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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983-03-15 Town Council MinutesMINUTES VAIL TOWN COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1983 7:30 P.M. VhTuesday, March 15, 1983, a regular meeting of the Vail Town Council was d in 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 Colleen -Kline, Town Clerk The first item on the agenda was a presentation of a ten year belt buckle award to Colleen Kline for her service to the Town of Vail. Rich Caplan presented the award to Colleen and Colleen gave a few remarks relating to her past 10 years with the Town. The next item on the agenda was the second reading of Ordinance #10, Series 0 1983, an ordinance relating to the dumping of snow on private property. Caplan explained that no changes had.been made to this ordinance since first reading. After some discussion Bill Wilto made a motion to pass Ordinance #10 on second reading and Gail Wahrlich seconded it. There was some discussion. A vote was taken and the motion passed 5 - 2 - Hermann Staufer and Ron Todd opposing.. The ordinance was ordered published by title only. The next item on the agenda was the second reading of Ordinance #12, Series of 1983, am ordinance providing for.an earlier submittal deadline for exterior alteration and modification in Commercial Core III for the spring of 1983 only. It was suggested by Rod Slifer that this ordinance be tabled until next meeting after further discussions relating to the Lionshead Improvement Program were held. After some discussion Bill Wilto made a motion to table Ordinance #12 and Paul Johnston seconded it. All voted in favor of.the motion. The next item on the agenda was the reading of Resolution #6, Series of 1983, a resolution relating to rezoning of The Valley. Bill Post, representing the applicant, was present. After some discussion Ron Todd made a motion to pass Resolution #6 and Hermann Staufer seconded it. All voted in favor and the motion passed unanimously. Tit next item on the agenda was Citizen Participation. Mary Ann Mueller, representing the Learning Tree, gave a presentation to the Council requesting the parking area adjacent to.the school be paved. There was some discussion following. Bill Wilto suggested that she approach the Rotary Club or some other community service group in Vail to help with the funding and stated that the Town was not in a position at this time to cover the expenses. It was finally decided that the Town would grade the lot when the dirt was dry and purchase some gravel to be spread about the area, and that was the best they could do at this point in time. Also under Citizen Participation, Bill Wilto, representing several East Vail residents, expressed their desire for a tot lot in the East Vail Park. It was decided that this would be considered when funds were available. The next item on the agenda was the appeal of the DU decision regarding the Keller Duplex. Jim Sayre gave the Council some background information on the situation and the DRB's decision to deny the application. Rod Slifer stated that the Council diddrive by t.h.e site this afternoon. Chuck Anderson stated that he.would need to abstain from voting on this matter. Will Trout, the architect on the project, was presentrepresenting the applicant. Mr. Trout Oe a presentation of the project. He was. informed by Mayor Slifer that he ld have to give the same presentation to the Council as he had to the DRB so that the Council could make their decision based on the same facts. MINUTES VAIL TOWN COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 15, 1983 Page 2 There was much discussion following. A member of the DRB spoke to the Council as to why it had been turned down by his board. There was a general feeling among the Council that there were too many trees being affected by the place- ment of this project. Ron Todd made a motion to uphold the DRB decision and Gail Wahrlich seconded it. A vote was taken and the motion passed 5 - 1 - Hermann Staufer opposing. The next item on the agenda was a department report by Bill Pyka, Finance Department. Bill gave a rundown on the specific areas of the finance department and their various duties. There was some discussion as to the Town's intent to look into collecting its own sales tax from the businesses in Town. There was also discussion on sales tax projections for the remainder of the 1982-83 ski season. There was no Town Manager Report. As there was no further business the meeting was adjourned at 9:30 p.m. • ATTEST: (2I16GLR/ ►'hl,u Colleen. line gown lerk • Respectfully submitted, R ney S�ife 6