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VAIL TOWN COUNCIL
Regular Meeting
Tuesday, May 5, 1981
7:30 p.m.
On Tuesday, May 5, 1981, the Vail Town Council convened for its regular
meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers located in the Vail Municipal
Building.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Rod Slifer
Bud Benedict
Paul Johnston
Bob Ruder
Ron Todd
Bill Wilto
ABSENT: Tom Steinberg
OTHERS PRESENT: Richard Caplan, Town Manager
Larry Rider, Town Attorney
The first item on the agenda was a 10-year silver belt buckle presented
to Roy Vasquez for serving the Town of Vail since May of 1971. Mr.
Vasquez was.employed by the Vail Water Dept. before its consolidation
with Upper Eagle Valley;
Second item on the agenda was an Honorary Resolution declaring the
Week of May 17 - 23 as National Public Works Week. In line with that,
Rich Caplan stated that the Town would hold its annual Clean Up Day
on Saturday, May 16th. Paul Johnston made a motion to approve the
resolution and Bill Wilto seconded it. All voted in favor and the
resolution was passed.
The next item on the agenda was the second reading of Ordinance #19,
Series of 1981, an ordinance relating to the Recreation Amenities Tax
fees. Mr. Caplan stated there were no further changes to the ordinance
other than those made on, first reading. Bill Wilto made a motion to
approve Ordinance 19 and Bud Benedict seconded it. All voted in favor
itlehony ion passed unanimously.and the motion was ordered published by
Next item was the first reading of Ordinance #21, Series of 1981, an
ordinance relating to an easement adjacent to the platted Snowberry
Drive, Lot 13 in the Vail Intermountain Development Subdivision.
Mr. Caplan stated that this was a long standing easement that had
never been used and the owner.needed to have it vacated pending the
sale of his property. Larry Rider, Town Attorney, stated that all
the utilities had signed off on this easement and it was merely a
formality for the Town to approve the Ordinance. Bud Benedict made
a motion to approve the ordinance. Paul Johnston seconded it. All
voted in favor and the motion passed and the ordinance was ordered
published in full on first reading.
Next item on the agenda was the first reading of Ordinance #20, Series
of 1981, an ordinance amending the street cut ordinance. Mr. Caplan
stated that this ordinance was amended after several problems had
aris �n over street cut permits and the repair of same after the work
had been completed. Mr. Caplan asked Ernie Freggiaro, Director of
Public Works, to comment on why the amendment was necessary. He
stated that prior to 1980 there were no log books kept on street
cuts and there were a number of areas that were never repaired.
There was a need to keep track of these cuts and to see that they
were repaired. There were also some adjustments in the fee schedule.
He stated that his department had made an attempt over the past year
to work with the utility companies by means of utility coordinating
conferences. A representative from Mountain Bell asked a question as
to easement of right-of-way. Mr. Rider stated that this meant public
easements of right-of-way that are used for vehicles, etc. A permit
would be required if the easement was in the public. street.
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Mr. Rider stated that some clarification would be needed on the ordinance
before second reading. There was also a question on the $75. permit fee.
The utility companies felt that this.was too high a price for them. The
feeling of the utility companies was that the charge would be $50. Ernie
stated that there was a provision for this but that it was not in the
ordinance. There were several more questions that were answered by
Ernie Freggiaro and Larry Rider. The representative from Mountain Bell
stated that he was very appreciative of the cooperation he had had with
the Town of Vail Public Works Department in working out these problems.
Bill Wilto made a motion to approve Ordinance #20 an first reading with
further definition of easements. Paul Johnston seconded .the motion.
All voted in favor and the motion was passed and the ordinance ordered
published in full.
The next item on the agenda was the first reading of Ordinance #15,
Series of 1981, an ordinance relating to amending Title 5 of the Vail
Municipal Code with the addition of Cahpter 5.28 relating to food
service establishments. Mr. Rider stated that the Council and the
Restaurant Committee of the VRA and other persons have been working
for the last 6 weeks on a restaurant.ordinance. He stated that there
were some concerns expressed that enforcement of health regulations and
sanitary regulations and restaurant licensing should be handled at the
local level not necessarily in Denver. In order to that a provision
needs to be adopted whereby the Town would issue a license or permit
to do business as a restaurant within the boundaries of the Town.
The result is an ordinance that provides for Town approval, requires
Town approval of any restaurant. That approval is obtained by filing
with the town Clerk a copy of the application for a State Food Service
Establishment License. Upon filing that copy, a town approval will be
granted and no fee would be charged. The only time a fee would be
charged would be on follow-up inspections. For each inspection beginning
with the third the fee would be $50...In addition, a license could be
suspended or revoked by the Health. Officer only with the concurrence
of an appeal board would be.made up,of three members - one member would
the Chairman of the. Restaurant Committee of the VRA, one would be a
licensed restaurant owner in town and the third would he the local
public h.ealth'officer, Bill Wilto questioned the ordinance stating .
that food service establishments do.not include hospitals or health
facilities, Mr, Rider stated that this was because they were separately
licensed by the State. Bud Benedict made a motion to approve the.
ordinance on first reading, Ron Todd seconded the motion. All voted
in favor and the motion was carried an the ordinance ordered published
in full.
The next item on the agenda was Citizen Participation.
As there was no citizen participation, the next item on the agenda was
a report from the Denver Water. Board. Mayor Slifer stated that they were
here on behalf of the Town's invitation. Mr. Bill Miller from the Denver
Water Board gave a presentation on the organization of the Denver Water
Board, its purpose and its plans for the future.. Miller stated that the
Eagle -Piney project will take water from several waterways in the area and
the water would be stored in a dam north of Vail with a capacity of about
40,000 acre feet. The Denver area would then pull water from this dam
through a tunnel to Dillon Reservoir, which the.water.department owns.
The Eagle -Colorado project would take water from the lower Eagle River
near Wolcott and from the Colorado River near State Bridge. A reservoir
north of Wolcott is planned, connected to the Eagle -Piney system and the
Dillon Reservoir. Miller expressed the concern of his department for the
people in this area and stated that "we must all work together to solve
this problem". Water conservation was encouraged and Miller stated that
a tremendous amount of water was being let out of state each.year during
the runoff period because there was no place to hold it. A question and
answer period followed with many comments by citizens. Mayor Slifer
thanked Mr. Miller for taking the time to come to the Council meeting
lond talking with the citizens of Vail.
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The next item on the agenda was a discussion of animal control services
in the West Vail area. Mr. Caplan stated what controls were not in effect
in CCI and CCII, East Vail and Ford Park. He suggested a -public meeting
be held to include West Vail to see what kind of animal control they
wanted in that area. He stated that there was only emergency service
being done there at the present time. Ron Todd stated that he receives
numerous calls regarding animal control in East Vail and felt that
stronger controls should be set up in that area.. A citizen stated
that she has had no response when calls have been placed to the Fire
Department for animal control. Rich Caplan stated that a meeting time
would be announced for West Vail animal control discussions.
At this time, Rich Caplan introduced Mr. Dick Duran, newly appointed
Acting Fire Chief for the Vail Fire Protection District.
The next item on the agenda was the appeal of the Town Manager's decision
on the Amplified Sound Permit for Bell Tower Associates, Ltd.
Mr. Jack Fritzlen stated that he had appealed the decision by the Town
Manager to allow the playing of the chimes at certain hours of the day
because he felt that enough people had expressed their opposition to
the noise. He expressed his appreciation of Mr. Caplan's efforts to
resolve this problem, but disagreed with his (Caplan's) feeling that
there was a need for the ringing of the chimes. He felt Caplan's
• decision should have been based on the way the majority of the people
felt. He requested that the Council deny the permit altogether.
There were several comments from the citizens stating their opposition
to the permit. Ron Todd made a motion to overturn the decision of the
Town Manager to allow the noise permit. Bob Ruder seconded the motion.
Bill Wilto asked why there was no representative from Bell.TQwer
Associates, Ltd. at this meeting. Mr. Caplan stated that they were
unreachable. Rod Slifer stated that it was not fair to make any
decision without a representative from Bell Tower Associates present
and killed the motion. The Council agreed to suspend the permit until
the next meeting on June 2nd to hear the appeal with both parties.present.
The next item on the agenda was a Departmental Report from the Public
Works Department. Ernie Freggiaro, Director of Public Works, asked that
his report be postponed until next council meeting because of the lateness
of the hour and the absence of one Council member. The Council agreed to
do so.
The nextitem on the agenda was the appointment of the new Design Review
Board member. Diana Donovan was appointed as the new.member.
Under Town Manager Report, Mr. Caplan thanked Bill Pyka, Finance Director,
for balancing the budget in such a low revenue year.
Mr. Caplan also asked that the Council appoint a Mayor Pro-Tem in the
absence of Bill Wilto and Mayor Slifer during the majority of the month
of May. Bob Ruder was appointed as Mayor Pro-Tem.
Mr. Caplan also announced that Joe Lewandowski of the Vail Trail was
leaving the area and thanked him for his working relation with the Town
during his time with the Vail Trail. Joe also stated that he had enjoyed
his relation with the Town and thanked everyone for being so open and
easy to work with.
There was no report from the Town Attorney.
Mayor Slifer thanked Bill Wilto .for doing such a fine job as Mayor. Pro-Tem
which he was in California.
As there was no further business, the meeting was.adjourned at 11:05 p.m.
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