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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-09-03 Town Council Minutess MINUTES VAIL TOWN COUNCIL MEETING SEPTEMBER 3, 1985 7:30 p.m. • A regular meeting of the Vail Town Council was held on Tuesday, September 3, 1985, at 7:30 p.m. in the Community Room of the Vail Public Library. MEMBERS PRESENT: Paul Johnston, Mayor Kent Rose, Mayor Pro Tem Dan Corcoran Hermann Staufer Gail Wahrlich-Lowenthal Gordon Pierce MEMBERS ABSENT: Colleen Kline TOWN OFFICIALS PRESENT: Ron Phillips, Town Manager Larry Eskwith, Town Attorney The first item on the agenda was the consent agenda on the following items: 1. Approval of Minutes of August 6 and 20, 1985 meetings • 2. Ordinance No. 13, Series of 1985, second reading, an ordinance on Vail Public Library procedures 3. Ordinance No. 16, Series of 1985, second reading, an ordinance on low power radio facilities 4. Vail Associates Weather Modification request 5. Approval of Eagle Valley Surveying to work on West Vail reannexation plats Mayor Johnston read the full title of each ordinance and all items to be voted on. A motion was made by Hermann Staufer, and seconded by Kent Rose, to approve the consent agenda. A vote was taken and the motion passed 4-0, with Gordon Pierce abstaining from all items of August 20 minutes because of his absence at that meeting. Dan Corcoran abstained from item 5 because he owns Eagle Valley Surveying. The next item on the agenda was the first reading of Ordinance No. 17, Series of 1985, an ordinance making amendments to the Town Charter. Mayor Johnston read the title in full. Larry Eskwith gave background information on the ordinance. After much discussion by the Council and public, Dan Corcoran made a motion to approve the ordinance; Hermann Staufer seconded the motion. A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously 6-0. Wail Wahrlich-Lowenthal had problems with Section 2.3 - Municipal Elections and suggested the Council go back and review this Section again. The third item was the emergency reading of Ordinance No. 18, Series of 1985, an ordinance providing that members of the Design Review Board need not be residents of Vail. Mayor Johnston read the title in full. Larry Eskwith discussed the changes requested. After some discussion by the Council, the wording in Sections land 2 was changed by the addition of the following sentence: Notwithstanding the foregoing, the current Design Review Board members as of the date of the passage of this ordinance who will no longer be residents of the Town of Vail due to the deannexation of the area known as West Vail from the Town shall be permitted to complete their term on the Design Review Board." A motion was made by Kent Rose to approve the ordinance with the changes made, which was seconded by Gail Wahrlich-Lowenthal. A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously 6-0. The next item was the first reading of Ordinance No. 15, Series of 1985, an ordinance on industrial development bonds. Mayor Johnston read the full title of the ordinance. Ron Phillips explained background information of the ordinance. After more discussion by Council and the public, Hermann Staufer made a motion to approve the ordinance and Gordon Pierce seconded. A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously 6-0. 0 The next item was the industrial development bond. Council policy statement 85-5. Council decided wording of policy should read more like the Ordinance No..15; also, the second sentence under Time Frame be deleted. After some discussion by Council, Kent Rose made a motion that the policy statement be tabled until the second reading of Ordinance No. 15. oGail Wahrlich-Lowenthal seconded the motion. A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously 6-0. The sixth item on the agenda was the appointment of a Vail Community Public Access Cor- poration member. The applicant was Tom Davies, and Ron Phillips gave background infor- mation on Tom's abilities. Gail Wahrlich-Lowenthal made a motion to approve Tom's appoint- ment to the Board, which was seconded by Kent Rose. A.vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously 6-0. The next item was discussion of the West Vail deannexation. Larry Eskwith explained legal details concerning the deannexation, and Mayor Johnston gave more information regarding the fire district coverage. The next item was not scheduled on the agenda. Mayor Johnston noted that the Planning and Environmental Commission lost one person on its Board due to the deannexation of West Vail. He gave the Council the choice of filling the opening from the current appli- cants or the Town could advertise to fill the opening. After a short discussion, the Council decided to fill the vacancy by voting on the current applicants, since the inter- views were still fresh in their minds. A vote was taken and Pam Hopkins was chosen. There was no Citizen Participation. *The next item was the Town Manager's Report. Ron Phillips stated that Bob Riggle, who works in the Transportation Department, was chosen as the Employee of the Month for August. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 9:20 p.m. ATTEST: Pamela A. Brandmeyer, Town C erk Minutes taken by Brenda Chesman • -2-