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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-02-16 Town Council Minutess MINUTES VAIL TOWN COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16,1.1982 7:30 P.M. 0 uesday., February 16, 1982, a regular meeting of the Vail Town Council w�held in the Vail Municipal Building. MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Rodney E. Slifer Bill Wilto, Mayor Pro-Tem Paul Johnston Chuck Anderson Hermann Staufer Ron Todd Gail Wahrlich OTHERS PRESENT: Richard Caplan, Town Manager Larry Rider, Town Attorney Colleen Kline, Town Clerk The first item on the agenda was the second reading of Ordinance #1, Series of 1982, which had been tabled from the previous regular meeting. Phil Ordway asked that the'Council withdraw the Ordinance as ther6 was a problem in notifying all of the property owners and that he would like to take it back to the Planning Commission. Paul Johnston made a motion to withdraw Ordinance #1 and Hermann S fer seconded it. All voted in favor and the motion was passed unanimously. The next item on the agenda was the second reading of Ordinance #2, Series of 1982, an ordinance approving the supplement to the. Vail Municipal Code. Mr. Caplan stated that this was a "housekeeping" ordinance and that no changes had been made to it from first reading. Hermann Staufer made a motion to approve Ordinance #2 on second reading and Chuck Anderson seconded it. All voted in favor and the motion passed unanimously. The next item on the agenda was the second reading of Ordinance #3, Series of 1982, an ordinance relating to the Commercial Core III sign code. Peter Jamar, Community Development Department, went over the changes that had been made from first reading. There was some discussion. It was discussed how a business could apply for a variance if they were not able to comply with code limitations. It was stated that they could apply for a variance. It was decided among the Council that the ordinance should be written to accommodate most businesses, not written so that variances would be a frequent item. Chuck Anderson made a motion to send the Ordinance back to the staff for further refining and Bill Wilto seconded it. Ron Todd stated that he felt the ordinance was well written in general but felt that it did need more work in this particular area. Aoted in favor and the motion was passed unanimously and the ordinance tabled urwthe next regular meeting. Next item on the agenda was the reading of Resolution #7, Series of 1982, a resolution calling for a special election on April 6, 1982, for the purpose of constructing a new public library. There was much discussion in regards to the plans for the new library. Steve Clark from Boettcher and Co. was in attendance and explained to the council the procedure for entering into the bond market for this project. Mayor Slifer stated that this was merely a resolution to go for the election of the voters on April 6, not a resolution to start the library project. There were several comments and questions from the audience. There was concern from Councilmembers Wahrlich and Anderson that the Town was moving too fast on this project. Mayor Slifer and Wilto stated that the Town had been working on this project for several years and felt it was time to take the matter to the voters. Gail Wahrlich asked if any discussions had been held with Colorado Mountain College regarding possible duplication of efforts on the library and the CMC's new facility. Mayor Slifer read a letter that had just been received from Randy Milhoan, CMC, supporting the new library facility. Mayor Slifer restated that this was just an approval to hold an election and there was plenty of time between now and April 6 to . inform the public or to call off the election if the Council did not feel they wer ready to go ahead with it. A motion was made by Paul Johnston and seconded by ill Wilto to approve Resolution #7. A vote was taken and the motion passed 5 2 - Anderson and Wahrlich opposing. r4INUTES February 16, 1982 Page 2 N t item on the agenda was the reading of Resolution #8, Series of 1982, a rqwlution approving a lease agreement with the Municipal Investment Company for two John Deere 644C front end loaders. Mr. Caplan stated that the loaders were needed by Public Works for snow removal. Hermann Staufer made a motion to approve Resolution #8 and Paul Johnston seconded it. All voted in favor and the motion passed unanimously. The next item on the agenda was the reading of Resolution #9, Series of 1982, a resolution relating to the removal of the municipal sales tax on food. Mr. Caplan stated that the State had requested the resolution for their records. Larry Rider, Town Attorney, stated that an additional "Whereas" had been added to resolution stating that the state did not receive a certified copy of Ordinance #41, Series of 1979, relating to sales tax on food. After some discussion Bill Wilto made a motion to approve Resolution #9 and Ron Todd seconded it. All voted in favor and the motion was passed unanimously. The next item on the agenda was the reading of Resolution #10, Series of 1982. Peter Patten explained to the Council the need for this resolution. Andy Norris, owner of property, stated his reasons for asking the Council to amend the Special Development District. After some discussion, Chuck Anderson made a motion to approve Resolution #10 and Hermann Staufer seconded it. Gail Wahrlich s ted that she would abstain from voting on this resolution. A vote was taken a all other members voted in favor and the motion was passed unanimously with one abstention. The next item on the agenda was Citizen Participation. There were no comments from the floor. The next item on the agenda was the discussion of the apportionment of County Sales Tax to the Town of Vail. Paula Palmateer, President of Vail Resort Association, gave a presentation to the Council regarding their request of $82,000. to be allocated to the VRA from the County Sales tax rebate. Also from VRA were Molly from VRA marketing and Harvey who has been employed by the VRA for advertising consultation. Gail Stauch from the Vail Institute also asked the Council to consider the Vail Institute for funds from the county sales tax rebate. Mayor Slifer stated that the Sopris Mental Health had also asked for $7500. from the Council's uncommitted general fund budget. Marge Burdick read a letter she had written in support of the Vail Institute. Several.other people in audience also spoke relative to the county sales tax funds and their support of the VRA, the Vail Institute and the Sopris Mental Health Clinic. There was much discussion as to how these funds could be disbursed. Gail Wahrlich stated that she felt the VRA should b iven additional funds but felt that some accountability should be received fi VRA as to how these funds were used. Paul Johnston stated he strongly felt that the Sopris Mental Health Clinic .was deserving of their requested amount. Ron Todd stated that he felt the Council should wait a while before committing any of this money to any of these groups and would like to see some accountability from VRA relative to the $120,000. that had previously been given to them. Rod Slifer agreed with Ron Todd, stating that ahe felt the money should be put to increase the general fund balance. He stated that he felt the reserve should have $500,000. in it. After much discussion, Bill Wilto made the following motions: 1. A motion to give the Sopris Mental Health Clinic $7500. from the Town's uncommitted fund balance for 1982. Motion was seconded by Paul Johnston and all voted in favor. 2. To give the Vail Institute $10,000 from the County sales tax rebate. Hermann Staufer seconded the motion. Gail Wahrlich stated that the Vail Institute has requested $15,000. two years ago and had not asked for any- thing in 1981 and felt that the Council should honor their request for $15,000. Gail Stauch stated that the Institute did in fact need $15,000. for their summer program. There was some comment from the floor. 0 f MINUTES February 16, 1982 Page 3 Gail Wahrlich made a motion to amend the motion made by Wilto and .to give Vail Institute $15,000. to be paid as the funds were received from the nty. Chuck Anderson seconded the.motion. A vote was taken and the motion was approved 4 - 3. Slifer, Johnston and Wilto opposing. Gail Wahrlich asked how the funds would be allocated and Mayor Slifer stated that that would be worked out between the Town Manager and the Finance Director. Rod Slifer asked Mr. Caplan if these anticipated funds would be received monthly from Eagle County. Mr. Caplan stated that yes, they would. 3. A motion to give the VRA $30,000.00 of the uncollected funds from Eagle County to be used specifically for the summer marketing program and to be paid to the VRA as they are received from the County.and that the VRA "match" the funds being given to them. :Paula Palmateer asked Wilto what he had in mind in regards to "matching funds". Wilto stated that the VRA should enlarge their membership to contribute to the funds needed by them for their summer marketing program. Staufer suggested that since the VRA would probably be raising the membership fees by 20%, he felt this would help in matching the funds donated',by the Town. Palmateer stated that the VRA would be continually working on new member- ships. Staufer asked to have more discussion. He stated that he felt W$ ,000.00 was just a "drop in the bucket" and would like to amend Wilto's on #3, but since the motion had not been seconded, Wilto withdrew his motion and Staufer made a motion that the VRA be given $60,000.00 out of the uncollected County sales tax. Staufer stated that the Council could not actually dictate what the VRA should do as far as matching the monies, but felt that they would do their very best to come up with as much money as they could. Paul Johnston seconded the motion. Slifer stated for the record that this money would be given to the VRA as it was received from the County. Slifer also stated for the record that he would vote against this motion as he had against the motion regarding the Vail Institute because he felt this money should go to the reserve or the fund balance anO, the Town':should not commit any uncollected funds at this time. Gail Wahrlich expressed her concern as to giving the VRA a "blank check" and asked Paula Palmateer if she had a concern with reporting back to the Council a year from now and showing just how they had put these monies to use. Palmateer stated this would not be a problem and felt that she had donb this previously but evidently not well enough. Palmateer stated that $10,000.00 would be reserved for the 20 year celebration. The motion was called for a vote by Slifer. The motion failed - 4-3 - Todd, Slifer, Wilto, and Anderson opposing. Chuck Anderson made another motion to give the VRA $45,000.00 out of the uncollected County sales tax, payable as it wit received from the County. The motion was seconded by Bill Wilto. There w some discussion. A vote was taken and the motion passed 5 - 2 - Slifer and Todd opposing. The next item on the agenda was the sign variance request by Colorado In- sight. Due to the lateness of the meeting, it was decided to hear this request at the next regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, March 2, 1982. The next item on the agenda was the appointment of the new Planning and Environmental Commission Members. Diana Donovan and Jim Viele were appointed as the new members. The next item on the agenda was the appointment of the new Design Review Board Members. Dave Irwin, Robert Parker and Allen Tofoya were appointed as new members to the DRB. There was no Town Manager. Report.. There was no Town Attorney Report. As there was no further business the meeting was adjourned at 11:30 p.m. • Respectfully, lfo ney E. Zeor ATTEST: GavK4�c, Colleen Kline, . i�"4. Ton Clerk