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Home My WebLink About1984-02-06 Town Council MinutesMINUTES VAIL TOWN COUNCIL MEETING SPECIAL MEETING MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1984 A special meeting of the Vail Town Council was held on Monday, February 6, 1984, at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers. MEMBERS PRESENT: Rodney E. Slifer, Mayor Paul Johnston, Mayor Pro--Tem Chuck Anderson Colleen Kline Kent Rose Hermann Staufer Gail Wahrlich OTHERS PRESENT: Richard Caplan, Town Manager Larry Eskwith, Town Attorney Pam Brandmeyer, Town Clerk The special meeting was called for the discussion only of Ordinance #44, Series of 1983, an ordinance rezoning the Amoco site and amending Special T elopment District #6. Mayor Slifer opened the meeting by asking each Councilmember to state which questions they would like addressed �j he applicant. Councilmember aahrlich stated that because of a potentialI A by her company involving this project she would be abstaining from voting. Councilmember Staufer stated that he would like to listen to the hearing but would make no comment at this time. r Rod Slifer began by stating that his main concern was the access of all vehicles to the parking area through Phase 3.' Paul Johnston stated that he would like to have all conditions expressed on first reading addressed this evening. The timing of Phase 5 was also expressed as a concern. Kent Rose asked how much new acreage was being added to the special development district from its original state. Dick Ryan stated the conditions that were addressed at the first reading, including the timing of Phase 5, a financial commitment to the builder, land dedication at the 4-way stop and East Meadow Drive, a revised Environmental Impact Study, a traffic study, and an agreement with the Cowperthwaite's relating to access to parking through Phase 3. Town Attorney Eskwith stated that the reason no vote would be taken at this meeting was due to the fact that a special meeting either &.unanimous vote ioa majority of 5 persons must vote in favor of the motion, and he felt it y fair to the applicant that a regular vote be taken at a regular.meeting ch will be held on Tuesday, February 7, 1984. Fred Hiller, applicant, then addressed the Council. He called on Jerry Porter from Centennial Engineering, to give a report on the traffic study he had done on the project. Air. Porter stated that 50% of the tourists coming to town have their own automobile and that once they arrive here they rarely use their car again until they leave, He felt the project would eliminate a lot of drive- ways and that the only negative side he could see would be the increase of congestion at the standard Station, Hiller stated he would be willing to add left turn lanes on Vail Road and hire a -traffic controller to work the congested area. Hiller stated he was working on an agreement with the Swiss Hot Dog Co, and felt they were close to an agreement and that he had met with Mr. Roscoe of Shortstop, Inc, and felt he.had an agreement with him. Hiller was asked when Phases 4 and 5 were projected for completion. He stated that Phase 4 should take 14 months and would.be started in May of 1984. He stated Phase 5 would begin in the Spring of 198G and should take no longer than 8 months. Hiller was then asked what progress he had made on a loan commitment. He stated he had received applications from several lending institutions but that no one would actually commit to the loan until Hiller had received final #a roval from the Council to begin the project, Council questioned the Cowperthwaites on their license agreement in relation to access of the ramp in. Phase 3 for parking access, Attorney Eskwith asked if the Cowperthwaites didn't need owner approval before permission could be granted to Hiller, Kit Cowperthwaite felt this was not necessary. MINUTES VAIL TOWN COUNCIL SPECIAL LIEETING MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1984 6e 2 Ur. Hiller reiterated that he felt the traffic going through Phase 3 would be minimal and he would be willing to redo the ramp if necessary.. Jim Cowperthwaite then asked the addressed the Council stating that the two parties were working together to resolve the ramp issue and asked that the Council not make this issue a scapegoat. Dick Ryan then reported to the council that in the original SDD#6 there was a 5 foot surveying error and this had complicated the issue further. Art Abplanalp, attorney for the two tenants, addressed the Council. He stated that Mr. Hiller's comment that he had worked out something with the tenants was not entirely true. Abplanalp stated that there was a problem between Hiller and Shortstop, Inc., in that the parking spaces for the Food and Deli were not in agreement and the loading area was unresolved. He stated that Shortstop, Inc. could not support the project as is. He stated that .there was no actual agreement with.the Swiss Hot Dog Co. He stated that the developer knew of the potential problems with the::tenants in August of 1983, but did not choose to address them at that time. Dan Corcoran, citizen, addressed the Council stating his concerns with the ject, namely the square footage and the potential congestion at the ndard station and the lack of guarantees on the financing for Phase 5. Van Ewing, tenant/owner of a.unit in Phase 3, stated his support for the project. Diana Donovan, citizen, expressed her concern over parking and in particular, employee parking, for the size of the project. Gordon Pierce, architect for the project, stated that this project probably had more parking, both for guests and employees, than any other project in Vail. After much discussion, the discussion was closed and Mayor Slifer asked the Council if they wished to give the applicant some kind of sense.of how they would be voting at the meeting of February 7th. The:Council was polled and it was decided that they would not comment at this time but would make their comments at the meeting of February 7th. As there was no further business the meeting was adjourned at 10:10 P.M. 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