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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-11-18 Town Council Minutesw 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. TOWN COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 18, 1080 PAGE 2 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. 3iodffey.,;AElifer ors ATTEST: Town Clerk