinberg made a motion to accept the dedication; second by Wilto. A unanimous vote was recorded in favor. Resolution No. 14, Series of 1978, authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds to finance middle income housing by Pitkin Creek Park, Inc.. Mayor Slifer introduced this into the record. Larry Rider gave the background information relating to this issue as well as the Town's obligations. General discussion followed. Bill Wilto made a motion to approve the resolution; second by Ruder. A unanimous vote was recorded in favor of the motion. Resolution No. 15, Series of 1978, expressing the Town Council's appreciation to former Councilman Bill Heimbach. This was introduced by Mayor Slifer. John Donovan suggested that the Town Clerk have the resolution framed and sent to Mr. Heimbach. Motion to approve was made by John Donovan; second by Steinberg. A unanimous vote was recorded in favor of the motion. Resolution No. 16, Series of 1978, regarding access across United States Forest Service lands to the Gondola I redevelopment. The introduction was given by Mayor Slifer who then turned the discussion over to Larry Rider. Paula Palmateer moved to adopt the resolution; second by Wilto. A unanimous vote was recorded in favor of the motion. PRESENTATIONS: Statter Residence -- appeal of Planning and Environmental Commission's denial of a request for site coverage variance for Lot 10, Vail Valley Third Filing. Mayor Slifer noted that the applicant has requested that this matter be tabled until the August 1st meeting. John Donovan made a motion to delay the appeal of the PEC's decision until the August 1st meeting; second by Steinberg. A unanimous vote was recorded to delay decision on this matter. Adelaid Blomfield and Craig Snowdon were appointed to the Design Review Board. Mayor Slifer noted that they will each serve for a two year term. TOWN MANAGER REPORT: Terry Minger made a brief "pitch" for the up -coming Symposium. He outlined the dates and noted that it would be headquartered in the Lion Square Lodge. A brief description of the theme and events was given by Mr. Minger. TOWN ATTORNEY REPORT: None. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION: Bob Nott voiced his opinion on the variance procedure and the way in which adjoining property owners were notified. A general discussion followed. As there was no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned. ATTEST: 40 AA, /,� Town Clerk Mayor