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REGULAR MEETING
VAIL TOWN COUNCIL
17 JANUARY 1978
• The regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Vail, Colorado, was
convened at 7:45 PM on Tuesday, January 17, 1978, in the Vail Municipal Building
Council Chambers:
Mayor Rod Slifer and the following councilmembers were present:
John Donovan
Bill Wilto
Robert Ruder
Bill Heimbach
Paula Palmateer
Tom Steinberg
Others present were:
Terrell J. Minger, Town Manager
. Larry Rider, Town Attorney
Minutes from the Town Council meetings of December 6, 1977; December 20, 1977;
and January 3, 1978 were introduced by Mayor Slifer.. Councilmember Wilto moved
to approve the minutes; Councilmember Ruder seconded the motion; all present voted
in favor and the motion passed.
Resolution No. 1, Series of 1978,commending the State of Colorado Highway Department
with regard to the Vail Pass portion of Interstate Highway 70, was introduced and read
by Mayor Slifer. The Mayor then commented that he believed the construction project
would serve as a model for other highways in the state. He then introduced Mr.
Procense from the State Department of Highways who introduced Mr. Ron Marshall and
Mr. Matt Smith whom he credited for their assistance on the project. He stated that
the expectation was that the highway project would be totally completed by next
summer. Town Manager Terry Minger added his comments regarding the commendable project
and stated that he and Mr. Procense would be working together to develop a study of
the possibility of a traffic signal at the Four -Way Stop and another regarding the
possibility of the Town of Vail undertaking the maintainence of Highway Six in the
Bighorn area.
Councilmember Donovan moved to approve the Resolution; Councilmember Palmateer
seconded the motion; all present voted in favor and the motion passed.
Ordinance No. 1, Series of 1978, adopting the 1977 Supplement to the Vail Municipal
Code, was introduced on first reading by Mayor Slifer. There was on discussion from
Council or the public. Councilmember Steinberg moved to approve; Councilmember
Heimbach seconded the motion; all present voted in favor and the motion passed.
Ordinance No. 2, Series of 1978, rezoning Lot 4, Block 1, Bighorn Third Addition, Lot
• 27, Block 2, Vail Village Thirteenth Filing, and Lot 3, Block 9, and the South 1/2 of
Lot 1, Block 3, Bighorn Third Addition, was introduced on firse reading by Mayor Slifer.
Town of Vail Zoning Administrator, Diana Toughill, explained details of the rezoning
requests. There was no discussion or questions from either the Council or the Public.
Councilmember Ruder moved to approve; Councilmember Steinberg seconded the motion;
all present voted in favor and the motion passed.
The next item of business for the Council was a request for setback and parking
variances for Landmark. Mayor Slifer asked Larry Rider to explain the situation.
Mr. Rider in .turn asked Diana Toughill to recap the history of the variance requests.
Mr. Rider then clarified the procedural requirements which have been met by the
developer and reminded the Council of the criteria for making a decision in this case
being the conditions of the variance request only. Mr. Jeff Selby, developer, then
presented the revised plan for development.of the proposed addition. He stated that
the parking variance question would be discussed later.
Mr. Volpe, Attorney for Kostas Taverna, a tenant in the Landmark Building, questioned
whether it is appropriate for Council to hear Mr. Selby's request. Larry Rider
advised Council that they may hear the request for variance pending the outcome of
determination of ownership of project and that it was appropriate for the Council to
hear Mr. Volpe's argument on behalf of his client. Mr. Volpe continued to say that
his client objects to the present plan for the project since it differs from that
which his client was led to believe would be presented and feels that the unknowns in
the present project would materially damage his client. Mr. Jay Peterson, attorney
for Landmark, stated that the project as currently presented to the Council had
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the approval of the majority percentage of the Board of Directors. He then
went on to point out that the proposed plan was in keeping with the recommend-
ations made by the Town ov Vail and Vail Associates planning staffs. Mr. Selby
reinterated that it was difficult to finalize details with tenants until they
know what the final project proposal will be, following variance procedures.
There was a general discussion between the Councilmembers, Mr. Rider, Mr. Selby,
Mr. Peterson and Mr. Volpe regarding conditions under which the variance may or
may not be granted. Mayor Slifer then clarified the choices of the Council re-
garding the variance requests. Councilmember Wilto then moved to approve the
setback variance request with the condition that the variance apply to the first
floor only and that the second floor construction be subject to Council approval
and the approval of the tenants. Councilmember Palmateer seconded the motion.
Lou Parker requested that the Council amend the motion and second to include
• a signage program which would be submitted to the Town for approval. The Council
agreed and the motion was so amended.
There was general discussion regarding improvements in Lionshead prior to the vote.
IS Mayor Slifer called for a vote which was as follows: Councilmembers voting in
favor of the motion were: William. Wilto; ,and Paula Palmateer..
Councilmembers voting no were: Tom Steinberg; John Donovan; William Heimbach:;
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Rod Slifer ; and Robert Ruder. The motion was defeated.
There was further discussion between Mr. Selby and the Council regarding what
information might be helpful regarding the solving of the problems existing with the
present proposal, toward resubmittal of the project at some future date. Councilmember
Ruder moved to reconsider the previous motion; Councilmember Heimbach seconded the
motion; all present voted in favor and the motion passed. The Council will re-
consider the Landmark question. Councilmember Donovan then moved to table the
parking and setback variance requests until the first meeting of the Council in Feb-
ruary, which will be February 7th, 1978. Councilmember Ruder seconded the motion;
all present voted in favor and the motion carried. The Landmark requests for variances
will be heard again on February 7, 1978.
Mayor Slifer then introduced the next item on the agenda, consideration of a request
from The Printery for amendment of a Conditional Use Permit to allow a real estate office
and sign shop on their premises. Mayor Slifer stepped down from the Council table due
to possible conflict of interest in the question. Mayor Pro Tem Donovan then introduced
Diana Toughill who explained the request. Lou Parker, owner of the Printery covered
the background regarding the leasing of space on his premises, stating that two years
ago the conditional use permit was originally granted to the Printery to allow Dale
McCall to operate an office in the building. Mr. Parker was under the impression that
a conditional use permit was needed, or had to be regranted each time the tenant.changed
• in that space. He further stated that there were two new tenants in the building, a
sign shop and a real estate office. Mayor ProTem Donovan stated that he sees a
difference between types of businesses in that space. There was general discussion
between the Council, Ms. Toughill and Mr. Parker regarding the original letter granting
the first conditional use permit and regarding parking and traffic questions as they
relate to real estate offices and a sign shop as opposed to the type of traffic and
parking required for an advertising office. Mayor ProTem Donovan then asked Mr. Parker
if he wanted to table the question for further study. Mr. Parker agreed. Councilmember
Heimbach then moved to table both questions regarding the sign shop and the real estate
office to February 7, 1978 meeting of the Council. Councilmember Wilto seconded the
motion. All present voted in favor and the motion carried.
Mayor Slifer then resumed his position at the Council table and introduced a letter
to Town Manager Minger and the Mayor from Mr. Ordway and Mr. Marshal of Vail Associates
regarding the request from the Town of Vail for Vail Associates to consider not building
the North building of the Gondola I project. The letter stated that Vail Associates
had taken the matter under advisement. Mr. Ordway then personally requested a letter
of support from the Town of Vail to be sent to the Forest Service stating that the
Town would be in favor of Vail Associates use of the forest service road for access to
the Gondola I project area. There was general discussion regarding maintainence, access
and assignment of right-of=way and the right-of-way surrounding the building. Council
member Heimbach suggested that the Council direct Town Manager Minger to contact the
Forest Service regarding use of the road for Vail Associates with the agreement that
Vail Associates would give up access through the village voluntarily. Councilmember
Palmateer than moved that the Town would send a letter to Vail Associates and the Forest
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Service regarding a permit for VA to use access road -and that VA would give up access
to the East and South in the Village. Councilmember Heimbach seconded the motion.
Mr. Ordeay requested that the language of the letter to VA not be binding but that
the intent be considered the same. The motion was amended to allow that flexibility.
All present voted in favor and the motion passed.
Next followed a discussion regarding the Bighorn and Sandstone bus fares. Mayor Slifer
stated that a request had been received from the Camera Shop in Vail for the Council
to consider making the buses to Bighorn and Sandstone free. There was a general dis-
cussion regarding fares and how much was offset by collection. Stan Bernstein, Finance
Director, stated that only 1/3 to 1/4 of costs were offset by fares collected. The
general consensus of the Council was to remove charges if, in doing so, it would
encourage use of buses. There was a discussion regarding publicity of the free bus.
The entire council agreed to start immediately with free bus service to those areas
effective through the end of the season.
Town Manager Terrell Minger then played, for the benefit of Council and the Public at
the meeting, an audio tape of the news story which was presented recently on Channel
9 TV in Denver regarding the free shuttle bus system in Vail.
The next item on the agenda was a discussion regarding the Horse Drawn Sleigh. Chief
of Police Gary Wall reported to Council on the performance of the operator for the two
previous weeks. Mr. Cadwell, the operator, stated that he very much wanted to continue
operations in Vail and would make every effort to abide by the restrictions for his
operation. There was general discussion regarding the operation. The Council agreed
that Mr. Minger and Mr. Wall would have the right to revolk license for the operation
if infractions occurred. Ms. Toughill requested that a permit be sought for approval of
horses within the Town limits. The agreement of the Council was that the operation
could continue until further notice unless it is ended due to an infraction of the
rules and regulations.
Mayor Slifer then noted for information that the Ski.Museum and.CMC were sponsoring
an orientation day on January 27th in the Council Chambers of the Town of Vail
municipal building for those who might be interested. in addition, he noted that
Mr. Larry Burdick had resigned from the Vail Fire Protection District and the Vail
Water and Sanitation District Board of Directors. The Mayor publicly thanked Mr.
Burdick for his many years of service to the Town and the special districts. There
was a brief discussion regarding openings on the Planning Commission, the Design Review
Board and the Local Liquor Licensing Authority. The public was advised that the
pedestrian overpass was now open for use.
There being no further business for the Council's attention, Councilmember Donovan
moved to adjourn. Councilmember Wilto Seconded the motion, all present voted in favor
and the motion carried .
The meeting adjourned at 10:15 pm.
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