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VAIL TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1983
7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, July 5, 1983, a regular meeting of the Vail Town Council was held
i the Vail Municipal Building.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Rodney E. Slifer, Mayor
Bill Wilto, Mayor Pro-Tem
Chuck Anderson
Paul Johnston
Hermann Staufer
Ron Todd
Gail Wahrlich
OTHERS PRESENT: Richard Caplan, Town Manager
Larry Eskwith, Town Attorney
Pamela Brandmeyer, Town Clerk
First item on the agenda was the second reading of Ordinance #21, Series of
1983, an ordinance adding conditional uses in Commercial Core II - Commercial
Storage. Peter Patten stated that no changes had been made to this ordinance
from first reading.. Paul Johnston made a motion to approve Ordinance #21 and
Ron Todd seconded it. All voted in favor and the motion passed unanimously
* the ordinance was ordered published by title only on second reading.
The next item on the agenda was the second reading of Ordinance #22, Series
of 1983, an ordinance adding to conditional use section in Special Development
District #6 for a popcorn wagon in the Vail Village Inn Mall area. Dan Van
Ewing, applicant, presented the Council with a list of shop and property owners
who were in favor of the popcorn wagon. After some discussion Ron Todd made a
motion to approve Ordinance #22 and Gail Wahrlich seconded it. A vote was taken
and the motion passed unanimously and the ordinance was ordered published by
title only.
The next item onthe agenda was Ordinance #23, Series of 1983, first reading, an
ordinance amending the numerical order of certain sections ofthe Vail Municipal
Code. Larry Eskwith, Town Attorney, explained that this was merely a "house-
keeping" ordinance to correct a typographical error in the Code. Hermann
Staufer made a motion to approve Ordinance #23 on first reading and Paul
Johnston seconded the motion. A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously
and the ordinance was ordered published in full on first reading.
The next item on the agenda was the first reading of Ordinance #24, Series of
1983, an ordinance amending the fireplace ordinance of the Vail Municipal Code.
ru�- Ryan, Community Development Director, presented the ordinance to the Council.
G�,Tl Wahrlich stated she felt the term "rubble" should be defined before second
reading. Ryan stated that this ordinance was put into effect some air pollution
reductions. After some discussion, Rod Slifer made a motion to approve Oridnance
#24 and Chuck Anderson seconded the motion. A vote was taken and the motion
passed unanimously and was ordered published in full on first reading.
Under Citizen Participation, Bob Ruder expressed his frustration in the Council;s
change of procedure for parking in the Village for construction work on Bridge
Street. There was some discussion following. Bill Wilto then made a suggestion
that Rick Caplan, Steve Patterson, Curt Ufkes and Bob Ruder get together and
come up with some solution to the parking problem.
Sheika Gramshammer, owner of Qasthof Gramshammer, expressed her concern over
several restaurants inthe Village requesting perm%ssion for enclosures for
their outside restaurants, There. was some discussion following._ ShAika was
informed that this item would be coming up for. discussion at next Monday's PEC
meeting and the Council could take no action until after that meeting. She
also expressed a concern relating to assigned parking spaces in the Village.
Rod Slifer stated that this would be addressed at next Tuesday's work session.
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Also under Citizen Participation, John Purcell, local restaurant owner,
expressed his.concerns to the Council relating to the attitude of some
of the departments inthe Town of Vail, stating that these departments
are making it difficult to get business taken care of. There was much
discussion following.by other local business persons. Gail Wahrlich
asked that the Council be notified of specific incidents when they occur
so that followup action can be taken. Paul'Johnston reminded the.citizens
that this was an election year and anyone not happy with the way things
were being run could run for Town Council .to help solve these problems.
The next item on the agenda was an appeal of the Design Review Board
decision relating to the Hobbits Hills, Matterhorn subdivision project.
Chuck Anderson stated that he would be abstaining from voting in this
matter. Rod Slifer stated that the Council did visit the subject site
that afternoon to review the project. Peter Jamar.presented the back-
ground information to the Council. Allen Tofoya, DRB member, informed
the council on the reasons it was turned down in DRB, including color
of units, trash pickup, road cut, landscaping, snow storage. Alice
Parsons and her attorney, , Jacobson and Chapman, made
a presentation to the Council. It was stated that this project had been
•presented to the-DRB 4 times. There was much discussion following.
Paul Johnston then made a motion to uphold the DRB decision and Hermann
Staufer seconded it. Alice Parsons then made a statement that the process
for planning and design a project does not seem to be working, if she had
to put out $5,000.00 and still have.her.project turned down. Hermann
Staufer pointed out that the Council could only base their opinion on what
had been presented to the DRB, and it was.not the DRB's job to design the
project for her. A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously.
The next item on the agenda was a Department Report by Stan Berryman,
newly appointed Public Works/Transportation Director. Berryman reported
on the recent slide areas, the low frequency radio station, spraying for
pine beetles, the 4-way stop, the Lift Program. Bill Wilto asked Berryman
to get the word out to residents affected by the pine beetle as to what
the Town was doing to control the situation. John Donovan asked what could
be done to clean up behind the Crossroads Shopping Center and the ease end
of the TRC (Ford Park). Rich Caplan assured Donovan that plans would be
made to clean these areas up.
There was no Town Manager Report.
0 There was no Town Attorney Report.
As there was no further business the meeting was adjourned at 9:45 p.m.
ATTEST:
Pamela A. Brandmeyer 'Town Clerk
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Respectfully,
Ro`dfiey E. S fifer, ay