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VAIL TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
NOVEMBER 4, 1986
7:30 p.m.
A regular meeting of the Vail Town Council was held on Tuesday, November 4, 1986, at
7:30 p.m. in the Vail Public Library.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Paul Johnston, Mayor
Kent Rose, Mayor Pro Tem
Gordon Pierce
Hermann Staufer
MEMBERS NOT PRESENT: Eric Affeldt
Gail Wahrlich-Lowenthal
TOWN OFFICIALS PRESENT: Ron Phillips, Town Manager
Larry Eskwith, Town Attorney
The first item on the agenda was a ten year employment anniversary award to Pat
Dodson, Director of the Town's Recreation Department. Ron Phillips presented the
ten year Vail belt buckle to Pat. Mayor Johnston expressed his appreciation of Pat
and commended him on his length of service.
At this time Ron Phillips announced that November is "It IS My Job" Month. He
stated that he had been given a cassette tape that day by Lori Aker, which goes
• along with the employee values the Town had adopted. The tape was a song by Jimmy
Buffet, "It's My Job"; Ron played the tape. He noted afterwards that Town employees
were working on emphasizing guest relations and had a goal to be the best.
The second item for discussion was the approval of the minutes of the October 7 and
21, 1986 meetings. Hermann Staufer made a motion to approve the minutes, which Kent
Rose seconded. Mayor Johnston commented that he had noted a few typographical
errors earlier to Brenda Chesman to be fixed. A vote was then taken and the motion
passed unanimously 6-0.
The next item on the agenda was a consent agenda for the following items:
Ordinance No. 29, Series of 1986, second reading, adopting a budget and
financial plan for the Town of Vail.
Ordinance No. 25, Series of 1986, second reading, providing a correction of
the legal description of the ordinance annexing the Solar Crest
Condominiums to the Town of Vail.
3. Ordinance No. 27, Series of 1986, second reading,, amending special
Development District 5, by incorporating a partial site and parking plan.
Mayor Johnston read the full titles of the ordinances. There was no discussion by
Council or the public. Gordon Pierce made a motion to approve the ordinances on
second reading, and Hermann Staufer seconded. A vote was taken and the motion
passed unanimously 4-0.
The fourth item was Ordinance No. 30, Series of 1986, first reading, amending the
Commercial Core III Zone District. The full title was read by Mayor Johnston.
Kristan Pritz gave background information on the ordinance and the reasoning behind
the applicant's request to amend the zoning code. Hermann Staufer requested a
wording change in subparagraph 0 "Commercial Storage" from "as long as it does not
have..." to "as long as it does not include..." There was no other discussion. A
motion to approve the ordinance with the wording change was made by Gordon Pierce,
and seconded by Kent Rose. A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously 4-0.
The next item was Ordinance No. 32, Series of 1986, first reading, requesting zoning
for land previously designated as State Highway R.O.W. to a Parking District. The
full title was read by Mayor Johnston. Rick Pylman explained the zoning request and
the criteria for evaluation of the request. He noted that the Planning and
Environmental Commission had voted for the zoning change. Jay Peterson,
representing the applicant William Fleischer, requested that the item be tabled. He
said that since there were only four Councilmembers present and there was not a good
tape recorder being used at the Library, his client would prefer to table the item
until the next Evening Meeting. George Rosenberg, representing the owners of
Breakaway West Condominiums, stated it was all right with them to table the item
until a later date, but requested the Planning & Environmental Commission minutes be
corrected in Item 2, line 5, to delete the word "not". At this time, Gordon Pierce
stated he would have to abstain from voting due to a conflict of interest. Larry
Eskwith explained that with this abstention, there would be no quorum to vote on the
issue. Kent Rose made a motion to table the item until the next Evening Meeting,
and Hermann Staufer seconded. A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously
4-0.
The sixth item on the agenda was Resolution No. 29, Series of 1986, recognizing the
Avon National Bank as a depository institution for Town funds. Charlie Wick
explained the reasoning behind this resolution and answered questions of the
Council. A motion was made by Kent Rose to approve the resolution, and Gordon
Pierce seconded. A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously 4-0.
The next item on the agenda was the Holiday Inn sign variance request. Kristan
Pritz gave background information on the request, listed findings and gave reasons
for staff's recommendation for approval. Frank Johnson, General Manager of the
Holiday Inn, had no additional comments. There was no discussion by Council or the
public. Hermann Staufer made a motion to approve the request, and Gordon Pierce
seconded the motion. A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously 4-0.
The eighth item was the approval of the Town Manager's employment agreement. Mayor
Johnston explained and gave details of the agreement. He asked for any questions of
the Council from the public, which there were none. He also noted that for the
public's information, the item is in the budget and has been discussed by the
Council. Hermann Staufer had a question to which Larry Eskwith responded. Gordon
.Pierce then made a motion to approve the agreement, which was seconded by Kent
Rose. Ron Phillips stated that Gail Wahrlich-Lowenthal had requested a wording
change in 4.8. to read "...all Town of Vail employees..." Gordon Pierce made a
motion to approve the agreement with the wording change, and Kent Rose seconded. A
vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously 4-0.
There was no Citizen Participation.
Under the Town Manager's report, Ron Phillips commended the Town Council applicants
for attending all the Council meetings after they had submitted their nomination
petitions. He noted that Pat Dodson is the first Director of the Recreation
Department for the Town, and Pat now qualifies as an "old timer". Ron listed all
the Recreation Department's divisions and commended Pat on the good job he's done.
Mayor Johnston announced that a new contract had been negotiated with the
concessionaire at the Teen Center. He stated it was due in large to Pat Dodson, and
that he was impressed with Pat's forthrightness. Kent Rose also commended Pat on
his hard work for the Town. Pat Dodson stated that Pam Telleen had volunteered
interior decorating services for the new space at the Lionshead Parking Structure.
0 There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:20 p.m.
Respectfully.s itted,
PauT--R. Jo ns.n, ayor
ATTEST:
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Pamela Brandmeyer, T wtt Clerk
Minutes taken by Brenda Chesman