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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984-02-07 Town Council MinutesMINUTES VAIL TOWN COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1984 7:30 P.M. Segular meeting of the Vail Town Council was held on Tuesday, February 7, 1984, at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers. MEMBERS PRESENT: Rodney E. Slifer, Mayor Paul Johnston, Mayor Pro -Tern Chuck Anderson Kent Rose Colleen Kline Hermann Staufer Gail Wahrlich OTHERS PRESENT: Richard Caplan, Town Manager Larry Eskwith, Town Attorney Pam Brandmeyer, Town Clerk The first item on the agenda was a presentation by Chabin Communications. The Town was presented with a check from Chabin Communications in the amount of $10,000. to be put towards the development of public access programming in Vail. 0- next item on the agenda was the second reading of Ordinance #44, Series of 1983, an ordinance rezoning the Amoco site and amending Special Development District #6. Also to be considered was Resolution #1, Series of 1984, a resolution authorizing off-street parking in SDD#6. Mayor Slifer stated that a special meeting was held the night before (Feb. 6th) for discussion on this matter and that the pupose of it being on tonight's agenda was to take action on the matter. Kit Cowperthwaite addressed the Council, reading a.letter that had been given to the Council from Charles Cowperthwaite. He stated that he felt the legals questions that had been a concern of the Council had been blown out of porportion and felt that only the practical issues needed to be addressed and that the parties involved would work out their differences between them. After much discussion with the applicant and the Council, the Council was polled to express their feelings on the matter. Rent Rose stated that he had felt that the project was too big all along, as well as expressing his concerns relating to thru traffic.a.nd delivery access. Gail Wahrlich expressed her concern with the tenant issue and the quality of the hotel.it- self, as well as.the reciprocal agreement with the Cowperthwai:tes. Chuck Anderson stated his concerns over traffic access, presales, and the unresolved tenant issue. He felt this was the wrong project for this site. Colleen Kline stated that several citizens had approached her on the subject and she felt At at in representing them, she would have to vote against.the project at this e, Hermann Staufer then stated that he had sat back and watched this p cess over the last few months withoutmaking any comments, but felt he must say that he was very much in favor of the project and felt the applicant had worked with the Town in addressing most of the issues brought up. He felt that the project would be a statement of Vail at the 4-way,stop and thought it was a good project and would vote in favor of it. Rod Slifer stated that he felt most of the major issues had been resolved but was concerned over the traffic issue. Fred Hiller then stated that he was interested only in a vote at this meeting. He stated that he would buy the service station site regardless of the outcome of the vote, Gail Wahrlich stated that although she had voiced her election to abstain from.voting on this issue at the last meeting, she had been approached by the applicant and asked to.vote one way or another tonight. As she was abstaining in fairness to the applicant, she stated she had decided to vote at this evening's meeting.. After some discussion., Kent Rose made a motion to deny Ordinance #44, Series of 1983, on .second reading. Chuck Anderson seconded the motion. A vote was taken and the motion failed 6-1 - Hermann Staufer voting in favor. As a result of the vote, Resolution #1, also failed. Joe Staufer then addressed the Council and thanked them for all their time and consideration on this project, although he did not agree with their decision. next item on the agenda was the second reading of Ordinance #3, Series of 4, an ordinance rezoning a lot commonly known as a resubdivisi.on of Lot 3 and the south 142 of Lot 2, Block 8, Bighorn subdivision from low density multi -family to two family residential. Peter Fatten. presented the ordinance to the Council, stating that no changes had been made to the ordinance from first reading. After some discussion, Hermann Staufer made a motion to approve Ordinance #3 on second reading and Colleen Kline seconded the motion. A vote was taken and the ordinance passed unanimously and was ordered published by title only. MINUTES VAIL TOWN COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1984 Page 2 The next item on the agenda was the first reading of Ordinance #5, Series of 1984, an ordinance amending Ordinance #15, Series of 1983, relating to the cable television advisory board. Larry Eskwith presented the ordinance to the Council. He stated that the main revision to the ordinance was changing the number of members from 11 to 7, all whom were to be residents of the Town of Vail. Councilmember Kline also pointed out a section that needed to be added to the ordinance on second reading. After some discussion Gail Wahrlich made a motion to approve Ordinance #5 on.first reading and Chuck Anderson seconded the motion. A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously and was ordered published in full with .amendments." The next item on the agenda was a report by Kevin Rice of Heritage Cable - vision. There was some discussion relating to the recent carrying of TV2 on Heritage Cabletelevision. Rich Caplan stated that a renogiation of the franchise agreement between the Town and Heritage would be forthcoming in the next 3--6 months and anyone interest in making any comments would be welcome to make comments. Dan Corcoran, citizen, stated the strong opposition he had perceived from the lodging community on having TV2 in Vail. There were several other comments from citizens regarding the 9 station being in Vail. The next item on the agenda was the first reading of Ordinance #6, Series of 1984, an ordinance adding handgun ranges to the conditional uses in the public use district. Peter Patten presented the ordinance to the Council, stating that the handgun range for the Vail police department is currently in Gypsum. He stated that the police department had done a test run for sound at the proposed site out by the Town shops to see what the noise level would be. Fie stated that from across the interstate the sounds were barely heard.. He stated that the Planning Commission had approved the conditional use 5-1. After some discussion Kent Rose made a motion to approve Ordinance #6 on first reading and Hermann Staufer seconded the motion. George Knox expressed his concern over not being able to test the site during summer conditions and stated he would like to discuss this issue with the Vail Metropolitan Recreation Board before second reading. After more discussion a vote was taken on the motion and it passed unanimously and the -ordinance was ordered published in full on first reading. There was no Citizen Participation. The next item on the agenda was the discussion of the Community Action Plan a d the approval of Resolution #2, Series of 1984. Dick Ryan presented the n to the Council. Ryan stated that the committee had worked for 18 months. on the plan and he suggested a 3 month review of the plan when it was put into effect. Ryan thanked the staff for the amount of time and effort that was put into the plan, as well as Councilmembers"Wahrlich and Anderson who worked on the committee. After some discussion, a motion was made by Flermann.Staufer to approve Resolution #2.and seconded by Paul Johnston. A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously. The next item on the agenda was the approval of the Lionshead construction contract. Steve Patterson, Building Official, presented the bids to the Council - $1,680,000 to RBI and $244,000 for paving. Mr. Patterson asked to get a date ,from the Council to tell the contractors for their final approval. It was decided that April 1, 1984, would be the date. After some discussion a motion was made .by Gail Wahrlich and seconded by Paul Johnston to approve the contracts. A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously. The next item on the agenda was the approval of a lease agreement with the Vai.l Metropolitan Recreation District_regardng the golf course. Rod Slifer " stated that the Council had decided to table the matter until Chuck Anderson and Hermann Staufer met with members of the Rec Board to discuss,_:the.figures. next item on the agenda was the appointment of one Planning Commission m mber and one'Desi.rn Review Board member. Scott Edwards was .appointed to the PEC and Steve Caswell to the DRB. Mayor Slifer thanked all the applicants who had submitted their names for consideration. MINUTES VAIL TOWN COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1984 Page 3 i The next item on the agenda. was a report from Paul Johnston on his trip to St. Moritz, Switzerland, and our bid for the 1989 World Championships in Vail. Johnston stated that Vail was a very promising site for the 1989 Championships and a .serious marketing effort was underway to obtain the site. Under Town Manager Report, Rod Slifer announced that Rich Caplan had been selected to servie on the Community and Economic Development policy Committee of the National League of Cities which will meet in Wash. D.C. in March. Rich Caplan stated that the Fire Department would be holding a public.hearing on the proposed false alarm ordinance next Monday evening, Feb. 13th, at 7:00 pm in the Council Chambers. There was no Town Attorney Report, As there was no further business the meeting was adjourned at 10:10 p.m. • ATTEST: Pamela _. gayer, own Clerk 0 0 Respectfully submitted, Rod"nay �!i fer , Ray r '