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Home My WebLink About1984-07-17 Town Council MinutesMINUTES VAIL TOWN COUNCIL MEEETING TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1984 • 7:30 P.M. A regular meeting of the Vail Town Council was held on Tuesday, July 17, 1984 at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers. MEMBERS PRESENT: Rodney E. Slifer, Mayor Paul Johnston, Mayor Pro-Tem Kent Rose Colleen Kline Hermann Staufer Gail Wahrlich-Lowenthal ABSENT: Chuck Anderson OTHERS PRESENT: Bill Pyka, Assistant Town Manager Larry Eskwith, Town Attorney Pam Brandmeyer, Town Clerk The first item on the agenda was the first reading of Ordinance No. 14, Series of 1984, the alarm ordinance. Curt Ufkes explained that this Ordinance has been worked on for about one year and three public meetings have bee held. Much input has been received from alarm companies and merchants. One of the changes from the last edition is that now an audible alarm is allowed. This shoud deter break-ins or alarm neighbors. Mike McGee explained that to come up with the monthly charge of $17.75, the equipment has been amortized over a 3-year period. Gail questioned whether the $500.00 annual cost would cover the cost of billing. It was agreed that this would. Mike then went on to explain how the system would work. Hermann Staufer mentioned that instead of billing on a monthly basis, it would be more cost-effective to do it quarterly. All agreed. There was als a question from the Council regarding the Council being the hearing board. After some discussion it was decided that the Board of Appeals should be the hearing board. Kent Rose had a question about the licensing part of the ordinance. Should all employees be licensed or can they work under a.licensed supervisor, who does not always have to be present on job? This provision will be checked with the electrical licensing and similar language will be used. Mr Dave Bittner, of SCI, then spoke. He was in favor of most of the Ordinance, however, he had a lot of questions as to whether the Town had correstly estimated the cost. His thoughts were that the Town figures were very low, and that the Town would not be able to handle all the work involved. His company has presented a proposal to do monitoring to the Town of Vail and copies of this will be distributed to Council before the next regular meeting. Rod Fox, the consultant for the Town,, said that the SCI gentleman expressed very valid concerns, but the Town is already in the business of monitoring alarms -- approximately 200 -- free of charge. If private companies can compete with the Town doing it free of charge, they will have no problems once the Town starts charging a fee. Hermann Staufer made a motion .to adopt Ordinance No. 14, Series of 1984, with the.noted changes. 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 with the noted changes. The second reading of the Ordinance will be held on Tuesday, August 7, 1984. The second item on the agenda was Ordinance No. 21, Series of 1984, a resubdivision of lots 2 and 3, Cliffside Subdivision, first reading. Peter Patten explained that five public hearings had been held in the past regarding the rezoning of lots 4 and 5 of the subdivision. Lots 2 and 3 are presently zoned residential cluster. It was never the intent to zone them multi -family. Lot 2 is already built on -- single family residence. The rezoning of lots 2 and 3 would permit the owner of lot 3 to build a single family residence, without all the restrictions currently on the lot because of the residential cluster zoning. Paul Johnston made a motion to adopt Ordinance Minutes Vail Town Council Meeting Tuesday, July 17, 1984 Page 2 No. 21, Series of 1984, on first reading and Colleen Kline seconded the motion. A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously. The Ordinance was ordered published in full on first reading. The second readong of the ordinance will be held on Tuesday, August 7, 1984. The next item on the agenda was Citizen Participation. The first speaker was Al Weiss who wanted to air his concerns regarding the Oldenburg sculpture. He feels that the indecision on the sculpture has cost the tax payers quite a bit of money. He wants a special election to decide the fate of the sculpture. The people of Vail should determine whether or not they want the fishing pole. He also wants a full disclosure to date on costs, and would like to know who are members of the private interest group funding the sculpture. Also wanted to know whether the Council was unanimous in the decision to circumvent or look for legal loopholes of having someone else decide (Lionshead property owners). • Bob Irwin, owner of lot 1, block 1, Li.onshead 6th filing, was the next speaker . He had very strong feelings about not wanting "pop art" in the Town of Vail, especially since he has to look at it from his bedroom. He seconded the feelings of Mr. Weiss regarding the special election. Mr. Gunther Hoffler, a neighbor of Mr. Irwin, is also very much against the sculpture. Rodney Slifer told Mr. Weiss that the cost to date will be made available; the members of private group will be made know. Larry Eskwith said that a decision on an election is up to Council. Rodney Slifer said that the Council is going along with a majority of the property owners in the filing. Dan Corcoran asked whether art'is subject to DRB approval. Larry Eskwith answered by saying that approximately one year ago it was discussed whether DRB covered art. It was then decided that it does not, but art does have to meet building codes. Hermann Staufer said that the Council has to make a decision, one way or another, somewhere along the line. The next person in citizen participation was Rosie Wilt of the . Eagle Valley Arts Council, who made a presentation for Childrens Art in Public .Places. A large t.ile mural, to be placed on the wall of the bus shelter on the Town side of the Vail parking structure, representing drawings on the history of the Vail Valley made by local children, was presented. It is being funded by grants received. Gail Wahrlich-Lowenthal questioned art like this in the bus shelter. Representatives from Eagle Valley Arts Council will hang the drawing on the wall of the bus shelter and take a picture of it to show Council what it will look like when in place. However,,Council decision not dependent on that. Paul Johnston made a motion to accept the art work as presented. Seconded by Kent Rose. A vote was taken and the art was accepted 5-1. Gail Wahrlich-Lowenthal opposing. The next agenda item was the use of Council Chambers and Conference Rooms for elections on September 11 and November 6, 1984. Pam Brandmeyer made the request on behalf of the Eagle County Clerk and Recorder. Some discussion following, including the problem of parking if all four precincts will be voting in one location. It was agreed that town employees could park in the parking structure on election day, leaving the parking lots free for voters. Also, the Town Council meetings could start at 8:00 p.m, to leave time • to clear the council chambers. Minutes Vail Town Council Meeting Tuesday, July 17, 1984 Page 3 The next item on the agenda was an updated informational report on Highland Meadows by Stan Berryman. The Town had a public meeting and mailed out questionnaires to get feed -back from owners. It's now up to the owners to get study done. The Town Manager had no report. The Town Attorney had no report. As there was no further business the meeting was adjourned at 9:20 p.m • ATTEST: P meta A.�randmeyeTown Clerk n U Respectfully submitted, R ey E. fifekra/r3