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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-04-17 Town Council MinutesTOWN COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING APRIL 17, 1979 7:30 P.M. The Vail Town Council convened for its regular meeting at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, April 17, 1979, in the Town Council Chambers of the Vail Municipal Building. The following Councilmembers and Mayor Rodney Slifer were present: John Donovan Paula Palmateer Tom Steinberg Bill Wilto Bob Ruder Also present were: Richard Caplan, New Town Manager, Larry Rider Town Attorney. Mayor Rodney Slifer introduced our new Town Manager Richard Caplan The first matter for the Council's attention was Ordinance 14, Series of 1979, first reading adopting a Supplement of the Vail Municipal Code. Larry Rider, Town Attorney addressed the Council regarding this ordinance. There were no questions or discussion. Councilmember Bill Wilto moved to approve the amended Ord rn first reading; Councilmember Bob Ruder seconded the motion. All present voted in favor and the motion passed. Resolution No. 13, Series of 1979, amends Resolution No. 14, Series of 1978, regarding authorizing of issuance of Revenue Bonds to finance middle income housing by Pitkin Creek Park, Inc. was introduced by Mayor Rod Slifer. Attorney Larry Rider addressed the Council in regards to the Resolution. There was no questions or discussion. Councilmember Tom Steinberg moved to approve the Resolution; Councilmember John Donovan seconded the motion. All present voted in favor and the motion passed. Resolution No. .4, series of 1979, regarding the Matterhorn Annexation was taken off the agenda due to an error regarding the publishing; the legal has to be published 4 consecutive times in full. There waa.:t a motion to amend the Resolution 4 and to continue the public hearing on June 5, 1979, at the regular night meeting. Councilmember Donovan made the motion; seconded by Councilmember Steinberg. All present voted in favor and the motion passed. 10 There was some discussion from a concerned citizen wondering that when Matterhorn was annexed into the Town is the Town ready for the increase in parking, maintenance,. PD personnel, the dog problem paving of Matterhorn Circle. The Mayor assured him that these things have been discussed and action will be taken. A presentation on the Study of Urban Run -Off (208) was given by Tom Elmore. He feels this is a significant program and will have a big impact on Eagle Valley. Dennis Murphy, Town of Vail Sanitarian, spoke on a Non -Source study done by himself for the Town of Vail. He also stated that the water quality in Vail is good. A presentation on the Ford Park Amphitheater was given by John Dobson regarding the logistics and the cost of the project. He then introduced Fred Meyer, Member of the Vail Institute and the Ford Park Cultural Center Board. Mr. Meyer who is the fund raiser for the project addressed the conceptual part of the project as well as some history. Marge Burdick, Chairman of the Vail Institute then gave a brief IV history of the Vail Institute The Council will meet at the site on April 24 at 1 PM for a staked out concept of the project. There will be a Amphitheater Task Force Committee consisting of Rich Caplan, Rod Slifer and Bill Wilto. Town of Vail Town Council Regular Meeting Page 2 April 17, 1979 Tom Briner, Architect, for the Slaughter Appeal addressed the Council with drawings as a well as a model with a viewer attached to give the concept of how a garage on that site would fit into environment. Jim Rubin, Zoning Administrator,.addressed thb Council, re: the decision that the PEC made also that a letter for denial from the Caulkins and the Williams regarding this project was addressed. Councilmember Bill Wilto made a motion to uphold the decision made by the Planning and Environmental Commssion; seconded by Councilmember Steinberg. All voted in favor of denial and the motion passed. Dick Ryan gave a presentation on the Racquet Club regarding their request for 16 employee housing units in Buildings 4 and 18. He stated that Mr. Kirsh was willing to sign an agreement to keep these units for 20 years as employee housing. John Dunn, Attorney for the Property Owners Association, who are opposed to this feels that there will be an impact on the density, also the association doesn't want employee housing. Joe Staufer, Chuck Anderson, G. Fitzgerald, Jay Peterson, Fitzhugh Scott made statements for the project. A motion made by Councilmember Bill Wilto to uphold the Planning and Environmental Commissions decision of granting the variance; seconded by Paula Palmateer. All present voted in favor of granting the variance. Rod Slifer summerized some ideas from the Council regarding the Bond Election failure and what to do now. They are as follows: VA to dedicate land for TOV parking; Study information regarding Information Center; Study impact from the Spa and the Mark on lift capacity; Legislation to require employee housing in new projects; Encourage VA to do their own employee housing; Review expansion of existing parking structure, Review VA ticket policy and eliminating some day skier discounts TOWN MANAGER REPORTS Rich Caplan was happy to report that the sales tax reciepts for 0-1 Jan/Feb were up 23%. Addressed the May 11 1979 public meeting regarding the Inducement Resolution (SB218) Congratulated Paula Palmateer on her new position on the Air Quality Committee for the State of Colorado. And invited her to hold some meetings in Vail. TOWN ATTORNEY REPORTS Larry Rider announced that the Town will take action on residences that are using their homes as hotels. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION None. John Donovan made a motion to adjourn the meeting. The meeting adjourned at 10:45 P.M. iWIR ATTEST: r