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Home My WebLink About1982-03-16 Town Council Minutes` M - r� MINUTES VAIL TOWN COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1982 7,30 P.M. Tuesday, March 16, 1982, a regular meeting of the Vail Town Council held.in the Vail Municipal Building Council Chambers. MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Rodney E. Slifer Bill Wilto, Mayor Pro-Tem Chuck Anderson Paul Johnston Hermann Staufer Ron Todd Gail Wahrlich OTHERS PRESENT: Richard Caplan, Town Manager Larry Rider, Town Attorney The first item on the agenda was the second reading of Ordinance #4, Series of 1982, an ordinance amending Chapter 18.54 "Design Review Board" of the Vail Municipal Code. Mr. Caplan stated that there had been no changes to the ordinance from first reading. After some discussion, Bill Wilto made a motion to pass Ordinance #4 on second reading and Paul Johnston seconded it. All voted in favor and the motion passed unanimously and the ordinance 4F ordered published by title only. Next item on the agenda was the first reading of Ordinance #5, Series of 1982, an ordinance adopting.a new chapter 18.27 of the Town of Vail's Zoning Code as contained in Title 18 of the Vail Municipal Code providing for an arterial business distrrct. Mr. Caplan stated that a request had been received by the applicant to table this discussion until additional interested parties had been notified. Hermann Staufer made a motion to table Ordinance #5 toa meeting in the future. Bill Wilto seconded the motion. All voted in favor and the motion passed unanimously. The next item on the agenda was the first reading of Ordinance #6, Series of 1982, an ordinance amending Chapter 18.04 of the Vail Municipal Code by adding sections concerning the definitions of major arcade, minor arcade and amusement devices. Mr. Caplan stated the need for this ordinance to the Council. Jim Sayre of the Community Development Department gave a presentation of the ordinance to the Council. After much discussion between Sayre and the Council it was moved by Gail Wahrlich and seconded by Chuck Anderson to send the ordinance back to the staff for further r._eview, as there seemed to be much confusion as to the purpose of the ordinance. The motion was voted on and passed unanimously. dext item on the agenda was the first reading of Ordinance #7, Series of 1982, an ordinance rezoning Lot 1, Vail Village Second Filing from two-family residential to high density multiple family district and approving a special development district. Peter Jamar presented the ordinance to the Council. The Planning and Environmental Commission had recommended denial of this project 5 to 1. Dick Ryan also stated that the staff had recommended not approving this variance. Ron Burn, the applicant, and his architect made a presentation to the Council outlining their plans to build a five -unit project on this land. Several citizens spoke in opposition of this project. After much discussion, a motion to defeat the ordinance was made by Paul Johnston and seconded by Gail Wahrlich. All voted in favor of the motion and the Ordinance was defeated unanimously. As several citizen participants were about to leave the Council meeting, Rod Slifer wanted to announce that Larry Eskwith had been appointed the new full-time Town Attorney. Mr. Slifer stated thatseveral well -qualified applicants had been interviewed and he thanked the Council for the time they had spent interviewing these applicants. Under Citizen Participation, Patsy Heuman from the Buffehr Creek area addressed Council on the problem of Trailways busses parking at the Roost Lodge over ht and letting their busses idle for most .of the night, A petition was also presented to the Council with 25 signatures of residents in the area protesting this action. Mr. Caplan stated that the Town was aware of this problem and that Ruth Cogan, Health Officer, had been there and taken noise readings. After some discussion, it was decided by the Council to send the VAIL TOWN COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1982 Page 2 oblem to the Community Development staff for recommendations of alternatives resolve this nuisance. Bill Wilto suggested amending the existing ordinance to made it mandatory that these busses park only in the designated areas in the parking structures. Also under Citizen Participation, Jay Peterson representing Colstream asked the Council to consider 45 units in that complex for exemption from the real estate transfer tax because the delay in paperwork putting them into the time frame when the tax was applicable. The Council directed Larry Rider to proceed with whatever procedures.were necessary to grant this exemption. Sandy Mills asked the Council if the funding for the new library would be discussed at this meeting. Rod Slifer informed her that it was not an agenda item but that Steve Clark from Boettcher and Company had talked to the Council at the work session that afternoon and had given the Council some financial alternatives for the proposed library. The Council stated that she could obtain a copyof the report from Boettcher and a copy of .the fact sheet put together by the library staff. As there was no further discussion under Citizen Participation, the next item on the agenda was the report back on the Camera Shop sign and related Cross- roads sign matters. Dave Belson, owner of the Camera Shop, stated that he not been notified that this item was to be on the agenda this evening a d had just found about it this afternoon. Peter Jamar, Community Development Department, stated that -a letter had been sent to Mr. Boetcher, owner of Crossroads, and he had presumed that Boetcher would notify his tenants. Mr. Caplan explained to the Council that this matter had been discussed at a.meeting last fall and had been tabled for six months until all the signs at Crossroads were up for review. After some discussion, it was decided by the Council to table the Crossroads sign issue until the staff had a chance to talk to the owners and try to come up with a workable plan. All were in favor of this decision. The next item on the agenda was the approval of the lease agreement for an easement adjacent to Cyrano's. Peter Patten of the Community Development Department stated that his department had come up with a viable agreement with the owners of the land adjacent to Cyrano's and asked that the agree- ment be approved with the change in the date to June 1, 1982. After some discussion Paul Johnston made a motion to approve the lease agreement upon approval by the Design Review Board of the landscaping plans for that area. Hermann Staufer seconded the motion. All voted in favor.and the motion passed unanimously. Peter Patten stated that the proposed bike path through #t area was part of the Urban Design Guide Plan. e next item on the agenda was the consideration of easement vacation in Lion's Ridge Subdivision #2. Mr. Caplan stated to the Council that the staff had recommended not abandoning this easement as the property was used for snow removal. Stewart Brown, owner of the property, stated that all the utility companies had signed off on this request, and that it was a utility easement, not a snow dump easement. Bill Pierce, architect for the proposed project on this property, gave a presentation as to what they had planned to build with the easement vacation and without it. There were several comments from the Council, both for and.against.abandoning the ease- ment. After more discussion, Rod Slifer asked that the subject be tabled until the April 6th meeting, at which time the Town Attorney and staff could look into the legality of the matter. Next item on the agenda was a report from Gary Miller of Heritage Cabletelevision Company. Mr. Miller reported on the changes to the new system and what they have planned in the future. Several Councilmembers stated they had received favorable comments regarding the cabletelevision since Heritage had taken over. VAIL TOWN COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1982 Page 3 t t item on the agenda was a discussion relative to a proposed Vail/Avon system. The applicant that had asked that this be put on the agenda was not in attendance at the meeting so the discussion was dropped. Mr. Caplan did state that a trial run on busses to and from Avon had been in existance for approximately two weeks and the Transportation Department was monitoring the frequency of ridership. Under Town Manager Report, Mr. Caplan stated that the Town is working with the Nature Conservancy to acquire land from the Forest Service. Town Council approval would be needed to acquire such land when it got to that point in the future. Under Town Attorney Report, Larry Rider reported that the Town was looking into the mudslide instance on Lot 22 in West Vail and he would be.reporting back to the Council in the near future as to its status. A consultant from Woodward -Clyde had been hired to investigate the circumstances. Mr. Rider stated that the Town had no liability in this matter. Rod Slifer stated that Bernie McMenamy, President of CAST, was scheduled to speak at the next Council meeting to give a report on CAST activities. H stated that this was anticipated to be an informative and enjoyable &sentation and urged everyone to attend. As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 11:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, (�_er/zy/ Ro ey ATTEST: od(.&v �" �Y,L Colleen Kline, Tc�dNn leri 1] 0