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MINUTES
VAIL TOWN COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
NOVEMBER 18, 1980
W0 P.M.
The Vail Town Council convened for its regular meeting at 7:30 P.M. on
Tuesday, November 18, 1980, in the Vail Council Chambers of the Vail
Municipal Building.
The following Council members and Mayor Rodney E. Slifer were present:
Bill Wilto
Bud Benedict
Paul Johnston
Ron Todd
Dr. Tom Steinberg
Also present were: Lawrence A. Eskwith, Assistant Town Attorney and
Richard Caplan, Town Manager.
Mayor Rod Slifer congratulated Art (Slim) Stephenson on being with the
Town of Vail for 11 years and presented him with a silver belt buckle.
Doris Bailey also presented Slim with a western hat from the Recreation
trict. Art became employed with the Town of Vail in 1969 at the
f Course and has remained there for the past eleven years.
Ordinance #35, Series of 1980, an ordinance correcting certain portions
of zoning ordinance #22, Series of 1979, was presented for a second
reading. A motion was made by Bill Wilto and seconded by Dr. Tom
Steinberg to approve the motion and it was voted on unamiously and
ordered published on second reading.
Ordinance #36, Series of 1980, an ordinance amending Section 18.60.060,
"Criteria -findings", relating to conditional uses; specifying that time-
share projects in buildings with whole ownership interests must be
approved by 100% of the existing owners prior to approval of the
conditional use permit, was presented for second reading. An amendment
was made to the ordinance stating that "All buildings which presently
contain Time Share Units would be exempt from this provision". After
some discussion and a comment from Diz Johanas, a Motion was made by
Paul Johnston and seconded by Bud Benedict to approve the Ordinance
as amended on second reading. All voted in favor and the Motion was
passed and ordered published as amended on second reading.
finance #37, Series of 1980 an ordinance amending various parts of
pter 18, Zoning was presented for second reading. There was some
discussion as whether or not a greenhouse should be excluded from
the ordinance and it was agreed to leave it in. Bill Wilto made a
Motion to approve the Ordinance and Paul Johnston seconded it. All
voted in favor and the Motion was passed and the ordinance ordered
published with amendments on second reading.
Ordinance #38, Series of 1980, first reading, an ordinance amending
Chapter 10.04 traffic code providing for the designation and control
of parking areas located on a public street, right of way, or other
public property by the traffic engineer; and setting forth details
relating thereto was presented: Jim Rubin explained that this was
a section that was deleted from the ordinance when first typed and
was just a correction to that ordinance. Tom Steinberg made a Motion
to approve the Ordinance and Ron Todd seconded the Motion. All voted
in favor. Ordinance ordered published in full on first reading.
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
Don Greiss, Mountain Bell, petitioned the Town Council to issue him a
eet cut permit to tear up the road in front of Gold Peak to repair
telephone lines into the Ski School. He stated it would only be
or a 48-hour period. Bill Wilto made a Motion to approve the Permit
and Ron Todd seconded the Motion. All voted in favor and it was
passed unanimously.
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next item on the agenda was a report on the Lionshead Improvement
,strict. Everett Stecker of Larry Smith & Company, Consultants, gave
a presentation on the Improvement Plan. It is hoped that by January,
1981, his company will have met with most of the condo associations
and gotten some idea whether or not to proceed with the plan. Copies
of the Plan will be available in the Planning Department on Wednesday,
November 19.
The next item on the agenda was discussion of the Garden of the Gods
Club. Since no representative of the parties involved were present
at the meeting,& Motion ,vas made by-Tom.Steinberg and seconded by
Bill Wilto to deny the zoning request. The Motion was voted on and
passed unanimously.
The next item for discussion was residential conversions in Vail Village
and horizontal zoning. Dick Ryan of Community Development stated that
this would be studied at the next PEC meeting on Monday, Nov. 24 and
discussion was tabled until that meeting.
On the 1981 Budget discussion, Rich Caplan stated that the first hearing
the Budget would be at the December 2nd Town.Council meeting.
kllN C E/Z voiced his concern of the lack of police protection in
and hOilat it be closely looked at during the budget hearings.
Carol Duddy also expressed her desire for speed bumps on Bald Mountain
Road and also on Streamside Circle. Rich stated that the Council would
take a tour of those two areas and take the matter up during January.
The next item on the agenda was the Town's intent to notify the Social
Security System to cancel social security as of January 1983. Bill Wilto
made a Motion to'send the letter notifying them of this intent and Tom
Steinberg seconded the Motion. Rich .Caplan stated that there is a two
year notification period for this and the Town would be conducting a
study and informing the Town employees of the pros and cons during the
next two year period. It was voted on and passed unanimously.
The next item of business was to appoint one new Town Council member and
two PEC members. A vote was taken and Bob Ruder was named the new Town
Council, member and Scott Edwards was named to"fill the PEC vacancy with
him term expiring in November, 1984 and Duane Piper was named to fill
the second vacancy with his term ending in November of 1983.
WN MANAGER REPORT
Rich Caplan stated that he had received a request from Eagle County to
waive $1,850.00 of rent -due to the Town from the County for the lease
agreement, as Dougan Construction has rented the Old Town Shop and is
paying rent as of October 1, 1980. Tom Steinberg made a Motion to
waive the payment and Ron Todd seconded it. All present voted in
favor and the motion was passed.
Rich Caplan reported that additional changes had been made to the Noise
Ordinance and that a new ordinance would be presented to the Council
on December 2nd.
Mr. Caplan stated that five new bus shelters had been received by the
Town and were in the process of being placed in their locations.
Rich Caplan announced Jim Rubin's move to Eagle County as Director of
Community Development.
As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:30 p.m.
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ATTEST:
Town Clerk